We posted about Uncut’s end-of-year list earlier this week, and now here’s long-running UK music mag MOJO with their 2025 wrap-up. This is a publication that targets Gen-X and Boomers — The Beatles are on the cover at least once a year without fail — and their Top 75 Albums of 2025 definitely reflects this.
John Fogerty, Cymande, Neil Young, Brian Eno, Van Morisson, Robert Plant, Mavis Staples, David Byrne, Robert Forster, Jonathan Richman and more Old Guard acts made the cut, alongside a slew of ’90s/’00s vets, including Pulp, Stereolab, Gruff Rhys, Suede, Manic Street Preachers, Saint Etienne, Mogwai, Midlake, Panda Bear, Sharon Van Etten, Tortoise, The Lemonheads, Jeff Tweedy, and more. There are newer artists too, including Geese, CMAT, Little Simz, Wet Leg, Horsegirl, Big Thief, The Tubs, Greentea Peng, Billy Nomates, King Gizzard, Ty Segall, Haim, and more. Can you guess their #1?
Check out MOJO‘s list of Top 25 Albums of 2026 below, and for the other 50 and the rest of the magazine’s end-of-year coverage, pick up the January issue — which features a cover story about The Smiths — either in print or digitally.
Check out more Best of 2025 lists here.
MOJO MAGAZINE – TOP 25 ALBUMS OF 2025
25. Van Morrison – Remembering Now
24. Mogwai – The Bad Fire
23. Midlake – A Bridge to Far
22. Eddie Chacon – Lay Low
21. Baxter Dury – Albarone
20. Cass McCombs -Interior Live Oak
18. Mark Pritchard / Thom Yorke – Tall Tales
17. Jeff Tweedy – Twilight Override
16. Robert Plant w/ Suzi Dian – Saving Grace
15. Mavis Staples – Sad and Beautiful World
14. Richard Dawson – End of the Middle
13. Little Simz – Lotus
12. Alan Sparhawk w/ Trampled by Turtles – S/T
11. Paul Weller – Find El Dorado
10. Wet Leg – Moisturizer
9. Adrian Sherwood – The Collapse of Everything
8. The Tubs – Cotton Crown
7. Robert Forster – Strawberries
6. Stereolab – Instant Holograms on Metal Film
5. Annie & the Caldwells – Can’t Lose My (Soul)
4. Big Thief – Double Infinity
3. CMAT – Euro – Country
2. Suede – Antidepressants
1. Pulp – More