Opinion: PRP's Best of 2022 (Staff Picks)
By Simon Daley
With our team across the US & Canada more than doubling in size since 2020, we took the opportunity to tap into their eclectic music tastes for another edition of our end of year Staff Picks.
What a year 2022 has been in the world of music. We’ve been to living room gigs, stadium shows, festivals, symphony concerts and everything in between. The industry has largely rebounded from its 2020-21 pandemic struggles and there’s no shortage of new releases and live shows to listen to and experience. We wanted to give you just a taster of what our international team have been listening to, so once again we asked them for their staff picks and here’s what they chose.
Dave (Sales | Toronto) – Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Cool It Down
Pressed: July 2022 / Color: Black / Client: Secretly Canadian / Purchase
Liz (Production | Toronto) – Big K.R.I.T – 4eva N a Day
Pressed: June 2022 / Color: Gold (O16) / Client: BMG / Purchase
Sam (Sales | Los Angeles) – Charli XCX – CRASH
Pressed: December 2022 / Color: Black / Client: Warner Music / Purchase
Joel / Wing (Production | Burlington / Toronto) – Sylvie – Sylvie
Pressed: September 2022 / Color: Clear (T2) / Client: Full Time Hobby / Purchase
Marcelo (Graphics | Toronto) – Bruno Capinan – Tara Rara
Pressed: September 2022 / Color: T2 (Clear) / Client: Capinan / Purchase
Petra (HR | Burlington) – Key Glock – Yellow Tape 2
Pressed: October 2022 / Color: Translucent Galaxy (T7 + BK) / Client: EMPIRE / Purchase
Savana (Sales | Toronto) – Joey Bada$$ – 1999
Pressed: October 2022 / Color: Color in Color (T14 + O4) / Client: EMPIRE / Purchase
Rachel (Production | Toronto) – Talking Heads – Remain In Light
Pressed: September 2022 / Color: O2 (White) / Client: Warner Music / Purchase
Simon (Marketing | Toronto) – Hooveriii – A Round of Applause
Pressed: March 2022 / Color: Various / Client: Reverberation Appreciation Society / Purchase
Lavinia (Production | Toronto) – FKJ – Vincent
Pressed: April 2022 / Color: Various / Client: Mom + Pop / Purchase
Krissy (Production | Toronto) – Tiger Army – Music From Regions Beyond
Pressed: October 2022 / Color: Various / Client: Epitaph Records / Purchase
Max (Sales | Los Angeles) – Larkin Poe – Blood Harmony
Pressed: September 2022 / Color: Various / Client: Tricki-Woo Records / Purchase
Paul (Sales | Toronto) – Roc Marciano & The Alchemist – The Elephant Man’s Bones
Pressed: November 2022 / Color: Various / Client: Liquid Swords / Purchase
Sayaka (Graphics | Toronto) – Velvet Underground – Velvet Underground
Pressed: TBC / Color: TBC / Client: Universal
Leanna (Production | Burlington) – Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion – OST
Pressed: October 2022 / Color: O24 (Violet) / Client: Disney / Purchase
Diandra (HR | Burlington) – Billie Eilish – Happier Than Ever
Pressed: November 2022 / Color: BKR (Black Recycled) / Client: Universal / Purchase
Billy (Graphics | Toronto) – Pillow Queens – Leave The Light On
Pressed: March 2022 / Color: BK (Black) / Client: Royal Mountain Records / Purchase
Beth P (Production | Toronto) – The Who – Who’s Next
Pressed: May 2022 / Color: BK (Black) / Client: Universal
Chris (Sales | New York) – The Magnetic Fields – The House of Tomorrow
Pressed: April 2022 / Color: Various / Client: Merge Records / Purchase
Ashley (Sales | Toronto) – Beabadoobee – Beatopia
Pressed: May 2022 / Color: Various / Client: Dirty Hit / Purchase
Curtis (Sales | Burlington) – Julianna Riolino – All Blue
Pressed: September 2022 / Color: BK (Black) / Client: You’ve Changed Records / Purchase
Christopher (Graphics | Toronto) – Pretty Sick – Makes Me Sick, Makes Me Smile
Pressed: TBC / Color: Various / Client: Dirty Hit / Purchase
Enjoy selections from the albums above in a “staff picks” edition of the Fresh Off The Press playlist. Listen via the player below or click here to head over to the app:
Illustrations by Jacopo Severitano.