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Best New Albums 2025

From Van Morrison to Mavis Staples and Robert Plant to Pulp, Ralph looks back at his favourite new release albums of 2025.

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1 hour, 52 minutes

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Mon 15 Dec 202520:04
BBC Radio Ulster

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Music Played

  • The Waterboys

    Hopper's On Top

  • Pulp

    Spike Island

  • Suzanne Vega

    Speaker's Corner

  • CMAT

    Euro Country

  • Mavis Staples

    Human Mind

  • Annie & The Caldwells

    I Made It

  • David Byrne

    Everybody Laughs

  • Robert Plant

    Soul Of A Man

  • Dion

    Gangster Of Love

  • The Delines

    Mr Luck And Ms Doom

  • Van Morrison

    Stretching Out

  • Neil Young

    Big Change

  • The Wandering Hearts

    Helpless

  • Paul Weller

    Pinball

  • Midlake

    The Ghouls

  • Van Morrison

    When The Rains Came

  • The Divine Comedy

    Invisible Thread

  • Mary Chapin Carpenter

    New Religion

  • Jason Isbell

    Bury Me

  • Candi Staton

    It's Gonna Rain

  • Peggy Seeger

    Slow

  • Martin Carthy

    The Trees They Do Grow High

  • Van Morrison

    Stomping Ground

Broadcast

  • Mon 15 Dec 202520:04
    BBC Radio Ulster