Slant Magazine's Best Albums of 2025 … So Far

These 25 albums reflect a collective mood that’s far more nuanced than the almighty algorithm would have us believe.

Published: June 23, 2025 15:00 Source

# 1
Album • Jun 06 / 2025 Alt-Pop Contemporary R&B
# 2
hexed! by aya
Album • Mar 28 / 2025 Deconstructed Club UK Bass
# 3
Album • Jan 05 / 2025 Reggaetón Caribbean Music
# 4
Album • Mar 21 / 2025 Spoken Word Electronic Poetry UK Hip Hop
# 5
Album • May 09 / 2025 Experimental Hip Hop Abstract Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop
# 6
Album • Dec 06 / 2024 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk Chamber Folk
# 7
Album • May 30 / 2025 Post-Rock Avant-Folk
# 8
Album • Mar 28 / 2025 Blackgaze Post-Metal
# 9
Album • May 08 / 2025 Downtempo Alternative R&B
# 10
Album • Jan 24 / 2025 Electronic Dance Music Art Pop
# 11
Album • May 23 / 2025 Country Rock Alt-Country
# 12
Album • Mar 07 / 2025 Indie Rock Alt-Country
# 13
Album • Apr 04 / 2025 Digicore Experimental Hip Hop Electronic Dance Music
# 14
Album • Mar 21 / 2025 Indie Folk Singer-Songwriter
# 15
Album • Mar 07 / 2025 Americana Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk
# 17
Album • Jun 06 / 2025 Conscious Hip Hop UK Hip Hop
# 18
Album • May 30 / 2025 Pop Rock
# 19
Album • Feb 07 / 2025 Alt-Pop Electronic
# 20
Album • Feb 21 / 2025 Americana Singer-Songwriter
# 21
Album • Mar 28 / 2025 Singer-Songwriter Art Pop
# 22
Album • May 09 / 2025 Dance-Pop UK Garage
# 23
Album • May 30 / 2025 Post-Rock Experimental Rock
# 24
Album • Apr 25 / 2025 Ambient
# 25
Album • Mar 21 / 2025 Experimental Rock Neo-Psychedelia