Year-End Lists

Lists

1. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Crack Magazine
1. Albums of 2025: Gorilla vs. Bear
1. The 25 Best Albums of 2025: Time Out
2. The 20 Best Albums of 2025: Dazed
2. Best Albums of 2025: Les Inrocks
2. The Best Albums of 2025: Spencer Kornhaber: Atlantic
3. Albums of 2025: The Skinny
3. The 50 Best Albums Of 2025: Stereogum
4. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Pitchfork
4. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Niall Byrne: Nialler9
5. The 100 Best Albums of 2025: Our Culture
6. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: NME
6. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Paste
7. Top 50 Albums of 2025: The Wire
8. The Best Albums of 2025: The Line of Best Fit
8. The Best Albums of 2025: Callie Ahlgrim: Business Insider
11. The 45 Best Albums of 2025: The Forty-Five
11. Top 30 Albums of 2025: Jordan Cronk
14. Best Albums of 2025: Jon Caramanica: New York Times
14. Albums of the Year 2025: Loud And Quiet
16. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Slant
16. The 25 Best Albums of 2025: Sunday Times
17. 50 Best Albums of 2025: Exclaim
20. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: The Fader
21. The Top 50 Albums Of 2025: Still Listening
28. The Best Albums of 2025: Flood
30. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Guardian
36. Best Albums of 2025: Northern Transmissions
37. Albums of the Year 2025: Clash
40. Best Albums of 2025: Obscure Sound
41. The Best 50 Albums of 2025: Billboard
44. Albums of the Year 2025: Dork
47. The 100 Best Albums of 2025: Rolling Stone

• Albums of the Year 2025: Rough Trade
• Our Favourite Albums of 2025: Vinyl Factory
• The Best Albums of 2025: Atwood Magazine
• The 45 Best Albums of 2025: Vogue
• Top 10 Albums of 2025: Sheldon Pearce: NPR: NPR Music
• Top Ten Albums of 2025: Clémence Polès Farhang
• The Best Albums of 2025: Steven J. Horowitz: Variety
• Favorite Albums of 2025: Tone Glow