Robert Christgau: Consumer Guide Index by Release Year: 2025

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Consumer Guide Index by Release Year: 2025

Listing for 131 records from 2025 (selected by release date), sorted by grade.

A	Aesop Rock: *I Heard It's a Mess There Too* [Rhymesayers Entertainment] Lily Allen: *West End Girl* [BMG] Marshall Allen: *New Dawn* [Mexican Summer] Big Thief: *Double Infinity* [4AD] Danny Brown: *Stardust* [Warp] Buck 65: *Keep Moving* [Handsmade] Tyler Childers: *Snipe Hunter* [Hickman Holler/RCA] Corook: *Committed to a Bit* [Atlantic] The Delines: *Mr. Luck and Ms. Doom* [El Cortez] Craig Finn: *Always Been* [Tamarac] Haim: *I Quit* [Columbia] Patterson Hood: *Exploding Trees and Airplane Screams* [ATO] K.A.A.N.: *Kaancepts* [D-Ace Beats] The Kasambwe Brothers: *The Kasambwe Brothers* [MASS MoCA] Lambrini Girls: *Who Let the Dogs Out* [City Slang] Adrianne Lenker: *Live at Revolution Hall* [4AD] Mahotella Queens: *Buya Buya Come Back* [Umsakazo] Rhett Miller: *A Lifetime of Riding by Night* [ATO] Nandipha808: *No Vocal Album* [Stena Academy] Willie Nelson: *Workin' Man: Willie Sings Merle* [Legacy] Grant Peeples: *Code to Live By* [Ping] Margo Price: *Hard Headed Woman* [Loma Vista] Bill Scorzari: *Sidereal Days (Day 1)* [self-released] Amanda Shires: *Nobody's Girl* [ATO] Skrillex: **Fck U Skrillex U Think Ur Andy Warhol but Ur Not!! <3* [Atlantic/Owsla] Bruce Springsteen: Land of Hope & Dreams [Columbia] Peter Stampfel, Friends & Daughters: Song Shards [Jalopy] TajMo: Room on the Porch [Sink and Stove] Tommy Womack: Live a Little** [Schoolkids]
A−	Aesop Rock: *Black Hole Superette* [Rhymesayers Entertainment] Allo Darlin': *Bright Nights* [Slumberland] Julien Baker & Torres: *Send a Prayer My Way* [Matador] Luke Bell: *The King Is Back* [Thirty Tigers] Rory Block: *Heavy on the Blues* [M.C.] Willi Carlisle: *Winged Victory* [Signature Sounds] Sabrina Carpenter: *Man's Best Friend* [Island] CMAT: *Euro-Country* [AWAL] Helene Cronin: *Maybe New Mexico* [self-released] Chuck D Presents Enemy Radio: *Radio Armageddon* [Def Jam] Lucy Dacus: *Forever Is a Feeling* [Geffen] Jeff Evans Porkestra: *When Pigs Dance* [self-released] FACS: *Wish Defense* [Trouble in Mind] R.A.P. Ferreira and Kenny Segal: *The Night Green Side of It* [Backwoodz Studioz] Robert Forster: *Strawberries* [Tapete] From the Dirt: *Colored Edge of Memory* [Partial Lyrics] Ms. Ezra Furman: *Goodbye Small Head* [Bella Union] Margaret Glaspy: *The Golden Heart Protector* [ATO] S.G. Goodman: *Planting by the Signs* [Slough Gates/Thirty Tigers] Hamell on Trial: *Dirty Xmas* [Saustex] Michael Hampton: *Into the Public Domain* [Sound Mind] Ale Hop & Titi Bakorta: *Mapambazuko* [Nyege Nyege Tapes] Hüsker Dü: *1985: The Miracle Year* [Numero Group] Jenny Hval: *Iris Silver Mist* [4AD] Jason Isbell: *Foxes in the Snow* [Southeastern] Joseph Kamaru: *Heavy Combination 1996-2007* [Disciples] Jeffrey Lewis: *The EVEN MORE Freewheelin' Jeffrey Lewis* [Vintage Voltage] Lorde: *Virgin* [Universal New Zealand/Republic] James McMurtry: *The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy* [New West] The Mekons: *Horror* [Fire] Gurf Morlix: *Bristlecone* [Rootball] Nakibembe Embaire Group & Naoyuki Uchida: *Phantom Keys* [Nyege Nyege Tapes] Alick Nkhata: *Radio Lusaka* [Mississippi] PinkPantheress: *Fancy That* [Warner] Grace Potter: *Medicine* [Hollywood] Public Enemy: *Black Sky Over