Year-End Lists

Dork: Albums of the Year 2025

[see also 2024 • 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020]

1. Hayley Williams
   Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party
2. CMAT
   Euro-Country
3. Turnstile
   Never Enough
4. Wolf Alice
   The Clearing
5. Geese
   Getting Killed
6. Addison Rae
   Addison
7. Rosalía
   Lux
8. Antony Szmierek
   Service Station At The End Of The Universe
9. Wet Leg
   Moisturizer
10. Djo
    The Crux
11. Rose Gray
    Louder, Please
12. The Last Dinner Party
    From the Pyre
13. Audrey Hobert
    Who's the Clown?
14. Jade
    That's Showbiz Baby
15. Olivia Dean
    The Art of Loving
16. Divorce
    Drive to Goldenhammer
17. Inhaler
    Open Wide
18. FKA twigs
    Eusexua
19. PinkPantheress
    Fancy That
20. Lily Allen
    West End Girl
21. Sam Fender
    People Watching
22. Bon Iver
    Sable, Fable
23. Pulp
    More
24. Blondshell
    If You Asked for a Picture
25. Viagra Boys
    Viagr Aboys
26. Dijon
    Baby
27. Welly
    Big In The Suburbs
28. Lambrini Girls
    Who Let the Dogs Out
29. Royel Otis
    Hickey
30. Black Country, New Road
    Forever Howlong
31. Water From Your Eyes
    It's a Beautiful Place
32. Shame
    Cutthroat
33. Heartworms
    Glutton for Punishment
34. Self Esteem
    A Complicated Woman
35. Scowl
    Are We All Angels
36. King Princess
    Girl Violence
37. Jim Legxacy
    Black British Music
38. Sprints
    All That Is Over
39. Blood Orange
    Essex Honey
40. Japanese Breakfast
    For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women)
41. Little Simz
    Lotus
42. Haim
    I Quit
43. Sorry
    COSPLAY
44. Oklou
    Choke Enough
45. Spiritbox
    Tsunami Sea
46. Alex G
    Headlights
47. Deftones
    Private Music
48. Ethel Cain
    Willoughby Tucker, I'll Always Love You
49. Sabrina Carpenter
    Man's Best Friend
50. David Byrne
    Who Is the Sky?
52. Lola Young
    I'm Only F**king Myself
52. Reneé Rapp
    Bite Me
53. Danny Brown
    Stardust
54. Lorde
    Virgin
55. Tame Impala
    Deadbeat
56. NewDad
    Altar
57. jasmine.4.t
    You Are The Morning
58. Vlure
    Escalate
59. Miso Extra
    Earcandy
60. Militarie Gun
    God Save The Gun
61. Bar Italia
    Some Like It Hot
62. Florence + The Machine
    Everybody Scream
63. Ghost
    Skeletá
64. Julien Baker & Torres
    Send a Prayer My Way
65. Big Thief
    Double Infinity
66. Lady Gaga
    Mayhem
67. Brògeal
    Tuesday Paper Club
68. Nova Twins
    Parasites & Butterflies
69. La Dispute
    No One Was Driving the Car
70. Sam Akpro
    Evenfall
71. PUP
    Who Will Look After the Dogs?
72. Moonchild Sanelly
    Full Moon
73. Zara Larsson
    Midnight Sun
74. Conan Gray
    Wishbone
75. Perfume Genius
    Glory
76. Courting
    Lust for Life, Or: 'How to Thread the Needle and Come Out the Other Side to Tell the Story'
77. Victoria Canal
    Slowly, It Dawns
78. The Belair Lip Bombs
    Again
79. Loyle Carner
    Hopefully!
80. Hannah Jadagu
    Describe
81. Jensen McRae
    I Don't Know How but They Found Me!
82. Witch Fever
    FEVEREATEN
83. Sports Team
    Boys These Days
84. Sunflower Bean
    Mortal Primetime
85. The Beths
    Straight Line Was a Lie
86. Tunde Adebimpe
    Thee Black Boltz
87. 2hollis
    Star
88. Panic Shack
    Panic Shack
89. Samia
    Bloodless
90. Snuggle
    Goodbyehouse
91. Wisp
    If Not Winter
92. Jay Som
    Belong
93. Jennie
    Ruby
94. Jane Remover
    Revengeseekerz
95. Jessica Winter
    My First Album
96. Erika de Casier
    Lifetime
97. Matilda Mann
    Roxwell
98. Deep Sea Diver
    Billboard Heart
99. HotWax
    Hot Shock
100. The New Eves
     The New Eve Is Rising