Best Power Pop Albums of 2025
It’s that time of year – time for the Power Pop News best albums of 2025 list. There were some great unexpected surprises from lesser known artists such as The Gnomes or Sharp Pins. There were also as a few killer power pop albums from some long time power pop stalwarts like The Spongetones and Dom Mariani. All in all, it was a pretty healthy year for the genre. So here goes…our top 20 power pop albums (and EPs) of 2025:
- Joe Giddings – Stories with Guitars
- Dominic Lavoie – Round Trip
- Sloan – Based on the Best Seller
- Sharp Pins – Balloon Balloon Balloon
- Lolas – Big Hits and Freak Disasters
- Glad Machine – All the Pretty Things
- The Jellybricks – Dreaming In Stereo
- Eytan Mirsky – All Over the Map
- The Gnomes – Introducing
- Greg Pope – The Roar of Silence
- Richard Turgeon – Shungite
- Dom Mariani – Apple of Life
- Vanilla – Cookiewow
- Sorrows – Parting Is Such Sweet Sorrow
- The Spindles – Wavelength
- The Rallies – The Singles EP
- On and Ons – Come On In
- Splitsville – Mobtown
- The Peppermint Kicks – Pop Rocks in my Chewing Gum
- Cheap Trick – All Washed Up
Most of these albums were reviewed within these pages sometime in the last 12 months. Check out sire search at the top of the page to find each one.
And while you’re looking thru some power pop…
While you’re rummaging through the best power pop albums of the year, you may want to check out the new one from Rumble Strip. Rumble Strip’s main songwriters are myself and Dave Nachmanoff, a long time Al Stewart collaborator and world class guitarist. It’s more on the Americana side of the street but you may just enjoy it. You can read about it and sample a track or two HERE.
Stay tuned for the list of Best Singles of 2025. That’ll be coming sometime next week. In the meantime, happy discovery.
