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2025 Music

Exclaim: 50 Best Albums of 2025

29 November 2025

Exclaim: 50 Best Albums of 2025

[see also 2024 • 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2011]

  1. Bite Down
    Ribbon Skirt
  2. Getting Killed
    Geese
  3. Fancy That
    PinkPantheress
  4. Never Enough
    Turnstile
  5. SAYA
    Saya Gray
  6. Bleeds
    Wednesday
  7. Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party
    Hayley Williams
  8. Lonely People with Power
    Deafheaven
  9. Lux
    Rosalía
  10. Sit & Grin
    Slash Need
  11. Let God Sort Em Out
    Clipse
  12. The Art of Loving
    Olivia Dean
  13. Baby
    Dijon
  14. Moisturizer
    Wet Leg
  15. Don't Tap the Glass
    Tyler, The Creator
  16. Who Will Look After the Dogs?
    PUP
  17. Choke Enough
    Oklou
  18. Equus Caballus
    Men I Trust
  19. Headlights
    Alex G
  20. I Love My Computer
    Ninajirachi
  21. The Spiritual Sound
    Agriculture
  22. It's a Beautiful Place
    Water From Your Eyes
  23. Glory
    Perfume Genius
  24. Virgin
    Lorde
  25. Essex Honey
    Blood Orange
  26. all you are is we
    Emma Goldman
  27. DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS
    Bad Bunny
  28. Eusexua
    FKA twigs
  29. Live Laugh Love
    Earl Sweatshirt
  30. Who Let the Dogs Out
    Lambrini Girls
  31. Private Music
    Deftones
  32. The Passionate Ones
    Nourished By Time
  33. Alfredo 2
    Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist
  34. Live Like The Sky
    Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
  35. Tsunami Sea
    Spiritbox
  36. West End Girl
    Lily Allen
  37. The Film
    Sumac and Moor Mother
  38. Same Day Cleaning
    Sammy Virji
  39. The Future Is Here and Everything Needs to Be Destroyed
    The Armed
  40. Pirouette
    Model/Actriz
  41. Maintenant Jamais
    Population II
  42. Golliwog
    Billy Woods
  43. LOTTO
    They Are Gutting a Body of Water
  44. From the Private Collection of Saba and No I.D.
    Saba & No I.D.
  45. Die In Love
    Greet Death
  46. Echo in the Dust
    Julianna Riolino
  47. Ain't No Damn Way!
    KAYTRANADA
  48. Patience, Moonbeam
    Great Grandpa
  49. Instant Holograms on Metal Film
    Stereolab
  50. Addison
    Addison Rae

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