Year-End Lists

Lists

1. Best Southern Albums of 2025: Bitter Southerner
1. 25 Favourite Albums of 2025: Drowned in Sound
1. Albums of the Year 2025: Dork
1. The Best Albums of 2025: Coup De Main
4. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Kerrang!
4. Albums of the Year 2025: Clash
6. Best Albums of 2025: Northern Transmissions
6. The Best Albums of 2025: Callie Ahlgrim: Business Insider
6. The Best Albums of 2025: The Line of Best Fit
6. The Best Albums of 2025: Flood
6. The Best Albums of 2025: Amanda Petrusich: New Yorker
7. Top 20 Albums of 2025: Spectrum Culture
7. 50 Best Albums of 2025: Exclaim
9. 2025 Albums of the Year: DIY
9. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: NME
9. The 100 Best Albums of 2025: Rolling Stone
10. 50 Best Albums of 2025: The Alternative
10. The 80 Best Albums of 2025: PopMatters
11. Albums of 2025: The Skinny
11. Albums of the Year 2025: God Is In The TV
13. The 45 Best Albums of 2025: The Forty-Five
20. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Paste
22. Top 55 Albums of 2025: Brooklyn Vegan
24. Best Albums of 2025: Stephen Thomas Erlewine
29. Albums of the Year 2025: Loud And Quiet
29. Top 100 Albums of 2025: Under the Radar
32. The 50 Best Albums Of 2025: Stereogum
36. The Best 50 Albums of 2025: Billboard
36. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Consequence
46. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Slant
68. 115 Favorite Albums Of 2025: Hanif Abdurraqib

• Albums of the Year 2025: Rough Trade
• Top Albums of 2025: AP
• Best Albums of 2025: AllMusic
• The 45 Best Albums of 2025: Vogue
• Top 50 Albums of 2025: Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop
• Best Pop Music Albums of 2025: Dan DeLuca: The Philadelphia Inquirer
• 50 Best Albums of 2025: Alternative Press