Year-End Lists

The Forty-Five: The 45 Best Albums of 2025

[see also 2024 • 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020]

1. Lily Allen
   West End Girl
2. Rosalía
   Lux
3. Jade
   That's Showbiz Baby
4. CMAT
   Euro-Country
5. Jay Som
   Belong
6. Water From Your Eyes
   It's a Beautiful Place
7. PinkPantheress
   Fancy That
8. FKA twigs
   Eusexua
9. Addison Rae
   Addison
10. Wolf Alice
    The Clearing
11. Oklou
    Choke Enough
12. The Beths
    Straight Line Was a Lie
13. Hayley Williams
    Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party
14. John Glacier
    Like a Ribbon
15. Rose Gray
    Louder, Please
16. Lady Gaga
    Mayhem
17. Amaarae
    Black Star
18. Little Simz
    Lotus
19. Florence + The Machine
    Everybody Scream
20. Wet Leg
    Moisturizer
21. Olivia Dean
    The Art of Loving
22. Lambrini Girls
    Who Let the Dogs Out
23. Lorde
    Virgin
24. Blondshell
    If You Asked for a Picture
25. Wednesday
    Bleeds
26. Lucy Dacus
    Forever Is a Feeling
27. Self Esteem
    A Complicated Woman
28. Leikeli47
    Lei Keli ft. 47 / For Promotional Use Only
29. Annahstasia
    Tether
30. Heartworms
    Glutton for Punishment
31. Skunk Anansie
    The Painful Truth
32. Victoria Canal
    Slowly, It Dawns
33. Nova Twins
    Parasites & Butterflies
34. Bar Italia
    Some Like It Hot
35. jasmine.4.t
    You Are The Morning
36. Japanese Breakfast
    For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women)
37. Indigo De Souza
    Precipice
38. james K
    Friend
39. Haim
    I Quit
40. Celeste
    Woman Of Faces
41. Ichiko Aoba
    Luminescent Creatures
42. Panic Shack
    Panic Shack
43. Sacred Paws
    Jump Into Life
44. Aya
    Hexed!
45. Letters from my Garden
    Lágrimas De Primavera