Albums of the Year 2025: who made our top ten?

It was a year marked by the sheer diversity of releases, where reformed big names mixed with rising stars and it seemed the left-field became centre-field. In such a diverse scene it is near-impossible to compare artists and make judgements over what is better than what – how can you rate Sabrina Carpenter against Kneecap? – but that never stopped critics in the good old days and won’t stop us now:

10. Pulp – More