Year-End Lists

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Magic, Alive!

by McKinley Dixon

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  1. Independent: The 20 Best Albums of 2025
  2. The Needle Drop: Anthony Fantano: Top 50 Albums of 2025
  3. Paste: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
  4. Obscure Sound: Best Albums of 2025
  5. Grace Robins-Somerville: Favorite Albums of 2025
  6. Consequence: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
  7. God Is In The TV: Albums of the Year 2025
  8. 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.