On December 31, 2024 our hosts Leo Cripps, Kate Stevens, Tony King, and Lisa Wilton shared the best music of 2025! Here are CKUA’s most-played albums of the year.
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- 🌺 = Albertan
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Top 100 Albums of 2025
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100.🌺0Stella: Pendulum State (Independent)
99.🍁Minor Gold: Way to the Sun (Independent)
98. Jesse Welles: Middle (Independent)
97.🍁Pierre Kwenders: Tears On The Dancefloor (Moonshine)
96. Ashley Jackson: Take Me To The Water (Decca)
95. Antibalas: Hourglass (Daptone)
94. Lucius: Lucius (Fantasy / Concord)
93.🍁Nico Paulo: Interval_o [EP] (Forward)
92. Anouar Brahem, Anja Lechner, Django Bates, Dave Holland: After The Last Sky (ECM)
91. The Beths: Straight Line Was A Lie (ANTI-)
90.🍁Evan Redsky: The Language Of Fishermen (Victory Pool)
89.🍁Kacy Lee Anderson & The Waverly Pickers: Early Picks (Independent)
88. Young Gun Silver Fox: Pleasure (Blue Elan)
87.🍁TOPS: Bury The Key (Ghostly International)
86. Big Thief: Double Infinity (4AD)
85. Mavis Staples: Sad and Beautiful World (ANTI-)
84. Charley Crockett: Dollar A Day (Island)
83. Molécule: Molécule: Symphonie N° 1 “Quantique” (Alpha Classics / Out There)
82.🍁Stephen Fearing: The Empathist (Independent)
81. Buddy Guy: Ain’t Done With The Blues (RCA)
80.🍁Alex Cuba: Índole (Caracol)
79. Neal Francis: Return to Zero (ATO)
78.🌺Altameda: Crazy Blue (Pheromone)
77.🌺Wheels: The Wind [EP] (Independent)
76.🍁El Balcón: El Errante (Independent)
75.🌺Marlaena Moore: Because You Love Everything (Independent)
74. Margo Price: Hard Headed Woman (Loma Vista)
73. The Weather Station: Humanhood (Next Door)
72. Ken Pomeroy: Cruel Joke (Rounder / Concord)
71.🍁Ribbon Skirt: Bite Down (Mint)
70.🍁Cold Specks: Light for the Midnight (Secret City)
69. Galactic & Irma Thomas: Audience With The Queen (Tipitina)
68. Lola Kirke: Trailblazer (One Riot)
67.🍁Terra Lightfoot: Home Front (Sonic Unyon)
66.🍁The Heavyweights Brass Band: Knockout (Independent)
65.🍁Kazdoura: Ghoyoum (Independent)
64. Brandee Younger: Gadabout Season (Universal / Impulse)
63.🍁Tami Neilson: Neon Cowgirl (Outside)
62.🍁The Deep Dark Woods: The Circle Remains (Victory Pool)
61.🍁Holly Cole: Dark Moon (Universal)
Tami Neilson | Light Up the Night
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60. Curtis Harding: Departures & Arrivals: Adventures of Captain Curt (ANTI-)
59. El Michels Affair: 24 Hr Sports (Big Crown)
58. CMAT: EURO-COUNTRY (AWAL)
57. Natalia Lafourcade: Cancionera (Sony)
56.🌺Hermitess: Death & The Fool (Independent)
55. Charley Crockett: Lonesome Drifter (Universal)
54.🍁KAYTRANADA: AIN’T NO DAMN WAY! (Sony)
53. The Wood Brothers: Puff of Smoke (Honey Jar)
52.🍁Peace Flag Ensemble: Everything Is Possible (We Are Busy Bodies)
51.🍁Dave McCann: Soothsayer’s Blues (Independent)
Dave McCann: Mississippi Magic & Alberta Roots
