Albums Of The Year 2025
After much listening and lively debate, here are our Top 75 Albums of 2025
Oneohtrix Point Never ‘Tranquilizer’ (Warp)
Sample Relics
Margomool
Anglo-Italian touts soulful electro-jazz
Egyptrixx
Scene stalwart returns with a bang
E.M.Arson
Experimentalist delves into society’s ills
Kevin Richard Martin (The Bug)
Kevin Richard Martin (The Bug) has fused dub, drone, hip hop, grime, metal and isolationist ambient into confrontational, yet beautiful music. As a new album with Ghost Dubs drops, he shares his main influences
‘Decoder’ soundtrack
Featuring Einstürzende Neubauten, Genesis P-Orridge, William Burroughs, Dave Ball and Matt Johnson, the epic soundtrack to sci-fi dystopia flick ‘Decoder’ is unlike any other
The Human League ‘Holiday ‘80’
Resident archivist Jack Dangers takes a look at a rare pressing of ‘Holiday ‘80’ from The Human League Mk I days
‘Maximum Vaultage’
Freewheeling through time and space, Kris Needs continues his adventures in sound. This month: ‘Maximum Vaultage’
Lush ‘Sweetness And Light’
It’s 35 years since ‘Gala’ became Lush’s de facto debut album. Now available again as a deluxe reissue, songwriter and guitarist Emma Anderson looks back at the breakthrough track ‘Sweetness And Light’