Year-End Lists

Lists

1. 2025 Albums of the Year: DIY
1. Albums of 2025: The Skinny
2. Dean's List 2025: Robert Christgau
2. The 25 Best Albums of 2025: Time Out
2. Albums of the Year 2025: Dork
2. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Guardian
2. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Niall Byrne: Nialler9
2. Albums of the Year 2025: God Is In The TV
3. The 75 Best Albums of 2025: Mojo
4. The 45 Best Albums of 2025: The Forty-Five
4. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Paste
4. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: NME
6. Top 55 Albums of 2025: Brooklyn Vegan
9. Top 20 Albums of 2025: Spectrum Culture
9. Albums of the Year 2025: Clash
11. 45 Favorite Albums of My 2025: Brad Luen
14. The 20 Best Albums of 2025: Independent
15. Best Albums of 2025: Northern Transmissions
17. The 25 Best Albums of 2025: Mikael Wood: Los Angeles Times
18. Favorite Albums of 2025: Grace Robins-Somerville
19. The Best Albums of 2025: No Ripcord
23. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Far Out
25. The 80 Best Albums of 2025: PopMatters
30. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Slant
43. The Best Albums of 2025: Flood
51. Top 100 Albums of 2025: Under the Radar
52. 80 Best Albums of 2025: Uncut
77. The 100 Best Albums of 2025: Rolling Stone

• Albums of the Year 2025: Rough Trade
• The Best Music of 2025: Carl Wilson: Slate
• The Best Albums of 2025: Economist
• Top 10 Albums of 2025: Ann Powers: NPR: NPR Music
• The 45 Best Albums of 2025: Vogue
• Albums of the Year 2025: New Statesman
• The 100 Best Albums of 2025: Josh Terry