My top 3 are:
Taylor Swift - Midnights
Rammstein - Zeit
Halestorm - Back From The Dead
How about you?
I just checked and I honestly don't have a single album released this year. I usually try to find stuff pre-1980, but it's still surprising I don't have anything from this year. If we're talking about 2021 then I'd choose "Crawler" by Idles as my album of the year.
shareAs you know, I'm often a few months behind on new releases, but my Top 5 so far: -
Liam Gallagher - C'mon, You Know
Ozzy Osbourne - Patient No. 9
Slash - 4
Tears For Fears - Tipping Point
Dubstar - Two
I never heard of anything
https://www.albumoftheyear.org/ratings/6-highest-rated/2022/1
I never heard of any of them either, but it did confirm that metal has the best album covers.
shareIt’s mostly acts I already know that I listen to.
shareNot really any. I was looking at 2022 playlists and these are ones that I have the most songs from. I honestly can't say I would have gone out an bought any of these cds though.
Coin - Uncanny Valley
White Lies - As I Try Not to Fall Apart
Tears for Fears - The Tipping Point
The Tipping Point received plenty of good reviews, I need to listen to it again.
shareI liked it much better than Duran Duran's Future Past. It hurt that I didn't love it. I noticed a lot of 80s bands put out new singles this year. I wasn't crazy about most of them.
shareI take a quick listen on YouTube or Spotify but ignore many of them too if the lead single or video doesn’t grab my attention.
Future Past was good with a few duds thrown in, but I don't expect every release to be a Rio these days...or even a Notorious.
I didn't dislike it, but it's probably my least favourite of their albums. That made me sad as I really like them.
I did like Purple Zone by Soft Cell and The Pet Shop Boys but that's probably because it sounds like it could have been released 30 + years ago.
The new Soft Cell album is good.
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