Top 25 Albums of 2025

25. Inhaler - Open Wide

24. Turnstile - Never Enough

23. Tame Impala - Deadbeat

22. Haim - I Quit

21. Benjamin Booker - Lower

20. John Mark McMillan - Cosmic Supreme

19. Dream Theater - Parasomnia

18. Matt Berninger  - Get Sunk

17. Doves - Constellations for the Lonely

16. Two Car Garage - Peace & Love

15. Paul Meany - Forever Phase

14. Brandi Carlile - Returning to Myself

13. Florence + The Machine - Everybody Scream

12. Idlewild - Idlewild

11. Colony House - 77 pt. 1

10. Mumford & Sons - Rushmere

9. Jason Isbell - Foxes in the Snow

8. Goose - Everything Must Go

7. Big Wreck - The Rest of the Story

6. Geese - Getting Killed

5. Bon Iver - Sable, Fable

4. Jesse Welles - Middle

3. Tom Smith - There is Nothing in the Dark That Isn't There in the Light

2. Deftones - Private Music

1. Deep Sea Diver - Billboard Heart

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