Over the last two decades, Dave McCann has firmly entrenched himself as a stalwart songwriting force in the Alberta roots...Read
50. A. Blomqvist: Pohjola (XXIM / Sony)
49. Yola: My Way [EP] (S-Curve)
48. Samantha Crain: Gumshoe (Real Kind)
47.🍁Empanadas Ilegales: Sancocho Trifásico (We Are Time)
46.🌺Cassia Hardy: In Relation (Mint)
45.🌺L’omelette: il faut qu’on bouge (Independent)
44.🍁Georgia Harmer: Eye Of The Storm (Arts & Crafts)
43.🍁Angelique Francis: Not Defeated (Independent)
42. Gabriel Ólafs: Polar (Decca)
41.🍁Boy Golden: Finding Eden [EP] (Six Shooter)
L'omelette: We've Gotta Move
They're a Calgary band that has a new album called il faut qu’on bouge (we’ve gotta move). L’omelette weaves contemporary, colourful,...Read
40.🍁Begonia: Fantasy Life (Birthday Cake)
39. Jon Batiste: BIG MONEY (Verve)
38.🍁Foxwarren: 2 (Arts & Crafts)
37.🍁Cinephonic: Refuge (Marlow)
36. The Budos Band: VII (Diamond West)
35.🍁Ron Sexsmith: Hangover Terrace (Sony)
34.🍁Busty And The Bass: The Mannequin [EP] (Arts & Crafts)
33.🍁Carson McHone: Pentimento (Merge)
32.🌺Sister Ray: Believer (Royal Mountain)
31. Cymande: Renascence (BMG)
Busty and the Bass
They're a Montreal-based collective known for exploring everything from soul to jazz. Over the past decade, Busty and the Bass...Read
30.🌺Blue Moon Marquee & Northern Cree: Get Your Feathers Ready (Independent)
29. Say She She: Cut & Rewind (drink sum wtr)
28. Valerie June: Owls, Omens, and Oracles (Concord)
27.🍁Goldie Boutilier: Goldie Boutilier Presents… Goldie Montana (ONErpm)
26.🌺The Western Thistles: The Western Thistles (Independent)
25.🍁FONTINE: Good Buddy (Birthday Cake)
24.🌺King of Foxes: Hall of Shame [EP] (Crystal Baby)
23.🌺Jolie Laide: Creatures (Victory Pool)
22.🍁Various Artists: Songs From The Gang (Turtlemusik)
21.🍁Kathleen Edwards: Billionaire (Dualtone)
20.🌺Sargeant X Comrade: Power Vol. 1 (Mo Gravy)
19.🌺Dominique Adams: To Keep (Birthday Cake)
18.🌺Ginger Beef: Ginger Beef XL (Ba Da Bing!)
17.🍁Dan Mangan: Natural Light (Arts & Crafts)
16.🍁Morgan Toney: Heal The Divide (Ishkode)
15.🌺Jade Elephant: Jade Elephant (Independent)
14.🍁William Prince: Further From The Country (Six Shooter)
13.🍁Aysanabee: Edge Of The Earth (Ishkode)
12.🌺The Dust Collectors: Cold Feet (Independent)
11.🌺Jed and The Valentine: In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb (Cloverdale)
10. Sunny War: Armageddon In A Summer Dress (New West)
9.🍁Steve Marriner: Hear My Heart (Cordova Bay)
8.🍁Basia Bulat: Basia’s Palace (Secret City)
7. 🌺Carter Felker: Loser (Department Store)
6.🌺Mariel Buckley: Strange Trip Ahead (Birthday Cake)
5.🌺Lucette: Nice Girl From The Suburbs [EP] (Prairie Blue)
4.🍁Julianna Riolino: Echo In The Dust (MoonWhistle)
3.🌺Brock Geiger: Some Nights (Independent)
2.🌺Yves Jarvis: All Cylinders (Next Door)
1.🍁Tanika Charles: Reasons To Stay (Record Kicks)
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