Our second installment counts down our 52 favorite songs of 2025. Our elite list. Our go bag. Our songs to save in case of emergency.

Cruelty (noun): Limiting your year-end favorites list to 50 records when you listened to countless more.

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Album art matters. Otherwise, why do so many artists spend so much time and money picking the artwork that represents their music?