Year-End Lists

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

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

20 Honorable Mentions (in alphabetical order)

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