Albums of 2025

[liebzz]

2025 was a weird year for music for me.
I listened to a ton of new music, a lot of it i really liked, but overall it was more about getting into discographies of artists i love and listen to a bunch of old records from different years.

liebzz has been integral in remembering old albums, getting to know new ones and expanding into different music tones.

Glad we could take that journey together. I managed to listen to about 45 albums from 2025 this year, even with the nearly 800 archival albums I heard since this time last year. I’ll likely be doing the same next year, especially since I would say the majority of those albums are new for me, especially lately.

[VinylGuy]

Here its my 2025 list. Like i say, this are the albums that grabbed my attention, but i dont think i had one album that blew my mind.

ALBUMS FROM 2025

1. Virgin - Lorde
2. private music - Deftones
3. Something Beautiful - Miley Cyrus
4. Lower - Benjamin Booker
5. You Are Always On My Mind - OHYUNG
6. Getting Killed - Geese
7. Lux - Rosalía
8. Ego Death At a Bachelor Party - Hayley Williams
9.Its a Beautiful Place - Water From Your Eyes
10. Caroline 2 - Caroline

ARTISTS I LISTENED THE MOST IN 2025: These are artists i actually went deep into their catalogue this year and listened to them a lot

Soundgarden
Pearl Jam
RHCP
Led Zeppelin
Outkast
Kendrick Lamar
St Vincent
Thundercat
Sonic Youth
The Rolling Stones
Art Farmer ( thanks liebzz)
Janes Addiction
Dave Navarro
Eric Avery
Steely Dan
Matt Cameron (WWC, Hater)

[liebzz]

My list, granted it includes nothing from December, looks like:

1. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Phantom Island
2. Geese - Getting Killed (helped incredibly by repeat listens)
3. Goose - Everything Must Go
4. Goose - Chain Yer Dragon
5. My Morning Jacket - Is
6. Tunde Adibimpe - Thee Black Boltz
7. Daniel Donato - Horizons
8. Deep Sea Diver - Billboard Heart
9. Miles Kane - Sunlight in the Shadows
10. Brandi Carlisle - Returning to Myself

Honorable mentions:
11. Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band - New Threats From the Soul
12. Jason Isbell - Foxes in the Snow
13. Pigeons Playing Ping Pong - Feed the Fire
14. Dogs in a Pile - Distroid
15. De La Soul - Cabin in the Sky

Noteworthy: Springsteen’s Tracks II and Nebraska ‘82 were both awesome, and exceeded my expectations. I didn’t include them in this list since it is archival releases but they were both really great.

[Ms Harmless]

new HEALTH album is great as usual

[Jorge]

My list, granted it includes nothing from December, looks like:

1. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Phantom Island
2. Geese - Getting Killed (helped incredibly by repeat listens)
3. Goose - Everything Must Go
4. Goose - Chain Yer Dragon
5. My Morning Jacket - Is
6. Tunde Adibimpe - Thee Black Boltz
7. Daniel Donato - Horizons
8. Deep Sea Diver - Billboard Heart
9. Miles Kane - Sunlight in the Shadows
10. Brandi Carlisle - Returning to Myself

Honorable mentions:
11. Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band - New Threats From the Soul
12. Jason Isbell - Foxes in the Snow
13. Pigeons Playing Ping Pong - Feed the Fire
14. Dogs in a Pile - Distroid
15. De La Soul - Cabin in the Sky

Noteworthy: Springsteen’s Tracks II and Nebraska ‘82 were both awesome, and exceeded my expectations. I didn’t include them in this list since it is archival releases but they were both really great.

Two Gooses and one Geese, huh

[liebzz]

My list, granted it includes nothing from December, looks like:

1. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Phantom Island
2. Geese - Getting Killed (helped incredibly by repeat listens)
3. Goose - Everything Must Go
4. Goose - Chain Yer Dragon
5. My Morning Jacket - Is
6. Tunde Adibimpe - Thee Black Boltz
7. Daniel Donato - Horizons
8. Deep Sea Diver - Billboard Heart
9. Miles Kane - Sunlight in the Shadows
10. Brandi Carlisle - Returning to Myself

Honorable mentions:
11. Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band - New Threats From the Soul
12. Jason Isbell - Foxes in the Snow
13. Pigeons Playing Ping Pong - Feed the Fire
14. Dogs in a Pile - Distroid
15. De La Soul - Cabin in the Sky

Noteworthy: Springsteen’s Tracks II and Nebraska ‘82 were both awesome, and exceeded my expectations. I didn’t include them in this list since it is archival releases but they were both really great.

