Unsere Top Alben 2025

Dass das Album als Format in Zeiten von Algorithmen und permanentem Lieferdruck ausgedient hat, diese steile Behauptung konnten wir ja bereits in den letzten Jahren widerlegen. Und auch 2025 zeigt: Die wirklich relevanten Statements in der Popmusik werden auch weiterhin im Album-Format gemacht. Hier sind die Lieblingsscheiben der Gig-Blogger:innen.
Alexander Ritz

- Ghost – Skeleta
- The Other – Alienated
- Behemoth – The Shit Of God
- Wednesday 13 – Middeath Crisis
- Sargeist – Flame Within Flame
- Imperial Triumphant – Goldstar
- Profanatica – Wreathed In Dead Angels
- Whitechapel – Hymnes In Dissonance
- Crazy Lixx -Thrill Of The Bite
- Sister – The Way We Fall
Bertramprimus

- DJ Koze – Music Can Hear Us
- The Bug vs. Ghost Dubs – Implosion
- Weval – Chorophobia
- Siriusmo – Buletten & Blumen
- Astrobal – L’uomo Et La Natura
- Stereolab – Instant Holograms On Metal Film
- The Notwist – The Magnificent Fall
- Sophia Kennedy – Squeeze Me
- Erobique & Jacques Palminger – Songs For Joy Auf der Veddel
- Mark Pritchard & Thom Yorke – Tall Tales
- Walter Astral – Eclipse
- Prince In His Arms – Colours
- Tame Impala – Deadbeat
- Levi.Sct – Clasified Fusion
- Tortoise – Touch
- Okonski – Entrance Music
- Jazzrausch Bigband – Live at Kleine Olympiahalle
- Chris Imler – The Internet Will Break My Heart
- Meese X Hell – Gesamtklärwerk Deutschland
- Steven Wilson – The Overview
Carsten Weirich

- Dina Summer – Girls Gang
- Irish Basement – Patterned Behavior
- Ekkstacy – Forever
- Idlewild – Idlewild
- Wet Leg – Moisturizer
- Mercy Girl – Closer
- Marathonmann – Poltergeist
- Lola Young – I’m Only F**cking Myself
- Berlin 2.0 – Kaltental
- Sigrid – There’s Always More That I Could Say
Christian Baudisch

- Margo Price – Hard Headed Woman
- Little Simz – Lotus
- Parcels – Loved
- Jeb Loey Nochols – The Music Maker
- De La Soul – Cabin in the Sky
- Yukimi – Yume
- Don West – Give me all your Love
- Ruen Brothers – Awoo
- Elton John & Brandi Carlile – Who Believes in Angels?
- Preservation & Gabe ‚Nandez – Sortilège
- Kerosin 95 – Coming Out
- Alon Aboutbol – Footprints on Water
- Marcus King – Darling Blue
- Xixa – Xolo
- Amanda Lear – Looking Back
- Yves Jarvis – All Cylinders
- Lady Wray – Cover Girl
- Zaho de Sagazan – La symphonie des éclairs (orchestral odyssee)
- Löwenzahnhonig – Kirschblütenboogie
Christian Seyffert

- Young Gun Silver Fox – Pleasure
- Betti Kruse – Wird schon gugehn
- Timbeau – Sensitiv
- Little Simz – Lotus
- Jonathan Jeremiah – We Come Alive
- Swim Surreal – In The Half Light
- Die Höchste Eisenbahn – Wenn wir uns wieder sehen schreien wir uns wieder an
- Dressed Like Boys – Dressed Like Boys
- Das Paradies – Überall, wo Menschen sind
- Kokoroko – Tuff Times Never Last
Fabian

- Bruch – The Harbour of the Broken Hearted
- Tortoise – Touch
- Baxter Dury – Allbarone
- Shit and Shine – Mannheim Hbf
- Perfume Genius – Glory
- Flora Fishbach – Val Synth
- Das Kinn – Ruinenkampf
- DJ Koze – Music can hear us
- Deafheaven – Lonely people with power
- Mogwai – The bad fire
- Stefanie Schrank – Forma
- Sloe Paul – Searching/Finding
Holger Vogt

- The New Eves – The New Eve Is Rising
- Pales – Crush
- Prolapse – I Wonder When They’re Going To Destroy Your Face
- XIXA – Xolo
- Sinem – Köşk
- Baxter Dury – Allbarone
- Sarakiniko – Grand Oeil
- Berlin 2.0 – Kaltental
- Tortoise – Touch
- Little Simz – Lotus
- The Bug vs. Ghost Dubs – Implosion
- Pain Magazine – Violent God
- Maria Iskariot – Wereldwaan
- Themis – Self Mythology
Jens Henrik

- Sloe Paul – Searching/Finding
- Die Nerven – Live im Elfenbeinturm
- Georgia Harmer – Eye of the Storm
- Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek – Yarın Yoksa
- Curtis Harding – Departures & Arrivals: Adventures of Captain Curt
- Dana and Alden – Speedo
- Baxter Dury – Allbarone
- Torres & Julien Baker – Send A Prayer My Way
- Frànçois & the Atlas Mountains – Âge Fleuve
- Natalie Bergman – My Home Is Not In This World
Joe Whirlypop

