Clash's Albums of the Year 2015

So here we are: the year's finest album. We've been counting down what are (in our opinion) the 50 finest album releases of 2015, a list that

Published: December 18, 2015 12:35 Source

# 1

To Pimp A Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar

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

# 2

Currents by Tame Impala

Album • Jul 17 / 2015 Synthpop Psychedelic Pop Neo-Psychedelia

# 3

Art Angels by Grimes

Album • Nov 06 / 2015 Electropop Synthpop

# 4

Vulnicura by Björk

Album • Jan 20 / 2015 Art Pop

# 5

Carrie & Lowell by Sufjan Stevens

Album • Mar 31 / 2015 Indie Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 6

Foam Island by Darkstar

Album • Oct 02 / 2015 Art Pop Electronic

# 7

No Cities to Love by Sleater-Kinney

Album • Jan 20 / 2015 Indie Rock

# 8

I Love You, Honeybear by Father John Misty

Album • Feb 10 / 2015 Indie Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 9

Real Life by Real Lies

Album • Oct 16 / 2015 Alternative Dance Synthpop Electronic Dance Music

# 10

Natureboy by Natureboy Flako

Album • Mar 23 / 2015 Instrumental Hip Hop Wonky

# 11

Integrity> by Jme

Album • May 04 / 2015 Grime

# 12

Divers by Joanna Newsom

Album • Oct 23 / 2015 Chamber Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 13

Coming Home (Deluxe) by Leon Bridges

Album • Jun 23 / 2015

# 14

Culture of Volume by East India Youth

Album • Apr 06 / 2015 Synthpop Art Pop

# 15

Have You In My Wilderness by Julia Holter

Album • Sep 25 / 2015 Art Pop Chamber Pop

# 16

Compton by Dr. Dre

Album • Aug 21 / 2015 West Coast Hip Hop Gangsta Rap

# 17

Grey Tickles, Black Pressure by John Grant

Album • Oct 02 / 2015 Synthpop Singer-Songwriter

# 18

Architect by C. Duncan

Album • Jul 17 / 2015 Indie Pop Indie Rock Neo-Psychedelia

# 19

Elaenia by Floating Points

Album • Nov 06 / 2015 Progressive Electronic

# 20

Platform by Holly Herndon

Album • May 15 / 2015 Glitch Glitch Pop

# 21

A Curious Tale of Trials + Persons by Little Simz

Album • Sep 18 / 2015 UK Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop

# 22

Dornik by Dornik

Album • Aug 07 / 2015 Alternative R&B

# 23

Goon by Tobias Jesso Jr.

Album • Mar 16 / 2015 Singer-Songwriter Piano Rock

# 24

Rodeo by Travis Scott

Album • Sep 04 / 2015 Trap Southern Hip Hop

# 25

Key Markets by Sleaford Mods

Album • Jul 24 / 2015 Post-Punk Art Punk

# 26

Born In The Echoes by The Chemical Brothers

Album • Jul 17 / 2015 Big Beat House

# 27

What Went Down by Foals

Album • Aug 28 / 2015 Indie Rock

# 28

Y Dydd Olaf by Gwenno

Album • Jul 24 / 2015 Indie Pop Indietronica

# 29

DS2 (Deluxe) by Future

Album • Jul 17 / 2015 Trap Southern Hip Hop

# 30

Bizarster by Luke Vibert

Album • Oct 16 / 2015 Instrumental Hip Hop House

# 31

A Dream Outside by Gengahr

Album • Jun 15 / 2015 Indie Rock Indie Pop Psychedelic Pop

# 32

Summertime '06 by Vince Staples

Album • Jun 30 / 2015 West Coast Hip Hop Hardcore Hip Hop

# 33

Marks to Prove It by The Maccabees

Album • Jul 31 / 2015 Indie Rock

# 34

Before We Forgot How To Dream by SOAK

Album • Jun 01 / 2015 Singer-Songwriter Indie Pop

# 35

The Magic Whip by Blur

Album • Apr 24 / 2015 Alternative Rock Art Rock

# 36

Nozinja Lodge by Nozinja

Album • Jun 01 / 2015 Shangaan Electro Kwaito

# 37

Bleeds by Roots Manuva

Album • Oct 30 / 2015 UK Hip Hop

# 38

Shedding Skin by Ghostpoet

Album • Mar 02 / 2015 Art Pop UK Hip Hop

# 39

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

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

# 40

Fading Frontier by Deerhunter

Album • Oct 16 / 2015 Indie Rock Neo-Psychedelia

# 41

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

# 42

Late Nights: The Album by Jeremih

Album • Dec 04 / 2015 Contemporary R&B

# 43

Holding Hands With Jamie by Gilla Band

Album • Sep 25 / 2015 Noise Rock Post-Punk

# 44

90059 by Jay Rock

Album • Sep 11 / 2015 West Coast Hip Hop Gangsta Rap

# 45

On Your Own Love Again by Jessica Pratt

Album • Jan 27 / 2015 Contemporary Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 46

Projections by Romare

Album • Feb 23 / 2015 Downtempo

# 47

Testimony by Letta

Album • Oct 09 / 2015 Grime

# 48

In Colour by Jamie xx

Album • May 29 / 2015 UK Bass

# 49

Imaginary Lines by Fatima Yamaha

Album • Nov 27 / 2015 Electro House Techno

# 50

Purpose by Justin Bieber

Album • Nov 13 / 2015 Contemporary R&B Dance-Pop