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Best Albums of December 2025

December 2025 delivered a surprisingly rich close to the year, and our Best Albums of Dece...

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Best Albums of November 2025

Best Albums of November 2025 arrives with a luminous top spot and a packed field of vetera...

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Best Albums of October 2025

Best Albums of October 2025 arrives as a startlingly varied month, where spectral folk, ar...

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Best Albums of September 2025

September 2025 arrives as a pointed, unpredictable month in new music - Best Albums of Sep...

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Best Albums of August 2025

Best Albums of August 2025 arrives as a month where veteran voices and adventurous newcome...

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Best Albums of July 2025

July 2025 delivered a striking range of releases, making our Best Albums of July 2025 roun...

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Best Albums of June 2025

June 2025 delivers the Best Albums of June 2025 in a month where veteran visionaries and b...

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Best Albums of May 2025

Best Albums of May 2025 arrive with surprising range and bite: from the introspective lyri...

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Best Albums of April 2025

April 2025 arrives as a richly varied month on our Best Albums of April 2025 list, where i...

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Best Albums of March 2025

March 2025 arrives with a focused, emotionally charged pulse - Best Albums of March 2025 h...

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Best Albums of February 2025

Best Albums of February 2025 arrived with surprising breadth, from intimate folk to propul...

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Best Albums of January 2025

January 2025 delivered a clear frontrunner in the conversation about the Best Albums of Ja...

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Best Albums of December 2024

Best Albums of December 2024 arrives with a surprising mix of archival treasures, experime...

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Best Albums of November 2024

November 2024 produced a striking run of releases, and our Best Albums of November 2024 li...

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Best Albums of October 2024

Critical consensus rankings and highlights.

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Best Albums of September 2024

Critical consensus rankings and highlights.

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Best Albums of December 2014

December 2014 delivers a concentrated snapshot of hip-hop’s storytelling power in our Best...

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Best Albums of October 2012

Kendrick Lamar's October 2012 surge defines the Best Albums of October 2012 landscape, a m...

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Best Albums of November 2011

November 2011 delivered a moment of introspective R&B and hip-hop that's still being p...

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Best Albums of May 2009

Best Albums of May 2009 arrives with a singular, confident statement: Grizzly Bear's sound...

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Best Albums of June 2008

Best Albums of June 2008 arrives with a blockbuster entry that reshaped hip-hop's summer:...

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Best Albums of November 2001

Best Albums of November 2001 arrives with a singular, intoxicating statement: November yie...

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