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
  • Bright 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