Year-End Lists

Lists

2. The 100 Best Albums of 2025: Rolling Stone
3. The Best 50 Albums of 2025: Billboard
3. The Best Albums of 2025: Callie Ahlgrim: Business Insider
4. The Best Albums of 2025: Steven J. Horowitz: Variety
5. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Guardian
5. The 10 Best Albums of 2025: Entertainment Weekly
8. The Best Albums of 2025: Chris Willman: Variety
11. The Best Albums of 2025: Amanda Petrusich: New Yorker
14. The 25 Best Albums of 2025: Mikael Wood: Los Angeles Times
16. The 45 Best Albums of 2025: The Forty-Five
19. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: NME
20. The 25 Best Albums of 2025: Sunday Times
20. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Albumism
22. The 25 Best Albums of 2025: Time Out
27. Top 55 Albums of 2025: Brooklyn Vegan
28. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Consequence
31. 50 Best Albums of 2025: The Alternative
32. Albums of the Year 2025: Clash
33. The 80 Best Albums of 2025: PopMatters
35. Best Albums of 2025: Stephen Thomas Erlewine
66. Albums of the Year 2025: Dork

• The Best Albums of 2025: Atwood Magazine
• Best Albums of 2025: Lindsay Zoladz: New York Times
• Best Albums of 2025: AllMusic
• The 45 Best Albums of 2025: Vogue
• The Best Albums of 2025: David Hajdu: The Nation
• Our 30 Best Albums of 2025: Boston Globe
• Top 25 Standout Albums of 2025: Melodic Magazine