Top 10 + 5 HM

Cameron Winter - Heavy Metal (yes, came out end of last year but so be it)
Chat Pile & Hayden Pedigo - In the Earth Again
Makaya McCraven - Off the Record
Geese - Getting Killed
Earl Sweatshirt - Live Laugh Love
Trellion & Danny Lover - Ok, The Fire
Honour - Paid in Full
Califone - The Villager's Companion
Celestaphone & Dealers of God - Cult Subterranea
Darkside - Nothing

unordered

I still have some albums in my back catalog and need to revisit other albums. Top 10 will prob be solidified in a couple months

i make a chart i update sometimes to like basically give the year inside a sc so the most important beloved different etc etc albums and this the one i got for 2025 rn
what a great year man

my personal top 20:

1. Kevin Abstract - Blush
2. FKA twigs - EUSEXUA
3. Yeat - Dangerous Summer
4. Mariah The Scientist - Hearts Sold Separately
5. Partynextdoor & Drake - $ome $exy $ongs 4 U
6. Playboi Carti - I AM MUSIC
7. Esdeekid - Rebel
8. PinkPantheress - Fancy That
9. Amine - 13 Months of Summer
10. SAILORR - From Florida’s Finest

HM: Ravyn Lenae - Bird’s Eye since it’s last year

Albums:
10. EsDeeKid - Rebel
9. The Weeknd - Hurry Up Tomorrow
8. Rochelle Jordan - Through the Wall
7. Smerz - Big city life
6. Geese - Getting Killed
5. Oklou - choke enough
4. Bon Iver - Sable, Fable
3. Bad Bunny - DTMF
2. Blood Orange - Essex Honey
1. Dijon - Baby

Songs:
5. Bon Iver - There's A Rhythmn
4. Alex G - Afterlife
3. Cameron Winter - Love Takes Miles
2. Oklou - blade bird
1. Smerz - You got time and I got money

In no particular order:

Dijon - Baby
Jim Legxacy - Black British Music (2025)
Bon Iver - SABLE, fABLE
Cameron Winter - Heavy Metal
The Weeknd - Hurry Up Tomorow
Playboi Carti - I AM MUSIC
Joshua Slone - Thinking Too Much
Olivia Dean - The Art of Loving
Justin Bieber - SWAG
Nourished By Time - The Passionate Ones

HM: Oklou - Blade Bird, Lorde - Virgin, Earl - Live Laugh Love

My TOP 10 Albums of 2025 Updated

no order

Honorable Mentions

1. lady gaga - mayhem
2. u.s. girls - scratch it
3. pictureplane - s***distortion
4. lorde - virgin
5. purity ring - purity ring
6. haim - i quit
7. marina - princess of power
8. john maus - later than you think
9. ariel pink - with you every night
10. neggy gemmy - she comes from nowhere

damn u loved blush that much?

$ilkMoney
Clipse
Tyler
Reject 3
Ninajirachi

Yeah loved it

need to check a couple more out but ya

i ranked 455 albums, eps, and mixtapes so far

rateyourmusic.com/list/vulpineclaw/albums-eps-and-mixtapes-of-2025

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

also shout out to blawan also that would be my 10th spot

Edit: Aw f***. I messed up the corner left of my list. Replace that album with Chance's.

Rosalia - Lux
Dj Koze - Music can hear us
Clipse
Nourished by Time - The Passionate Ones
Carti
Jim Legaxy
Geese - getting killed
Bon iver- sable fable
Dijon - Baby
All the jay electronics eps