KEXP listeners have great taste in radio stations, obviously. They also have great taste in music! That’s why, each year, we take the time to build a listener-powered list of the best albums of the year.
And now is that time! We asked our listeners to vote on their favorite albums of 2025. Come back to this page throughout the day on Dec. 19, 2025 to see which albums made the list.
| RANK | ARTIST | ALBUM TITLE |
|---|---|---|
| 100 | Oklou | choke enough |
| 99 | Destroyer | Dan's Boogie |
| 98 | Saya Gray | SAYA |
| 97 | Deafheaven | Lonely People with Power |
| 96 | Jason Isbell | Foxes in the Snow |
| 95 | Mac Demarco | Guitar |
| 94 | bar italia | Some Like It Hot |
| 93 | Dijon | Baby |
| 92 | Pit Pony | Dead Stars |
| 91 | The Budos Band | VII |
| 90 | Jay Som | Belong |
| 89 | Samantha Crain | Gumshoe |
| 88 | Waves Crashing | Effection |
| 87 | NoSo | When Are You Leaving? |
| 86 | Tune-Yards | Better Dreaming |
| 85 | Nightbus | Passenger |
| 84 | Ribbon Skirt | Bite Down |
| 83 | The Bug Club | Very Human Features |
| 82 | Hatchie | Liquorice |
| 81 | СОЮЗ | Krok |
| 80 | Rocket | R is for Rocket |
| 79 | Aesop Rock | Black Hole Superette |
| 78 | My Morning Jacket | is |
| 77 | De La Soul | Cabin in the Sky |
| 76 | clipping. | Dead Channel Sky |
| 75 | Coral Grief | Air Between Us |
| 74 | The Hives | The Hives Forever, Forever The Hives |
| 73 | Barry Can't Swim | Loner |
| 72 | Lorde | Virgin |
| 71 | Tomo Nakayama | Ocean |
| 70 | Mavis Staples | Sad and Beautiful World |
| 69 | Mogwai | The Bad Fire |
| 68 | Matt Berninger | Get Sunk |
| 67 | Black Country, New Road | Forever, Howlong |
| 66 | Packaging | Packaging |
| 65 | Heartworms | Glutton For Punishment |
| 64 | SAULT | 10 |
| 63 | Bob Mould | Here We Go Crazy |
| 62 | Indigo De Souza | Precipice |
| 61 | HAIM | I quit |
| 60 | Clipse | Let God Sort Em Out |
| 59 | Water From Your Eyes | It's a Beautiful Place |
| 58 | Obongjayar | Paradise Now |
| 57 | Dean Johnson | I Hope We Can Still Be Friends |
| 56 | Alex G | Headlights |
| 55 | Cut Copy | Moments |
| 54 | Lord Huron | The Cosmic Sector Vol. 1 |
| 53 | FKA twigs | EUSEXUA |
| 52 | Fotoform | Grief is a Garden (Forever In Bloom) |
| 51 | Panda Bear | Sinister Grift |
| 50 | Lily Allen | West End Girl |
| 49 | Automatic | Is It Now? |
| 48 | Sea Lemon | Diving For A Prize |
| 47 | Ty Segall | Possession |
| 46 | Die Spitz | Something to Consume |
| 45 | Perfume Genius | Glory |
| 44 | Just Mustard | WE WERE JUST HERE |
| 43 | Blood Orange | Essex Honey |
| 42 | Lucy Dacus | Forever Is A Feeling |
| 41 | Tyler, The Creator | DON'T TAP THE GLASS |
| 40 | Sudan Archives | THE BPM |
| 39 | Hayley Williams | Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party |
| 38 | Anna von Hausswolff | ICONOCLASTS |
| 37 | Momma | Welcome to My Blue Sky |
| 36 | David Byrne | Who Is The Sky? |
| 35 | Horsegirl | Phonetics On and On |
| 34 | SPRINTS | All That Is Over |
| 33 | Snocaps | Snocaps |
| RANK | ARTIST | ALBUM TITLE |
|---|---|---|
| 32 | King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard | Phantom Island |
| 31 | Brandi Carlile | Returning To Myself |
| 30 | Pulp | More |
| 29 | Japanese Breakfast | For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women) |
| 28 | Lambrini Girls | Who Let The Dogs Out |
| 27 | Blondshell | If You Asked For A Picture |
| 26 | Jeff Tweedy | Twilight |
| 25 | Bad Bunny | DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS |
| 24 | Say She She | Cut & Rewind |
| 23 | Bon Iver | SABLE, fABLE |
| 22 | Car Seat Headrest | The Scholars |
| 21 | Suzzallo | The Quiet Year |
| 20 | Dead Pioneers | PO$T AMERICAN |
| 19 | Neko Case | Neon Grey Midnight Green |
| 18 | Little Simz | Lotus |
| 17 | Stereolab | Instant Holograms On Metal Film |
| 16 | Florence + The Machine | Everybody Scream |
| 15 | Wolf Alice | The Clearing |
| 14 | Viagra Boys | viagr aboys |
| 13 | Tame Impala | Deadbeat |
| 12 | Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory | Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory |
| 11 | ROSALÍA | LUX |
| 10 | The Cure | Mixes of a Lost World |
| 9 | The Beths | Straight Line Was A Lie |
| 8 | TURNSTILE | NEVER ENOUGH |
| 7 | Wednesday | Bleeds |
| 6 | Tunde Adebimpe | Thee Black Boltz |
| 5 | Big Thief | Double Infinity |
| 4 | Nation of Language | Dance Called Memory |
| 3 | Geese | Getting Killed |
| 2 | Deep Sea Diver | Billboard Heart |
| 1 | Wet Leg | moisturizer |
