Year-End Lists

FasterLouder: 50 Best Albums of 2015

[see also 2012 • 2011]

1. Kendrick Lamar
   To Pimp A Butterfly
2. Courtney Barnett
   Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
3. Tame Impala
   Currents
4. Sleater-Kinney
   No Cities To Love
5. Jamie xx
   In Colour
6. Alabama Shakes
   Sound & Color
7. Sufjan Stevens
   Carrie & Lowell
8. Father John Misty
   I Love You, Honeybear
9. Julia Holter
   Have You In My Wilderness
10. Grimes
    Art Angels
11. Vince Staples
    Summertime ’06
12. Blur
    The Magic Whip
13. Unknown Mortal Orchestra
    Multi-Love
14. Royal Headache
    High
15. Hiatus Kaiyote
    Choose Your Weapon
16. Dick Diver
    Melbourne, Florida
17. Natalie Prass
    Natalie Prass
18. Tobias Jesso Jr.
    Goon
19. Laura Marling
    Short Movie
20. The Internet
    Ego Death
21. Björk
    Vulnicura
22. Young Fathers
    White Men Are Black Men Too
23. Majical Cloudz
    Are You Alone?
24. Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment
    Surf
25. Titus Andronicus
    The Most Lamentable Tragedy
26. Joanna Newsom
    Divers
27. Viet Cong
    Viet Cong
28. Miguel
    Wildheart
29. Kurt Vile
    B’lieve I’m Goin Down…
30. Drenge
    Undertow
31. Faith No More
    Sol Invictus
32. Bilal
    In Another Life
33. Twerps
    Range Anxiety
34. Deerhunter
    Fading Frontier
35. Earl Sweatshirt
    I Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go Outside: An Album
36. Gold Class
    It’s You
37. Foals
    What Went Down
38. Jessica Pratt
    On Your Own Love Again
39. Hot Chip
    Why Make Sense?
40. Hermitude
    Dark Night Sweet Light
41. Mark Ronson
    Uptown Special
42. Beach House
    Depression Cherry
43. Wolf Alice
    My Love Is Cool
44. Methyl Ethel
    Oh Inhuman Spectacle
45. BADBADNOTGOOD & Ghostface Killah
    Sour Soul
46. Bully
    Feels Like
47. Dr. Dre
    Compton
48. Chvrches
    Every Open Eye
49. Marlon Williams
    Marlon Williams
50. Drake
    If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late