Two Gooses and one Geese, huh

No ducks.

[epilogue]

My list, granted it includes nothing from December, looks like:

1. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Phantom Island
2. Geese - Getting Killed (helped incredibly by repeat listens)
3. Goose - Everything Must Go
4. Goose - Chain Yer Dragon
5. My Morning Jacket - Is
6. Tunde Adibimpe - Thee Black Boltz
7. Daniel Donato - Horizons
8. Deep Sea Diver - Billboard Heart
9. Miles Kane - Sunlight in the Shadows
10. Brandi Carlisle - Returning to Myself

Honorable mentions:
11. Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band - New Threats From the Soul
12. Jason Isbell - Foxes in the Snow
13. Pigeons Playing Ping Pong - Feed the Fire
14. Dogs in a Pile - Distroid
15. De La Soul - Cabin in the Sky

Noteworthy: Springsteen’s Tracks II and Nebraska ‘82 were both awesome, and exceeded my expectations. I didn’t include them in this list since it is archival releases but they were both really great.

Two Gooses and one Geese, huh

No ducks.

/Thread

[Higgs]

Just spent my Saturday morning listening to Modern Nature's 3rd album The Heat Warps. What a lovely, casual listen. Elements of slowcore, indie drift but with melody throughout. Just guitars/bass/drums here but beautifully put together. Thoroughly recommended.

Here's "Source" that gives a pretty decent taste, although is probably on the overall slower end of things.

[i got bugs]

Nas n primo putting in a last minute 2025 classic

[flavdave]

That Wet Leg album is my favorite thing I’ve listened to this year.

[Jorge]

As of right now these are the 20 2025 albums that I loved the most, in alphabetical order:

Amor Elefante – Amigas
Blood Orange – Essex Honey
Hayley Williams – Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party
Jade – That's Showbiz Baby
Jenny Dna – We Can Always Build New Roads
Juana Molina – DOGA
The Knocks & Dragonette – Revelation
Linda May Han Oh – Strange Heavens
Mariana Michi – Vos no sos uno de ellos
Maya Delilah – The Long Way Round
Miley Cyrus – Something Beautiful
The Mynabirds – It's Okay To Go Back If You Keep Moving Forward
Natalia Lafourcade – Cancionera
Ninajirachi – I Love My Computer
Oklou – Choke Enough
Orquesta Cuerdas del Plata & Mariana Michi – La noche interminable
Petey USA – The Yips
Propagandhi – At Peace
Rosalía – LUX
Soairse Dream – Saoirse Dream

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Honorable mentions (could grow to overtake some of the above as I continue to explore them):

Brad Mehldau - Ride Into the Sun
Clipse - Let God Sort Em Out
David Byrne - Who is the Sky?
Deftones - Private Music
Vijay Ayer & Wadada Leo Smith - Defiant Life

[epilogue]

I'm sorry... did Jorge make a best of 2025 list before Jan 1st, 2026????

[Jorge]

All the usual caveats apply

[epilogue]

Phew!

Spoiler: show

but still

[epilogue]

Since Jorge is cool dropping this... here's my top 10 for the year (so far):

Owls, Omens and Oracles - Valerie June
Everybody Scream - Florence + The Machine
The Purple Bird - Bonnie Prince Billy
Returning to Myself - Brandi Carlile
From the Pyre - The Last Dinner Party
Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party - Haley Williams
Straight Line Was A Lie - The Beths
Forever Is A Feeling - Lucy Dacus
Send A Prayer My Way - Julien Baker and TORRES
Animaru - Mei Semones

[The Argonaut]

4. Lower - Benjamin Booker

I hadn't realized he had released another album finally. I'll be listening to this tomorrow

[VinylGuy]

4. Lower - Benjamin Booker

I hadn't realized he had released another album finally. I'll be listening to this tomorrow

Its pretty cool

[Malloy]

Bleeds
New Threats from the Soul

[The Argonaut]

4. Lower - Benjamin Booker

I hadn't realized he had released another album finally. I'll be listening to this tomorrow

meh, nothing really grabbed me about it

[VinylGuy]

4. Lower - Benjamin Booker

I hadn't realized he had released another album finally. I'll be listening to this tomorrow

meh, nothing really grabbed me about it

you are just sour because the new Spielberg movie is not an ET sequel