Matt Durrant

I run around, I read bad books, I take pictures on my phone and some videos.
I sometimes try to make electronic music
Here are my favourite albums (which I'm buying on vinyl).
Contact me on WhatsApp. I largely ignore email and Facebook.

27 Favourite Albums of 2022

My favourite albums as determined by my Spotify account (source code).

All Time || 2024 || 2023 || 2022 || 2021 || 2020 || 2019 || 2018 || 2017 || 2016 || 2015 || 2014 || 2013 || 2012 || 2011 || 2010 || 2009 || 2008 || 2007 || 2006 || 2005 || 2004

1.
81%
Cheat Codes
Danger Mouse
2022

1. Sometimes ★★★☆☆
2. Cheat Codes ★★★☆☆
3. The Darkest Part (feat. Raekwon and Kid Sister) ★★★☆☆
4. No Gold Teeth ★★★☆☆
5. Because (feat. Joey Bada$$, Russ, and Dylan Cartlidge) ★★★★☆
6. Belize (feat. MF DOOM) ★★★★☆
7. Aquamarine (feat. Michael Kiwanuka) ★★★★☆
8. Identical Deaths ★★☆☆☆
9. Strangers (feat. A$AP Rocky and Run The Jewels) ★★★★☆
10. Close to Famous ★★★☆☆
11. Saltwater (feat. Conway the Machine) ★★★☆☆
12. Violas and Lupitas ★★★☆☆
2.
75%
Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers
Kendrick Lamar
2022

1. United In Grief ★★★★☆
2. N95 ★★★☆☆
3. Worldwide Steppers ★☆☆☆☆
4. Die Hard ★★★★☆
5. Father Time (feat. Sampha) ★★★☆☆
6. Rich - Interlude
7. Rich Spirit ★★☆☆☆
8. We Cry Together ★☆☆☆☆
9. Purple Hearts ★★★★☆
1. Count Me Out ★★★★★
2. Crown ★★★☆☆
3. Silent Hill ★★☆☆☆
4. Savior - Interlude ★★☆☆☆
5. Savior ★★☆☆☆
6. Auntie Diaries ★★★★☆
7. Mr. Morale ★★☆☆☆
8. Mother I Sober (feat. Beth Gibbons of Portishead) ★★★☆☆
9. Mirror ★★★☆☆
1. The Heart Part 5 ★★★★☆
3.
74%
It's Almost Dry
Pusha T
2022

1. Brambleton ★★★☆☆
2. Let The Smokers Shine The Coupes ★★★★☆
3. Dreamin Of The Past (feat. Kanye West) ★★★★☆
4. Neck & Wrist (feat. JAY-Z & Pharrell Williams) ★★★☆☆
5. Just So You Remember ★★★☆☆
6. Diet Coke ★★★★☆
7. Rock N Roll (feat. Kanye West & Kid Cudi) ★★★☆☆
8. Call My Bluff ★☆☆☆☆
9. Scrape It Off (feat. Lil Uzi Vert & Don Toliver) ★☆☆☆☆
10. Hear Me Clearly (feat. Nigo) ★★★☆☆
11. Open Air ★★★☆☆
12. I Pray For You (feat. Labrinth & MALICE) ★★☆☆☆
4.
72%
Alpha Zulu
Phoenix
2022

1. Alpha Zulu ★★★☆☆
2. Tonight (feat. Ezra Koenig) ★★☆☆☆
3. The Only One ★★★★☆
4. After Midnight ★★★★☆
5. Winter Solstice ★★★★☆
6. Season 2 ★★☆☆☆
7. Artefact ★★★☆☆
8. All Eyes on Me ★★☆☆☆
9. My Elixir ★★☆☆☆
10. Identical ★★★☆☆
5.
71%
Found Light
Laura Veirs
2022

1. Autumn Song ★★★☆☆
2. Ring Song ★★☆☆☆
3. Seaside Haiku ★★★☆☆
4. Naked Hymn ★★☆☆☆
5. My Lantern ★★★★★
6. Signal ★★★☆☆
7. Can't Help But Sing ★★★☆☆
8. Eucalyptus ★★★☆☆
9. New Arms ★★★☆☆
10. Sword Song ★☆☆☆☆
11. Time Will Show You ★☆☆☆☆
12. T & O ★★☆☆☆
13. Komorebi ★★★☆☆
14. Winter Windows ★★★☆☆
6.
71%
Lucifer On The Sofa
Spoon
2022

