Metacritic/EOY Aggregate: 2025 New Compilations of Old/Various Music: Other (Mostly Pop/Rock, or Unknown)

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Sub-Lists

Some breakdowns by genre:

Ranking

  1. Bruce Springsteen: Tracks II: The Lost Albums (Sony) {11}: AD:*, Cl:*, ClR:*, IT:*, Mj:*, Pf:*, RC:*, RS:*, U:*, Up_sh:+; am:* -- A:90/10
  2. Neil Young: Oceanside Countryside (1977, Reprise) {11}: ClR:*, IT:*, Mj:*, MO:*, T:*, TN:*U:*; vu:+ -- A:75/11, TH:***
  3. Wilco: A Ghost Is Born [Expanded Edition] (Nonesuch) {8}: ClR:*, Mj:*, Pf:*, PM:*, RC:*, SC:*, U:*; am:* -- A:87/8
  4. Nick Drake: The Making of Five Leaves Left (Island) {7}: LBF:*, Mj:*, Pf:*, PM:*, RC:*, SC:*; am:* -- A:95/7
  5. Hot Chip: Joy in Repetition (Domino) {7}: Cl:*, GTV:*, Pf:*, RC:*, U:* -- A:80/7, TH:**
  6. The Bitter Ends: The Bitter Ends (Trouble in River City) {6}: PO:*; xjdc:* -- TH:A-
  7. David Bowie: I Can't Give Everything Away (2002-2016) (Parlophone) {4}: ClR:*, Mj:*, RC:*, U:* -- A:83/4
  8. Buckingham Nicks: Buckingham Nicks (Rhino) {4}: ClR:*, Mj:*, RS:*; am:* -- A:82/5
  9. Mazinga: Chinese Democracy Manifest: Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 (Rubber Wolf?) {4}: PO:* -- TH:***
  10. Radiohead: Hail to the Thief (Live Recordings 2003-2009) (XL) {4}: Pf:*, RS:*, U:*; am:* -- A:80/4
  11. Talking Heads: More Songs About Buildings and Food [Super Deluxe Edition] (Rhino) {4}: ClR:*, Mj:*, RS:*; am:* -- A:82/5
  12. Marshall Crenshaw: From the Hellhole (2012-16, Yep Roc) {3}: AAJ:* -- RX:**, TH:B-
  13. Hüsker Dü: Jan. 30, First Ave Pt. 1 (1985, Numero Group -EP) {3}: PO:* -- TH:**
  14. Rush: Rush 50 () {3}: ClR:*, RS:*; am:* -- A:93/3
  15. Sly & the Family Stone: Sly Lives! (Aka the Burden of Black Genius) [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] (1967-73, Sony/Legacy) {3}: am:* -- A:80/1, TH:**
  16. Frankie Cosmos: Different Talking (Sub Pop) {2}: Mj:*; am:* -- A:74/9
  17. Drop Nineteens: 1991 (Wharf Cat) {2}: BPM:*; am:* -- A:78/4
  18. Dub Syndicate: Out Here on the Perimeter (1989-1996) (On-U Sound) {2}: GTV:*; am:* -- A:90/2
  19. Genesis: The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway [Deluxe Edition] (Rhino) {2}: LBF:*, Mj:* -- A:90/2
  20. Woody Guthrie: Woody at Home: Vol 1 + 2 (1951-52, Shamus) {2}: PO:* -- TH:*
  21. Music Inc. [Charles Tolliver/Stanley Cowell/Cecil McBee/Jimmy Hopps]: Music Inc.'1970, Strata-East (04-25) {2}: TH:**
  22. Kinloch Nelson: Waiting: More Recordings, 1968-1976 (Tompkins Square) {2}: -- TH:**
  23. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart: Perfect Right Now: A Slumberland Collection 2008-2010 (Slumberland) {2}: Sp:*; am:* -- A:77/3
  24. Pink Floyd: Pink Floyd at Pompeii MCMLXXII (1972, Columbia) {2}: Mj:*, Prg:*; am:* -- A:87/3, TH:*
  25. Sly & the Family Stone: The First Family: Live at the Winchester Cathedral 1967 (High Moon) {2}: Mj:*, RC:* -- A:75/6, TH:B
  26. Sufjan Stevens: Carrie & Lowell [10th Anniversary Edition] (Asthmatic Kitty) {2}: Mj:*, U:* -- A:95/2
  27. Tedeschi Trucks Band and Leon Russell: Present Mad Dogs & Englishmen Revisited: Live at Lockn' (2015, Fantasy) {2}: ClR:*, Sp:* -- A:95/2
  28. ~ZZZ: Going Out of My Head: Adventures on the Indie Dancefloor 1995-1999 (Cherry Red) {2}: Sp:*; am:* -- A:85/2
  29. Bar-B-Q Killers: Part 1: The Last Shit (Chunklet Industries -EP) {1}: PO:* -- TH:B
  30. Jeff Bridges: Slow Magic, 1977-1978 (Light in the Attic) {1}: FO:* -- A:70/4
  31. Gene Clark & Carla Olson: So Rebellious a Lover (1987, Sunset Blvd) {1}: AAJ:*
  32. Dire Straits: Brothers in Arms [40th Anniversary] (Mercury) {1}: Mj:* -- A:80/1
  33. Ariana Grande: Eternal Sunshine Deluxe: Brighter Days Ahead (Republic) {1}: RS:* -- A:80/1
  34. Grateful Dead: Blues for Allah [50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition] (Rhino) {1}: UR:* -- A:80/1
  35. Grateful Dead: Dick's Picks Volume 53 (1976, Grateful Dead -3CD) {1}: TN:*
  36. Grateful Dead: To Terrapin: Hartford '77 (Grateful Dead) {1}: TN:*
  37. Margo Guryan: 28 Demos (Numero Group) {1}: am:8 -- A:80/1
  38. Hüsker Dü: Nov. 3, Salt Lake City (Numero Group -EP) {1}: -- TH:*
  39. Madonna: Veronica Electronica (1998, Warner) {1}: MO:*
  40. Metronomy: Greatest Hits (Because) {1}: am:* -- A:90/1
  41. Jeannie Piersol: The Nest (High Moon) {1}: TN:*
  42. Rumer & Redtenbacher's Funkestra: In Session (Ciancia Management) {1}: am:* -- A:80/1
  43. The Sex Pistols: Live in the U.S.A. South East Music Hall, Atlanta, January 5th, 1978 (UME) {1}: PO:*
  44. Small Faces: Greatest Hits: The Immediate Years (Charly) {1}: TN:*
  45. Cat Stevens: Cat on the Road to Findout (UMe) {1}: Mj:* -- A:80/1
  46. X Ambassadors: VHS(X) (Nyle) {1}: Sp:* -- A:90/1
  47. Yo La Tengo: Old Joy (2006, Mississippi -EP) {1}: -- TH:*
  48. C92 (Cherry Red) {1}: am:* -- A:80/1
  49. Democracy Forward (Bitter Southerner) {1}: PO:*
  50. Disco Discharge Presents More Sin: Box of Sin 2 (Demon Music Group/Edsel) {1}: am:* -- A:80/1
  51. Electric Junk: Deutsche Rock, Psych and Kosmische 1970-1978 () {1}: am:*
  52. Get Ready for the Countdown: Mod, Brit Soul, R&B & Freakbeat Nuggets () {1}: am:* -- A:80/1
  53. Middle Earth: The Soundtrack of London's Legendary Psychedelic Club 1967-1969 () {1}: am:* -- A:80/1
  54. Motor City Is Burning: A Michigan Anthology 1965-1972 () {1}: am:* -- A:80/1