Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.
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Music

Favorite Albums of 2025 Uproxx: Steven Hyden

The Best Albums of 2025 Atlantic: Spencer Kornhaber

The Best Albums Of 2025 Essence

The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Slant

Top 10 Albums of 2025 NPR Music: Robin Hilton

Top 10 Albums of 2025 NPR Music: Ann Powers

Best Albums of 2025 NPR Music

The 20 Best Albums of 2025 Dazed

The 25 Best Albums of 2025 The Ringer

The Best Albums of 2025 Economist

The Best Albums of 2025 No Ripcord

The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Nialler9: Niall Byrne

The Best 50 Albums of 2025 Billboard

25 Favourite Albums of 2025 Drowned in Sound

The Best Albums of 2025 Flood

The Best Music of 2025 Slate: Carl Wilson

The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Kerrang!

The Top 10 Albums of 2025 Washington Post: Chris Richards

The 80 Best Albums of 2025 PopMatters

The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Crack Magazine

The 50 Best Albums of 2025 The Fader

The 10 Best Albums of 2025 Entertainment Weekly

Best Albums of 2025 KCRW

The Best Albums of 2025 Sound Opinions: Greg Kot

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