(Hopefully) The Final 2015 List of 2015
I know we're probably worn out by these lists by now, but fuck it I've worked too much on this list already and this was an incredible year for music. I didn't have enough time this month to give all these albums descriptions so I only stuck to my top 10. And with that out of the way, let's begin. |
100 | | Meghan Trainor Title
Pop, Doo-Wop
1.9/5 |
99 | | Rae Sremmurd SremmLife
Pop Rap, Trap Rap, Southern Hip Hop
2/5 |
98 | | Barenaked Ladies Silverball
Pop Rock, Alternative Rock
2.1/5 |
97 | | Three Days Grace Human
Post-Grunge, Alternative Rock
2.1/5 |
96 | | Falling in Reverse Just Like You
Pop Punk
2.2/5 |
95 | | Kid Ink Full Speed
Pop Rap, Jerk Rap
2.2/5 |
94 | | Neil Young and Promise of the Real The Monsanto Years
Folk Rock
2.2/5 |
93 | | Imagine Dragons Smoke + Mirrors
Pop Rock, Alternative Rock
2.3/5 |
92 | | Coldplay A Head Full of Dreams
Pop Rock
2.3/5 |
91 | | Papa Roach F.E.A.R.
Alternative Metal, Nu Metal
2.4/5 |
90 | | Ne-Yo Non-Fiction
Contemporary R&B
2.4/5 |
89 | | Sleeping With Sirens Madness
Emo-Pop, Pop Rock
2.4/5 |
88 | | Hopsin Pound Syndrome
Hardcore Hip Hop
2.5/5 |
87 | | Pond (AUS) Man, It Feels like Space Again
Neo-Psychedelica, Psychedelic Pop
2.5/5 |
86 | | Purity Ring Another Eternity
Synthpop
2.6/5 |
85 | | Foxing Dealer
Post-Rock, Midwest Emo
2.6/5 |
84 | | Panda Bear Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper
Psychedelic Pop, Neo-Psychedelica
2.6/5 |
83 | | Guster Evermotion
Indie Pop
2.7/5 |
82 | | Tyler, the Creator Cherry Bomb
Experimental Hip Hop, East Coast Hip Hop, Hardcore Hip Hop
2.7/5 |
81 | | Title Fight Hyperview
Shoegaze, Alternative Rock
2.7/5 |
80 | | Infected Mushroom Friends on Mushrooms (Deluxe Edition)
Psytrance
2.8/5 |
79 | | Passenger (UK) Whispers II
Singer/Songwriter
2.9/5 |
78 | | Cage The Elephant Tell Me I'm Pretty
Alternative Rock, Garage Rock
2.9/5 |
77 | | Neal Morse The Grand Experiment
Progressive Rock
3/5 |
76 | | Gang of Four What Happens Next
Dance-Punk, Post-Punk
3/5 |
75 | | Leprous The Congregation
Progressive Metal
3/5 |
74 | | Belle and Sebastian Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance
Indie Pop
3/5 |
73 | | Demi Lovato Confident
Dance-Pop
3/5 |
72 | | Millencolin True Brew
Pop Punk
3/5 |
71 | | Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Chasing Yesterday
Pop Rock, Alternative Rock
3/5 |
70 | | Mark Ronson Uptown Special
Synth Funk, Funktronica
3/5 |
69 | | Earl Sweatshirt I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside
Abstract Hip Hop, West Coast Hip Hop, Hardcore Hip Hop
3/5 |
68 | | Jazmine Sullivan Reality Show
Contemporary R&B
3.1/5 |
67 | | All Time Low Future Hearts
Pop Punk
3.1/5 |
66 | | Godspeed You! Black Emperor 'Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress'
Post-Rock
3.1/5 |
65 | | Father John Misty I Love You, Honeybear
Indie Rock, Singer/Songwriter
3.1/5 |
64 | | Lil Dicky Professional Rapper
Comedy Rap
3.1/5 |
63 | | The Decemberists What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World
Indie Rock, Folk Rock
3.2/5 |
62 | | Bullet for My Valentine Venom
Melodic Metalcore
3.2/5 |
61 | | Muse Drones
Alternative Rock, Pop Rock
3.2/5 |
60 | | Ghostface Killah and BADBADNOTGOOD Sour Soul
Jazz Rap, Hardcore Hip Hop, East Coast Hip Hop
3.2/5 |
59 | | Stick To Your Guns Disobedient
Hardcore Punk
3.3/5 |
58 | | B.o.B Psycadelik Thoughtz
Pop Rap, Contemporary R&B
3.4/5 |
57 | | Fall Out Boy American Beauty / American Psycho
Pop Rock
3.4/5 |
56 | | AWOLNATION Run
Pop Rock
3.5/5 |
55 | | Periphery Juggernaut: Alpha
Djent, Progressive Metal
3.5/5 |
54 | | Wolf Alice My Love Is Cool
Indie Rock, Alternative Rock, Noise Pop
