BEST OF 2022


ALBUM OF THE YEAR

the smile, a light for attracting attention


PORTUGUESE ALBUM OF THE YEAR

a garota não, 2 de abril


BEST ALBUMS (alphabetical order)

au suisse, au suisse

sault, untitled (god)

suede, autofiction

tears for fears, the tipping point

yeah yeah yeahs, cool it down


10 BEST SONGS (alphabetical order)

au suisse, thing

blood orange, wish

bruce springsteen, the sun ain’t gonna shine anymore

christine and the queens, my birdman

fontaines d.c., roman holiday

jb dunckel, zombie park

suede, the only way i can love you

tears for fears, end of night

the smile, open the floodgates

yeah yeah yeahs, lovebomb


10 PORTUGUESE SONGS (alphabetical order)

a garota não, dilúvio

a garota não, prédio mais alto

bandua, cinco sentidos

batida feat mayra andrade, bom bom

moullinex & gpu panic, pacifico

surma & selma uamusse, nyanyana

silly, água doce

slimmy & alex fx, i miss missing

the gift, o regresso

valter lobo, o que o sol guardou


50 INTERNATIONAL SONGS  (alphabetical order)

agar agar, the visit

arcade fire & peter gabriel, unconditional ii

arctic monkeys, sculptures of anything goes

art d’ecco, i was a teenager

au suisse, gc

a-ha, forest for the trees

a-ha, true north

beyonce, summer renaissance

boy harsher, give me a reason

boy harsher ft mariana saldanã, machina

brian eno, there were bells

christine and the queens, my birdman

fever ray, what they call us

gorillaz, baby queen

hannes & waterbaby, stockholmsvy

hot chip, guilty

jb dunckel, dare

kae tempest & kevin abstract, more pressure

kelly lee owens, s.o.

khruangbin & leon bridges, b-side

lcd soundsystem, new body rhumba

local suicide feat lena platonos, eros anikate

marc almond, siren

moscoman, i contort myself (thinking ablout you)

noel gallagher’s high flying birds, pretty boy

normal bias, embody control

nto feat tricky & maria, loving you like always

oliver sim & jimmy somerville, hideous

orville peck, hexie mountains

pleasure pool, ask your body

real lies, late arcades

royksopp & alison goldfrapp, impossible

royksopp & alison goldfrapp, the night

sault, fight for love

sault, luminous

sextile, contortion

soft kill & ruth radelet, the line

special interest feat mykki blanco, midnight legend

suede, it’s always the quiet ones

sudan archives, selfish soul

tears for fears, stay

totally enormous extinct dinosaurs, when the lights go

the house of love, dice and rolling

the smile, pana-vision

the smile, speech bubbles

the weeknd, gasoline

warpaint, champion

warpaint, trouble

wet leg, loving you

xpropaganda, the night


7 COVERS (alphabetical order)

bob moses, need you tonight (inxs cover)

bruce springsteen, the sun ain’t gonna shine anymore (franki valli / the walker brothers cover)

cat power, bad religion (frank ocean cover)

placebo, shout (tears for fears cover)

robyn & neneh cherry, buffalo stance (neneh cherry cover)

sofia kourtesis & manu chao, estación esperanza (manu chao cover)

the golden filter, drive (the cars cover)


10 REMIXES (alphabetical order)

duran duran, all of you (erol elkan extended rework edit)

josé gonzález, el invento (sofia kourtesis remix)

moat, paradise (âme remix)

oliver sim, sensitive child (soulwax remix)

pyto, silent (bullion remix)

rhye, black rain (âme remix)

the associates, white car in germany (hayden thorpe remix)

the smile, the smoke (dennis bovell rmx)

wet leg, too late now (soulwax remix)

yeah yeah yeahs, wolf (boys noize remix)


10 REISSUES, SPECIAL EDITIONS AND COMPILATIONS (alphabetical order)

blondie, against the odds 1974-1982

david bowie, moonage daydream - ost

duran duran, medazzaland (reedition)

george michael, older (expanded edition)

inxs, shabooh shoobah (40th anniversary / deluxe edition)

manic street preachers, know your enemy (deluxe edition)

seal, seal (deluxe edition)

the associates, sulk (40th anniversary edition)

the beatles, revolver (super deluxe edition)

ultravox, rage in eden (deluxe edition)


18 BEST TV SHOWS (alphabetical order)

andor, season 1 - disney +

better call saul, season 6 - netflix

for all mankind, season 3 - apple tv +

house of the dragon, season 1 - hbo max

ozark, season 4 - netflix

peaky blinders, season 6 - bbc

stranger things, season 4 - netflix

the andy warhol diaries - netflix

the old men, season 1 - disney +

white lotus, season 2 - hbo max


TV SHOWS (alphabetical order)

city on a hill, season 3 - hbo max

das boot, season 3 - sky

obi-wah kenobi - disney +

outer range, season 1 - amazon prime

see, season 3 - apple tv +

slow horses, season 1, disney +

we own this city, season 1 - hbo max


MUSIC EVENTS OF THE YEAR

david bowie, moonage daydream @ imax

duran duran @ rock in rio lisboa