The TopDollar Hour - 158 (Favorite Album List of 2022)

This is actually the first time I’ve actually followed through with my threats of doing a list of my favorite album of the year. Songs that I picked from each album were agonizingly not enough to represent each release. I have tried to put these in order based on how many times I played the albums and how obsessed I am with them to this day. (i reserve the right to change the order, due to time and it’s evil machinations) No matter what, the top five are untouchable. Unfortunately, due to my brain’s lack of storage, I am sure that I have forgotten some of the albums that deserve to be on this list and to those bands, I apologize.. I hope you enjoy my show and support the bands you like by clicking on the links or the album covers below. Thanks!!

p.s. Oh good gawd! As soon as i finished the show and this page, I was flooded with reminders of albums that I absolutely adored. List of those incoming.

The untouchable Top Five- 2022

#1 - Jon Brion - Meaningless

#2 - Mo Troper - MTV

#3 - 2nd Grade - Easy Listening

#4 - Shannen Moser - The Sun Still Seems to Shine

#5 - Pedro the Lion - Havasu


The following albums order are subject to change due to my random obsessive nature.

playlist

Black Lips - Lost Angel *Apocalypse Love*

The Chats - The Price of Smokes *Get Fucked*

LIFE - Poison *North East Coastal Town*

Kids On A Crime Spree - All Things Fade *Fall In Love Not In Line*

Hether - lcsd *play it pretty*

No Knuckle - Sanitation *No Knuckle*

Young Guv - Too Far Gone *GUV IV*

Lawn - Night Life *Bigger Sprout*

MICK TROUBLE - A Well Known Drag *Its Mick Trouble's Second LP*

Alvvays - Belinda Says *Blue Rev*

Papercuts - My Sympathies *Past Life Regression*

Royal Chant - Sowing Doubt in Magnetic Fields *Anyways And Also Sorry*

Caleb Nichols - Dog Days *Ramon*

Friendship - Ugly Little Victory *Love the Stranger*

Tony Molina - Burn Everyone *Into The Fade*

Archers of Loaf - In the Surface Noise *Reason in Decline*

Horsegirl - World of Pots and Pans *Versions of Modern Performance*

The Linda Lindas - Magic *Growing Up*

Dazy - AWTCMM? *OUTOFBODY*

Teens In Trouble - I'm Not Worried *Teens In Trouble*

Weird Nightmare - Lusitania *Weird Nightmare*

Pedro The Lion - Teenage Sequencer *Havasu*

Pedro The Lion - First Drum Set *Havasu*

Shannen Moser - Oh My God *The Sun Still Seems To Move*

Shannen Moser - Two Eyes *The Sun Still Seems To Move*

2nd Grade - Me And My Blue Angels *Easy Listening*

2nd Grade - Strung Out On You *Easy Listening*

2nd Grade - Teenage Overpopulation *Easy Listening*

Mo Troper - I Fell Into Her Arms *MTV*

Mo Troper - Waste Away *MTV*

Mo Troper - Play Dumb *MTV*

Jon Brion - Meaningless *Meaningless*

Jon Brion - Hook, Line, and Sinker *Meaningless*

Jon Brion - Ruin My Day *Meaningless*

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2nd Grade - Teenage Overpopulation *Easy Listening*

Brain Traps - Shout It Out *Brain Traps*

Johnny Notebook - gimme gimme data *Johnny Notebook and the Bad Data*

The Okmoniks - Ill Let You In *Rustle Up Some Action With The Okmoniks 7 Inch*

Red Kross - Secret Life *Show World*

Massage - At the End of the World *Still Life*

Lydia Lunch - Blood of Tin *Queen of Siam*

Fireworks - My Love Is Petrified *Lit Up*

Digital Leather - Mountains Are Dreaming *Feeet*

The Retardos - Quit This Town *Don't Want The Retardos*

Supercharger - It's Alright *Goes Way Out*

The Battlebeats - I Don't Wanna Go Back Home *Search And Destroy*

Sick Dick and the Volkswagens - Interference *Interference*

The Bobbyteens- Hey Roxy *hey roxy 7"*

Lydia Lunch - Atomic Bongos *Queen of Siam*

The Pillows - Revival *TRIAL*

Soft Shoulder - Door Pass

The Donnas - I Don't Wanna Rock 'n' Roll Tonight *da doo ron ron 7"*

Camp Trash - Lake Erie Boys *The Long Way, The Slow Way*

EA80 - Stille *EA80 7x7'' EP-Boxset (Stencil Trash Records)*

The Pretty Flowers - Some Girls *Why Trains Crash*

Shannen Moser - Paint By # *The Sun Still Seems To Move*

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Sugar - Gee Angel *File Under: Easy Listening [Deluxe Edition]*

Demolition Group - Go West (Shake Some More) *Mizerika*

Helen Humes - I'm Gonna Let Him Ride *va - He Got Out His Big Ten Inch - A Cornucopia of Risque R&B, Rude Blues and Double-Entendre Doo-Wop - Disc 3*

