{"id":2188650,"date":"2025-12-05T22:18:40","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T22:18:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2188650"},"modified":"2025-12-05T22:18:40","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T22:18:40","slug":"the-25-best-albums-of-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/the-25-best-albums-of-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"The 25 best albums of 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Piling on, stripping down, looking back, pushing ahead: Musicians found all sorts of uses for the album form this year, long after the jukebox in your pocket first threatened its existence. Here are the 25 LPs that held together the shards of my attention span in 2025.<\/p>\n

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Our picks for this year\u2019s best in arts and entertainment.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n

1. <\/b>Jensen McRae<\/b><\/a>, \u201cI Don\u2019t Know How but They Found Me!\u201d<\/b>
The year\u2019s sharpest pop songwriting came from an overachieving L.A. native who understands at 28 that romantic relationships don\u2019t live \u2014 and certainly don\u2019t die \u2014 between just two people. In chatty yet carefully measured tunes with nearly as many hooks as words, McRae illuminates the accumulated humiliations and misunderstandings against which every couple flails. You\u2019ll laugh, you\u2019ll cry, you\u2019ll wonder whether her ex\u2019s sister had any luck with the baby.<\/p>\n

2. SZA, \u201cLana\u201d<\/b>
The only dishonest thing about \u201cLana,\u201d which arrived just before Christmas last year as 15 new songs slipped under the wrapping of 2022\u2019s \u201cSOS,\u201d is that SZA says it\u2019s not an album.<\/p>\n

3. Madi Diaz, \u201cFatal Optimist\u201d<\/b>
Nothing to lose and nowhere to hide.<\/p>\n

4. Morgan Wallen, \u201cI\u2019m the Problem\u201d<\/b>
It\u2019s his party, and he\u2019ll cry if he wants to.<\/p>\n

5. Dijon, \u201cBaby\u201d<\/b>
An album about new parenthood that feels<\/i> like new parenthood.<\/p>\n

6. Bad Bunny, \u201cDeb\u00ed Tirar M\u00e1s Fotos\u201d<\/b>
After the adventure, the homecoming.<\/p>\n

7. <\/b>Tobias Jesso Jr.<\/b><\/a>, \u201cShine\u201d<\/b>
A pop-star whisperer takes a moment to listen to himself.<\/p>\n

8. <\/b>Parker McCollum<\/b><\/a>, \u201cParker McCollum\u201d<\/b>
Beware the Nashville authenticity play \u2014 and admit that sometimes it works.<\/p>\n

9. <\/b>Gigi Perez<\/b><\/a>, \u201cAt the Beach, In Every Life\u201d<\/b>
Like an emo-folk snowglobe.<\/p>\n

10. Justin Bieber, \u201c<\/b>Swag<\/b><\/a>\u201d<\/b>
On which, having survived teen-pop stardom, he flicks another ash out on the old patio.<\/p>\n

11. Geese, \u201cGetting Killed\u201d<\/b>
Rock is safe in the hands of the 25-and-unders.<\/p>\n

12. <\/b>Alemeda<\/b><\/a>, \u201cBut What the Hell Do I Know\u201d<\/b>
Seriously.<\/p>\n

13. <\/b>Sam Fender<\/b><\/a>, \u201cPeople Watching\u201d<\/b>
A pint hoisted in the heartland.<\/p>\n

14. Lady Gaga, \u201c<\/b>Mayhem<\/b><\/a>\u201d<\/b>
The second (third?) life of a showgirl.<\/p>\n

15. Bon Iver, \u201cSable, Fable\u201d<\/b>
\u201cI could leave behind the snow \/ For a land of palm and gold.\u201d<\/p>\n

16. Sabrina Carpenter, \u201c<\/b>Man\u2019s Best Friend<\/b><\/a>\u201d<\/b>
Every himbo has his day.<\/p>\n

17. CMAT, \u201cEuro-Country\u201d<\/b>
Hungry for love, hungry for sex, hungry for anything not cooked by Jamie Oliver.<\/p>\n

18. <\/b>Haim<\/b><\/a>, \u201cI Quit\u201d<\/b>
Lots of breakup albums seek comfort in certainty; Haim\u2019s lives on the slippery surface of doubt.<\/p>\n

19. Lucy Dacus, \u201cForever Is a Feeling\u201d<\/b>
Sensual or cerebral is a false dichotomy.<\/p>\n

20. Summer Walker, \u201cFinally Over It\u201d<\/b>
A sculpted eyebrow arched in perpetuity.<\/p>\n

21. Lily Allen, \u201cWest End Girl\u201d<\/b>
[Flush-faced emoji<\/i>]<\/p>\n

22. <\/b>Bruce Springsteen<\/b><\/a>, \u201cStreets of Philadelphia Sessions\u201d<\/b>
From the Boss\u2019 \u201cTracks II\u201d trove of lost albums, a more vivid depiction of Bummed-Out Bruce than director Scott Cooper\u2019s leaden \u201cDeliver Me From Nowhere.\u201d<\/p>\n

23. Zach Top, \u201cAin\u2019t in It For My Health\u201d<\/b>
Nashville\u2019s friskiest traditionalist.<\/p>\n

24. Eddie Chacon, \u201cLay Low\u201d<\/b>
Shimmering slow-mo psychedelia.<\/p>\n

25. <\/b>Mariah Carey<\/b><\/a>, \u201cHere for It All\u201d<\/b>
Crinkly \u201970s soul, jumping slap-bass gospel, a faithful cover of Wings\u2019 wonderfully gloopy \u201cMy Love\u201d: As its title promises, Carey\u2019s 16th studio album opens its doors to a little bit of everything.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.latimes.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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