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GOLDEN YEAR
2022 was another strong year for music, with some wonderful and interesting new albums and timely reissues to dig into. Thanks, Uncut, for being my companion through this landscape for another year.
There were some fantastic articlesin 2022. Standouts for me were the Miles Davis cover story (one of the best ever, surely), and pieces on Osees, Björk and Steely Dan (which has prompted my own deep dive into their initial seven-album run). Next year, how about some more jazz, something on Pixies 2.0 hitting their stride, or a long-overdue reevaluation of the second half of The Rolling Stones’ career? Or perhaps the resurgent interest in Japanese City Pop?
I enjoyed your Best Of 2022 list, but as always in your reissue list? Did I miss that? Surely one of the best live albums of all time. Other omissions for me were the Pixies’ , by Rina Sawayama and by Charli XCX. The latter aren’t typical albums, but they were undoubtedly two of the strongest albums of the year in any genre, interesting way beyond pop – for me, I’d love to see things like that in your scope. Ryan Adams, previous darling, also released five albums this year – one ofwhich() is up there with his very, very best. I was disappointed to see those were totally ignored and I can’t be alone in this.
