Year-End Lists

KCRW: Best Albums of 2025

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

1. Automatic
   Is It Now?
2. Little Simz
   Lotus
3. Tame Impala
   Deadbeat
4. Rosalía
   Lux
5. Nation of Language
   Dance Called Memory
6. Wet Leg
   Moisturizer
7. Gelli Haha
   Switcheroo
8. Madison McFerrin
   Scorpio
9. Soulwax
   All Systems Are Lying
10. Saya Gray
    SAYA
11. Panda Bear
    Sinister Grift
12. Geese
    Getting Killed
13. Polo & Pan
    22:22
14. Stereolab
    Instant Holograms on Metal Film
15. Hannah Cohen
    Earthstar Mountain
16. Silvana Estrada
    Vendrán Suaves Lluvias
17. Say She She
    Cut & Rewind
18. Cut Copy
    Moments
19. Obongjayar
    Paradise Now
20. Yukimi
    For You
21. Bardo
    Transformation Time
22. Cuco
    Ridin'
23. Darkside
    Nothing
24. Pachyman
    Another Place
25. Brandee Younger
    Gadabout Season
26. Horsegirl
    Phonetics On and On
27. Adrian Quesada
    Boleros Psicodélicos II
28. El Michels Affair
    24 Hr Sports
29. Beatie Wolfe and Brian Eno
    Luminal
30. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
    Phantom Island