Year-End Lists

Brad Luen: 45 Favorite Albums of My 2025, as posted to his newsletter, Semipop Life

[see also 2024]

1. Mahotella Queens
   Buya Buya: Come Back
2. Los Thuthanaka
   Los Thuthanaka
3. Jeffrey Lewis
   The Even More Freewheelin' Jeffrey Lewis
4. Tyler Childers
   Snipe Hunter
5. Champeta w/ Edna Martinez
   Diblo Dibala Special
6. Hüsker Dü
   1985: The Miracle Year
7. Isaiah Collier, William Hooker, William Parker
   The Ancients
8. Thalin, Cravinhos, VCR Slim, Pirlo & iloveyoulangelo
   Maria Esmeralda
9. Dlala Thukzin
   031 Studio Camp 2.0
10. Maria Muldaur
    One Hour Mama: The Blues of Victoria Spivey
11. CMAT
    Euro-Country
12. JAZZWRLD & Thukuthela
    The Most Wanted
13. Danny Brown
    Stardust
14. [Ahmed]
    Giant Beauty
15. Mary Halvorson
    About Ghosts
16. various artists
    Edna Martinez Presents Picó: Sound System Culture from the Colombian Caribbean
17. Wednesday
    Bleeds
18. Skee Mask
    Resort
19. Steve Lehman
    The Music of Anthony Braxton
20. The Ex
    If Your Mirror Breaks
21. PinkPantheress
    Fancy That
22. Jubal Lee Young
    Squirrels
23. Lella Fadda
    MAGNÜN deluxe
24. Margo Price
    Hard Headed Woman
25. Backxwash
    Only Dust Remains
26. Public Enemy
    Black Sky Over the Projects: Apartment 2025
27. Les Savy Fav
    OUI, LSF
28. The Kasambwe Brothers
    The Kasambwe Brothers
29. Craig Finn
    Always Been
30. Dieuf-Dieul de Thiès
    Dieuf-Dieul de Thiès
31. skaiwater
    #gigi
32. Miguel Zenón Quartet
    Vanguardia Subterránea: Live at The Village Vanguard
33. Djrum
    Under Tangled Silence
34. Anthony Joseph
    Rowing up River to Get Our Names Back
35. Low Cut Connie
    Connie Live
36. James McMurtry
    The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy
37. Horsegirl
    Phonetics On and On
38. Sudan Archives
    The BPM
39. ALT BLK ERA
    Rave Immortal
40. BunnaB
    Bunna Summa (Ice Cream Summer Deluxe)
41. DJ K
    Radio Libertadora !
42. Marshall Allen's Ghost Horizons
    Live in Philadelphia
43. Bashy
    Being Poor is Expensive
44. BaianaSystem
    O Mundo Dá Voltas
45. Joana Mallwitz / Konzerthausorchester Berlin
    The Kurt Weill Album