Year-End Lists

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Willoughby Tucker, I'll Always Love You

by Ethel Cain

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  1. Jordan Cronk: Top 30 Albums of 2025
  2. Spectrum Culture: Top 20 Albums of 2025
  3. Far Out: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
  4. The Ringer: The 25 Best Albums of 2025
  5. Northern Transmissions: Best Albums of 2025
  6. Loud And Quiet: Albums of the Year 2025
  7. Beats Per Minute: Top 50 Albums of 2025
  8. Time Out: The 25 Best Albums of 2025
  9. Obscure Sound: Best Albums of 2025
  10. Slant: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
  11. Guardian: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
  12. Our Culture: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
  13. NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
  14. The Line of Best Fit: The Best Albums of 2025
  15. Clash: Albums of the Year 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.