Year-End Lists

Steven Hyden: Favorite Albums of 2025, as published by Uproxx where it appears with three very important annual disclaimers, a pre-list, six fantastic, themed "sublists," and a special clarification about the albums not mentioned on any of these lists, all of which Hyden hates

[see also 2024 • 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019]

1. Getting Killed
   Geese
2. Resonance
   Bill Fox
3. Sounds Like...
   Florry
4. Clams Casino
   Brian Dunne
5. New Threats from the Soul
   Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band
6. I Love People
   Cory Hanson
7. Caveman Wakes Up
   Friendship
8. Big Ugly
   Fust
9. Raspberry Moon
   Hotline TNT
10. One Battle After Another (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
    Jonny Greenwood
11. Holo Boy
    This Is Lorelei
12. Balloon Balloon Balloon
    Sharp Pins
13. Live at Wembley Stadium, 7/25/25 (Live Bootleg)
    Oasis
14. Burnover
    Greg Freeman
15. Bleeds
    Wednesday
16. Welcome to My Blue Sky
    Momma
17. Ain't in It for My Health
    Zach Top
18. Planting by the Signs
    S.G. Goodman
19. Sharon Van Etten & the Attachment Theory
    Sharon Van Etten & the Attachment Theory
20. Headlights
    Alex G
21. Dan's Boogie
    Destroyer
22. Always Been
    Craig Finn
23. You Wanna Fade?
    Alien Boy
24. Talulah's Tape
    Good Flying Birds
25. The Passionate Ones
    Nourished By Time
26. Disquiet
    The Necks