Albums of the Year
Exclusive Releases
More than ever before! Discover coloured vinyl variants, unreleased live recordings, signed copies and new material from the artists behind the best album of 2025, before they're all gone.
Albums of the Year
Top 100 List
The full list. Explore the 100 albums that have shocked, moved and entertained, more than any other this year.
Albums of the Year
Why we love them
Sordid punk, french futurism, titanic returns and epic instant classics. Dig deeper into the best albums of 2025 on the Rough Trade Blog.
Books of the Year
Top 20
Pop-punk revelry, indie-pop success, destruction, redemption and a final farewell. Signed versions, special editions and Rough Trade Exclusives on all the best reads of 2025.
Compilations & Reissues of the Year
Top 30
From sugar-rush soul and overlooked synth oddities to visionary works-in-progress finally unearthed. These compilations and reissues have soundtracked our shops, our homes and our headphones in the last year.
