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  1. Sound Opinions: Jim DeRogatis: The Best Albums of 2025
  2. Les Inrocks: Best Albums of 2025
  3. The Skinny: Albums of 2025
  4. KCRW: Best Albums of 2025
  5. Far Out: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
  6. PopMatters: The 80 Best Albums of 2025
  7. Variety: Chris Willman: The Best Albums of 2025
  8. Mojo: The 75 Best Albums of 2025
  9. Sound Opinions: Greg Kot: The Best Albums of 2025
  10. Stephen Thomas Erlewine: Best Albums of 2025
  11. DIY: 2025 Albums of the Year
  12. Exclaim: 50 Best Albums of 2025
  13. The Forty-Five: The 45 Best Albums of 2025
  14. NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
  15. Guardian: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
  16. Our Culture: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
  17. Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
  18. Nialler9: Niall Byrne: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
  19. Northern Transmissions: Best Albums of 2025
  20. Uncut: 80 Best Albums of 2025
  21. Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025

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Year-end lists are fingerprints; aggregate statistics are smudges. Therefore, I make no tallies.