Ethel Cain - Preacher’s Daughter
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Nice list - I meant to put Katy J Pearson in my list but forgot!
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There was me thinking it had been a quiet year and then when I looked through my purchases this year I came up with (* my top 5)
Drugdealer - Hiding in plain sight
Delines - Sea Drift
The Weather Station - How is it that…
Ryan Adams - Chris / Devolver / Romeo & Juliet / FM
Jazz Sabbath - Vol 2
Avishai Cohen - Shifting sands
The Black Keys - Dropout boogie
The Smile - A light for attracting…
Michael Head - Dear Scott*
Angel Olsen - Big time
Wilco - Cruel country*
Yaya Bey - Remember your North Star
Josh Rouse - Going places*
Jack White - Entering heaven alive
Cass McCombs - Heartmind
Jeb Loy Nichols - The United States of the broken hearted
Charles Lloyd - Trios x 3
Butcher Brown - Presents*
Rich Ruth - I survived, its over
Mansur Brown Naqo Vol 1 & 2
Courtney Marie Andrews - Loose future
Artic Monkeys - The car
Bill Callahan - Reality*
A few disappointing releases (apologies to those who may think otherwise), Lambchop, She & Him and Lera Lynn
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Nice list and spot on about those three.
Re Ryan Adams Devolver this is now on Qobuz, 24bit £7…not sure if you knew
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Listened to that on Qobuz shortly after release late at night.
His stuff is not normally my cup of tea (maybe I need to revisit) but that album sounds absolutely sublime.
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The only new album I’ve really enjoyed this year is:
Keb Mo - Good to be…
There may be more as I get banned from buying any records from November as Santa always brings a few new ones 
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The Charles Lloyd Trios, all three of them are delicate, absorbing and spiritual. But my final answer is the album KALAK by Sarathy Korwar. A Jazz/World music fusion by an accomplished percussionist and his fellow musiclans. Vibrant, energetic and with a message. Superb.
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Another vote for Courtney Marie Andrews ‘Loose Future’. I am biased I as I have enjoyed all her albums, my favourite being ‘Old Flowers’ released about 3 years ago. It recounts the ending of a decade-long relationship while in Loose Future she is moving along with her life. Great lyrics and some interesting and varied arrangements.
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I’ve not heard the final Charles Lloyd Trio called Sacred once I have I might amend my list it’s waiting at my local collection point.
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Jack White - Entering Heaven Alive
Arctic Monkeys - The Car
The Delines - The Sea Drift
Disturbingly I seem to have become part of the forum hive-mind… 
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In the spirit of giving other people ideas, it’s worth taking a journey through Sault’s five 2022 studio albums (another prolific band!). Many different styles from choral to soul to R&B to disco and house, and the rest.
Air
Today & Tomorrow
Earth
11
Untitled (God)
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No particular order and maybe not even the best but this is stuff I find myself coming back to…
The Sorrow Songs: Folk Songs Of Black British Experience - Angeline Morrison.
I Walked With You A Ways - Plains.
This Is A Photograph - Kevin Morby.
I Blame TheWorld - Sasha Alex Sloan.
Versions Of Modern Performance - Horsegirl.
White Jesus Black Problems - Fantastic Negrito.
Skinny Fla - Fontaines D.C.
Growing Up - The Linda Lindas.
The Overload - Yard Act.
Hold On Baby - King Princess.
Guitar Songs - Billie Eilish.
Painless - Nulifer Yanya.
Love & Death - David Ford.
Flood - Stella Donnelly.
Anais Mitchell - Anais Mitchell.
Midnights - Taylor Swift.
Hard - Tove Stryker.
Edyf- Cerys Havana.
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I’ve got quite a few on various lists but is no one enjoying the latest Red Hot Chilli Peppers 2022 release, Return of the Dream Canteen. I get there albums are all very similar but I quite like having a band where you know what you are going to get by and large.
I’m certainly playing it regularly, both at home and on the move.
I’d put forward the following;
Laura Veirs - Found Light
Black Thought and Danger Mouse - Cheat Codes
Solace - Held by Trees
Beth Orton - Weather Alive
Loyle Carner - Hugo
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My stone cold album of the year by a country mile is Miranda Lambert - Palomino
Surprised no one else has mentioned it. This lady is a brilliant songwriter and this album is so deceptively simple yet it packs hook after hook and witty as hell (“Even Tiger Woods couldn’t swing it this good” - “Acting Up”). Adult Orientated Music in the very best sense
Honourable mentions to:-
First Aid Kit - Palomino
Rammstein - Zeit
Tears For Fears - The Tipping Point
Not sure if these qualify but I’ll toss them in and The Duck can judge:-
Neko Case - Wild Creatures (Career retrospective)
David Bowie - Moonage Daydream (Movie Soundtrack)
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Another one.
Came out in the spring but seems to play better now it’s winter.
Could be a preference to coming or going around the sun perhaps 
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Adding to my earlier post I brilliantly managed to forget probably my favourite album of the year. Riderless Horse by Nina Nastasia. She’s a late discovery for me and I love what I have found.
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In no particular order….
Big Thief - Dragon new warm mountain I believe in you
Kendrick Lamar - Mr Morale and the big steppers
Sudan Archives - Natural brown prom Queen
Beth Orton - Weather alive
The Smile - A light for attracting attention
Beyoncé - Renaissance
Danger Mouse and Black Thought - Cheat codes
All 6, yes 6! Albums released by Sault this year
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If you’re on Twitter there’s a guy created a poll thread, #5albums. It’s been going a while now but quite a pleasant corner of Twitter, it’s a different year every two weeks
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