Year-End Lists

Rough Trade: Albums of the Year 2026

1. Phoebe Bridgers
   Lost Weekend
2. Kneecap
   Fenian
3. Fcukers
   Ö
4. Overpass
   Elsewhere, Always
5. Gorillaz
   The Mountain
6. Mary in the Junkyard
   Role Model Hermit
7. Jalen Ngonda
   Doctrine of Love
8. Fat Dog
   Cancel Me (I'm Tired)
9. Mandy, Indiana
   Urgh
10. Vanishing Twin
    Archives
11. Westside Cowboy
    It Goes On
12. Interpol
    This Mirror Weighs a Ton
13. My New Band Believe
    My New Band Believe
14. Pigeon
    Outtanational
15. Vince Staples
    Cry Baby
16. Jack White
    Frozen Charlotte
17. Tyler Ballgame
    For the First Time, Again
18. The Durutti Column
    Renascent
19. Kristin Hersh
    Sugar on Blackstone
20. The Molotovs
    Wasted on Youth
21. Ratboys
    Singin' to an Empty Chair
22. Man/Woman/Chainsaw
    Cannonball
23. Getdown Services
    Massive Champion
24. Friko
    Something Worth Waiting For
25. This Is Lorelei
    The Singer in My Band
26. Shygirl
    Swallow!
27. Boards of Canada
    Inferno
28. Basement
    Wired
29. Slayyyter
    Worst Girl in America
30. Memorials
    All Clouds Bring Not Rain
31. James Blake
    Trying Times
32. Ezra Collective
    Here Because of Hope
33. Haylie Davis
    Wandering Star
34. Twisted Teens
    The Holy Cross Tigers
35. Aldous Harding
    Train on the Island
36. Angine de Poitrine
    Vol. II
37. Broken Social Scene
    Remember the Humans
38. Joshua Idehen
    I Know You're Hurting, Everyone Is Hurting, Everyone Is Trying, You Have Got to Try
39. Ear
    Rumspringa
40. Snocaps
    Snocaps
41. Blondshell
    Violins
42. The Avalanches
    No Bad Memories
43. Fontaines D.C.
    Dopamine Chamber
44. underscores
    U
45. Lily Allen
    West End Girl
46. Julia Jacklin
    The Gem
47. Charli XCX
    Music, Fashion, Film
48. Peaches
    No Lube So Rude
49. Orville Peck
    Mule
50. A$AP Rocky
    Don't Be Dumb
51. Lambchop
    Punching the Clown
52. Sleaford Mods
    The Demise of Planet X
53. Overmono
    Pure Devotion
54. Jungle
    Sunshine
55. Queens of the Stone Age
    Perfecth
56. Mike D
    Thank You
57. Mitski
    Nothing's About to Happen to Me
58. Deary
    Birding
59. Ceremony
    Tell Me Your Dream
60. DIIV
    Zirp!
61. Greg Mendez
    Beauty Land
62. Radie Peat
    No Human Tongue Can Tell
63. Muna
    Dancing on the Wall
64. Beck
    Ride Lonesome
65. Joyeria
    Decay Decay Decay
66. Digitalism
    Optimism
67. Max Richter
    While the Flood Rages
68. Beabadoobee
    Pylon
69. Lime Garden
    Maybe Not Tonight
70. Cameron Winter
    Live at Carnegie Hall
71. The Bevis Frond
    Horrorful Heights
72. Tommy Lefroy
    The Precariat
73. Angel Du$t
    Cold 2 the Touch
74. The Cribs
    Selling a Vibe
75. Iceage
    For Love of Grace & the Hereafter
76. De La Soul
    Cabin in the Sky
77. Cardinals
    Masquerade
78. The Delines
    The Set Up
79. Raye
    This Music May Contain Hope
80. Hemlocke Springs
    The Apple Tree Under the Sea
81. Brigitte Calls Me Baby
    Irreversible
82. PVA
    No More Like This
83. Courtney Barnett
    Creature of Habit
84. Dry Cleaning
    Secret Love
85. Joe Pernice
    Sunny, I Was Wrong
86. Dagmar Zuniga
    in filth your mystery is kingdom / far smile peasant in yellow music
87. The Itch
    It's the Hope That Kills You
88. The Reds, Pinks & Purples
    Acknowledge Kindness
89. Victoryland
    My Heart Is a Room With No Cameras in It
90. Robyn
    Sexistential
91. Arlo Parks
    Ambiguous Desire
92. Alela Diane
    Who's Keeping Time?
93. Dove Ellis
    Blizzard
94. The Bobby Lees
    New Self
95. Modern Woman
    Johnny's Dreamworld
96. Feeble Little Horse
    Bitknot
97. MT Jones
    Joy
98. Julianna Barwick and Mary Lattimore
    Tragic Magic
99. Dexys Midnight Runners
    Love
100. The Early Years
     Modern Moonlight