Year-end time is list time! That’s why, in keeping with tradition, we didn’t miss the opportunity to choose the 50 best records of the year for the Musikexpress issue 01/2023 as the heart of our big 46-page annual review special. A highly esteemed conglomerate of incorruptible editors and authors voted for it, each of whom submitted their top 20 and from which we calculated our official top 50 in a mathematically possibly highly complicated but certainly democratic process. In all probability we will publish the complete list “between the holidays” on musikexpress.de. As an appetizer for the magazine itself and for the sake of democratic disclosure, we are already showing you which albums one or the other jury member personally celebrated the most.
After Stephan Rehm Rozanes, Linus Volkmann, Julia Lorenz, Julia Friese, André Boße, Annett Scheffel, Thomas Winkler, Frank Sawatzki, Aida Baghernejad and Hella Wittenberg, we continue with the top 20 from ME trainee Emma Wiepking.
ANNUAL REVIEW 2022: THE 20 FAVORITE ALBUMS BY EMMA WIEPKING
1. Kendrick Lamar – Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers
2. Stromae – Multitude
3. Arcade Fire – WE
4. Perfume Genius – Ugly Season
5. Σtella – Up And Away
6. Harry Styles – Harry’s House
7. The Düsseldorf Düsterboys – Duo Duo
8. Father John Misty – Chloe And The Next 20th Century
9. Ezra Furman – All Of Us Flames
10. Big Thief – Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You
11. Mitski – Laurel Hell
12. Loyle Carner—Hugo
13. Wet Leg – Wet Leg
14. Paula Hartmann – Never in love
15. LA Salami – Ottoline
16. The Weeknd – Dawn FM
17. 070 Shake – You Can’t Kill Me
18. Tocotronic – Never again war
19. Beyoncé—Renaissance
20. Sampa The Great – As Above, So Below
You can follow who, where, how and with what also reviewed the pop year 2022 at musikexpress.de/tag/ Jahresrueckblick-2022/. Do you want to vote for yourself and win prizes? This way to our Pop Poll 2022!