Year-End Lists

Lists

1. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Slant
2. 25 Favourite Albums of 2025: Drowned in Sound
3. The Top 10 Albums of 2025: Chris Richards: Washington Post
3. The 10 Best Albums of 2025: Entertainment Weekly
3. The Best Albums of 2025: Greg Kot: Sound Opinions
3. The 25 Best Albums of 2025: The Ringer
3. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Treble
3. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: NME
4. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Consequence
4. The 25 Best Albums of 2025: Time Out
4. Top 50 Albums of 2025: Beats Per Minute
7. The Best Albums of 2025: Amanda Petrusich: New Yorker
7. Albums of the Year 2025: Clash
8. The 80 Best Albums of 2025: PopMatters
8. The Best Albums of 2025: Steven J. Horowitz: Variety
8. The 45 Best Albums of 2025: The Forty-Five
10. The 100 Best Albums of 2025: Our Culture
11. The 100 Best Albums of 2025: Rolling Stone
12. The 20 Best Albums of 2025: Dazed
12. Top 55 Albums of 2025: Brooklyn Vegan
13. Top Albums of 2025: Emilie Hanskamp
15. The 20 Best Albums of 2025: Independent
17. Top 20 Albums of 2025: Spectrum Culture
18. Best Albums of 2025: Les Inrocks
18. 2025 Albums of the Year: DIY
18. The Best Albums of 2025: Flood
23. Top 30 Albums of 2025: Jordan Cronk
27. The Best 50 Albums of 2025: Billboard
27. The Best Albums of 2025: The Line of Best Fit
28. 50 Best Albums of 2025: Exclaim
30. Top 50 Albums of 2025: Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop
34. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Crack Magazine
39. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Paste
39. Best Albums of 2025: Obscure Sound
42. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Far Out
42. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Pitchfork
43. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Complex
44. The 50 Best Albums Of 2025: Stereogum
50. Best Albums of 2025: Northern Transmissions
88. Top 100 Albums of 2025: Under the Radar

• The Best Albums of 2025: Craig Jenkins: New York: Vulture
• 10 Favorite New Albums of 2025: Hazel Cills