Year-End Lists

Exclaim: 50 Best Albums of 2025

[see also 2024 • 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2011]

1. Ribbon Skirt
   Bite Down
2. Geese
   Getting Killed
3. PinkPantheress
   Fancy That
4. Turnstile
   Never Enough
5. Saya Gray
   SAYA
6. Wednesday
   Bleeds
7. Hayley Williams
   Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party
8. Deafheaven
   Lonely People with Power
9. Rosalía
   Lux
10. Slash Need
    Sit & Grin
11. Clipse
    Let God Sort Em Out
12. Olivia Dean
    The Art of Loving
13. Dijon
    Baby
14. Wet Leg
    Moisturizer
15. Tyler, The Creator
    Don't Tap the Glass
16. PUP
    Who Will Look After the Dogs?
17. Oklou
    Choke Enough
18. Men I Trust
    Equus Caballus
19. Alex G
    Headlights
20. Ninajirachi
    I Love My Computer
21. Agriculture
    The Spiritual Sound
22. Water From Your Eyes
    It's a Beautiful Place
23. Perfume Genius
    Glory
24. Lorde
    Virgin
25. Blood Orange
    Essex Honey
26. Emma Goldman
    all you are is we
27. Bad Bunny
    DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS
28. FKA twigs
    Eusexua
29. Earl Sweatshirt
    Live Laugh Love
30. Lambrini Girls
    Who Let the Dogs Out
31. Deftones
    Private Music
32. Nourished by Time
    The Passionate Ones
33. Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist
    Alfredo 2
34. Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
    Live Like The Sky
35. Spiritbox
    Tsunami Sea
36. Lily Allen
    West End Girl
37. Sumac and Moor Mother
    The Film
38. Sammy Virji
    Same Day Cleaning
39. The Armed
    The Future Is Here and Everything Needs to Be Destroyed
40. Model/Actriz
    Pirouette
41. Population II
    Maintenant Jamais
42. Billy Woods
    Golliwog
43. They Are Gutting a Body of Water
    Lotto
44. Saba & No I.D.
    From the Private Collection of Saba and No I.D.
45. Greet Death
    Die In Love
46. Julianna Riolino
    Echo in the Dust
47. KAYTRANADA
    Ain't No Damn Way!
48. Great Grandpa
    Patience, Moonbeam
49. Stereolab
    Instant Holograms on Metal Film
50. Addison Rae
    Addison