Year-End Lists

Dork: Albums of the Year 2025

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

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