1. Held ★★★☆☆
2. The Hardest Cut ★★★☆☆
3. The Devil & Mister Jones ★★★☆☆
4. Wild ★★★★☆
5. My Babe ★★☆☆☆
6. Feels Alright ★★☆☆☆
7. On The Radio ★★☆☆☆
8. Astral Jacket ★★☆☆☆
9. Satellite ★★★☆☆
10. Lucifer On The Sofa ★★★★☆
7.
66%
There in Spirit
Homeboy Sandman
2022

1. Something Fly ★★☆☆☆
2. Keep That Same Energy ★★★☆☆
3. Voices (alright) ★★★☆☆
4. Stand Up ★★★☆☆
5. The Only Constant ★★★☆☆
6. Feels so Good to Cry ★☆☆☆☆
7. Epiphany ★★★☆☆
8.
63%
SOS
SZA
2022

1. SOS ★★☆☆☆
2. Kill Bill ★★★☆☆
3. Seek & Destroy ★★★☆☆
4. Low ★★☆☆☆
5. Love Language ★☆☆☆☆
6. Blind ★★☆☆☆
7. Used (feat. Don Toliver) ★☆☆☆☆
8. Snooze ★★★☆☆
9. Notice Me ★★☆☆☆
10. Gone Girl ★☆☆☆☆
11. Smoking on my Ex Pack ★★★☆☆
12. Ghost in the Machine (feat. Phoebe Bridgers) ★★☆☆☆
13. F2F ★☆☆☆☆
14. Nobody Gets Me ★★☆☆☆
15. Conceited ★★★☆☆
16. Special ★★☆☆☆
17. Too Late ★☆☆☆☆
18. Far ★☆☆☆☆
19. Shirt ★★★☆☆
20. Open Arms (feat. Travis Scott) ★★☆☆☆
9.
60%
SICK!
Earl Sweatshirt
2022

1. Old Friend ★★☆☆☆
2. 2010 ★★★☆☆
3. Sick! ★☆☆☆☆
4. Vision (feat. Zelooperz) ★★★☆☆
5. Tabula Rasa (feat. Armand Hammer) ★★★★☆
6. Lye ★★☆☆☆
7. Lobby (int) ★☆☆☆☆
8. God Laughs ★★☆☆☆
9. Titanic ★★☆☆☆
10. Fire in the Hole ★★☆☆☆
10.
50%
King's Disease III
Nas
2022

1. Ghetto Reporter ★★★☆☆
2. Legit ★★★☆☆
3. Thun ★★★☆☆
4. Michael & Quincy ★★☆☆☆
5. 30 ★★☆☆☆
6. Hood2Hood ★★☆☆☆
7. Recession Proof ★★☆☆☆
8. Reminisce ★★☆☆☆
9. Serious Interlude ★☆☆☆☆
10. I'm on Fire ★☆☆☆☆
11. WTF SMH ★★☆☆☆
12. Once a Man, Twice a Child ★★★☆☆
13. Get Light ★★★★☆
14. First Time ☆☆☆☆☆
15. Beef ☆☆☆☆☆
16. Don't Shoot ☆☆☆☆☆
17. Til My Last Breath - Bonus Track ☆☆☆☆☆
11.
43%
Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You
Big Thief
2022

1. Change ★★★☆☆
2. Time Escaping ★★★☆☆
3. Spud Infinity ☆☆☆☆☆
4. Certainty ★★★☆☆
5. Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You ★★☆☆☆
6. Sparrow ★★★☆☆
7. Little Things ★★★☆☆
8. Heavy Bend ☆☆☆☆☆
9. Flower of Blood ☆☆☆☆☆
10. Blurred View ☆☆☆☆☆
11. Red Moon ☆☆☆☆☆
12. Dried Roses ☆☆☆☆☆
13. No Reason ★★★☆☆
14. Wake Me up to Drive ★★☆☆☆
15. Promise Is a Pendulum ☆☆☆☆☆
16. 12,000 Lines ☆☆☆☆☆
17. Simulation Swarm ★★★★★
18. Love Love Love ★★☆☆☆
19. The Only Place ★★☆☆☆
20. Blue Lightning ☆☆☆☆☆
12.
23%
The Linden Trees Are Still In Blossom
Jens Lekman
2022

