Whilst Breaking More Waves blog has slowed to the point of being defunct, I hope there’s still a space for yet another end of year album list amongst the multitude of end of year lists – this one only being finally decided at the end of the year.
As I’ve said with previous end of year list posts, by now if you’re
a music fan you’re probably sick of these things by now and don’t want to read pages of
descriptions of why they are my favourites. So instead I’ve just listed my top
25 of 2025 here. There's also a handy Spotify playlist you can find by clicking
the link below which allows you to listen to 1 track from each of the albums. (Unfortunately
there’s no track from KiF Productions brilliant ambient collage ‘Still Out’ as
this is only available via Bandcamp).
The only comment I will make on this year’s list is that in the past I’ve often really struggled to determine my number 1. It’s often a toss up
between 3 or 4 records which have shaped my year.
This year was different. LUX is such an incredible record it
exceeds everything on this list by a long way. It deserves all the critical
acclaim it is getting. I can say with a high degree of certainty that it will
be in my top 5 at the end of the decade. It’s a truly astounding body of work
from a truly exceptional artist (you may remember that her album Motomami - a
totally different record from LUX - also topped my end of year list in 2022. If you haven't heard LUX yet you are missing out.
If you want to keep in touch with my musical recommendations
whilst the blog is essentially dormant, don’t forget I still publish a new
music weekly playlist updated every Friday or Saturday which you can find by clicking here
and I am also on Instagram at breakingmorewavespics. I still do maintain a
Twitter / X account but can see a point soon where I stop using this. That's at @BMWavesBlog
Here’s the link to the Breaking More Waves Top 25 albums of
2025 (CLICK HERE)
Happy New Year to anyone who finds this post.
2nd Ethel Cain - Willoboughy Tucker, I love you
3rd Marie Davidson - City of Clowns
4th Kif productions - Still Out
5th CMAT - Euro Country
6th Lorde - Virgin
7th The Cords - The Cords
8th NYX - NYX
9th The Waterboys - Life, Death and Dennis Hopper
10th The Last Dinner Party - From the Pyre
11th Jacob Alon - In Limerence
12th Suede - Anti Depressants
13th Bon Iver - SABLE fABLE
14th Rianne Downey -The Consequence of Love
15th Max Richter - Hamnet (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
16th Ethel Cain - Perverts
17th Wet Leg – Moisturiser
18th Saint Etienne – International
19th Pulp - More
20th Ashnikko - Smoochies
21st Blood Orange - Essex Honey
22nd Viola Odette Harlow - Porn Star
23rd Joy Crookes - Juniper
24th Folk Bitch Trio - Now Would Be A Good Time
25th Warrington Runcorn New Town Development Plan - Public Works and Utilities
