Dan Digs Top 100 Tracks of 2022
It was a joy to hear great, great songs from Chronixx, Ural Thomas & The Pain, SAULT, Flying Lotus, Jimetta Rose, Toro Y Moi, Floating Points, Kokoroko, Gabriels, Mount Kimbie, Kutiman, River Tiber, Nosaj Thing, and so many more in the year that was 2022.
Here are my favorite one hundred tracks from 2022.
(Click on the artist or track title to read my review and/or listen.)
100. Sio – “Torn Tapestries”
99. Gabriels – “One And Only”
97. Biig Piig – “FUN”
96. Kenny Beats – “Last Words”
95. EFÉ – “Before Sunset”
94. Mount Kimbie & Dom Maker ft Choker – “Dvd”
93. Leland Whitty – “Awake”
92. Paddy Fred – “Found You”
91. Hudson Mohawke – “Intentions”
90. Floating Points – “Problems”
89. yunè pinku – “DC Rot”
88. HANAH – “Solo”
87. Afternoon Bike Ride – “Not Ideal”
86. SiR – “Nothing Even Matters”
85. Dorian Concept – “Let It All Go”
84. Goon – “Flower Bell”
83. Kutiman ft Dekel – “Believe In You”
82. Arima Ederra – “Portals”
81. Movulango – “The Peak”
80. Joshua Amour – “Don’t Let Go”
79. Beth Orton – “Fractals”
78. Stereolab – “Robot Riot”
77. Svaneborg Kardyb – “Op”
76. Ezra Collective ft Sampa the Great – “Life Goes On”
75. Sylvan Esso – “Didn’t Care”
74. Sessa – “Pele da Esfera”
73. Nanna.B ft Raphael Saadiq – “Too Much”
72. Rozi Plain – “Agreeing For Two”
71. First Beige – “Moon Motion”
70. Harris Cole ft Rob Araujo – “Day Late”
69. David Versace – “Summer Party”
68. Omar Apollo – “Endlessly”
67. MJ Cole – “You Got Me”
66. Little Dragon – “Frisco”
65. Jonah Yano – “Always”
64. Braxe & Falcon – “Creative Source”
63. Brijean – “Shy Guy”
62. Ben Zaidi – “Ben Zaidi’s Blues”
61. Max Wheeler & Pollena – “Away”
60. Dope Lemon ft Louise Verneuil – “High Rollin”
59. Santigold – “Shake”
58. Kennebec ft Samuel T. Herring – “Leaving The Canyons”
57. Santpoort – “Nothing But Time”
56. Ibeyi – “Juice of Mandarins”
55. River Tiber – “In Between”
54. Elizabeth M. Drummond – “Crisis”
53. Kendrick Lamar – “The Heart Part 5”
52. Shrimpnose ft Maxime – “Needy”
51. Léa Sen – “I Like Dis”
50. Awkward Branches – “A Frame (Not a Window)”
49. Triathalon – “Dreams”
48. Myele Manzanza ft Omar – “Therapy”
47. Jadu Heart – “I Shimmer”
46. Jye – “Don’t Wanna See You Down”
45. Maria Chiara Argiró – “Clouds”
44. Aldous Harding – “Lawn”
43. Moor Mother ft Melanie Charles – “Woody Shaw”
42. Kaytranada & Anderson .Paak – “Twin Flame”
41. Jitwam – “Confidence”
40. Modern Nature – “Dunes”
39. Jordan Rakei – “Bruises”
38. Arjuna Oakes & Serebii – “Tired Faces”
37. Phony Ppl – “Nowhere But Up”
36. Makaya McCraven – “The Fours”
35. Motel Radio – “Wise”
34. Hidden Spheres – “Euan 92”
33. George Riley & Vegyn – “Sacrifice”
32. Nosaj Thing & Julianna Barwick – “Blue Hour”
31. SAUL ft Allysha Joy – “The Light”
30. Whitney – “Real Love”
29. Telephone Man – “Angel”
28. Daniel Caesar ft BADBADNOTGOOD – “Please Do Not Lean”
27. Little Simz – “Gorilla”
26. Vieux Farka Touré et Khruangbin – “Tongo Barra”
25. Young Fathers – “Geronimo”
24. Wallace – “Arcade Queen”
23. Charles Stepney – “Step on Step”
22. Greentea Peng – “Stuck In The Middle”
21. DOMi & JD Beck ft Anderson .Paak – “Take a Chance”
20. Brandon Coleman – “Blast Off”
19. Joy Orbison – “pinky ring”
18. Kokoroko – “Something’s Going On”
17. mejiwahn ft LIV.E – “Heart String Special”
16. The Smile – “The Smoke”
15. 30/70 – “All 4 U”
14. Toro Y Moi – “Postman”
11. Jimetta Rose & The Voices of Creation – “Let The Sunshine In”
10. SOYUZ (СОЮЗ) – “Beige Days (Бежевые дни)”
8. Black Flower ft Meskerem Mees – “Morning In The Jungle”
7. Fatima & Joe Armon-Jones – “#1”
6. Flying Lotus & Devin Tracy – “The Room”
5. Jonathan Jeremiah – “Horsepower For the Streets”
3. SAULT – “Love Will Free Your Mind”
2. Ural Thomas & The Pain – “Dancing Dimensions”
1. Lil Silva ft Sampha – “Backwards”
Listen to these tracks on my Top 100 Tracks of 2022 playlist on Spotify below and check out my Top 30 Albums of 2022 here and Top 30 Remixes of 2022 here.
And now to cue up 2023.