More Albums I Liked in 2025
As I'm working on my final list of favorite albums of the year, I thought I'd put together a quick list of other albums that didn't make it – ones I still enjoyed very much – to hold you over for a few weeks. 😄
If you are a regular reader of the site, most of these will be familiar. Anyway, here they are, broken down by genre... ten-ish albums in each category.
Folk/Singer Songwriter
- patching by runo plum
- These Days by Emily Hines
- Sleeper's Ball by Clover
- Small Talk by Whitney
- Jellywish by Florist
- Sounds like... by Florry
- Blue Reminder by Hand Habits
- Animal Poem by Anna Tivel
- I Hope We Can Still Be Friends by Dean Johnson
- Parade by Work Wife
- Fatal Optimist by Madi Diaz
Hardcore/Punk/Metal/Emo
- All That is Over by SPRINTS
- Horizons/West by Thrice
- ...IS YOUR FRIEND by DRAIN
- Never Exhale by Ditz
- Downpour by Charmer
- A Life's Refrain by Speedway
- Want You Need by Runaway Brother
- Who Will Look After the Dogs? by PUP
- Last Leg of the Human Table by Cloakroom
- erer by Glitterer
- Ripped and Torn by Lifeguard
Hip Hop
- From the Private Collection by Saba & No ID
- Black Hole Superette by Aesop Rock
- Lotus by Little Simz
- Forty by Blu & August Fanon
- Live Laugh Love by Earl Sweatshirt
- The RE-UP by Rakim
- Lonely at the Top by Joey Bada$$
- Infinite by Mobb Deep
- Goyard Ibn Said by Ghais Guevara
- Balloonerism by Mac Miller
Alternative/Indie Rock
- Welcome to My Blue Sky by Momma
- Billboard Heart by Deep Sea Diver
- DELUXE EDITION by Nihilistic Easyrider
- I Let the Wind Push Down On Me by Moontype
- Kit-Cat by Casper Skulls
- In Love Again by Ex-Void
- s/t by Sharon Van Etten & the Attachment Theory
- Bite Down by Ribbon Skirt
- Tunnel Vision by Beach Bunny
- Raspberry Moon by Hotline TNT
- Altar by NewDad
Pop
- Girl Violence by King Princess
- Describe by Hannah Jadagu
- Cover the Mirrors by Ben Kweller
- I QUIT by HAIM
- Weirdo by Emma-Jean Thackray
- s/t by Long Fling
- Ghostholding by venturing
- Kiss From the Balcony by Madeline Kenney
- Virgin by Lorde
- Anxious by Nell Smith
Jazz/World/R&B/Etc
- Essex Honey by Blood Orange
- after the sun goes down by Khalid
- VI by Budos Band
- Son of Spergy by Daniel Caesar
- Instant Holograms On Metal Film by Stereolab
- CREAM by Kassa Overall
- EUSEXUA by FKA Twigs
- Hurry Up Tomorrow by The Weeknd
- Touch by Tortoise
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