1. And I Remember Every Kiss ★★★☆☆
2. Sipping On The Sweet Nectar ★★★☆☆
3. The Opposite of Hallelujah ☆☆☆☆☆
4. A Postcard to Nina ★★★★★
5. Into Eternity ★★★☆☆
6. I'm Leaving You Because I Don't Love You ☆☆☆☆☆
7. If I Could Cry (it would feel like this) ☆☆☆☆☆
8. Your Arms Around Me ☆☆☆☆☆
9. Shirin ☆☆☆☆☆
10. It Was a Strange Time in My Life ☆☆☆☆☆
11. Kanske Är Jag Kär i Dig ☆☆☆☆☆
12. Friday Night at the Drive-In Bingo ☆☆☆☆☆
13. Your Beat Kicks Back Like Death ☆☆☆☆☆
14. Our Last Swim In The Ocean ☆☆☆☆☆
15. A Little Lost ☆☆☆☆☆
16. Radio NRJ ☆☆☆☆☆
17. The Linden Trees Are Still in Blossom ☆☆☆☆☆
18. When I'm Swimming ☆☆☆☆☆
13.
21%
Cocodrillo Turbo
Action Bronson
2022

1. Hound Dog ☆☆☆☆☆
2. Tongpo [Feat. Conway the Machine] ☆☆☆☆☆
3. Estaciones [Feat. Hologram] ☆☆☆☆☆
4. Jaws ☆☆☆☆☆
5. Subzero ★★★★☆
6. Turkish [Feat. Meyhem Lauren] ☆☆☆☆☆
7. Jaguar ☆☆☆☆☆
8. Zambezi [Feat. Roc Marciano] ☆☆☆☆☆
9. Ninety One ★★★★☆
10. Storm Of The Century [Feat. Yung Mehico] ☆☆☆☆☆
14.
18%
RTJ CU4TRO
Run The Jewels
2022

1. yankee y el valiente - TROOKO's Versión ★★★☆☆
2. ooh la la (feat. Santa Fe Klan) - Mexican Institute Of Sound Versión ☆☆☆☆☆
3. fuera de vista (feat. Baco Exu Do Blues) - TROOKO’s Versión ☆☆☆☆☆
4. santa calamifuck - Eva, Chucho, Yulian & Nick Hook's Versión ☆☆☆☆☆
5. goonies contra E.T. (feat. Sarah La Morena & El Individuo) - Danny Brasco & Nick Hook's Versión ☆☆☆☆☆
6. caminando en la nieve (feat. Akapellah, Apache & Pawmps) - Orestes Gomez & Nick Hook’s Versión ☆☆☆☆☆
7. JU$T (feat. Pharrell Williams & Zack de la Rocha) - Toy Selectah Versión ★★★★☆
8. nunca mirar hacia atrás - Bomba Estéreo's Versión ☆☆☆☆☆
9. el suelo debajo - Son Rompe Pera's Versión ☆☆☆☆☆
10. tirando el detonador (feat. Lido Pimienta, Javier Arce & Iggor Cavalera) - Mas Aya & Nick Hook's Versión ☆☆☆☆☆
11. unas palabras para el pelotón de fusilamiento (radiación) - Adrian Terrazas-Gonzalez & El Producto’s Versión ☆☆☆☆☆
15.
18%
God Save The Animals
Alex G
2022

1. After All ☆☆☆☆☆
2. Runner ★★★★☆
3. Mission ★★★★☆
4. S.D.O.S ☆☆☆☆☆
5. No Bitterness ☆☆☆☆☆
6. Ain't It Easy ☆☆☆☆☆
7. Cross the Sea ☆☆☆☆☆
8. Blessing ☆☆☆☆☆
9. Early Morning Waiting ☆☆☆☆☆
10. Immunity ☆☆☆☆☆
11. Headroom Piano ☆☆☆☆☆
12. Miracles ☆☆☆☆☆
13. Forgive ☆☆☆☆☆
16.
17%
Ultra Truth
Daniel Avery
2022

1. New Faith ☆☆☆☆☆
2. Ultra Truth ★★★★★
3. Wall Of Sleep ★★★★☆
4. The Slow Bullet ☆☆☆☆☆
5. Devotion ☆☆☆☆☆
6. Only ☆☆☆☆☆
7. Spider ☆☆☆☆☆
8. Near Perfect ☆☆☆☆☆
9. Higher ☆☆☆☆☆
10. Ache ☆☆☆☆☆
11. Collapsing Sky ☆☆☆☆☆
12. Lone Swordsman ☆☆☆☆☆
13. Overflowing With Escape ☆☆☆☆☆
14. Chaos Energy ☆☆☆☆☆
15. Heavy Rain ☆☆☆☆☆
17.
14%
The Overload
Yard Act
2022

1. The Overload ★★★☆☆
2. Dead Horse ☆☆☆☆☆
3. Payday ★★☆☆☆
4. Rich ☆☆☆☆☆
5. The Incident ☆☆☆☆☆
6. Witness (Can I Get A?) ☆☆☆☆☆
7. Land Of The Blind ☆☆☆☆☆
8. Quarantine The Sticks ☆☆☆☆☆
9. Tall Poppies ☆☆☆☆☆
10. Pour Another ☆☆☆☆☆
11. 100% Endurance ☆☆☆☆☆
18.
13%
Ultra Truth
Daniel Avery
2022

