Bjork, Beyonce and Rosalia made some of 2022’s best albums; Joni Mitchell, Kate Bush made surprise comebacks

What decade is this again? It’s a fair question for a number of reasons, including the droves of recordings released in 2022 that prominently sampled, repurposed or recycled hits and obscurities from bygone decades. Consider SZA’s “SOS,” which samples both Beyonce’s 2007 song “Listen” and The Gabriel Hardeman Delegation’s 1976 gospel chestnut, “Until I Found the Lord (My Soul Couldn’t Rest).” Or consider Nicki Minaj’s “Super Freaky Girl,” which builds on both Rick James’ 1981 funk-rock classic “Super Freak” and the 1815 children’s rhyme “Eenie, Meenie, Miny, Moe.” Then there’s Taylor Swift, wh…

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