Year-End Lists

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  1. Entertainment Weekly: The 10 Best Albums of 2025
  2. The Line of Best Fit: The Best Albums of 2025
  3. Independent: The 20 Best Albums of 2025
  4. Consequence: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
  5. Our Culture: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
  6. Uncut: 80 Best Albums of 2025
  7. Sound Opinions: Jim DeRogatis: The Best Albums of 2025
  8. Exclaim: 50 Best Albums of 2025
  9. Flood: The Best Albums of 2025
  10. Beats Per Minute: Top 50 Albums of 2025
  11. Paste: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
  12. Guardian: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
  13. Brooklyn Vegan: Top 55 Albums of 2025
  14. Slant: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
  15. Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
  16. PopMatters: The 80 Best Albums of 2025

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Year-end lists are fingerprints; aggregate statistics are smudges. Therefore, I make no tallies.