A.V. Club's 15 Best Albums of 2015
It might sound cliché at this point, but in 2015, the music industry bounced back. Maybe not all the way back to its mid-’90s peaks of excess, but relatively speaking in today’s terms. Taylor Swift made buckets of money touring her 1989 record, Adele broke long-held sales records with 25, and everyone with a radio and…
Published: December 07, 2015 06:00
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| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | To Pimp A Butterfly | Kendrick Lamar | Mar-16-2015, Conscious Hip Hop |
| #2 | No Cities to Love | Sleater-Kinney | Jan-20-2015, Indie Rock |
| #3 | Carrie & Lowell | Sufjan Stevens | Mar-31-2015, Indie Folk |
| #4 | Art Angels | Grimes | Nov-06-2015, Electropop |
| #5 | I Love You, Honeybear | Father John Misty | Feb-10-2015, Indie Folk |
| #6 | Summertime '06 | Vince Staples | Jun-30-2015, West Coast Hip Hop |
| #7 | The Things We Do To Find People Who Feel Like Us | Beach Slang | Oct-30-2015, Alternative Rock |
| #8 | Ivy Tripp | Waxahatchee | Apr-07-2015, Indie Rock |
| #9 | Sometimes I Sit and Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit | Courtney Barnett | Mar-23-2015, Indie Rock |
| #10 | Sprinter | TORRES | May-04-2015, Indie Rock |
| #11 | The Agent Intellect | Protomartyr | Oct-09-2015, Post-Punk |
| #12 | b'lieve i'm goin down... | Kurt Vile | Sep-25-2015, Folk Rock |
| #13 | Sprained Ankle | Julien Baker | Oct-23-2015, Singer-Songwriter |
| #14 | Star Wars | Wilco | Aug-21-2015, Indie Rock |
| #15 | Painted Shut | Hop Along | May-04-2015, Indie Rock |
Markdown
| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | To Pimp A Butterfly | Kendrick Lamar | Album, Mar-16-2015, Conscious Hip Hop |
| #2 | No Cities to Love | Sleater-Kinney | Album, Jan-20-2015, Indie Rock |
| #3 | Carrie & Lowell | Sufjan Stevens | Album, Mar-31-2015, Indie Folk |
| #4 | Art Angels | Grimes | Album, Nov-06-2015, Electropop |
| #5 | I Love You, Honeybear | Father John Misty | Album, Feb-10-2015, Indie Folk |
| #6 | Summertime '06 | Vince Staples | Album, Jun-30-2015, West Coast Hip Hop |
| #7 | The Things We Do To Find People Who Feel Like Us | Beach Slang | Album, Oct-30-2015, Alternative Rock |
| #8 | Ivy Tripp | Waxahatchee | Album, Apr-07-2015, Indie Rock |
| #9 | Sometimes I Sit and Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit | Courtney Barnett | Album, Mar-23-2015, Indie Rock |
| #10 | Sprinter | TORRES | Album, May-04-2015, Indie Rock |
| #11 | The Agent Intellect | Protomartyr | Album, Oct-09-2015, Post-Punk |
| #12 | b'lieve i'm goin down... | Kurt Vile | Album, Sep-25-2015, Folk Rock |
| #13 | Sprained Ankle | Julien Baker | Album, Oct-23-2015, Singer-Songwriter |
| #14 | Star Wars | Wilco | Album, Aug-21-2015, Indie Rock |
| #15 | Painted Shut | Hop Along | Album, May-04-2015, Indie Rock |