Top 100 Music Albums of 2025
by 
Arthurknight 
A brilliancy of a year.
Top 25 Non-Studio Releases 2025:
1 Jittoku '76 (Les Rallizes Dénudés)
2 Perverts (Ethel Cain)
3 The Courage of Shutting Up (at first, at first)
4 Open Vocal Phrases Where Songs Come In and Out (Live 12/20/85) (Arthur Russell)
5 Join Us in Creating Excellence (Soulkeeper)
6 Untitled (Punxsutawney)
7 Discomfort Says It All (Miserable Thought Machine)
8 Nuits de la Fondation Maeght (Sun Ra & His Inter-Galactic Research Arkestra)
9 Live at Widney High December 26th, 1971 (Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra Led by Horace Tapscott)
10 CBGB 12.13.88 (Galaxie 500)
11 Gowillog (billy woods & August Fanon)
12 屋根裏 YaneUra Oct. '80 (Les Rallizes Dénudés)
13 Live at the Leather Fly (Butthole Surfers)
14 Hail to the Thief (Live Recordings 2003-2009) (Radiohead)
15 History of Fishmans (Fishmans)
16 Eventualities (Ostraca)
17 Mini Mart Projectionist (Stick Crickets)
18 Edison Machado & Boa Nova (Edison Machado)
19 Demo Nine (Life)
20 Live at Revolution Hall (Adrianne Lenker)
21 Boiler Room London (Underworld)
22 The Revolving Star: Archive & Practice 002 (Cities Aviv)
23 Live at Roadburn 2023 (Chat Pile)
24 Shining Path (June 2008 Majjem Radio Exclusive) (Natural Snow Buildings)
25 All the Dead Melt Down as Rain (Uboa)
- Chart updated: 01/11/2026 01:45
- (Created: 01/24/2025 00:35).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Total albums: 100. Page 1 of 10
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Top 100 Music Albums of 2025 composition
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| Luke Laurila | 2 | 2% | |
| Damián Antón Ojeda | 2 | 2% | |
| Rapt | 1 | 1% | |
| McKinley Dixon | 1 | 1% | |
| TULPA (US) | 1 | 1% | |
| Baan | 1 | 1% | |
| Cóclea & Canut De Bon | 1 | 1% | |
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14 | 14% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of 2025 chart changes
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Up 9 from 33rd to 24th |
Up 5 from 15th to 10th |
Up 4 from 13th to 9th |
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Down 19 from 9th to 28th |
Down 19 from 16th to 35th |
Down 5 from 31st to 36th |
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