Year-End Lists

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by Smerz

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  1. Gorilla vs. Bear: Albums of 2025
  2. New York Times: Lindsay Zoladz: Best Albums of 2025
  3. Stereogum: The 50 Best Albums Of 2025
  4. Grace Robins-Somerville: Favorite Albums of 2025
  5. Jordan Cronk: Top 30 Albums of 2025
  6. Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
  7. The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
  8. The Fader: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
  9. The Line of Best Fit: The Best Albums of 2025
  10. Nialler9: Niall Byrne: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
  11. Our Culture: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
  12. Crack Magazine: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
  13. Guardian: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
  14. Quietus: Albums of the Year 2025

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Year-end lists are fingerprints; aggregate statistics are smudges. Therefore, I make no tallies.