1. New Faith ★☆☆☆☆
2. Ultra Truth ☆☆☆☆☆
3. Wall of Sleep ★★★★☆
4. The Slow Bullet ☆☆☆☆☆
5. Devotion ☆☆☆☆☆
6. Only ☆☆☆☆☆
7. Spider ☆☆☆☆☆
8. Near Perfect ☆☆☆☆☆
9. Higher ☆☆☆☆☆
10. Ache ☆☆☆☆☆
11. Collapsing Sky ☆☆☆☆☆
12. Lone Swordsman ☆☆☆☆☆
13. Overflowing With Escape ☆☆☆☆☆
14. Chaos Energy ☆☆☆☆☆
15. Heavy Rain ☆☆☆☆☆
19.
12%
Soul of Albion
Man the Lifeboats
2022

1. Born Drunk ★★★★★
2. The Fires of England ☆☆☆☆☆
3. Somerstown ☆☆☆☆☆
4. County Kilburn ☆☆☆☆☆
5. Stourbridge Fair ☆☆☆☆☆
6. The Cuckoo's Nest ☆☆☆☆☆
7. Soul of Albion ☆☆☆☆☆
8. Herbert the Sherbert / The Floating Candle ☆☆☆☆☆
9. Nobody Home ☆☆☆☆☆
10. The Ballad of Sarah Hughes ☆☆☆☆☆
11. A New Jerusalem ☆☆☆☆☆
20.
11%
Love & Harm
Karl Blau
2022

1. The Reins ★★★★☆
2. Philadelphia ☆☆☆☆☆
3. Natural Limit ☆☆☆☆☆
4. Section 11 Police Station #2 ☆☆☆☆☆
5. Gray Area ☆☆☆☆☆
6. Bill The Beerman ☆☆☆☆☆
7. Love & Harmony ☆☆☆☆☆
8. Little Pink Maggot ☆☆☆☆☆
9. Bird In The Hand ☆☆☆☆☆
10. Animal Dreams ☆☆☆☆☆
11. The Shoreline ☆☆☆☆☆
21.
11%
It's Almost Dry: Ye vs. Pharrell
Pusha T
2022

1. Dreamin Of The Past ☆☆☆☆☆
2. Rock N Roll ☆☆☆☆☆
3. Just So You Remember ☆☆☆☆☆
4. Diet Coke ★★★★☆
5. Hear Me Clearly ☆☆☆☆☆
6. I Pray For You ☆☆☆☆☆
7. Let The Smokers Shine The Coupes ☆☆☆☆☆
8. Scrape It Off ☆☆☆☆☆
9. Neck & Wrist ☆☆☆☆☆
10. Call My Bluff ☆☆☆☆☆
11. Open Air ☆☆☆☆☆
12. Brambleton ☆☆☆☆☆
22.
11%
Deathfame
Quelle Chris
2022

1. TEYC ☆☆☆☆☆
2. Alive Ain't Always Living ★★★★☆
3. King in Black ☆☆☆☆☆
4. PS1 (Pontiac Sunfire 1) ☆☆☆☆☆
5. Feed the Heads ☆☆☆☆☆
6. So Tired You Can't Stop Dreaming ☆☆☆☆☆
7. Die Happy Knowing They'll Care ☆☆☆☆☆
8. DEATHFAME ☆☆☆☆☆
9. The Agency of the Future ☆☆☆☆☆
10. Help I'm Dead ☆☆☆☆☆
11. How Could They Love Something Like Me? ☆☆☆☆☆
12. Cui Prodest ☆☆☆☆☆
13. The Sky is Blue Because the Sunset is Red ☆☆☆☆☆
14. Excuse My Back ☆☆☆☆☆
23.
10%
Toy
David Bowie
2022