3.5/5 |
53 | | Halsey Badlands
Electropop
3.5/5 |
52 | | Marina and The Diamonds Froot
Electropop, Synthpop
3.5/5 |
51 | | Modest Mouse Strangers to Ourselves
Indie Rock
3.5/5 |
50 | | Red Of Beauty and Rage
Alternative Rock
3.6/5 |
49 | | Paradise Lost The Plague Within
Doom Metal, Gothic Metal
3.6/5 |
48 | | Faith No More Sol Invictus
Alternative Metal, Alternative Rock
3.7/5 |
47 | | Jamie xx In Colour
UK Bass
3.7/5 |
46 | | Lupe Fiasco Tetsuo and Youth
Conscious Hip Hop
3.7/5 |
45 | | Melanie Martinez Crybaby
Electropop, Contemporary R&B, Art Pop
3.8/5 |
44 | | Knuckle Puck Copacetic
Pop Punk, Emo
3.9/5 |
43 | | Death Cab for Cutie Kintsugi
Indie Pop
3.9/5 |
42 | | Marilyn Manson The Pale Emperor
Industrial Rock, Alternative Rock
4/5 |
41 | | ASAP Rocky At.Long.Last.A$AP
East Coast Hip Hop
4.1/5 |
40 | | Infected Mushroom Converting Vegetarians II
Psybient
4.1/5 |
39 | | Blind Guardian Beyond the Red Mirror
Power Metal, Symphonic Metal
4.1/5 |
38 | | Periphery Juggernaut: Omega
Djent, Progressive Metal
4.1/5 |
37 | | Viet Cong Viet Cong
Post-Punk
4.1/5 |
36 | | Ghostface Killah Twelve Reasons to Die II
East Coast Hip Hop, Hardcore Hip Hop
4.1/5 |
35 | | Stratovarius Eternal
Power Metal
4.1/5 |
34 | | Sleater-Kinney No Cities to Love
Indie Rock
4.2/5 |
33 | | Bjork Vulnicura
Art Pop
4.2/5 |
32 | | Travis Scott Rodeo
Trap Rap, Southern Hip Hop
4.2/5 |
31 | | Death Grips The Powers That B
Experimental Hip Hop, Glitch Hop
4.2/5 |
30 | | Cattle Decapitation The Anthropocene Extinction
Deathgrind
4.2/5 |
29 | | Joey Badass B4.DA.$$
Boom Bap, East Coast Hip Hop
4.2/5 |
28 | | Oneohtrix Point Never Garden of Delete
Progressive Electronic
4.3/5 |
27 | | Tame Impala Currents
Psychedelic Pop, Synthpop, Neo-Psychedelica
4.3/5 |
26 | | The Chemical Brothers Born in the Echoes
Big Beat
4.4/5 |
25 | | Blur The Magic Whip
Alternative Rock, Art Rock
4.4/5 |
24 | | Neck Deep Life's Not Out To Get You
Pop Punk
4.4/5 |
23 | | Drake If You're Reading This It's Too Late
Pop Rap
4.4/5 |
22 | | Ghost (SWE) Meliora
Hard Rock, Heavy Metal
4.5/5 |
21 | | FIDLAR Too
Garage Punk, Pop Punk
4.5/5 |
20 | | The Wonder Years No Closer to Heaven
Pop Punk, Alternative Rock
4.5/5 |
19 | | Iron Maiden The Book of Souls
Heavy Metal
4.6/5 |
18 | | Everything Everything Get To Heaven
Progressive Pop, Art Pop
4.6/5 |
17 | | Four Year Strong Four Year Strong
Pop Punk
4.6/5 |
16 | | Westkust Last Forever
Shoegaze, Noise Pop
4.6/5 |
15 | | City and Colour If I Should Go Before You
Indie Rock, Singer/Songwriter
4.6/5 |
14 | | Grimes Art Angels
Electropop, Synthpop
4.6/5 |
13 | | Sufjan Stevens Carrie and Lowell
Indie Folk, Singer/Songwriter
4.6/5 |
12 | | Jeff Rosenstock We Cool?
Pop Punk, Indie Rock
4.6/5 |
11 | | Mgla Exercises in Futility
Black Metal
4.7/5 |
10 | | Mayday Parade Black Lines
Emo-Pop
Mayday Parade's best since their debut, making some of the catchiest songs of the year, mixing their style of emo-pop with some new elements such as a bit of post-hardcore influence and a more stadium rock feel.
Best Tracks
1. One Of Us
2. All On Me
3. Until You're Big Enough
4.7/5 |
9 | | Hop Along Painted Shut
Indie Rock
Now I know alone the lyrics on this album may not sound very intriguing for the most part, all of these songs are just about Frances' life events, and a lot of the time not even interesting life events. But the way shes sings those lyrics with her incredible voice of power, a nice bit of rasp, and her sporadic vocal style, it doesn't matter, it'll make you interested along with the brilliantly catchy indie rock instrumentation going on. Nothing reaches quite the heights of Tibetan Pop Stars, but then again, what does?
