My Favorite 10 Albums in 2025

Below are albums selected as my favorite 10 albums in 2025.

1) From Left To Right — Bill Evans

Released: Feburary, 1971

Genre: Cool Jazz, Bossa Nova

2) Son Of Spergy — Daniel Caesar

Released: October, 2025

Genre: Neo-Soul, Bedroom Pop

3) Operation: Doomsday — MF DOOM

Released: October, 1999

Genre: Abstract Hip-Hop, Experimental Hip-Hop, Jazz Hip-Hop

4) Moanin’ — Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

Released: January, 1959

Genre: Hard Bop

5) 平成風俗 — 椎名林檎/斎藤ネコ

Released: Feburary, 2007

Genre: Jazz Pop, Art Pop

6) 在雨后醒来 — 艾志恒Asen

Released: October, 2025

Genre: Conscious Hip-Hop, Pop Rap

7) The Key — 陈奕迅

Released: July, 2013

Genre: Pop

8) New Jazz Conceptions — Bill Evans

Released: Feburary, 1957

Genre: Cool Jazz

9) The Blueprint 3 — JAY-Z

Released: September, 2009

Genre: Pop Rap

10) Saxophone Colossus — Sonny Rollins

Released: April, 1957

Genre: Hard Bop

In 2025, I journeyed through over 300 albums—a massive soundscape that reflects more than just numbers, but hundreds of unique emotional adventures. Distilling such a vast collection, alongside timeless favorites from previous years, into a definitive “Top 10” was an agonizingly difficult task. Every omission felt like a tough call, but the albums that remain on this list are the ones that truly defined the soundtrack of my soul this year.