American Songwriter's Top 50 Albums of 2015

Published: November 23, 2015 14:05 Source

# 1

Traveller by Chris Stapleton

Album • May 04 / 2015 Americana Contemporary Country

# 2

Sprinter by TORRES

Album • May 04 / 2015 Indie Rock Singer-Songwriter

# 3

Something More Than Free by Jason Isbell

Album • Jul 17 / 2015 Singer-Songwriter Americana

# 4

Sometimes I Sit and Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit by Courtney Barnett

Album • Mar 23 / 2015 Indie Rock Singer-Songwriter Lo-Fi / Slacker Rock

# 5

Complicated Game by James McMurtry

Album • Feb 24 / 2015 Singer-Songwriter Americana

# 6

High on Tulsa Heat by John Moreland

Album • Apr 21 / 2015 Americana Singer-Songwriter

# 7

Star Wars by Wilco

Album • Aug 21 / 2015 Indie Rock

# 8

Faith In The Future by Craig Finn

Album • Sep 11 / 2015 Singer-Songwriter

# 9

Natalie Prass by Natalie Prass

Album • Jan 27 / 2015 Chamber Pop Pop Soul Baroque Pop

# 10

Carrie & Lowell by Sufjan Stevens

Album • Mar 31 / 2015 Indie Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 11

To Pimp A Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar

Album • Mar 16 / 2015 Conscious Hip Hop West Coast Hip Hop Jazz Rap

# 12

Every Open Eye by CHVRCHES

Album • Sep 25 / 2015 Synthpop Electropop

# 13

Little Neon Limelight by Houndmouth

Album • Mar 17 / 2015 Folk Rock Americana Alt-Country

# 14

b'lieve i'm goin down... by Kurt Vile

Album • Sep 25 / 2015 Folk Rock Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk

# 15

Imaginary Man by Rayland Baxter

Album • Aug 14 / 2015 Alt-Country Singer-Songwriter

# 16

Pageant Material by Kacey Musgraves

Album • Jun 23 / 2015 Contemporary Country Singer-Songwriter

# 17

All Your Favorite Bands by Dawes

Album • Jun 01 / 2015 Americana Pop Rock

# 18

The Blade by Ashley Monroe

Album • Jul 24 / 2015 Contemporary Country Country Pop

# 19

Servant of Love by Patty Griffin

Album • Sep 25 / 2015 Contemporary Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 20

Sermon on the Rocks by Josh Ritter

Album • Oct 16 / 2015 Singer-Songwriter Folk Rock

# 21

Sound & Color by Alabama Shakes

Album • Apr 21 / 2015 Blues Rock

# 22

All These Dreams by Andrew Combs

Album • Mar 03 / 2015 Singer-Songwriter Alt-Country Folk Pop Pop Rock

# 23

Nashville Obsolete by Dave Rawlings Machine + David Rawlings

Album • Sep 18 / 2015 Americana

# 24

The Most Lamentable Tragedy by Titus Andronicus

Album • Jul 28 / 2015 Punk Rock Indie Rock Rock Opera

# 25

Terraplane by Steve Earle

Album • Feb 17 / 2015 Electric Texas Blues Blues Rock Singer-Songwriter

# 26

If You're Reading This It's Too Late by Drake

Album • Feb 12 / 2015 Trap Pop Rap

# 27

The Deslondes by The Deslondes

Album • Jun 09 / 2015 Americana Traditional Country

# 28

The Things We Do To Find People Who Feel Like Us by Beach Slang

Album • Oct 30 / 2015 Alternative Rock Punk Rock

# 29

All A Man Should Do by Lucero

Album • Sep 18 / 2015 Alt-Country Country Rock Southern Rock

# 30

Coming Home (Deluxe) by Leon Bridges

Album • Jun 23 / 2015

# 31

Second Hand Heart by Dwight Yoakam

Album • Apr 10 / 2015 Bakersfield Sound Neo-Traditionalist Country

# 32

How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful by Florence + the Machine

Album • Jun 01 / 2015 Art Pop Alternative Rock

# 33

Untethered Moon by Built To Spill

Album • Apr 18 / 2015 Indie Rock

# 34

Fading Frontier by Deerhunter

Album • Oct 16 / 2015 Indie Rock Neo-Psychedelia

# 35

Honeymoon by Lana Del Rey

Album • Sep 18 / 2015 Chamber Pop Art Pop

# 36

On Your Own Love Again by Jessica Pratt

Album • Jan 27 / 2015 Contemporary Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 37

The Traveling Kind by Emmylou Harris + Rodney Crowell

Album • May 08 / 2015 Americana Country

# 38

The Waterfall by My Morning Jacket

Album • May 04 / 2015 Indie Rock

# 40

Feels Like by Bully

Album • Jun 19 / 2015 Indie Rock

# 41

In the Blazes by Aaron Lee Tasjan

Album • Oct 06 / 2015 Americana

# 42

25 by Adele

Album • Nov 20 / 2015 Pop Soul Adult Contemporary

# 43

Pacific Surf Line by GospelbeacH

Album • Oct 16 / 2015 Alt-Country Folk Rock Psychedelic Pop

# 44

I Love You, Honeybear by Father John Misty

Album • Feb 10 / 2015 Indie Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 46

The Phosphorescent Blues by Punch Brothers

Album • Jan 23 / 2015 Progressive Bluegrass

# 47

The Trackless Woods by Iris DeMent

Album • Aug 07 / 2015 Country Singer-Songwriter

# 48

Didn't He Ramble by Glen Hansard

Album • Sep 18 / 2015 Contemporary Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 49

No Cities to Love by Sleater-Kinney

Album • Jan 20 / 2015 Indie Rock

# 50

Create Your Own Mythology by Kristin Diable

Album • Oct 07 / 2016