Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index
of notable year-end lists.

2015
To Pimp A Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar

89 Favorite Albums of 2015 Sasha Frere-Jones

Dark Energy - Jlin

Top 50 Albums of 2015 The Wire

To Pimp A Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar

25 Best Albums of 2015 Billboard

To Pimp A Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar

The 50 Best Albums of 2015 Treble

Art Angels - Grimes

Top 20 Albums of 2015 Sound Opinions: Greg Kot

Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit - Courtney Barnett

40 Favorite Albums of 2015 Sound Opinions: Jim DeRogatis

I Love You, Honeybear - Father John Misty

Top 10 Albums of 2015 Observer: Kitty Empire

To Pimp A Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar

Best Music of 2015 Flood

Goon - Tobias Jesso Jr.

100 Best Albums of 2015 Les Inrocks

55 Best Albums of 2015 AllMusic

To Pimp A Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar

25 Best Albums of 2015 Slant

To Pimp A Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar

40 Best Albums of 2015 Entertainment Weekly

Elaenia - Floating Points

50 Favorite Albums of 2015 NPR Music

No Cities To Love - Sleater-Kinney

The 50 Best Albums of 2015 The Skinny

To Pimp A Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar

15 Best Albums of 2015 A.V. Club

Wildheart - Miguel

Top 10 Best Albums of 2015 Time

Art Angels - Grimes

Top 50 Albums of 2015 NME

To Pimp A Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar

Top 50 Albums of 2015 Consequence

To Pimp A Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar

50 Best Albums of 2015 Complex

To Pimp A Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar

Albums of the Year 2015 Crack Magazine

Art Angels - Grimes

50 Favorite Albums of 2015 Gorilla vs. Bear

To Pimp A Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar

50 Best Albums of 2015 Rolling Stone

To Pimp A Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar

50 Best Albums of 2015 Spin

I Love You, Honeybear - Father John Misty

50 Best Albums of 2015 Paste