Below, EWs music team picks the 25 best albums of the year (so far).

Disco, hip-hop, jazzits all here, and its pure fire.K.O.

13.Matter, St. Lucia

Does this decade need its own Thompson Twins or A Flock of Seagulls?

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Judging by this spectacularly upbeat dance-pop record, the answer is unequivocally yes.K.O.

ButAntis wild, woozy R&B easily earned 24-karat status all on its own.L.G.

are some of the bands most romantic ever.E.R.B.