Year-End Lists

Louder Than War: Top 100 Albums of 2025

[see also 2024]

1. Dead Pioneers
   Po$t American
2. Suede
   Antidepressants
3. Benefits
   Constant Noise
4. Florence + The Machine
   Everybody Scream
5. Viagra Boys
   Viagr Aboys
6. Swans
   Birthing
7. TV Face
   Wolf Rents Bark
8. [slab]
   Taut
9. CMAT
   Euro-Country
10. Erotic Secrets of Pompeii
    Pitchfork Libra
11. Billy Nomates
    Metalhorse
12. House of All
    House of All Souls
13. Your Heterosexual Violence
    Some People Have Too Much To Say
14. Self Esteem
    A Complicated Woman
15. Pulp
    More
16. Wolf Alice
    The Clearing
17. Public Enemy
    Black Sky Over the Projects: Apartment 2025
18. Wet Leg
    Moisturizer
19. L.A. Witch
    Doggod
20. Upchuck
    I'm Nice Now
21. The Cords
    The Cords
22. Zero Again
    Ever-changing is the Art of Death
23. Conflict
    This Much Remains
24. Sunny War
    Armageddon In A Summer Dress
25. Armory Show
    Dead Souls
26. Avi C. Engel
    Mote
27. Private Function
    ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
28. Sparks
    Mad!
29. Tulpa
    Monster of the Week
30. Cardiacs
    LSD
31. The Reds, Pinks & Purples
    The Past Is A Garden I Never Fed
32. The Man From Delmonte
    Better Things
33. Osees
    Abomination Revealed At Last
34. British Birds
    Silence Daedalus
35. The Dissidents / D.O.V.E.
    A Better World
36. The Loft
    Everything Changes, Everything Stays the Same
37. Rosalía
    Lux
38. Jeffrey Lewis
    The Even More Freewheelin' Jeffrey Lewis
39. It’s Karma It’s Cool
    One Million Suburban Sunsets
40. Kronos Quartet & Mary Kouyoumdjian
    Witness
41. Vígljós
    Tome II: Ignis Sacer
42. The Dirt
    Monkeypunch
43. Heartworms
    Glutton for Punishment
44. Yungblud
    Idols
45. Jessica Winter
    My First Album
46. The Divine Comedy
    Rainy Sunday Afternoon
47. Mavis Staples
    Sad and Beautiful World
48. Armoured Flu Unit
    Carnyx
49. Frankie and the Witch Fingers
    Trash Classic
50. Today Is the Day
    Never Give In
51. Boko Yout
    Gusto
52. Care Home
    For Nothing
53. The Lovely Eggs
    Bin Juice
54. Big Special
    National Average
55. Band of Holy Joy
    Scorched Jerusalem
56. FACS
    Wish Defense
57. The Lovely Basement
    Lowlands
58. Brian Bilston and The Catenary Wires
    Sounds Made By Humans
59. Jehnny Beth
    You Heartbreaker, You
60. John McKay
    Sixes and Sevens
61. Ludovico Einaudi
    The Summer Portraits
62. The Chameleons
    Arctic Moon
63. Gina Birch
    Trouble
64. Deathretro
    The Art of Collision
65. Knives
    Glitter
66. Mclusky
    the world is still here and so are we
67. Melvins
    Thunderball
68. Spear of Destiny
    Janus
69. The Delines
    Mr. Luck And Ms. Doom
70. Davey Woodward
    Mumbo In The Jumbo
71. Thee Headcoatees
    Man-Trap
72. Lambrini Girls
    Who Let the Dogs Out
73. FKA twigs
    Eusexua
74. Olivia Cuttill
    …And Writing And Singing And Tunes To Be Swingin’
75. The Long Decline
    Moribundiing
76. Hollie Cook
    Shy Girl
77. SumWot
    Over The Line
78. Teenage Waitress
    Upstairs To Finish A Dream
79. Rhoda Dakar
    Version Girl In Dub
80. Nervous Twitch
    The Day Job Gets in the Way
81. Citric Dummies
    Split With Turnstile
82. Deep Sea Diver
    Billboard Heart
83. Everson Poe
    enough is a myth
84. Humour
    Learning Greek
85. Stereolab
    Instant Holograms on Metal Film
86. Tropical Fuck Storm
    Fairyland Codex
87. An Slua
    Sure Look It
88. Autocamper
    What Do You Do All Day?
89. Ethel Cain
    Willoughby Tucker, I'll Always Love You
90. Low Girl
    Is It Too Late To Freak Out?
91. Marie Davidson
    City of Clowns
92. Soulwax
    All Systems Are Lying
93. Pete Bentham & The Dinner Ladies
    Art, Religion and Chocolate Biscuits
94. pyncher
    Every Town Needs A Stranger
95. Suzanne Vega
    Flying with Angels
96. Zack Keim
    Battery Lane
97. Shapes Like People
    Ticking Haze
98. Jim Bob
    Automatic
98. Jim Bob
    Stick
99. Lily Allen
    West End Girl
100. Ty Segall
     Possession