Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
New Yorker: The Best Books of 2025
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Infinite Dissolution
1. 100 Favorite Metal Albums of the Decade: A.A. Dowd
- 31 Favorite Albums of 2015: Dennis Cooper
The Clearing
1. Favorite Albums of 2011: Dennis Cooper

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 20 Best TV Shows of 2023 Slant
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 25 Best TV Shows of 2022 Paste
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 75 Best Albums of 2025 Mojo
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
Pins and Needles Natalie Hemby
The Banshees of Inisherin Martin McDonagh
The Deep Blue Sea Terence Davies
Small Axe: Mangrove Steve McQueen
The Worst Person in the World Joachim Trier
Stone Yard Devotional Charlotte Wood
A Moment in the Sun John Sayles
Long Story Short
XXX Danny Brown
I’m With You Red Hot Chili Peppers
Colored Television Danzy Senna
Got to Be Tough Toots and the Maytals
The Big Bang Theory

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