Year-End Lists

Louder Than War: Top 100 Albums of 2025

[see also 2024]

1. Po$t American
   Dead Pioneers
2. Antidepressants
   Suede
3. Constant Noise
   Benefits
4. Everybody Scream
   Florence + The Machine
5. Viagr Aboys
   Viagra Boys
6. Birthing
   Swans
7. Wolf Rents Bark
   TV Face
8. Taut
   [slab]
9. Euro-Country
   CMAT
10. Pitchfork Libra
    Erotic Secrets of Pompeii
11. Metalhorse
    Billy Nomates
12. House of All Souls
    House of All
13. Some People Have Too Much To Say
    Your Heterosexual Violence
14. A Complicated Woman
    Self Esteem
15. More
    Pulp
16. The Clearing
    Wolf Alice
17. Black Sky Over the Projects: Apartment 2025
    Public Enemy
18. Moisturizer
    Wet Leg
19. Doggod
    L.A. Witch
20. I'm Nice Now
    Upchuck
21. The Cords
    The Cords
22. Ever-changing is the Art of Death
    Zero Again
23. This Much Remains
    Conflict
24. Armageddon In A Summer Dress
    Sunny War
25. Dead Souls
    Armory Show
26. Mote
    Avi C. Engel
27. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
    Private Function
28. Mad!
    Sparks
29. Monster of the Week
    Tulpa
30. LSD
    Cardiacs
31. The Past Is A Garden I Never Fed
    The Reds, Pinks & Purples
32. Better Things
    The Man From Delmonte
33. Abomination Revealed At Last
    Osees
34. Silence Daedalus
    British Birds
35. A Better World
    The Dissidents / D.O.V.E.
36. Everything Changes, Everything Stays the Same
    The Loft
37. Lux
    Rosalía
38. The Even More Freewheelin' Jeffrey Lewis
    Jeffrey Lewis
39. One Million Suburban Sunsets
    It’s Karma It’s Cool
40. Witness
    Kronos Quartet & Mary Kouyoumdjian
41. Tome II: Ignis Sacer
    Vígljós
42. Monkeypunch
    The Dirt
43. Glutton for Punishment
    Heartworms
44. Idols
    Yungblud
45. My First Album
    Jessica Winter
46. Rainy Sunday Afternoon
    The Divine Comedy
47. Sad and Beautiful World
    Mavis Staples
48. Carnyx
    Armoured Flu Unit
49. Trash Classic
    Frankie and the Witch Fingers
50. Never Give In
    Today Is the Day
51. Gusto
    Boko Yout
52. For Nothing
    Care Home
53. Bin Juice
    The Lovely Eggs
54. National Average
    Big Special
55. Scorched Jerusalem
    Band of Holy Joy
56. Wish Defense
    FACS
57. Lowlands
    The Lovely Basement
58. Sounds Made By Humans
    Brian Bilston and The Catenary Wires
59. You Heartbreaker, You
    Jehnny Beth
60. Sixes and Sevens
    John McKay
61. The Summer Portraits
    Ludovico Einaudi
62. Arctic Moon
    The Chameleons
63. Trouble
    Gina Birch
64. The Art of Collision
    Deathretro
65. Glitter
    Knives
66. the world is still here and so are we
    Mclusky
67. Thunderball
    Melvins
68. Janus
    Spear of Destiny
69. Mr. Luck And Ms. Doom
    The Delines
70. Mumbo In The Jumbo
    Davey Woodward
71. Man-Trap
    Thee Headcoatees
72. Who Let the Dogs Out
    Lambrini Girls
73. Eusexua
    FKA twigs
74. …And Writing And Singing And Tunes To Be Swingin’
    Olivia Cuttill
75. Moribundiing
    The Long Decline
76. Shy Girl
    Hollie Cook
77. Over The Line
    SumWot
78. Upstairs To Finish A Dream
    Teenage Waitress
79. Version Girl In Dub
    Rhoda Dakar
80. The Day Job Gets in the Way
    Nervous Twitch
81. Split With Turnstile
    Citric Dummies
82. Billboard Heart
    Deep Sea Diver
83. enough is a myth
    Everson Poe
84. Learning Greek
    Humour
85. Instant Holograms on Metal Film
    Stereolab
86. Fairyland Codex
    Tropical Fuck Storm
87. Sure Look It
    An Slua
88. What Do You Do All Day?
    Autocamper
89. Willoughby Tucker, I'll Always Love You
    Ethel Cain
90. Is It Too Late To Freak Out?
    Low Girl
91. City of Clowns
    Marie Davidson
92. All Systems Are Lying
    Soulwax
93. Art, Religion and Chocolate Biscuits
    Pete Bentham & The Dinner Ladies
94. Every Town Needs A Stranger
    pyncher
95. Flying with Angels
    Suzanne Vega
96. Battery Lane
    Zack Keim
97. Ticking Haze
    Shapes Like People
98. Automatic
    Jim Bob
98. Stick
    Jim Bob
99. West End Girl
    Lily Allen
100. Possession
     Ty Segall