Dan Digs Top 30 Albums of 2025
My 30 favorite albums of this year featured projects from Melody’s Echo Chamber, El Michels Affair, DjRUM, Tom Skinner, Pino Palladino & Blake Mills, Mei Semones, DARKSIDE, Stereolab, SAULT, and more.
30. Silas Short – LUSHLAND
29. Salami Rose Joe Louis – Lorings
28. Jeremiah Chiu & Marta Sofia Honer – Different Rooms
27. Robert Glasper – Keys to the City Volume One
26. Stereolab – Instant Holograms on Metal Film
25. Tom Skinner – Kaleidoscopic Visions
24. DjRUM – Under Tangled Silence
23. João Selva – Onda
22. Loaded Honey – Love Made Trees
21. Mulatu Astatke – Mulatu Plays Mulatu
20. Nightmares on Wax – Echo45 Sound System
19. The Natural Yoghurt Band – Parasol
18. Chaos in the CBD – A Deeper Life
17. SML – How You Been
16. Asta Hiroki & Tristan de Liège – Anamnesis
15. Yves Jarvis – All Cylinders
14. Pino Palladino & Blake Mills – That Wasn’t a Dream
13. Phil Cook – Appalachia Borealis
12. Natural Information Society – Momentum
11. The South Hill Experiment – EARTHBREAKS
10. Mei Semones – Animaru
9. SAULT – 10
8. Matthew Herbert & Momoko Gill – Clay
7. Close Counters – LOVERS DANCE ACADEMY
6. El Michels Affair – 24 Hr Sports
4. Afternoon Bike Ride – Running With Scissors
3. Little Barrie & Malcolm Catto – Electric War
2. Melody’s Echo Chamber – Unclouded
1. Ichiko Aoba – Luminescent Creatures
You can listen to highlighted tracks from each of these albums in my Top 30 Albums of 2025 playlist on Spotify below.
Check out my Top 100 Tracks of 2025 here and stream my Top 30 Remixes of 2025 here.
2026, let’s do this.