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Tape Op Staff Favorite Albums of 2022


Hard to believe that 2022 is already coming to a close. As was true in 2021, it was obvious that as the world was on lock down, artists were busy using their time to be creative and the result was an incredible amount of fantastic releases across the genere spectrum. Here are just a handful of the picks that our crew over here at

Tape Op
felt worth passing along as their favorite listens of 2022. Hope you enjoy it.

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-GS

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Larry Crane

Blondie -
Against The Odds: 1974 - 1982

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Brian Eno -
FOREVERANDEVERNOMORE

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Tears For Fears -
The Tipping Point

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Pink Floyd -
Animals 2018 Remix

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Lucius -
Second Nature

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Spoon
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Lucifer on the Sofa

Spoon/Adrian Sherwood -
Lucifer on the Moon

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John Baccigaluppi

Big Thief -
Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You

Many Voices Speak -
Gestures

The Smile -
A Light for Attracting Attention

Maria Chiara ArgirĂł -
Forest City

Lisa Mitchell -
A Place To Fall Apart

Logan Farmer -
A Mold for the Bell

Beth Orton -
Weather Alive

Wilco -
Cruel Country
and
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
(deluxe edition)
and

NilĂŒfer Yanya -
PAINLESS

Jenny Hval -
Classic Objects

Band of Horses -
Things are Great

Calexico -
El Mirador

Eiko Ishibashi -
Drive my Car OST

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FKA Twigs -
Caprisongs

Steve Gunn -
Nakama

Lee Scratch Perry -
King Scratch (Musical Masterpieces from the Upsetter Ark-ive)

Panda Bear and Sonic Boom -
Reset

Beacon -
Along the Lethe

Björk -
Fossora

Low -
Hey What (2021)

The Smile -
A Light for Attracting Attention

Leikeli47 -
Shape Up

Donnie McCaslin -
Blow

Xenia Rubinos -
Una Rosa

Khruangbin -
Ali

Andy Hong

Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band -
Season of Changes

Thee Sacred Souls -
Thee Sacred Souls

Hatchie -
Giving The World Away

Castlebeat -
Half Life

Alvvays -
Blue Rev

I Am Snow Angel -
Lost World

Warpaint -
Radiate Like This

The Big Moon -
Here Is Everything

Lyle Mays -
Eberhard (2021)

Anthony Sarti

Polyphia - "Bloodbath" (feat. Chino Moreno)

Architects - "doomscrolling"

Love and Theft -
Better Off
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JVKE - "Golden Hour"

Coast Contra - "Never Freestyle"

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