It’s November and that means End of Year List Time is upon us. The Brits always seem to be first out of the gate and Uncut is here with their Top 80 Albums of 2025. As a UK magazine that caters to Gen X there are a lot of veteran artists on this list, including Stereolab, Suede, Luna‘s Dean Wareham, Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Pulp, The Waterboys, Jeff Tweedy, Bon Iver, Tortoise, Jason Isbell, The Go-Betweens’ Robert Forster, Saint Etienne, Paul Weller, and more, but also plenty of contemporary acts, including Geese, Little Simz, CMAT, Alex G, Turnstile, Wednesday, Ryan Davis, Big Thief, caroline, Wet Leg, The Weather Station, Black Country, New Road, and more.
Check out Uncut’s Top 20 Albums of 2025 in descending order below, and for the rest of the list pick up the end-of-the-year issue of Uncut.
UNCUT MAGAZINE – TOP 20 ALBUMS OF 2025
20) Foxes in the Snow – Jason Isbell
19) Allbarone – Baxter Dury
18) Strawberries – Robert Forster
17) Double Infinity – Big Thief
16) Alan Sparhawk with Trampled by Turtles – Alan Sparhawk and Trampled by Turtles
15) The Heat Warps – Modern Nature
14) Caroline 2 – caroline
13) Time Indefinite – William Tyler
12) Planting by the Signs – S.G. Goodman
11) Lotus – Little Simz
10) Saving Grace – Robert Plant with Suzi Dian
9) Sable, Fable – Bon Iver
8) Twilight Override – Jeff Tweedy
7) Interior Live Oak – Cass McCombs
6) New Threats from the Soul – Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band
5) End of the Middle – Richard Dawson
4) Bleeds – Wednesday
3) Antidepressants – Suede
2) Instant Holograms on Metal Film – Stereolab
1) More – Pulp