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NME End Of Year Lists 2022


Arctic Monkeys - The Car



1. Arctic Monkeys – The Car
2. Wet Leg – Wet Leg
3. Beyoncé – Renaissance
4. Fontaines D.C. – Skinty Fia
5. Kendrick Lamar – Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers
6. Rina Sawayama – Hold The Girl
7. Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul – Topical Dancer
8. Nova Twins – Supernova
9. Rosalía – Motomami
10. The 1975 – Being Funny In A Foreign Language
11. Black Country, New Road – Ants From Up There
12. Taylor Swift – Midnights
13. Charli XCX – Crash
14. Jockstrap – I Love You Jennifer B
15. Yard Act – The Overload
16. Harry Styles – Harrys House
17. Pusha T – Its Almost Dry
18. Confidence Man – Tilt
19. Wizkid – More Love Less Ego
20. Foals – Life Is Yours
21. Mitski – Laurel Hell
22. Denzel Curry – Melt My Eyez See Your Future
23. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Cool It Down
24. Big Thief – Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You
25. Dry Cleaning – Stumpwork
26. Loyle Carner – Hugo
27. Steve Lacy – Gemini Rights
28. Fred again.. – Actual Life 3 (January 1 – September 9 2022)
29. Father John Misty – Chloë and the Next 20th Century
30. Alvvays – Blue Rev
31. The Weeknd – Dawn FM
32. Kevin Morby – This Is A Photograph
33. Alex G – God Save The Animals
34. Black Thought and Danger Mouse – Cheat Codes
35. Kojey Radical – Reason To Smile
36. Lizzo – Special
37. Weyes Blood – And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow
38. The Smile – A Light For Attracting Attention
39. Bartees Strange – Farm To Table
40. Warpaint – Radiate Like This
41. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Unlimited Love
42. J-hope – Jack In The Box
43. caroline – caroline
44. Oliver Sim – Hideous Bastard
45. Wunderhorse – Cub
46. Björk – Fossora
47. Megan Thee Stallion – Traumazine
48. Kehlani – Blue Water Road
49. Liam Gallagher – C’mon You Know
50. Just Mustard – Heart Under


Tracks

1. Beyoncé – Cuff It
2. Paramore – This Is Why
3. Harry Styles – As It Was
4. Eliza Rose & Interplanetary Criminal – B.O.T.A. (Baddest Of Them All)
5. Arctic Monkeys – Thered Better Be A Mirrorball
6. Rina Sawayama – This Hell
7. Steve Lacy – Bad Habit
8. Jockstrap – Concrete Over Water
9. Charli XCX – Beg For You
10. Megan Thee Stallion – Plan B
11. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Wolf
12. Maggie Rogers – Thats Where I Am
13. Wet Leg – Angelica
14. Kendrick Lamar – N95
15. Doechii – Persuasive
16. Phoenix – Tonight
17. Taylor Swift – Anti-Hero
18. Griff & Sigrid – Head On Fire
19. Rosalía – Chicken Teriyaki
20. Beyoncé – Break My Soul
21. WILLOW – Hover Like A Goddess
22. Florence and The Machine – King
23. My Chemical Romance – The Foundations of Decay
24. Arctic Monkeys – Body Paint
25. Omar Apollo – Evergreen
26. New Jeans – Hype Boy
27. Oliver Sim – Hideous
28. Bring Me The Horizon – Strangers
29. The 1975 – Part Of The Band
30. IVE – Love Dive
31. Piri and Tommy – On & On
32. FLO – Cardboard Box
33. Tove Lo – No One Dies From Love
34. Wunderhorse – Leader of The Pack
35. Fred again.. – Danielle (smile on my face)
36. Gorillaz – New Gold
37. Måneskin – The Loneliest
38. GloRilla and Cardi B – Tomorrow 2
39. Fontaines D.C. – I Love You
40. Yungblud – The Funeral
41. Beabadoobee – The Perfect Pair
42. Liam Gallagher – Everythings Electric
43. Sunmi – Heart Burn
44. LE SSERAFIM – Impurities
45. Foals – 2am
46. TSHA – Giving Up
47. Angel Olsen – All The Good Times
48. The Killers – Boy
49. Tomorrow X Together – Thursdays Child Has Far To Go
50. Jamie xx – Lets Do It Again