101 New-To-Me Albums in 2022 — The Master List

Old and new albums I ‘discovered’ in 2022

Albums I Listened to for the First Time in 2022

1. Elvis Presley (1956) — Elvis Presley — 4 stars 2. One Day (2022) — The Cactus Blossoms — 4 stars 3. Monk’s Music (1957)— The Thelonius Monk Septet — 4 stars 4. Johnny Cash With His Hot and Blue Guitar (1957) — Johnny Cash — 4 stars 5. The Tipping Point (2022) — Tears for Fears — 5 stars 6. Reckless (Delux Edition) (2022) — Morgan Wade — 4 stars 7. Slave To The Grind (1991) — Skid Row — 4 stars 8. One on One (1982) — Cheap Trick — 3 stars 9. Buddy Holly (1958)— Buddy Holly — 4 stars 10. We Are (2021) — John Batiste — 5 stars 11. Before After (2022)— Daryl Hall — 4 stars 12. Ricky Sings Again (1959) — Ricky Nelson — 4 stars 13. Diamond Star Halos (2022)— Def Leppard — 4 stars 14. The Wild, The Innocent, & The E Street Shuffle (1973) — Bruce Springsteen — 5 stars 15. Born To Run (1975) — Bruce Springsteen — 5 stars 16. Darkness on The Edge of Town (1978) — Bruce Springsteen — 4 stars 17. The River (1980) — Bruce Springsteen — 4 stars 18. After The Gold Rush (1970) — Neil Young — 5 stars 19. On The Beach (1974)— Neil Young — 4 stars 20. Pick Peace (2012) — Guthrie Trapp — 4 stars 21. Life After Dark (2018) — Guthrie Trapp — 4 stars 22. Tranquillo (2003) — Gentry Bronson— 4 stars 23. Sittin’ In (1971) — Kenny Loggins with Jim Messina — 4 stars 24. Harry’s House (2022) — Harry Styles — 4 stars 25. Wild Life (1971)— Wings — 3 stars 26. Red Rose Speedway (1973) — Paul McCartney and Wings— 3 stars 27. Wings At The Speed of Sound (1976) — Wings— 3 stars 28. London Town (1978) — Wings — 4 stars 29. Press To Play (1986) — Paul McCartney — 3 stars 30. Run Devil Run (1999)— Paul McCartney — 2 stars 31. Kisses on The Bottom (2012)—Paul McCartney — 2 stars 32. Razzmatazz (2020) — I Don’t Know How But They Found Me — 4 stars 33. Entering Heaven Alive (2022) — Jack White — 4 stars 34. Aerosmith (1973) — Aerosmith — 4 stars 35. Massachusetts — Scud Mountain Boys — 3 and 1/2 stars 36. Tonight’s The Night — Neil Young — 5 stars 37. The Feel of Neil Diamond — Neil Diamond — 4 stars 38. England’s Newest Hit Makers — The Rolling Stones — 3 and 1/2 stars 39. Freedom — Journey — 4 stars 40. Chaos In Bloom — The Goo Goo Dolls — 4 stars 41. Life in Cartoon Motion — MIKA — 4 stars 42. Lick It Up — KISS — 4 stars 43. Wild Dogs — Dwight Twilley — 3 stars 44. You’re Really Something — The Wild Things — 4 stars 45. Paul Stanley — Paul Stanley — 4 stars 46. Gene Simmons — Gene Simmons — 3 and 1/2 stars 47. Peter Criss — Peter Criss — 4 stars 48. Ace Frehley — Ace Frehley — 4 stars 49. Alone with You — Dion — 3 stars 50. Never a Dull Moment — Rod Stewart — 4 stars 51. Patient Number 9 — Ozzy Osbourne — 4 stars 52. Rhymes & Reasons — John Denver — 4 stars 53. Crazy Times — Sammy Hagar and The Circle — 4 stars 54. Surrender — Maggie Rogers — 4 stars 55. Eagles — Eagles — 3 and 1/2 stars 56. Unmasked — KISS — 4 stars 57. New Morning — Bob Dylan — 4 stars 58. Zuma — Neil Young with Crazy Horse — 4 and 1/2 stars 59. Anthology — Eric Stewart/10cc — 4 stars 60. Nebraska — Bruce Springsteen — 3 and 1/2 stars 61. Rocka Rolla — Judas Priest — 4 stars 62. The Art Of Survival — Bush — 4 stars 63. The Storm Before The Calm — Alanis Morissette — 4 stars 64. Little Girl Blue — Nina Simone — 4 and 1/2 stars 65. Madonna — Madonna — 4 and 1/2 stars 66. Definitely Maybe — Oasis — 4 stars 67. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath — Black Sabbath — 4 and 1/2 stars 68. Alpha Zulu — Phoenix — 4 and 1/2 stars 69. Creatures Of The Night — KISS — 4 stars 70. The Holiday — Original Motion Picture Soundtrack — 4 and 1/2 stars 71. Midnights — Taylor Swift — 3 and 1/2 stars 72. The Loneliest Time — Carly Rae Jepsen — 4 and 1/2 stars 73. World Record — Neil Young & Crazy Horse — 4 stars 74. For You — Prince — 4 stars 75. Animalize — KISS — 3 and 1/2 stars 76. Joshua Redman — Joshua Redman — 4 stars 77. Trust — Boney James — 4 stars 78. Sin After Sin — Judas Priest — 4 stars 79. Sign O’ The Times — Prince — 4 stars 80. Rock Believer — Scorpions — 4 and 1/2 stars 81. Plastic Ono Band — John Lennon — 3 and 1/2 stars 82. A Beautiful Time — Willie Nelson — 4 stars 83. The Jacket — Widowspeak — 4 and 1/2 stars 84. Toast — Neil Young & Crazy Horse — 4 and 1/2 stars 85. Further Joy — The Regrettes — 4 stars 86. Day By Day — Timothy B. Schmitt — 4 stars 87. Gemini Rights — Steve Lacy — 4 stars 88. XXXVIII: Born For This Moment — Chicago — 3 and 1/2 stars 89. Masquerade — Bananarama — 4 stars 90. Emotional Creature — Beach Bunny — 4 stars 91. The Gang’s All Here — Skid Row — 4 stars 92. Takin’ It Back — Meghan Trainor — 4 and 1/2 stars 93. Halford III: Winter Songs — Halford — 3 and 1/2 stars 94. Monster Ballads X-Mas — Various Artists — 3 and 1/2 stars 95. Asylum — KISS — 4 stars 96. C’Mon You Know — Liam Gallagher — 4 stars 97.Western Stars — Bruce Springsteen — 4 and 1/2 stars 98. Fat Pop — Paul Weller — 4 stars 99. Are You Passionate? — Neil Young — 4 and 1/2 stars 100. Let It Be…Naked — The Beatles — 4 and 1/2 stars 101. And The Hits Just Keep On Comin’ — Michael Nesmith — 3 and 1/2 stars

