Year-End Lists

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Sad and Beautiful World

by Mavis Staples

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  1. PopMatters: The 80 Best Albums of 2025
  2. Mojo: The 75 Best Albums of 2025
  3. Stephen Thomas Erlewine: Best Albums of 2025
  4. Uncut: 80 Best Albums of 2025
  5. Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025

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