Favorite Music 2020-2025

Published on Nov 28, 2025
Topics: Apple Music, Nick Cave, Bob Dylan, Sarah Mary Chadwick, The War on Drugs, Cassandra Jenkins, Adrianne Lenker, Ab-Soul, Kendrick Lamar, Alejandro Escovedo, Arcade Fire, Laufey, The Decemberists, Dua Lipa, Gillian Welch, David Rawlings, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Elvis Costello, Burt Bacharach

Just thinking about some of my favorite albums from the past five years (in no particular order):

  • The Songs of Bacharach & Costello (Deluxe Edition) - Elvis Costello & Burt Bacharach
  • Dragon New Warm Mountain - Big Thief
  • Rough and Rowdy Ways - Bob Dylan
  • Brought Future - Adrianne Lenker
  • Shadow Kingdom - Bob Dylan
  • Carnage - Nick Cave & Warren Ellis
  • Please Daddy - Sarah Mary Chadwick
  • Me and Ennui are Friends Baby - Sarah Mary Chadwick
  • I Don’t Live Here Anymore - The War on Drugs
  • Idiot Prayer: Nick Cave alone at Alexandra Palace - Nick Cave
  • Wild God - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
  • Unlimited Love - Red Hot Chili Peppers
  • Woodland - Gillian Welch & David Rawlings

And some albums I really liked, but I'm not sure if they hit that 'favorite' category:

  • Soul Burger - Ab-Soul
  • GNX - Kendrick Lamar
  • Echo Dancing - Alejandro Escovedo
  • WE - Arcade Fire
  • Bewitched - Laufey
  • As it Ever Was, So It Will Be Again - The Decemberists
  • Radical Optimism - Dua Lipa
  • An Overview on Phenomenal Nature - Cassandra Jenkins