(alphabetisch)
- Marshall Allan – New Dawn
- Carl Craig – Desire: The Carl Craig Story
- EA80 – .. (Stecker)
- Güner Künier – Yaramaz
- Melody’s Echo Chamber – Unclouded
- Pales – Crush
- Sababa 5 – Nadir
- Shiran & Bakal – Electro Baghdad
- Al Stewart – Live At Radio Bremen TV
- Dina Summer – Girls Gang
- Chip Wickham – The Eternal Now
Lino

- Leo Blomov – Blomovinho
- Phantom Spell – Heather & Hearth
- Green Carnation – A Dark Poem Part I: The Shores Of Melancholia
- Coroner – Dissonance Theory
- Marinero – La La La
- Durand Jones & The Indications – Flowers
- Castle Rat – The Bestiary
- Sleep Paralysis – Sleep Paralysis
- Avatarium – Between You, God, The Devil and The Dead
- Necromaniac – Sciomancy, Malediction & Rites Abominable
- Soyuz – Krok
- QRIXKUOR – The Womb Of The World
Madame Psychosis

- Lily Allen – West End Girl
- Sophie Ellis-Bextor – Perimenopop
- Sloe Paul – Searching/Finding
- Die Liga der gewöhnlichen Gentlemen – Egg Benedict
- V.A. – Viva Marina – Marina One Hundred
Marc XembraceX

- Prison Of Hope – Question Your Privileges
- Schimmel Über Berlin – Eisenmund
- Home Front – Watch It Die
- Lola Young – I’m only f**cking myself
- Little Simz – Lotus
- Defiance – Blossom
- Rome – Civitas Solis
- Deafheaven – Lonely People With Power
- Grundriss – Essende Substance Phenomenon
- Coltaine – Brandung
- Cluster Bomb Unit – Böse Neue Welt
- Berlin 2.0 – Kaltental
- HAYWARDxDÄLEK – HAYWARDxDÄLEK
Maren Katze

- Florence and the Machine – Everybody Scream
- Yasmine Hamdan – I Remember I Forget
- Bruch – The Harbour Of The Broken Hearted
Michael Weiss

- Die Jugend Von Gestern – s/t
- Feine Sahne Fischfilet – Wir Kommen In Frieden
- Florence And The Machine – Everybody Scream
- Home Front – Watch It Die
- Slow Funeral – Conditions Of Trust
- Jule – Es Ist Nie Zu Spät Für Frühstück
- Berlin 2.0 – Kaltental
- Team Scheisse – 20 Jahre Drehorgel
- Swearing At Motorists – 31 Seasons In The Minor Leagues
- Swearing At Motorists – While Laughing, The Joker Tells The Truth
- The Red, Pinks And Purples – The Past Is A Garden I Never Fed
- Molly Nilsson – Amateur
- Bush – I Beat Loneliness
- Notwist – Magnificent Fall
Paula Steinbauer

- Rosalía – Lux
- Bad Bunny – Debí tirar más fotos
- Annahstasia – Tether
- Jassin – Arsenalplatz
- Addison Rae – Addison
- Miguel – Caos
- Kelly Moonstone – New Moon
- Theodora – MEGA BBL
- Fka twigs – Eusexua
- Hannah Cohen – Earthstar Mountain
Sebastian Corbé

- Kae Tempest – Self Titled
- M. Ward, Howe Gelb, McKowski – GECKØS
- Buntspecht – Konstrukt 5
- Max Richter – Hamnet
- Keith Jarrett – New Vienna
- Hotel Rimini – Gefährdete Arten
- Isolation Berlin – Electronic Babies
- A.S. Fanning – Three-Dimensional, Orbital, Cosmical
- McKinley Dixon – Magic, Alive
Stefan Görsch

- Turnstile – Never Enough
- Fatoni, Juse Ju, Edgar Wasser – BAWRS
- DJ Koze – Music Can Hear Us
- SSIO – Alles Oder Nix
- Antony Szmierek – Service Station An The End Of The Universe
- Berlin 2.0 – Kaltental
- Drangsal – Aus keiner meiner Brücken die in Asche liegen ist je ein Phönix emporgestiegen
- Little Simz – Lotus
- Turbostaat – Alter Zorn
- Viagra Boys – viagr aboys
Steffen Schmid
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- Anna von Hausswolff – ICONOCLASTS
- Penelope Trappes – A Requiem
- Sharon van Etten – Sharon van Etten & The Attachment Theory –
- Agriculture – The Spiritual Sound
- Home Is Where – Hunting Season
- Maruja – Pain To Power
- Deafheaven – Lonely People With Power
- Afsky – Faellesskab
- Der Weg einer Freiheit – Innern
- Momma – Welcome To My Blue Sky
Thomas Olze

- Water From Your Eyes – It’s A Beautiful Place
- The New Eves – The New Eve Is Rising
- New Dad – Altar
- Wet Leg – Moisturizer
- Sophia Blenda – Die Summe Der Vereinzelung
- Automatic – Is It Now?
- Die Spitz – Something To Consume
- Maria Somerville – Luster
- Tops – Bury The Key
- Acopia – Blush Response
Thorsten Weh

- Doechii – Alligator Bites Never Heal
- SSIO – Alles oder Nix
- The Bug vs. Ghost Dubs – Implosion
- Pale Jay – Low End Love Songs
- Parcels – Loved
- SAULT – 10
- Durand Jones & The Indications – Flowers
- Little Simz – Lotus
- Noga Erez – The Vandalist Against All The Machines
