Lux by Rosalía is the most acclaimed album of the year.
The ADM Report 2025
Now everyone's had their say with the Best Albums of 2025
roundups, it's time to take stock of the cold hard facts of what
really were the most critically-acclaimed albums over the past 12
months.
The AnyDecentMusic top 10 of 2025 is the most reliable guide to
what earned the most extensive overall praise from reviewers.
We have excluded from the rankings any albums with fewer than ten
reviews from our list of sources and the formula we apply to arrive
at the ADM rating takes the number of reviews into account.
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9.19
Rosalía
Lux
"Pop's most provocative chaos agent delivers a transcendent
album that sounds like nothing else in music right now"
Rolling Stone
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8.95
Hayley Williams
Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party
"The Paramore vocalist's new set of solo songs is a bold, epic
direction for the best rock frontwoman of the millennium"
Paste Magazine
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8.75
Geese
Getting Killed
"There's a lot going on across the five-piece's erratic but
original third album, yet it never feels like they're losing
control of the chaos"
NME
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8.72
CMAT
EURO-COUNTRY
"Absolutely masterful stuff"
Hot Press
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8.61
Dove Ellis
Blizzard
"With shades of Jeff and Tim Buckley, the Galway-born artist
writes tunes so strong they seem as familiar as old friends"
The Guardian
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8.60
Anna Von Hausswolff
ICONOCLASTS
"For newcomers, this album presents a near perfect, accessible
entry into her recordings"
All Music
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billy woods
GOLLIWOG
"He spotlights the absurdity and nightmare of human existence
while lauding the magical properties of art"
Beats Per Minute
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Little Simz
Lotus
"The personal, the political, the celebratory and the
confrontational all flow together"
The Arts Desk
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Heartworms
Glutton For Punishment
"An extraordinary debut that proves Heartworms is a force to be
reckoned with"
DIY
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Deftones
Private Music
"A welcome reminder that Deftones are still more than capable of
delivering the goods while showing us something new and
vital"
Clash
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And the next 10
11. Perfume Genius - Glory Reviews
12. Wednesday - Bleeds Reviews
13. FKA Twigs - Eusexua Reviews
14. caroline - Caroline 2 Reviews
15. Nourished By Time - The Passionate
Ones Reviews
16. Suede - Antidepressants Reviews
17. Samia - Bloodless Reviews
18. Ethel Cain - Willoughby Tucker, I'll
Always Love You Reviews
19. Squid - Cowards Reviews
20. Robert Plant - Saving Grace Reviews
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