Year-End Lists

Fancy Some More?

• 9 The Best Albums of 2025: Craig Jenkins: New York: Vulture

Fancy That

• 2 The 25 Best Albums of 2025: Evan Sawdey: Yardbarker
• 3 50 Best Albums of 2025: Exclaim
• 3 The 80 Best Albums of 2025: PopMatters
• 6 The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Guardian
• 7 The Best Albums of 2025: Flood
• 7 The 45 Best Albums of 2025: The Forty-Five
• 7 The Best 50 Albums of 2025: Billboard
• 8 Favorite Albums of 2025: Grace Robins-Somerville
• 9 The Best Albums of 2025: Craig Jenkins: New York: Vulture
• 9 The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Complex
• 9 Best Pop Music Albums of 2025: Dan DeLuca: The Philadelphia Inquirer
• 10 The Best Albums of 2025: Thania Garcia: Variety
• 10 The Best Albums of 2025: Callie Ahlgrim: Business Insider
• 10 Best Albums of 2025: Lindsay Zoladz: New York Times
• 10 The 50 Best Albums of 2025: NME
• 11 The 20 Best Albums of 2025: Independent
• 12 The 50 Best Albums Of 2025: Stereogum
• 13 Albums of the Year 2025: Loud And Quiet
• 13 The 25 Best Albums of 2025: The Ringer
• 14 The 25 Best Albums of 2025: Sunday Times
• 15 The Best Albums of 2025: The Line of Best Fit
• 18 The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Pitchfork
• 18 The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Slant
• 19 Albums of the Year 2025: Dork
• 21 45 Favorite Albums of My 2025: Brad Luen
• 23 The 100 Best Albums of 2025: Rolling Stone
• 41 Albums of the Year 2025: Clash
• 47 The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Consequence
• 59 Dean's List 2025: Robert Christgau
• 61 Albums of the Year 2025: Quietus

• The Best Albums Of 2025: Essence
• 10 Favorite New Albums of 2025: Hazel Cills
• 2025 Award: The Mercury Prize Shortlisted
• Top 25 Standout Albums of 2025: Melodic Magazine
• The Best Albums of 2025: Steven J. Horowitz: Variety Honorable mention
• The Best Albums of 2025: Jem Aswad: Variety Top 10 on a different day
• Top Ten Albums of 2025: Clémence Polès Farhang Notable mentions
• The 45 Best Albums of 2025: Vogue
• 50 Best Albums of 2025: Alternative Press
• The Best Albums of 2025: Atwood Magazine
• Best Albums of 2025: AllMusic
• Top 50 Albums of 2025: Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop Honorable mention

Take me home

• 80 Dean's List 2023: Robert Christgau

Heaven Knows

• 6 The Best Albums of 2023: Essence
• 6 The Best Albums of 2023: Thania Garcia: Variety
• 29 The Best Albums of 2023: NME
• 30 The 50 Best Albums of 2023: Slant
• 32 The Best Albums Of 2023: Complex
• 34 Top 50 Albums of 2023: Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop
• 38 Best Albums of 2023: Billboard
• 43 108 Favorite Albums Of 2023: Hanif Abdurraqib
• 64 The 100 Best Albums of 2023: Rolling Stone

• Best Music of 2023: Steve Erickson Runner-up
• Best Albums of 2023: AllMusic

To Hell with It

• 2 The Best Albums of 2021: Jem Aswad: Variety
• 3 The 10 Best Albums of 2021: Time
• 5 The Best Albums of 2021 Ranked: The Line of Best Fit
• 5 Best Albums of 2021: Passerby
• 5 Top 20 Albums of 2021: Rob Sheffield: Rolling Stone
• 5 Best Albums of 2021: Jon Caramanica: New York Times
• 5 51 Best Albums of 2021: Gigwise
• 5 Top 10 Albums of 2021: Brittany Spanos: Rolling Stone
• 9 The 50 Best Albums of 2021: Slant
• 10 The Best Albums of 2021: The Ringer
• 12 50 Best Albums of 2021: Rolling Stone
• 14 The 50 Best Albums of 2021: Billboard
• 22 50 Best Albums of 2021: NPR: NPR Music
• 23 Dean's List 2022: Robert Christgau
• 24 Favorite Albums of 2021: Jeremy D. Larson
• 33 The 50 Best Albums of 2021: Guardian
• 43 The 50 Best Albums of 2021: The Fader
• 46 The Best Albums of 2021: Complex
• 48 50 Best Albums of 2021: Exclaim

• Top 10 Albums of 2021: Hazel Cills
• Best of 2021: AllMusic