Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Bilge Ebiri: New York: The Best Movies of 2025
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The Forty-Five

Lists

The 45 Best Albums of 2025
The Best Albums of 2024
The 45 Best Albums of 2023
The Best Albums of 2022
The 45 Best Albums of 2021
The 45 Best Albums of 2020

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Dean's List 2025 Robert Christgau
The Best Movies of 2023 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The Best Movies of 2025 Bilge Ebiri · New York · Vulture
Top 100 Albums of 2014 Village Voice · Pazz & Jop
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Best International TV Shows of 2025 Mike Hale · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker

Trending Works

A Very English Scandal
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Cry Sugar Hudson Mohawke
On the Beach at Night Alone Hong Sang-soo
Devil Is Fine Zeal & Ardor
Every Open Eye Chvrches
Cerulean Salt Waxahatchee
MASSEDUCTION St. Vincent
When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? Billie Eilish
Into It with Sam Sanders
One Dubstar
Blackstar David Bowie
Tip of the Sphere Cass McCombs
Counter-Intelligence Robert Hannigan

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