Sweet Nobody - Here Comes The Summer *Five Star Diary b/w Here Comes The Summer*

Mo Troper - The First Monkey In Space *Beloved*

Solids - Haze Away *Blame Confusion*

XTC - Easter Theatre *Apple Venus Volume 1*

Paul Westerberg - Meet Me Down the Alley *Come Feel Me Tremble*

2nd Grade - As Long As We Can Talk About It *Wish You Were Here Tour Revisited*

Centro-matic - Don't Smash The Qualifying Man *Redo the Stacks*

Johnny Buckett - Hippy In A Blunder *va - Bent, Batty And 'Bnoxious! Awful Aural Urgh*

Haunted George - The Devil's Canyon *the devil's canyon 7"*

Guided By Voices - Key Losers *Tonics And Twisted Chasers*

Spider Bags - Teenage Eyes

Daniele Luppi & Greg Gonzalez - Silent Dream *Charm Of Pleasure*

The New Pornographers - Dancehall Domine *Brill Bruisers*

Tony Molina - Over It *Six Tracks*

CLIFFFS - Gotta Fix This Now *PANIC ATTACK*

Low - Shame *Long Division*

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Archers of Loaf - Human *Reason in Decline*

Jimmy Minor - Satan's Chauffeur *Hillbillies in Hell - Country Music's Tormented Testament (1952-1974) Volume 1*

Knifeplay - Promise *Animal Drowning*

Jon Brion - Ruin My Day *Meaningless*

2nd Grade - Me And My Blue Angels *Easy Listening*

Brimstone Howl - Do You Hear The Hounds *Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!*

The Frogs - I'm Sad the Goat Just Died Today *My Daughter, The Broad*

Ron Gallo - ENTITLED MAN *"ENTITLED MAN" - Single*

The Jayhawks - What Led Me To This Town *Smile [Expanded Edition]*

Venetian Snares - Banana Seat Girl *Higgins Ultra Low Track Glue Funk Hits 1972-2006*

Sweet Nobody - Five Star Diary *Five Star Diary b/w Here Comes The Summer*

Eggplant - Suicidearama *Catboy/Catgirl*

Winter - good (feat. SASAMI) *What Kind Of Blue Are You?*

2nd Grade - Poet In Residence *Easy Listening*

Papercuts - Marie Says You've Changed *Fading Parade*

Jon Brion - Meaningless *Meaningless*

Archers of Loaf - Saturation and Light *Reason in Decline*

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Singles - He Can Go, You Can Stay *Better Than Before*

Intellectuals - Vinyl Junkie Paranoia *Invisible Is the Best*

Algebra Suicide - In Bed With Boys *Girls Post Punk*

Brighter - I Don't Think It Matters *Sarah Records 27*

Ultravox - Young Savage *To the Outside of Everything*

The Pretty Flowers - Panama (J Church) *My Alchemist 7"*

The Les Dawson Syndicate - Last Chicken In The Shop *Twanging, Honking, Plinking & Stomping ...The UK Instro Scene Vol.3*

The Sea Urchins - Pristine Christine *Stardust*

Angelo Badalamenti & David Lynch - Invitation to Love Theme *Twin Peaks Archive*

Black Lips - Tongue Tied *Apocalypse Love*

Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard - Childish Love *The Definitive Pioneering Women of Bluegrass*

Student Nurse - Snow *Student Nurse [EP] [7'']*

Fire Engines - Get Up And Use Me *To the Outside of Everything*

Bunker Hill - The Girl Can't Dance *Lookey Dookey!*

The Visible Targets - Just For Money *Girls Post Punk*

Dirty Projectors - Parking Structure *Good Music To Ensure Safe Abortion Access For All*

Angelo Badalamenti & David Lynch - Dance of the Dream Man (Fast Soprano Clarinet) *Twin Peaks Archive*

Alvvays - Easy On Your Own? *Blue Rev*

Ovlov - The Wishing Well *Buds*

Massage - Half a Feeling *Still Life*

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Crowd - Trix Are For Kids *Beach Blvd*

Big Al Sears - Nell Don't Wear No Button Up Shoes [Al Sears & His Orchestra, 1951] *The Rocking & Honking Tenor 1945-1952*

Tonstartssbandht - Tonstartssbandht? *An When*

Friendship - St. Bonaventure *Love the Stranger*

The Medium - Space Horse *For Horses*

The Chats - The Price of Smokes *Get Fucked*

Tony Molina - Burn Everyone *In The Fade*

Mika Miko - Hey, Let Me Film Your Band *666*

The Mountain Goats - Bleed Out *Bleed Out*

Ezra Furman - I Saw the Truth Undressing *All Of Us Flames*

The Medium - Don't Stay Out *For Horses*

Osees - Social Butt *A Foul Form*

Tonstartssbandht - Welsh Souper *An When*

Simpletones - TV Love *Beach Blvd*

Freak Genes - Children's Song *Power Station*

Big Maybelle - That's A Pretty Good Love *Lookey Dookey!*

Mo Troper - No More Happy Songs *MTV*

THICK - Happiness *Happy Now*

LIFE - Poison *North East Coastal Town*

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Bodega - Statuette On The Console *Broken Equipment*

