Year-End Lists

Robert Christgau: Dean's List 2025

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