Top 10 Favorite Albums of 2025

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  1. Big Thief - Double Infinity
  2. James McMurtry - The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy
  3. SG Goodman - Planting By the Signs
  4. Patterson Hood - Exploding Trees & Airplane Screams
  5. Florry - Sounds Like…
  6. Robert Plant with Suzi Dian - Saving Grace
  7. Horsegirl - Phonetics On and On
  8. Fust - Big Ugly
  9. Kathleen Edwards - Billionaire
  10. The Beths - Straight Line Was A Lie

Honorable Mentions

  • Margo Price - Hard Headed Woman
  • Caroline Spence - Heart Go Wild
  • Snocaps
  • Lilly Hiatt - Forever
  • Winter - Adult Romantix
  • Wishy - Planet Popstar (EP)
  • The Salt Collective - A Brief History of Blindness
  • Various Artists - Let’s Go Dancing: Split A Mountain in Two With a Flake of Snow
  • Various Artists - Let’s Go Dancing: Said The Falling Rain To The Open Flame
  • Briscoe - Heat of July
  • Otis Gibbs - The Trust of Crows
  • Jeff Tweedy - Twilight Override
  • Michael Hurley - Broken Homes and Gardens
  • A. Lee Edwards - Interpreting Heart Sounds, Vol. I
  • Will Stewart - Moon Winx
  • Throwing Muses - Moonlight Concessions
  • John Howie, Jr. and the Rosewood Bluff - The Return of John Howie, Jr. and the Rosewood Bluff
  • Julien Baker and Torres - Send A Prayer My Way
  • Anna Tivel - Animal Poem
  • Janet Simpson - Can I See You Tonight?
  • Murray Attaway - Tense Music Plays
  • Mavis Staples - Sad and Beautiful World
  • Drive-By Truckers - The Definitive Decoration Day
  • Wet Leg - moisturizer
  • Hayes Carll - We’re Only Human
  • Case Oats - Last Missouri Exit
  • Jason Isbell - Foxes in the Snow
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Difficult to rank them, apart from no. 1. Rest in no particular order:

  1. S.G. Goodman - Planting by the Signs
  • Bonnie Prince Billy - The Purple Bird
  • Brogeal -Tuesday Paper Club
  • Minus 5 - Oar on Penelope
  • Haines/Buck - Going Down to the River to Blow My Mind
  • Kathryn Williams - Mystery Park
  • Big Thief - Double Infinity
  • Kathleen Edwards - Billionnaire
  • Margot Price - Hard Headed Woman
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At the onset of the year it was the Patterson, Florry, and SG Goodman I was most excited about. Up until the last minute I had the McMurtry as my absolute favorite but in all honesty it was the Big Thief I kept coming back to repeatedly.

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The Sierra Hull one was my favorite, but the order otherwise is just as I think of them:

Sierra Hull - A Tip Toe High Wire
Molly Tuttle - So Long Little Miss Sunshine
Ruston Kelly - Pale, Through the Window
Dar Williams - Hummingbird Highway
Allison Krauss & Union Station - Arcadia
Jade Bird - Who Wants to Talk About Love?
I’m With Her - Wild and Clear and Blue
Deb Talan - I Thought I Saw You

Let’s see, that’s 8? Straight Line was a Lie was good, yeah. And maybe Time Out 3 by the Accidentals.

Not counting Chris Thile’s Bach Sonata and Partitas Vol. 2 which was also fantastic, but probably goes in a different category.

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For me it’s definitely been S.G. Goodman. I’ve also really enjoyed her first two albums, which were new to me too. I’ll have to check McMurtry out.

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