This time we asked the readers. What was the best Italian album of 2022? And the result was surprisingly clear: great success, in fact, for the Campanian composer Max Fuschetto and his “Rhythmic non-rhythmic”, which outpaced by a certain margin opponents on paper as fearsome as Verdena of “Volevo magic” and Manuel Agnelli, leader of the Afterhours in his solo debut with “Love your neighbor as yourself”, who occupy the other two steps of the podium.
Among the top ten, also the revelations Rhabdomantic Orchestra (the world jazz of “Almagre”), Messa (the esoteric doom of “Close”), Bebawinigi (the avant-rock of “Stupor”) and Eugene (the electropop of “Seven Years In Space”), as well as already mentioned names such as Nu Genea (“Bar Mediterraneo”), Edda (“Illusion”) and Marlene Kuntz (“Karma Clima”).
Here is the complete ranking of the top 50:
1. Max Fuschetto – Rhythmic non-rhythmic
2. Verdena – I wanted magic
3. Manuel Agnelli – Love your neighbor as yourself
4. Nu Genea – Mediterranean Bar
5. Rhabdomantic Orchestra – Almagre
6. Mass – Close
7. Edda – Illusion
8. Marlene Kuntz – Karma Clima
9. Bebawinigi – Stupor
10. Eugene – Seven Years In Space
11. C'mon Tiger – Scenario
12. Bones – Bones
13. Alessandro Fiori – I got lost in the woods
14. Almamegretta – Senghe
Bobby Joe Long's Friendship Party – Aoh!
All Phenomena – Rare privilege
17. Caterina Barbieri – Spirit Exit
18. Nero Kane – Of Knowledge And Revelation
19. Mario Pigozzo Favero – I'm moved, if you want
20. Vieri Cervelli Montel – I
21. Liberato – Liberato II
Zen Circus – Dear fucking friends
23. Nada – Fear goes away by itself if thoughts shine
24. Mace – Beyond
Never Never Never – Remorse
26. The Long Goodbye – Tropic Romagnolo
Massimo Zamboni – My current homeland
Grudge – Xenoverse
29. Caliber 35 – Check to the master, Volume 1 and 2
30. Bruno Bavota – Chantal Acda – A Closer Distance
Swan – Death and ritual crying
Murubutu – Love stories with rain and other tales of showers and thunderstorms
Paolo Angeli – Rade
34. Cesare Cremonini – The girl of the future
Ibiscus – Nowhere Emilia
Stefano Pilia – Spiralis Aurea
37. Dargen D'Amico – In dreams no one is monogamous
Ministers – Oaths
Pierpaolo Capovilla and The Bad Masters – Pierpaolo Capovilla and The Bad Masters
Tha Supreme – Special Character
41. Diaphragm – Now
Eraser – Zombie Cowboys
Nuclear Tactical Penguins – Fake News
Simona Molinari – Petals
Violated Angels – Violated Angels
46. Eugenio In Via Di Gioia – Terra
Fabri Fibra – Chaos
Giovanni Truppi – All The Universe
Sick Luke – X2
Tommaso Paradiso – Space Cowboy
Antonio Santini for SANREMO.FM
