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 and Thomas Winkler, we continue with the top 20 by ME author Frank Sawatzki.
YEAR IN REVIEW 2022: FRANK SAWATZKI’S 20 FAVORITE ALBUMS
1. Alabaster DePlume – gold
2. Horse Lords—Comradely Objects
3. Charlotte Adigery & Bolis Popul – Topical Dancer
4. Marxist Love Disco Ensemble – MLDE
5. Bjork – Fossora
6. Danger Mouse & Black Thought – Cheat Codes
7. Black Midi – Hellfire
8. Black Country, New Road – Ants From Up There
9. Nick Hakim—Cometa
10. Bill Callahan-YTILAER
11. Tom Skinner – Bishara
12. Caroline – Caroline
13. Aldous Harding—Warm Chris
14. Sessa—Estrela Acesa
15. Makaya McCraven – In These Times
16. Selene Saint-Aimé – Potomitan
17. Lounge Society – Tired Of Liberty
18. Mauskovic Dance Band – Bukaroo Bank
19. Congotronics International – Where’s The One?
20. Anteloper—Pink Dolphins
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!