Year-End Lists

Golliwog

1. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Treble
2. Top 50 Albums of 2025: The Wire
3. Top 50 Albums of 2025: Beats Per Minute
4. Best Albums of 2025: Obscure Sound
4. Albums of the Year 2025: Loud And Quiet
5. Albums of 2025: The Skinny
6. 115 Favorite Albums Of 2025: Hanif Abdurraqib
7. The 100 Best Albums of 2025: Our Culture
7. The 50 Best Albums Of 2025: Stereogum
7. The 80 Best Albums of 2025: PopMatters
7. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Niall Byrne: Nialler9
7. Best Albums of 2025: Northern Transmissions
8. The Best Albums of 2025: Greg Kot: Sound Opinions
9. Top 55 Albums of 2025: Brooklyn Vegan
10. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Guardian
11. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Consequence
12. The Best Albums of 2025: The Line of Best Fit
14. Albums of 2025: Gorilla vs. Bear
14. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Paste
16. The 25 Best Albums of 2025: The Ringer
17. The 100 Best Albums of 2025: Rolling Stone
17. The Best Albums of 2025: Flood
19. Top 20 Albums of 2025: Spectrum Culture
19. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: The Fader
21. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Pitchfork
31. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Complex
34. Albums of the Year 2025: Quietus
35. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Slant
35. Albums of the Year 2025: Clash
42. 50 Best Albums of 2025: Exclaim
43. The Best Albums of 2025: No Ripcord
49. 50 Best Albums of 2025: The Alternative
72. The 75 Best Albums of 2025: Mojo

• The Best Albums of 2025: Craig Jenkins: New York: Vulture
• The Best Music of 2025: Carl Wilson: Slate
• Top 50 Albums of 2025: Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop
• Favorite Albums of 2025: Tone Glow

Church

9. The Best Albums of 2022: Greg Kot: Sound Opinions
26. Top 50 Albums of 2022: Brooklyn Vegan
38. Top 50 Albums of 2022: Beats Per Minute

• The Best Albums of 2022: Craig Jenkins: New York: Vulture

Aethiopes

1. The 50 Best Albums of 2022: Treble
1. The 50 Best Albums of 2022: The Fader
2. Albums of 2022: Gorilla vs. Bear
2. Top 50 Albums of 2022: Beats Per Minute
3. The 33 Best Albums of 2022: The Ringer
5. The 50 Best Albums Of 2022: Stereogum
7. Top 50 Albums of 2022: The Wire
9. Best Albums of 2022: Jon Pareles: New York Times
9. The Best Albums of 2022: Greg Kot: Sound Opinions
11. 100 Favorite Albums of 2022: Hanif Abdurraqib
13. The 50 Best Albums of 2022: Our Culture
14. Top 50 Albums of 2022: The Alternative
16. Top 50 Albums of 2022: Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop
21. Best Albums of 2022: Uproxx: Uproxx Music Critics Poll
26. Top 50 Albums of 2022: Brooklyn Vegan
28. The 50 Best Albums of 2022: Pitchfork
30. Top 50 Albums of 2022: Northern Transmissions
31. Albums of the Year 2022: Loud And Quiet

• The Best Albums of 2022: Craig Jenkins: New York: Vulture
• Top 20 Albums of 2022: Sheldon Pearce: NPR: NPR Music
• 2022 in Music: Sasha Frere-Jones

Known Unknowns

23. Top 50 Albums of 2017: Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop