Year-End Lists

Lists

1. Top Albums of 2025: Emilie Hanskamp
1. The Best Albums of 2025: Amanda Petrusich: New Yorker
1. 10 Best Albums of 2025: Kitty Empire: Observer
1. The 50 Best Albums Of 2025: Stereogum
1. The 10 Best Albums of 2025: Jenn Pelly: Time
1. Best Albums of 2025: Lindsay Zoladz: New York Times
1. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: NME
1. The 25 Best Albums of 2025: The Ringer
1. Favorite Albums of 2025: Steven Hyden: Uproxx
1. Top 50 Albums of 2025: Beats Per Minute
1. Best Albums of 2025: Northern Transmissions
1. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Far Out
1. Top 30 Albums of 2025: Jordan Cronk
1. Favorite Albums of 2025: Grace Robins-Somerville
1. Top 100 Albums of 2025: Under the Radar
1. Albums of the Year 2025: Clash
2. Best Albums of 2025: Obscure Sound
2. Albums of 2025: The Skinny
2. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Consequence
2. 50 Best Albums of 2025: Exclaim
2. The Best Albums of 2025: Flood
2. The 100 Best Albums of 2025: Our Culture
3. Top 55 Albums of 2025: Brooklyn Vegan
3. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Paste
3. The Best Albums of 2025: The Line of Best Fit
3. 2025 Albums of the Year: DIY
3. Top 50 Albums of 2025: Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop
3. The 25 Best Albums of 2025: Time Out
3. Top 20 Albums of 2025: Spectrum Culture
3. 50 Best Albums of 2025: The Alternative
4. The 80 Best Albums of 2025: PopMatters
4. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Slant
4. Best Pop Music Albums of 2025: Dan DeLuca: The Philadelphia Inquirer
4. Top 30 Albums of 2025: Magnet
4. The Best Albums of 2025: Coup De Main
4. The Top 50 Albums Of 2025: Still Listening
4. The Best Albums of 2025: Spencer Kornhaber: Atlantic
5. The 100 Best Albums of 2025: Rolling Stone
5. Albums of the Year 2025: Dork
5. The 20 Best Albums of 2025: Independent
6. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Niall Byrne: Nialler9
6. The 10 Best Albums of 2025: Entertainment Weekly
7. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Pitchfork
8. The 25 Best Albums of 2025: Evan Sawdey: Yardbarker
8. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Crack Magazine
9. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Guardian
11. The 25 Best Albums of 2025: Mikael Wood: Los Angeles Times
12. Best Albums of 2025: KCRW
13. The 20 Best Albums of 2025: Dazed
13. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Treble
16. The Best 50 Albums of 2025: Billboard
17. Albums of the Year 2025: Loud And Quiet
29. 80 Best Albums of 2025: Uncut
32. The 75 Best Albums of 2025: Mojo

• Albums of the Year 2025: Rough Trade
• The Best Albums of 2025: Atwood Magazine
• 20 Best Albums of 2025: Glide
• The Best Albums of 2025: Craig Jenkins: New York: Vulture
• Best Albums of 2025: AllMusic
• Top 10 Albums of 2025: Robin Hilton: NPR: NPR Music
• The 45 Best Albums of 2025: Vogue
• 50 Best Albums of 2025: Alternative Press
• Best Albums of 2025: Passerby
• Albums of the Year 2025: New Statesman
• My Favorite Albums of 2025: Kelsie Herzog: The Yellow Button
• Best Southern Albums of 2025: Bitter Southerner
• The 100 Best Albums of 2025: Josh Terry
• Favorite Albums of 2025: Tone Glow