Year-End Lists

Pretty Much Amazing: 50 Best Albums of 2015

1. Kendrick Lamar
   To Pimp A Butterfly
2. D’Angelo and The Vanguard
   Black Messiah
3. Grimes
   Art Angels
4. Sufjan Stevens
   Carrie & Lowell
5. Jamie xx
   In Colour
6. Tame Impala
   Currents
7. Courtney Barnett
   Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
8. Father John Misty
   I Love You, Honeybear
9. Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment
   Surf
10. Carly Rae Jepsen
    E•MO•TION
11. Sleater-Kinney
    No Cities To Love
12. Björk
    Vulnicura
13. Miguel
    Wildheart
14. Vince Staples
    Summertime ’06
15. Neon Indian
    VEGA INTL. Night School
16. Unknown Mortal Orchestra
    Multi-Love
17. Hop Along
    Painted Shut
18. Deerhunter
    Fading Frontier
19. Viet Cong
    Viet Cong
20. Empress Of
    Me
21. Panda Bear
    Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper
22. Beach House
    Depression Cherry
23. Destroyer
    Poison Season
24. Joanna Newsom
    Divers
25. Kamasi Washington
    The Epic
26. Shamir
    Ratchet
27. Earl Sweatshirt
    I Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go Outside: An Album
28. Torres
    Sprinter
29. Beach House
    Thank Your Lucky Stars
30. Julia Holter
    Have You In My Wilderness
31. Kurt Vile
    B’lieve I’m Goin Down…
32. Lin-Manuel Miranda and the Original Broadway Cast
    Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
33. Tobias Jesso Jr.
    Goon
34. Protomartyr
    The Agent Intellect
35. Dr. Dre
    Compton
36. Erykah Badu
    But You Caint Use My Phone
37. Chvrches
    Every Open Eye
38. Oneohtrix Point Never
    Garden of Delete
39. Alabama Shakes
    Sound & Color
40. Young Thug
    Barter 6
41. Florence + The Machine
    How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful
42. Jeremih
    Late Nights: The Album
43. Thee Oh Sees
    Mutilator Defeated At Last
44. Holly Herndon
    Platform
45. Jason Isbell
    Something More Than Free
46. Kacey Musgraves
    Pageant Material
47. Jenny Hval
    Apocalypse, Girl
48. Susanne Sundfør
    Ten Love Songs
49. Titus Andronicus
    The Most Lamentable Tragedy
50. Jessica Pratt
    On Your Own Love Again