Top 89 of 2025: Reed Fischer's top music of the year
by Reed Fischer
December 10, 2025

The end of the year is upon us, and it's time to reflect on your favorite music of 2025! Here is Reed Fischer's favorite music of the year. Once you've made your own list, vote in The Current's Top 89 poll by Sunday, Dec. 14, and we'll count down your Top 89 of 2025 at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 31.
Top 10 albums
Geese - Getting Killed
Hotline TNT - Raspberry Moon
Wednesday - Bleeds
Benjamin Booker - LOWER
Greg Freeman - Burnover
Sudan Archives - THE BPM
Nourished by Time - The Passionate Ones
Sorry - COSPLAY
Deep Sea Diver - Billboard Heart
Flock of Dimes - The Life You Save
Top 20 songs (not featured on the albums above)
Pulp - Spike Island
Cameron Winter - Love Takes Miles
Dijon - Yamaha
Mavis Staples - Beautiful Strangers
Wet Leg - pokemon
Fontaines D.C. - It's Amazing to Be Young
Momma - I Want You (Fever)
Madison Cunningham - Shore
Perfume Genius - It's a Mirror
Rosalía - Divinize
Lupe Fiasco - SOS
Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band - The Simple Joy
Sharon Van Etten & the Attachment Theory - Live Forever
Turnstile - NEVER ENOUGH
SASAMI - In Love With a Memory feat. Clairo
Clipse - E.B.I.T.D.A.
Lorde - Current Affairs
Water From Your Eyes - Playing Classics
The Weather Station - Body Moves
Bad Bunny - DtMF
Top 10 Minnesota albums/EPs
runo plum - patching
Alan Sparhawk with Trampled by Turtles - Alan Sparhawk with Trampled by Turtles
Samia - Bloodless
Night Moves - Double Life
Polica - Dreams Go
Gully Boys - Gully Boys
Lookbook - Unhide
Panel - A Great Time to Be an Empath
Molly Dean - Interwoven
Exxe - Hxxrts
