CD's Top 30 Albums of 2015
IMHO the best year for music in a long time. Which is great because this year has been pretty shitty for me otherwise. Below are my favorite albums of the year and their genres, followed by a couple honorable mentions. I will also be providing YT links for my favorite tracks on each. |
| 1 |  | Kendrick Lamar
To Pimp a Butterfly
Hip-hop, jazz rap
King Kunta: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRK7PVJFbS8 |
| 2 |  | Sufjan Stevens
Carrie and Lowell
Indie folk
Fourth of July: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTeKpWp8Psw |
| 3 |  | Viet Cong
Viet Cong
Post-punk, indie rock
Silhouettes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zW1kP99mok4 |
| 4 |  | Courtney Barnett
sometimes i sit and think, and sometimes i just sit
Indie rock
Pedestrian at Best: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-nr1nNC3ds |
| 5 |  | Joanna Newsom
Divers
Experimental indie folk
Sapokanika: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ky9Ro9pP2gc |
| 6 |  | High on Fire
Luminiferous
Sludge metal, Stoner metal, thrash
Slave the Hive: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmI-CvhxcWs&index=4&list=PL2GRL-c1hjEOrBygiVs9YBTEd-2-hdxb9 |
| 7 |  | Everything Everything
Get To Heaven
Indie pop, art rock, synthpop
Distant Past: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQPVApfa9rE |
| 8 |  | Lupe Fiasco
Tetsuo and Youth
Hip-hop
Dots & Lines: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHT2bDiQZuE |
| 9 |  | Sleater-Kinney
No Cities to Love
Indie rock, punk
Bury Our Friends: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRNDB9VqI3Q |
| 10 |  | Deafheaven
New Bermuda
Black Metal, shoegaze, post-metal
Come Back: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMDw5A2eGOU |
| 11 |  | Father John Misty
I Love You, Honeybear
Indie folk
Bored in the U.S.A.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JODshFyKHuA |
| 12 |  | Vince Staples
Summertime '06
Hip-hop
Senorita: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OAYMMod9Wo |
| 13 |  | Destroyer
Poison Season
Indie rock/pop, baroque pop
Forces From Above: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFBk4vIsgw4 |
| 14 |  | Faith No More
Sol Invictus
Alternative metal
Comeback of the year, for sure.
Matador: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9wQ2BDpG6U |
| 15 |  | Jamie xx
In Colour
Indietronica
Gosh: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFf3fNAwJsY |
| 16 |  | Daedelus/Kneebody
Kneedelus
Jazz fusion-experimental-something
Drum Battle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKq0Kv7GlgU |
| 17 |  | Of Monsters and Men
Beneath the Skin
Indie pop, folk rock
Empire: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uXL5JcD3zw |
| 18 |  | Floating Points
Elaenia
Electronic
Peroration Six: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7nC_93J-fs |
| 19 |  | Baroness
Purple
Progressive metal, sludge metal
Chlorine & Wine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnYO7iQfQDQ |
| 20 |  | low
Ones and Sixes
Indie rock
Lies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S182S04Sy9U |
| 21 |  | Hop Along
Painted Shut
Angsty indie folk-punk
Horseshoe Crabs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzz8tRFxAxM |
| 22 |  | Julia Holter
Have You In My Wilderness
Baroque pop, art rock
Feel You: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2JgMniIpRM |
| 23 |  | Beach House
Depression Cherry
Indie pop, dream pop
PPP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFhJRTdmviA |
| 24 |  | Ghost (SWE)
Meliora
Doom metal, hard rock, heavy metal
He Is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CSFkjPm0A0 |
| 25 |  | Elder (USA-MA)
Lore
Stoner metal
Legend: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7I5SDFliOjc |
| 26 |  | mewithoutYou
Pale Horses
Post-hardcore, indie rock
Lilac Queen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtpatWEmxio&index=8&list=PLxwHtUHlFZ5Hk8mIss4BMVMgYvwwqVZ3X |
| 27 |  | Ninja Sex Party
Attitude City
Comedy-rock, synthrock
Yes really.
Dragon Slayer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5abgDBQHPk |
| 28 |  | Yuri Gagarin
At The Center Of All Infinity
Psychedelic stoner space rock
At the Center of All Infinity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFhXMb0sFuY |
| 29 |  | Punch Brothers
The Phosphorescent Blues
Folk, bluegrass, classical
Blew it off: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zkiiJBXq8I |
| 30 |  | Deerhunter
Fading Frontier
Indie rock
Breaker: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCVWrqxyt3Y |
| 31 |  | Neon Indian
Vega Intl. Night School |
| 32 |  | Steven Wilson
Hand. Cannot. Erase. |
| 33 |  | Ought
Sun Coming Down |
| 34 |  | The Decemberists
What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World |
| 35 |  | Archy Marshall
A New Place 2 Drown |
| 36 |  | The Mountain Goats
Beat the Champ |
| 37 |  | Death Grips
The Powers That B - Part II: Jenny Death |
| 38 |  | Alabama Shakes
Sound & Color |
| 39 |  | Iron Maiden
The Book of Souls |
| 40 |  | Carly Rae Jepsen
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