Year-End Lists

Glide Magazine: 20 Best Albums of 2025, in alphabetical order

[see also 2024 • 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018]

• Can't Lose My (Soul)
  Annie and the Caldwells
• Again
  The Belair Lip Bombs
• Lonely People with Power
  Deafheaven
• Sounds Like...
  Florry
• Audience With the Queen
  Galactic and Irma Thomas
• Getting Killed
  Geese
• Earthstar Mountain
  Hannah Cohen
• The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy
  James McMurtry
• Magic, Alive!
  McKinley Dixon
• the world is still here and so are we
  Mclusky
• Circle of Giants
  moe.
• Sinister Grift
  Panda Bear
• Iron
  Post Animal
• New Threats from the Soul
  Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band
• Planting by the Signs
  S.G. Goodman
• Instant Holograms on Metal Film
  Stereolab
• Cotton Crown
  The Tubs
• LOTTO
  They Are Gutting a Body of Water
• Never Enough
  Turnstile
• Bleeds
  Wednesday

20 Honorable Mentions (in alphabetical order)

• Slipper imp and shakaerator
  Babe Rainbow
• Sable, Fable
  Bon Iver
• Always Been
  Craig Finn
• I Hope We Can Still Be Friends
  Dean Johnson
• Private Music
  Deftones
• 2
  Foxwarren
• Alfredo 2
  Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist
• Caveman Wakes Up
  Friendship
• Geckøs
  Geckøs
• We're Headed To The Lake
  Guitar
• Raspberry Moon
  Hotline TNT
• Twilight Override
  Jeff Tweedy
• From Newman Street
  Kassi Valazza
• Tonky
  Lonnie Holley
• Sad and Beautiful World
  Mavis Staples
• Saving Grace
  Robert Plant with Suzi Dian
• Wolf of St Elmo
  Slow Motion Cowboys
• The BPM
  Sudan Archives
• It's a Beautiful Place
  Water From Your Eyes
• Rarely Do I Dream
  Youth Lagoon