Year-End Lists

Lists

2. The 25 Best Albums of 2025: Evan Sawdey: Yardbarker
3. The 80 Best Albums of 2025: PopMatters
3. 50 Best Albums of 2025: Exclaim
6. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Guardian
7. The Best 50 Albums of 2025: Billboard
7. The 45 Best Albums of 2025: The Forty-Five
7. The Best Albums of 2025: Flood
8. Favorite Albums of 2025: Grace Robins-Somerville
9. The Best Albums of 2025: Craig Jenkins: New York: Vulture
9. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Complex
9. Best Pop Music Albums of 2025: Dan DeLuca: The Philadelphia Inquirer
10. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: NME
10. The Best Albums of 2025: Callie Ahlgrim: Business Insider
10. The Best Albums of 2025: Thania Garcia: Variety
10. Best Albums of 2025: Lindsay Zoladz: New York Times
11. The 20 Best Albums of 2025: Independent
12. The 50 Best Albums Of 2025: Stereogum
13. Albums of the Year 2025: Loud And Quiet
13. The 25 Best Albums of 2025: The Ringer
14. The 25 Best Albums of 2025: Sunday Times
15. The Best Albums of 2025: The Line of Best Fit
18. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Pitchfork
18. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Slant
19. Albums of the Year 2025: Dork
21. 45 Favorite Albums of My 2025: Brad Luen
23. The 100 Best Albums of 2025: Rolling Stone
41. Albums of the Year 2025: Clash
47. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Consequence
59. Dean's List 2025: Robert Christgau
61. Albums of the Year 2025: Quietus

• The Best Albums of 2025: Atwood Magazine
• Best Albums of 2025: AllMusic
• The Best Albums Of 2025: Essence
• The 45 Best Albums of 2025: Vogue
• Top 50 Albums of 2025: Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop
• 50 Best Albums of 2025: Alternative Press
• Top Ten Albums of 2025: Clémence Polès Farhang
• 10 Favorite New Albums of 2025: Hazel Cills
• The Best Albums of 2025: Jem Aswad: Variety
• The Best Albums of 2025: Steven J. Horowitz: Variety
• Top 25 Standout Albums of 2025: Melodic Magazine