The Guardian : The 50 Best Albums of 2025

[Sepsami 19,590]

7 minutes ago, Skyana Rava said:

naw she gonna be top 3

Rolling Stone gotta maintain its reputation with the swifties

I hate that this is what Taylor has become to the industry, her influence is  undeniable to the point that it's forcing them to be biased towards everything she does. I don't get it, but then again she is America's sweetheart and America has been way too influential to pop culture in general for decades. 

[REALITY 78,174]

40 minutes ago, Skyana Rava said:

Where's 143?

At #143

[Dojo 19,644]

talent won 

[NUTELLA 15,609]

59 minutes ago, ManMan said:

There are synths that sound like a Dyson on its last legs.

Love this

[Lord Mayhem 2,138]

Addison Rae above Gaga...

[ManMan 2,625]

42 minutes ago, Sepsami said:

I hate that this is what Taylor has become to the industry, her influence is  undeniable to the point that it's forcing them to be biased towards everything she does. I don't get it, but then again she is America's sweetheart and America has been way too influential to pop culture in general for decades. 

the new Beyonce

thank you Taylor Swift

[notconfident 303]

1 hour ago, ManMan said:

“Ama ooh na-na / Abracadabra, mutta ooh Gaga”

oh god

[TheFrenchGuy 1,950]

1 hour ago, notconfident said:

oh god

I have a pet peeve with journalists getting basic info like that wrong. Like really? It's your 5th best album of the year but you can't be bothered to look up the lyrics? 

[Ladle Ghoulash 32,125]

Ain’t no way Addison’s boilerplate y2k reheats are better than MAYHEM lmao 

[hamartia 1,833]

I'm hoping that CMAT isn't on the list because Euro-Country is #1 

Also, I like Lily Allen a lot and WEG was undeniably explosive and exciting for ~the culture~, but to act like that album has any staying power whatsoever is... generous lol 

So was putting Addison before Sable, Fable my god

[RochesterJoannster 3,601]

Morta is one of the most important words in the song…..and they called it “Mutta” 😂. 

[doraemon 1,075]

do you think Lux could nabbed #1?

[ManMan 2,625]

3. Blood Orange – Essex Honey

 

Dev Hynes’ fifth album as Blood Orange felt uniquely keyed into the fragmented, distracted headspace that comes after someone passes, in his case, his mother. Essex Honey’s restive nature was summed up in its painful opening lines, which you could read as the dying’s acceptance of death starkly contrasting the living’s ability to meet them on those terms: “In your grace, I looked for some meaning,” Hynes sings on Look at You. “But I found none, and I still search for a truth.” That search is wide-reaching: The Field refashions the Durutti Column’s Sing to Me as a racing hymnal made for the stereo of a Ford Escort. There are tough little Robert Rental-style post-punk gems in The Train (Kings Cross) and Countryside that bristle with frustration. Vivid Light is a plainly soulful duet with Zadie Smith; Life, featuring Tirzah’s unmistakable vocals, basks in languid, flute-dappled funk.

Edited December 18, 2025 by ManMan

[PeachJug 3,114]

virgin at #1 🤞🙏

[Yaaaas Gaga 1,180]

On 12/16/2025 at 2:58 PM, Skyana Rava said:

Where's 143?

Probably ranked 143rd