the Projects: Apartment 2025* [Enemy] Eli "Paperboy" Reed: *Eli "Paperboy" Reed Sings . . . "Walkin' and Talkin'" (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)* [Yep Roc] Saint Pierre: *Luck and Gravity* [Mutchcrud Music] Smerz: *Big City Life* [Escho] Todd Snider: *High, Lonesome and Then Some* [Thirty Tigers/Aimless] Sudan Archives: *The BPM* [Stones Throw] This Is Lorelei: *Holo Boy* [Double Double Whammy] Twisted Teens: *Blame the Clown* [Jazz Life/Chain Smoking] Wednesday: *Bleeds* [Dead Oceans] Wet Leg: *Moisturizer* [Domino] Billy Woods: *Golliwog* [Backwoodz Studioz] Jubal Lee Young: *Squirrels* [Reconstruction] Neil Young & the Chrome Hearts: *Talkin to the Trees* [Reprise] *Edna Martinez Presents Picó!: Sound System Culture From the Colombian Caribbean* [Strut]
B+	Armand Hammer: *Mercy* [Backwoodz Studioz] MC Paul Barman: *Tectonic Texts* [Househusband] Bright Eyes: *Kids Table* [Dead Oceans] Chance the Rapper: *Starline* [self-released] Clipse: *Let God Sort Em Out* [Roc Nation] Charley Crockett: *Dollar a Day* [Island] De La Soul: *Cabin in the Sky* [Mass Appeal] Golomb: *The Beat Goes On* [No Quarter] MIKE: *Showbiz!* [10K Projects] Jonathan Richman: *Only Frozen Sky Anyway* [Blue Arrow] Taylor Swift: *The Life of a Showgirl* [Republic] tUnE-yArDs: *Better Dreaming* [4AD]
★★★	Antonio Andrade: *Here We Go!* [Lifeshakes] Bad Bunny: *DeBi TiRAR Mas FOToS* [Rimas Entertainment] Robert Sarazin Blake: *Let the Longing Run Wild & Free* [Same Room] Brother Ali: *Satisfied Soul* [Mello Music Group] Hayes Carll: *We're Only Human* [Thirty Tigers] Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band: *New Threats From the Soul* [Sophomore Lounge] Geese: *Getting Killed* [Partisan] Horsegirl: *Phonetics On and On and On* [Matador] JID: *God Does Like Ugly* [Dreamville] Salif Keita: *So Kono* [No Format] Jens Lekman: *Songs for Other People's Weddings* [Secretly Canadian] Loveseat: *Our Way* [Reckless Pedestrian] Low Cut Connie: *Connie Live* [Contender] Model/Actriz: *Pirouette* [True Panther] Willie Nelson: *Oh What a Beautiful World* [Columbia] The Oxys: *Casting Pearls Before Swine* [Cleopatra] PremRock: *Did You Enjoy Your Time Here . . . ?* [Backwoodz Studioz] Spectacular Diagnostics: *Raw Game (Ten Year Edition)* [Vinyl Digital] Sunny Sweeney: *Rhinestone Requiem* [Thirty Tigers] Dlala Thukzin: *031 Studio Camp 2.0* [Dlala] Jesika von Rabbit: *Bunnywood Babylon* [Dionysus] Water From Your Eyes: *It's a Beautiful Place* [Matador]
★★	The Close Readers: *Trees of Lower Hutt* [Austin] Marshall Crenshaw: *From the Hellhole* [Yep Roc] Doja Cat: *Vie* [Kemosabe/RCA] Big Chief Bo Dollis Jr & the Wild Magnolias: *Chip Off the Old Block* [Strong Place] Hamell on Trial: *Harp (For Harry)* [Saustex] Michael Hurley: *Broken Homes & Gardens* [Bellemeade Phonics] Moby Grape: *AKA* [self-released] Mdou Moctar: *Tears of Injustice* [Matador] Gurf Morlix: *A Taste of Ashes* [Rootball] Billy Nomates: *Metalhorse* [Invada] Panic Shack: *Panic Shack* [Brace Yourself] Princess Nokia: *Girls* [Artist House]
★	Amaarae: *Blackstar* [Golden Angel/Interscope] Arcade Fire: *Pink Elephant* [Columbia] Blondshell: *If You Asked for a Picture* [Partisan] Bobby Conn: *Bobby's Place* [Tapete] Peter Holsapple: *The Face of 68* [Label 51] Eric Schmitt: *Wait for the Night* [self-released] Ross Thorn: *Ross Thorn Tries Fitting In* [Casa De Copas]

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