Get Ready to ROCK! (www.getreadytorock.com) has announced the Top 30 albums of 2025 based on its weekly Top 10 chart.

Every Sunday as part of his show on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio David Randall announces the chart and plays tracks from the Top 5 albums.  The listing is then published on the radio station Facebook page.

The chart is compiled by News and Reviews editor Jason Ritchie  based on website and social media activity, plus radio airplay.

Says Jason: “Every week the chart reflects the wide scope of the review website with folk or singer songwriter albums sometimes rubbing shoulders with metal or heavy rock.

This year, several albums have enjoyed great longevity in the chart if not always making the top position.

The Top 30 listing complements the reviewer Best of published shortly before Christmas.  There’s a fair amount of overlap but the chart also reflects increased social media activity with artists actively sharing review links with their followers.”

John Lees’ Barclay James Harvest and the album ‘Relativity’ is No.1 position in the Top 30 chart, closely followed by the self-titled debut from Sign Of The Wolf, a project coordinated by melodic rock champion Bruce Mee.  Both albums stayed in the chart for more than 12 weeks respectively.

The Top 30 countdown was broadcast in a special show on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio (Sunday 28 December, 22:00 GMT., repeated Monday 29th and Friday 2 January 22:00)

The full listing is as follows:

1. JOHN LEES BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST Relativity
2. SIGN OF THE WOLF Sign Of The Wolf
3. MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP Don’t Sell Your Soul
4. THEA GILMORE These Quiet Friends
5. CHEAP TRICK All Washed Up
6. CHANTEL McGREGOR The Healing
7. DON AIREY Pushed To The Edge
8. IQ Dominion
9. ROBIN TROWER Come And Find Me
10. GLENN HUGHES Chosen
11. STEELEYE SPAN Conflict
12. FRANCIS ROSSI The Way We Were Vol.1
13. HELLOWEEN Giants & Monsters
14. SPARKS MAD!
15. MEN WITHOUT HATS On The Moon
16. LIV KRISTINE Amor Vincit Omnia
17. HAREM SCAREM Chasing Euphoria
18. THE DAVIDSON TRIO Cougar
19. STYX Circling From Above
20. WALTER TROUT Sign Of The Times
21. HEARTS ON FIRE Signs & Wonders
22. ATOMIC ROOSTER Circle The Sun
23. TREAT The Wild Card
24. MORGANWAY Kill The Silence
25. STONE FOUNDATION The Revival Of Survival
26. W.E.T. Apex
27. BONFIRE Higher Ground
28. PATTERN SEEKING ANIMALS Friends Of All Creatures
29. MASTERS OF REALITY The Archer
30. ALICE COOPER The Revenge Of Alice Cooper

The Best of 2025 (reviewer selections)

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David Randall presents a weekly show on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, Sundays at 22:00 GMT, repeated on Mondays and Fridays), when he invites listeners to ‘Assume The Position’. The show signposts forthcoming gigs and tours and latest additions at getreadytorock.com. This “Best of 2025 reviewer choices” show was first broadcast on 21 December 2025.

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Power Plays w/c 1 December 2025

We feature all the artists selected in this sequence in 2025.

Featured Albums w/c 1 December 2025

09:00-12:00 The Best of 2003 – 2025 (Melodic Rock)
12:00-13:00 The Best of 2003 – 2025 (Melodic Hard Rock)
14:00-16:00 The Best of 2003 – 2025 (Singer Songwriter)

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