Best Track
1. Texas Funeral
2. Sister Cities
3. Waitress
4.7/5 |
8 | | Sleaford Mods Key Markets
Post-Punk, Art Punk
This was probably the best album I went into this year completely unknowing of what it is, I had no idea what t expect, but I was more than happy with the results. A fairly simple concept, repetitive instrumentals consisting only of bass and drums and atop of that some English guy ranting about everything, but what came out is a blood-pumping, anger-fueled, fun time full of clever lyrics ranging from political to hilarious. Hidden gem of the year.
Best Tracks
1. In Quiet Streets
2. Live Tonight
3. Bronx in a Six
4.7/5 |
7 | | Dance Gavin Dance Instant Gratification
Post-Hardcore
With how much I've been defending this thing all year it should be no surprise it's this high. This album is a delectable treat, with DGD's brand of "pop-core" they've been wearing recently this album is ear-worm after ear-worm of catchy melodic post-harcore goodness. It may not be the most intellectual or philosophical album but damn is it the most fun I've had listening to an album from this year.
Best Tracks
1. Death of a Strawberry
2. Variation
3. Awkward
4.7/5 |
6 | | Sorority Noise Joy, Departed
The best emo album of the year for sure, Sorority Noise deliever a greatly diverse set of self-deprecating, poetic, catchy emo anthems, from the sinister Your Soft Blood to the power pop-influenced Mononokay. However this album does something that seperates it from a lot of other recent emo releases: look on the bright-side. In the second half of the album the songs start build up to these crescendos of realisation of self-confidence. If you're feeling down in the dumps give this a spin and hopefully it'll make you feel a bit better.
Best Tracks
1. Mononokay
2. Art School Wannabe
3. When I See You (Timberwolf)
4.7/5 |
5 | | Enter Shikari The Mindsweep
Post-Hardcore
The word "epic" gets thrown around a lot, and usually when someone says something is epic, what they really mean is it's just very good, but The Mindsweep is epic. It sounds huge, it feels huge, it's an adventure album if I've ever heard one. Enter Shikari just keep on maturing and expanding their sound. The colossal post-hardcore instrumentation, mixed with flourishes of electronica and orchestra, plus the biting political lyrics sung and screamed by Rou Reynolds with his incredible range make this an album not to be passed over, matter what any online pretentious hipster (or a certain really annoying user who starts with a 't') will tell you.
Best Tracks
1. Dear Future Historians...
2. Torn Apart
3. The Last Garrison
4.7/5 |
4 | | Twenty One Pilots Blurryface
Pop Rap, Indie Pop
Yeah I know, you're probably scoffing at this being so high on the list. But look I know Blurryface is flawed, the lyrics are clumsy, some of the songs aren't too far off sounding like the songs on the radio they're criticising and Tyler Joseph's voice can be annoying to some (not to me). But there's not a single album this year that I related to more, the lyrics are clumsy and dorky yes that's undeniable but that's what gives them more charm to me and makes the emotion seem more raw. It's not perfect but damn do I love it.
Best Tracks
1. Not Today
2. Goner
3. We Don't Believe What's On TV
4.7/5 |
3 | | Kamasi Washington The Epic
Spiritual Jazz
Now I'll admit I don't know a lot about jazz, with this being my first proper dive into the genre, but I'd be lying if I said this album wasn't a work of art. Kamasi Washington couldn't of picked a more suitable title for the album, coming in at nearly 3 hours long, it might seem like a lot to get through but once you're in the right mood this album is a breeze to listen to.
Best Tracks
1. Clair de Lune
2. Malcolm's Theme
3. The Rhythm Changes
5/5 |
2 | | Destroyer Poison Season
Chamber Pop
Sophisticated, tight, beautiful, orchestral, Destroyer releases an outstandingly brilliant album full of poetic lyrics and not a single weak track in sight. I can see why Dan Bejar's voice might be a turn-off to some people but the give the album a chance, it's well worth your time in my opinion.
Best Tracks
1. Hell
2. Midnight Meet The Rain
3. Forces From Above
5/5 |
1 | | Kendrick Lamar To Pimp a Butterfly
West Coast Hip Hop, Conscious Hip Hop, Jazz Rap
Boy, what is there to say about TPAB that hasn't been already (not much but I'm still gonna try my best to explain why this album is amazing). Kendrick somehow tops his last modern classic, 'Good Kid, M.A.A.d City' with this mix of conscious hip hop, hardcore hip hop and jazz fusion, touching on everything from modern racism, the hypocrisy of the black community, the evils of money and the music industry, self hatred and learning to love yourself, with as many different moods and vibes as possible; angry, dark, upbeat, melancholy, and to top it all off extremely detailed instrumentals, a phenomenal guest list, and not to mention the absolutely beautiful poem being recited throughout the entire album that ends with one of the best album climaxes in recent history. I knew since I heard this album back in March it would be at the top of the list, and I really can't think of anything more deserving.
5/5 |
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