Year-End Lists

Robert Christgau: Dean's List 2025

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1. The Golden Heart Protector
   Margaret Glaspy
2. Euro-Country
   CMAT
3. Land of Hope & Dreams
   Bruce Springsteen
4. Expired Candy
   Body Type
5. Planting by the Signs
   S.G. Goodman
6. A Lifetime of Riding by Night
   Rhett Miller
7. Horror
   Mekons
8. West End Girl
   Lily Allen
9. I Quit
   Haim
10. Foxes in the Snow
    Jason Isbell
11. When Pigs Dance
    Jeff Evans Porkestra
12. Double Infinity
    Big Thief
13. Hard Headed Woman
    Margo Price
14. Keep Moving
    Buck 65
15. Strawberries
    Robert Forster
16. Black Sky Over the Projects: Apartment 2025
    Public Enemy
17. The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy
    James McMurtry
18. The Kasambwe Brothers
    The Kasambwe Brothers
19. Primal Economics
    Dingonek Street Band
20. High, Lonesome and Then Some
    Todd Snider
21. Who Let the Dogs Out
    Lambrini Girls
22. Man's Best Friend
    Sabrina Carpenter
23. Mapambazuko
    Ale Hop & Titi Bakorta
24. Squirrels
    Jubal Lee Young
25. Dear Joe,
    Jax
26. Stardust
    Danny Brown
27. New Dawn
    Marshall Allen
28. Snipe Hunter
    Tyler Childers
29. Nobody's Girl
    Amanda Shires
30. Bleeds
    Wednesday
31. Always Been
    Craig Finn
32. Live at Revolution Hall
    Adrianne Lenker
33. Goodbye Small Head
    Ezra Furman
34. Headache
    Girl Scout
35. The Auditorium, Vol. 1
    Common & Pete Rock
36. Chuck D Presents Enemy Radio: Radio Armageddon
    Chuck D
37. La vie est belle
    Amadou & Mariam
38. Wish Defense
    FACS
39. Buya Buya: Come Back
    Mahotella Queens
40. Maybe New Mexico
    Helene Cronin
41. Exploding Trees & Airplane Screams
    Patterson Hood
42. Mr. Luck And Ms. Doom
    The Delines
43. Sidereal Days (Day 1)
    Bill Scorzari
44. Viva Tu
    Manu Chao
45. Golliwog
    Billy Woods
46. Forever Is a Feeling
    Lucy Dacus
47. Kadef
    KADEF
48. Winged Victory
    Willi Carlisle
49. committed to a bit
    Corook
50. Medicine
    Grace Potter
51. Song Shards
    Peter Stampfel
52. Make a Little Spark
    Funkrust Brass Band
53. Iris Silver Mist
    Jenny Hval
54. The Even More Freewheelin' Jeffrey Lewis
    Jeffrey Lewis
55. The BPM
    Sudan Archives
56. Talkin to the Trees
    Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts
57. Moisturizer
    Wet Leg
58. Glorious
    GloRilla
59. Fancy That
    PinkPantheress
60. Big City Life
    Smerz
61. Fuck U Skrillex You Think Ur Andy Warhol but Ur Not!!
    Skrillex