1 June 2026 - Ariane Roy - Âmes soeurs

You might remember my #Wicked25.  For the very first time last year, I listed my 25 favorite albums of a year.  I have been known to do one or two favorites, but never 25.

I also had a list of 25 runners up - honourable mentions, as you will.  Some of those, I felt very guilty about excluding.  I'm going to highlight those this week - because if I made the list today, these albums would be ON the list, not just honourably mentioned.  

I'm not going to highlight the albums that would have been bumped in most cases - because they were on the list because they were deserving, excellent albums. And no, you can't just guess it's 21-25, because that's not the case.  At all.   

This is the more egregious omission.  Because, if you look back at the list, you'll now see 26 honourable mentions.  I didn't listen to Dogue by Ariane Roy until January.  It was a terrible oversight on my part, because it not only would have made the list, it would have been a top 10 album.  This is EASILY the second best francophone album of 2025. 

Ariane release Dogue de Luxe in February of this year - probably because Dogue was so well-received - and used the extra space to make new versions of some of her songs with her friends.

If you didn't know this was coming, you aren't paying attention. 

Anyway, Alexandre Martel and Lou-Adriane Cassidy joined her on the new version.