Music

Now that’s what we call music 2022: our top 10 albums of the year

From career bests from Irish artists to superstar turns from abroad, Tony Clayton-Lea compiles the ten best albums of 2022

Elvis Costello and the Imposters: new album pleased the diehards. Picture: Getty

Elvis Costello & the Imposters: The Boy Named If (EMI)

For over 40 years, Elvis Costello has dared his fan base to second-guess what any album of his might sound like, but this one certainly pleased the diehards with sparky musical references to his late-1970s work.

Fontaines DC: Skinty Fia (Partisan)

You might think releasing three albums in three years is a case of creative overspill, but there is an ongoing streak of greatness here ...