De Sounds top 50 wordt samengesteld uit de persoonlijke lijstjes van het Sounds-team en mede-muziekliefhebbers.
Publicatie tussen Kerst en Nieuwjaar
1. Big Thief - New warm mountain I believe in you
2. The Smile - A light for attracting attention
3. The Delines - The sea drift
4. Fontaines D.C. - Skinty Fía
5. Ian Noe - River fools and mountain saints
6. Bill Callahan - Ytilaer
7. Wilco - Cruel country
8. Beth Orton - Weather alive
9. Weyes Blood - And in the darkness hearts aglow
10. Porcupine Tree - Closure/continuation
11. Kevin Morby - This is a photograph
12. Paolo Nutini - Last night in the Bittersweet
13. Personal Trainer - Big love blanket
14. Joan Shelley - The spur
15. Arctic Monkeys - The car
16. Suede - Autofiction
17. The Haunted Youth - Dawn of the freak
18. Tedeschi Trucks Band - I am the moon I II III en IV
19. VanWyck - The epic tale of the stranded man
20. Angel Olsen - Big Time
21. Black Country New Road - Ants from up there
22. Yard Act - The overload
23. Just Mustard - Heart under
24. Sudan Archives - Natural brown prom queen
25. Porridge Radio - Waterslide, diving board, ladder to the sky
26. Afghan Whigs - How do you burn?
27. Wet Leg - Wet Leg
28. Viagra Boys - Cave world
29. Madrugada - Chimes at midnight
30. Hermanos Gutierrez - El bueno y el malo
31. Bonny Light Horseman - Rolling golden holy
32. Danger Mouse & Black Thought - Cheat codes
33. Sadies - Colder streams
34. Lucrecia Dalt - !Ay!
35. Kae Tempest - The line is a curve
36. Orville Peck - Bronco
37. Jake Xerxes Russel - Good and green agein
38. Richard Dawson - The ruby cord
39. Florist - Florist
40. Big Big Train - Welcome to the planet
41. Oneida - Succes
42. Jack White - Entering heaven alive
43. The Black Keys - Dropout boogie
44. Sharon van Etten - We've been going about this all wrong
45. Ghost Woman - Ghost Woman
46. Dry Cleaning - Stumpwork
47. Alvvays - Blue rev
48. Alabaster DePlume - Gold
49. Taj Mahal & Ry Cooder - Get on board
50. Rosalía - Motomami
Spoon - Lucifer on the sofa
Spiritualized - Everything was beautiful