1. I Dig Everything ★★☆☆☆
2. You've Got A Habit of Leaving ☆☆☆☆☆
3. The London Boys ☆☆☆☆☆
4. Karma Man ☆☆☆☆☆
5. Conversation Piece ☆☆☆☆☆
6. Shadow Man ☆☆☆☆☆
7. Let Me Sleep Beside You ☆☆☆☆☆
8. Hole In The Ground ☆☆☆☆☆
9. Baby Loves That Way ☆☆☆☆☆
10. Can't Help Thinking About Me ★★★★☆
11. Silly Boy Blue ☆☆☆☆☆
12. Toy (Your Turn To Drive) ☆☆☆☆☆
1. Liza Jane - Alternative Mix ☆☆☆☆☆
2. You've Got A Habit of Leaving - Alternative Mix, 2021 Remaster ☆☆☆☆☆
3. Baby Loves That Way - Alternative Mix, 2021 Remaster ☆☆☆☆☆
4. Can't Help Thinking About Me - Alternative Mix ☆☆☆☆☆
5. I Dig Everything - Alternative Mix ☆☆☆☆☆
6. The London Boys - Alternative Version ☆☆☆☆☆
7. Silly Boy Blue - Tibet Version ☆☆☆☆☆
8. Let Me Sleep Beside You - Alternative Mix, 2021 Remaster ☆☆☆☆☆
24.
10%
The Forever Story
JID
2022

1. Galaxy ☆☆☆☆☆
2. Raydar ★★★★☆
3. Dance Now (feat. Kenny Mason) ☆☆☆☆☆
4. Crack Sandwich ☆☆☆☆☆
5. Can’t Punk Me (feat. EARTHGANG) ☆☆☆☆☆
6. Surround Sound (feat. 21 Savage & Baby Tate) ☆☆☆☆☆
7. Kody Blu 31 ☆☆☆☆☆
8. Bruddanem (feat. Lil Durk) ☆☆☆☆☆
9. Sistanem ☆☆☆☆☆
10. Can’t Make U Change (feat. Ari Lennox) ☆☆☆☆☆
11. Stars (feat. Yasiin Bey) ☆☆☆☆☆
12. Just In Time (feat. Lil Wayne & Kenny Mason) ☆☆☆☆☆
13. Money ☆☆☆☆☆
14. Better Days (feat. Johnta Austin) ☆☆☆☆☆
15. Lauder Too (feat. Ravyn Lenae & Eryn Allen Kane) ☆☆☆☆☆
16. 2007 ☆☆☆☆☆
25.
10%
Skinty Fia
Fontaines D.C.
2022

1. In ár gCroíthe go deo ☆☆☆☆☆
2. Big Shot ☆☆☆☆☆
3. How Cold Love Is ☆☆☆☆☆
4. Jackie Down The Line ☆☆☆☆☆
5. Bloomsday ☆☆☆☆☆
6. Roman Holiday ☆☆☆☆☆
7. The Couple Across The Way ☆☆☆☆☆
8. Skinty Fia ★★★☆☆
9. I Love You ☆☆☆☆☆
10. Nabokov ☆☆☆☆☆
26.
10%
Remote Connections
Daytoner
2022

1. Shout Love ★★★☆☆
2. Time ☆☆☆☆☆
3. Keep It Moving ☆☆☆☆☆
4. Just a Boy ☆☆☆☆☆
5. Blood out of a Stone ☆☆☆☆☆
6. Thank You ☆☆☆☆☆
7. Jet Speed ☆☆☆☆☆
8. Numbers ☆☆☆☆☆
9. The Hurt Inside ☆☆☆☆☆
10. La La Land ☆☆☆☆☆
11. My Sweet Baby ☆☆☆☆☆
12. Searching ☆☆☆☆☆
27.
10%
30 Something
Orbital
2022

1. Smiley ☆☆☆☆☆
2. Acid Horse ☆☆☆☆☆
3. Where Is It Going? (feat. Stephen Hawking) ☆☆☆☆☆
4. Impact - 30 Years Later and the Earth Is Still Burning Mix ☆☆☆☆☆
5. Satan - 30 Something Years Later Mix ☆☆☆☆☆
6. Chime - 30 Something Years Later Mix ☆☆☆☆☆
7. Halcyon - 30 Something Years Later Mix ☆☆☆☆☆
8. Belfast - 30 Something Years Later Mix ☆☆☆☆☆
9. The Box - 30 Something Years Later Mix ☆☆☆☆☆
10. Are We Here? (30 Something) - Dusky Remix ☆☆☆☆☆
11. The Girl with the Sun in Her Head - Floex Remix ☆☆☆☆☆
12. Halcyon & On - Logic1000 Mix ☆☆☆☆☆
13. Belfast - ANNA Techno Remix ☆☆☆☆☆
14. Impact - John Tejada Remix ☆☆☆☆☆
15. Chime - Octave One Remix ☆☆☆☆☆
16. Halcyon & On - Jon Hopkins Remix ☆☆☆☆☆
17. Are We Here? (30 Something) - Shanti Celeste Remix ☆☆☆☆☆
18. Belfast - Yotto Remix ☆☆☆☆☆
19. The Box - Joris Voorn Remix ☆☆☆☆☆
20. The Girl with the Sun in Her Head - Lone Remix ★★★★☆