THE QUIET REVOLUTION FAVOURITE ALBUMS OF THE YEAR

It’s that time again! Here are my favourite albums and EP’s of 2025. They are numbered for ease however I must stress that they are not in any order of preference.

1. Anna B.Savage You and I Are Earth (City Slang)
2. Josienne Clarke Far From Nowhere (Corduroy Punk Records)
3. The Weather Station Humanhood (Fat Possum Records)
4. Mary Chapin Carpenter, Julie Fowlis, Karine Polwart Looking For The Thread (Lambent Light Records)
5. Sophie Jameson I Still Want to Share (Bella Union Records)
6. Katie Spencer What Love Is (Lightship Records)
7. Jim Ghedi Wasteland (Basin Rock)
8. Cole Stacey Postcards from Lost Places (Shoelay Music)
9. Rose Cousins Conditions of Love Vol.1 (Nettwerk)
10. Lisa Knapp Gerry Diver Hinterland (Ear To The Ground Music)
11. The Dreaming Spires Normal Town (Clubhouse Records)
12. Adrian Crowley Measure of Joy (Valley of Eyes Records)
13. Polly Paulusma Wildfires (One Little Independent)
14. Neev How Things Tie In Knots (Trapped Animal Records)
15. Nadia Reid Enter Now Brightness (Chrysalis Records)
16. Will Stratton Points of Origin (Bella Union Records)
17. Yvonne Lyon, Boo Hewerdine Things Found in Books (Yvonne Lyon)
18. Will Varley Machines Will Never Learn To Make Mistakes Like Me (MRNK Records)
19. Findlay Napier Outsider (Bothy Society)
20. Heather Maloney Exploding Star (Signature Sounds)
21. Thea Gilmore These Quiet Friends (TSA)
22. Jenn Butterworth Her By Design (Jenn Butterworth)
23. Milton Hide Bungaroosh (Howdy Records)
24. Butler Blake and Grant Butler Blake and Grant 9355 Recordings)
25. Constant Follower The Smile You Send Out Returns To You From The Smile You Send (Last Night from Glasgow)]
26. Kassi Valazza From Newman Street (Loose Music)
27. Mary Chapin Carpenter Personal History (Lambent Light Records)
28. Julien Baker and Torres Send A Prayer My Way (Matador Records)
29. Samantha Whates and M.G Boulter Flower Days
30. I’m With Her Wild and Blue and Clear (Rounder Records)
31. William Tyler Time Indefinite (Psychic Hotline)
32. Olafur Arnalds and Talos A Dawning (Mercury KX)
33. Joshua Burnside Teeth of Time (Nettwerk)
34. Chloe Foy Complete Fool (Chloe Foy)
35. Billie Marten Dog Eared (Fiction Records)
36. Luke Tuchscherer Living Through History (Clubhouse Records)
37. The Swell Season Forward (Masterkey)
38. Eve Adams American Dust (Basin Rock)
39. Allo’ Darlin Bright Nights (Fika Records)
40. Ann Liu Cannon Clever Rabbits (JJ Records)
41. James Yorkston Songs for Nina and Johanna (Domino)
42. Josh Ritter I Believe in You, My Honeydew (Pytheas Recordings)
43. Carson McHone Pentimo (Merge Records)
44. Joan Shelley Real Warmth (No Quarter)
45. Kathleen Edwards Billionaire (Dualtone Records)
46. Anna Tivel Animal Poem (Fluff and Gravy Records)
47. Lila Tristram America (Lila Tristram)
48. Jon Wilks Needless Alley (Grizzly Folk Records)
49. Salt House Scarrow (Hudson Records)
50. Dug Have At It! (Claddagh Records)
51. Flyte Between You and Me (Nettwerk)
52. Holly Carter Make Your Mark (Holly Carter)
53. Brian Bilston and the Catenary Wires Sounds Made By Humans (Skepwax)
54. Madi Diaz Fatal Optimist (Anti)
55. Neko Case Neon Grey Midnight Green (Anti)
56. John Smith Gatherings (Commoner Records)
57. Emma Pollock Begging The Night To Take Hold (Chemical Underground)
58. Kathryn Williams Mystery Park (One Little Independent)
59. Hannah Sanders and Ben Savage The Strangers Share (Sungrazing Records)
60. S.G Goodman Planting By The Signs (Slough Water Records)
61. Jeremy Tuplin Planet Heaven (Trapped Animal Records)
62. Hannah Cohen Earthstar Mountain (Bella Union Records)
63. Jeff Tweedy Twilight Override (dbpm)
64. Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy The Purple Bird (Domino)
65. Big Thief Double Infinity (4AD)
66. Modern Nature The Heat Warps (Bella Union Records)
67. Sister John Don’t Worry It’s Forever (Last Night from Glasgow)
68. Martyn Joseph Troubled Horses (Pipe Records)
69. Serious Child What Lies Beneath (Four Left Feet)
70. The Delines Mr Luck and Ms Doom (Decor Records)
71. Iona Zajac Bang (Iona Zajac)
72. Hannah Frances Nested in Tangles (Fire Talk)
73. The Lovely Basement Lowlands (Bache/Sciafe)
74. Esther Rose Want (New West Records)
75. Haley Heynderickx Seed of A Seed (Mama Bird Recording Co)
76. Haley Heynderickx and Max Garcia Conover What of Our Nature (Fat Possum Records)