Paolo Ormi E La Sua Orchestra - No No No *P.O.X. Sound*

Omertà - La Chambre de la Fumée et des Fleurs *Collection Particulière*

Kitchen & The Plastic Spoons - Liberty *Screams To God*

SpaceMoth - Waves Come Crashing *No Past No Future*

Goon - Wavy Maze *Hour of Green Evening*

Twin Freaks - Agent Cooper Lurvs Coffee (Loglady Remix) *Rare SSR Electronica 1988-94 (Crammed Archives 1)*

Cat's Miaow - Shoot The Moon *Songs '94-'98*

The Rubs - Dana *Dust*

Mush - Dense Traffic *Down Tools*

Steef - Get Uglier *Post F*

WAAX - Same Bitch *At Least I'm Free*

Student Nurse - Lonely too Long *As Seen On T.V.*

The Flatliners - Souvenir *New Ruin*

Steef - Roll With The Punches *Post F*

Mo Troper - Play Dumb *MTV*

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Wasted Shirt - All Is Lost *Fungus II*

Keith Lubrant - Who I Am

The Cure - Primary *Faith*

Plastiscines (France) - You're No Good (2009) *Lo-Fi Ladies, Vol. 16*

Los Pepes - El Turista Y La Gachi' *Spanish Ye-Ye*

Ernest Phipps - I Want To Go *The History of Country & Western Music*

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Over And Over *Plastic Fang*

The Wellgreen - Don't Give My Number Away *Wellgreens*

Boyracer - Crack The Red *On A Promise*

The Mono Men - Watch Outside *Estrus Kamikaze Ass Chomp N' Stomp CD Sampler, Vol. 4*

Horse Jumper of Love - Heaven *So Divine*

Julian Rose - The Rumor *Twisted Tales From The Vinyl Wastelands Vol 5*

Joanna Gruesome - There Is No Function Stacey *Peanut Butter*

Makaya Mccraven - Wail Bait *Deciphering The Message*

The Pebbles - (I Can't Explain) Gonna Tell Your Man *First Album*

Hasil Adkins - Roll Roll Train *Chicken Walk*

The Wrens - I Married Sonja *Secaucus*

Mo Troper - The Only Living Goy in New York *MTV*

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The Mergers - Sold Down the River *Three Apples in the Orange Grove*

The Gosdin Brothers - There Must Be A Someone (I Can Turn To) *Sounds of Goodbye*

Half Japanese - Swept Away *Invincible*

Mal - Oven *Continuous Short Feature Film [EP]*

Cheekface - Election Day feat. Sidney Gish *Too Much to Ask*

Germ House - Keep It On Your Good Side (Early Demo) *Bandcamp Cashgrab Ep*

Snapped Ankles - Bel Air (Burning Dressing Gowns Violation) *Violations*

Waylon Jennings - Norwegian Wood *Nashville Rebel*

Montell Fish - Fall in Love with you. *JAMIE*

The Ophelias - Pretty Green Ice-Box Eyes *Bare Bodkin*

The Evolution Control Committee - Dinner *Plagiarhythm Nation, Vol. 2.0*

OORUTAICHI - jimaji *Hard Marchen In Osaka*

The Makers - Bust Out *Rip Off Records - The Early Ones*

Cheekface - Noodles *Too Much to Ask*

Art Moore - Muscle Memory *Art Moore*

Sparklehorse - Babies on the Sun *It's a Wonderful Life*

Mo Troper - I'm The King of Rock n Roll *MTV*

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Lawn - Night Life *Bigger Sprout*

The A’s - Why I'm Grieving *Fruit*

Chime School - Anywhere But Here *2021 - Chime School*

Erica Dawn Lyle & Vice Cooler - Soul Fire Farm (featuring Alice Bag and Emily Retsas) *Land Trust: Benefit For North East Farmers of Color*

Jon Brion - Self-Destructive (Any Other Way) *Home Demos (1991-1995) (Disc One)*

Viagra Boys - Troglodyte *Cave World*

Σtella - Up and Away *Up and Away*

The Zygomats - Backseat Driver (Single)

The Umbrellas - It's True *The Umbrellas*

Guided By Voices - Alex Bell *Tremblers and Goggle By Rank*

Soccer Mommy - Fire In The Driveway *Sometimes, Forever*

Lassie - One For The Road *Behold*

Erica Dawn Lyle & Vice Cooler - Lost In Thought (featuring The Linda Lindas) *Land Trust: Benefit For North East Farmers of Color*

Jon Brion - Citgo Sign *Home Demos (1991-1995) (Disc One)*

Viagra Boys - Creepy Crawlers *Cave World*

Archers of Loaf - In the Surface Noise *Reason in Decline*