Staff Picks: The Best CDs & Vinyl of 2022

I’m Mark, the Music & Film Specialist at Wellington City Libraries. Every month this year my colleague Neil and I reviewed some new material for the music collection at Te Awe Brandon Street Library. The podcast below is a roundup of some the albums we enjoyed listening to most over the course of the year. Some of these titles featured on various critics’ Best of 2022 lists, but others are just albums that struck us as being unique and interesting. Click on the image links to reserve any of these items from the catalogue. Following on from our picks is a selection of titles that other staff members rated as their favourite listens of 2022.


Mark’s Picks:
Goodbye to Love by Claudia ThompsonSgt Culpepper by Joel CulpepperOld friend : the deluxe collection (1976-1998) by Phyllis Hyman

Wet Leg, by Wet Leg

The Slam! years (1983-1988), by Hamid El Shaeri

What dreams may come by Louisa Williamson

Oghneya by Ferkat Al Ard

Thee Sacred Souls, by Sacred Souls

Autofiction, by Suede

Vulture Prince, by Arooj Aftab

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Neil’s Picks:
How is it that I should look at the stars, by Weather StationVital, by Big BraveKingmaker, by Tami Neilson

Rhythm revolution, by Ferry Djimmy

American Epic

A light for attracting attention, by The Smile

Electricity, by Ibibio Sound Machine

Midnight Rocker by Andy Horace

Recordings from the Åland Islands, by Jeremiah Chiu

The unfolding, by Hannah Peel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sasha’s Pick:
My boy / Williams, Marlon
Perfect summer vibes.

 

 

 

 

Gus’s Picks:
Wet Leg, by Wet Leg


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Charlotte’s Picks:





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Shinji’s Picks:
A light for attracting attention, by The Smile




Far Star, by Gilad Hekselman

Cure the jones, by Mamas Gun


Waiting for Columbus : live deluxe, by Little Feat

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Neil P.’s Picks: