Year-End Lists

Never Enough

1. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Kerrang!
2. 2025 Albums of the Year: DIY
3. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Niall Byrne: Nialler9
4. 50 Best Albums of 2025: Exclaim
4. Top 100 Albums of 2025: Under the Radar
6. Albums of the Year 2025: Clash
8. Best Albums of 2025: Northern Transmissions
8. Top 55 Albums of 2025: Brooklyn Vegan
8. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: NME
10. Albums of the Year 2025: God Is In The TV
10. The Best 50 Albums of 2025: Billboard
11. 50 Best Albums of 2025: The Alternative
15. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Guardian
15. Albums of 2025: The Skinny
16. The 20 Best Albums of 2025: Dazed
18. The 50 Best Albums Of 2025: Stereogum
18. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Consequence
19. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Crack Magazine
20. The 20 Best Albums of 2025: Independent
21. Top 50 Albums of 2025: Beats Per Minute
21. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Far Out
26. The Best Albums of 2025: Flood
31. The 100 Best Albums of 2025: Rolling Stone
33. 115 Favorite Albums Of 2025: Hanif Abdurraqib
41. The Best Albums of 2025: The Line of Best Fit
41. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Treble
60. The 80 Best Albums of 2025: PopMatters
67. The 100 Best Albums of 2025: Our Culture
78. 80 Best Albums of 2025: Uncut

• Albums of the Year 2025: Rough Trade
• 20 Best Albums of 2025: Glide
• Top Albums of 2025: AP
• The 10 Best Albums of 2025: Entertainment Weekly
• The 45 Best Albums of 2025: Vogue

Glow On

1. Top 20 Albums of 2021: Northern Transmissions
1. The Best Albums of 2021: Flood
1. The 30 Best Albums Of 2021: Spin
1. Top 50 Albums of 2021: Brooklyn Vegan
2. The 50 Best Albums of 2021: Paste
3. 25 Best Albums of 2021: Revolver
3. The 50 Best Albums Of 2021: Stereogum
3. The Best Albums of 2021: The Ringer
4. 83 Favorite Albums Of 2021: Hanif Abdurraqib
4. Top 50 Albums of 2021: Consequence
4. Best Music of 2021: Chris Richards: Washington Post
4. Best Albums of 2021: Uproxx: Uproxx Music Critics Poll
5. The 50 Best Albums of 2021: Our Culture
6. The 50 Best Albums of 2021: Pitchfork
7. Best Albums of 2021: DIY
7. The 20 Best Albums of 2021: A.V. Club
8. 50 Best Albums of 2021: Rolling Stone
9. The 50 Best Albums of 2021: NME
10. The 50 Best Albums of 2021: Treble
12. Top 25 Albums of 2021: Magnet
12. The 45 Best Albums of 2021: The Forty-Five
14. The 50 Best Albums of 2021: The Fader
15. The 50 Best Albums of 2021: Far Out
17. 50 Best Albums of 2021: Exclaim
18. Favorite Albums of 2021: Steven Hyden: Uproxx
18. The 50 Best Albums of 2021: Guardian
19. Top 50 Albums of 2021: Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop
23. The Top 30 Albums of 2021: Jordan Cronk
24. 50 Best Albums of 2021: NPR: NPR Music
27. The 50 Best Albums of 2021: Billboard
41. Albums of the Year 2021: Clash
56. The 75 Best Albums of 2021: PopMatters
65. Top 100 Albums of 2021: Under the Radar
93. Albums of the Year 2021: Quietus

• The Best Albums of 2021: Craig Jenkins: New York: Vulture
• The Best Music of 2021: Steve Erickson: GCN
• 10 Best Albums of 2021: BBC: BBC Culture
• 20 Best Albums of 2021: Glide
• Best of 2021: AllMusic
• The Best Albums Of 2021: Uproxx
• Top 10 Albums of 2021: Marissa Lorusso: NPR: NPR Music
• The Best Albums of 2021: Esquire

Nonstop Feeling

77. The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s: Vice: Noisey

Time & Space

3. 30 Best Albums of 2018: Revolver
7. Best Music of 2018: Chris Richards: Washington Post
8. Top 50 Albums of 2018: Brooklyn Vegan
13. 18 Best Albums of 2018: Jon Caramanica: New York Times
35. Best Albums of the Year 2018: NME