In February 2022, I read a great article from writer and music lover Nia Simone McLeod, in which she wrote that she had a goal of listening to 100 new-to-her albums in 2022. The albums did not need to be brand new releases. They could be from any year — just as long they were albums she had never listened to before. Here’s her original article about it:

Being a music lover/junkie myself, I decided to do the ‘100 New-To-Me Albums in 2022’ challenge too. In my first article about it, I reviewed the very first album by Elvis Presley and I also shared my self-imposed rules for the challenge.

My rules have changed since then, but I’ll get to that in a minute. First, here is that article of mine:

In that piece, I wrote about how one of my rules was that I was not going to repeat artists within the 100 albums. Over time, I’ve realized that was kind of a silly rule.

For example, I’ve got two other challenges going on this year in which I’m trying to listen to all of the albums released by Neil Young and by Bruce Springsteen. Most of those albums are entirely new to me, so why not include them in this challenge too?

I also wrote that I wanted to listen to and review at least one album from each year between 1956–2022. My plan was to zig-zag back and forth through time with the albums I listened to. I’d do an album from 1956, then one from 2022, then one from 1957, then one from 2021, and so on.

That quickly felt entirely too regimented, so I switched to doing them very randomly. While I still want to include at least one album from each year between 1956–2022, I’m now doing them in whatever order I choose, with no real rhyme or reason to it.

As I listen to new albums throughout the remainder of 2022, I’ll continue to add their titles, review links, and ratings to the above list.

I’ve also decided to make a Spotify playlist that includes one song from each of the new-to-me albums. Unfortunately, Neil Young is not currently on Spotify — therefore, he’s not included in the below playlist. However, his music can be easily found on Apple Music, Amazon Music, YouTube, and other fine places.

Please feel free to listen to my playlist, follow it, tell your grandparents about it, etc.

Enjoy!

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