Consequence of Sound's Top 50 Albums of 2015

This year belonged to the artists hungry to tell the truth.

Published: December 02, 2015 05:00 Source

# 1

To Pimp A Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar

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

# 2

Carrie & Lowell by Sufjan Stevens

Album • Mar 31 / 2015 Indie Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 3

Art Angels by Grimes

Album • Nov 06 / 2015 Electropop Synthpop

# 4

Garden Of Delete by Oneohtrix Point Never

Album • Nov 13 / 2015 Post-Industrial Progressive Electronic

# 5

Currents by Tame Impala

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

# 6

In Colour by Jamie xx

Album • May 29 / 2015 UK Bass

# 7

Black Messiah by D'Angelo and The Vanguard

Album • Dec 15 / 2014 Neo-Soul

# 8

No Cities to Love by Sleater-Kinney

Album • Jan 20 / 2015 Indie Rock

# 9

The Most Lamentable Tragedy by Titus Andronicus

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

# 10

Summertime '06 by Vince Staples

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

# 11

I Love You, Honeybear by Father John Misty

Album • Feb 10 / 2015 Indie Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 12

Sprinter by TORRES

Album • May 04 / 2015 Indie Rock Singer-Songwriter

# 13

The Agent Intellect by Protomartyr

Album • Oct 09 / 2015 Post-Punk

# 14

In Plain Speech by Circuit des Yeux

Album • May 19 / 2015 Avant-Folk Art Pop

# 15

Gliss Riffer by Dan Deacon

Album • Feb 23 / 2015 Indietronica Neo-Psychedelia Art Pop

# 16

Vulnicura by Björk

Album • Jan 20 / 2015 Art Pop

# 17

Griefs Infernal Flower by Windhand

Album • Sep 18 / 2015 Doom Metal Stoner Metal

# 18

A Flourish and a Spoil by The Districts

Album • Feb 10 / 2015 Indie Rock

# 19

Natalie Prass by Natalie Prass

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

# 20

After by Lady Lamb

Album • Mar 03 / 2015 Singer-Songwriter Indie Rock

# 21

New Bermuda by Deafheaven

Album • Oct 02 / 2015 Atmospheric Black Metal Blackgaze

# 22

It Follows (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by Disasterpeace

Album • Mar 10 / 2015 Horror Synth Film Score

# 23

Goon by Tobias Jesso Jr.

Album • Mar 16 / 2015 Singer-Songwriter Piano Rock

# 24

E•MO•TION by Carly Rae Jepsen

Album • Aug 21 / 2015 Dance-Pop Synthpop

# 25

Music Complete by New Order

Album • May 12 / 2016 Alternative Dance

# 26

Surf by Nico Segal

Album • May 29 / 2015

# 27

Deep In the Iris by Braids

Album • Apr 28 / 2015 Indietronica Art Pop Alt-Pop

# 28

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

Album • Feb 12 / 2015 Trap Pop Rap

# 29

Platform by Holly Herndon

Album • May 15 / 2015 Glitch Glitch Pop

# 30

Star Wars by Wilco

Album • Aug 21 / 2015 Indie Rock

# 31

Four Phantoms by Bell Witch

Album • Apr 28 / 2015 Funeral Doom Metal

# 32

Multi-Love by Unknown Mortal Orchestra

Album • May 26 / 2015 Psychedelic Pop

# 33

Universal Themes by Sun Kil Moon

Album • Jun 02 / 2015 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk

# 34

Mutant by Arca

Album • Nov 20 / 2015 IDM Deconstructed Club Epic Collage

# 35

Fading Frontier by Deerhunter

Album • Oct 16 / 2015 Indie Rock Neo-Psychedelia

# 36

Sound & Color by Alabama Shakes

Album • Apr 21 / 2015 Blues Rock

# 37

Magnifique by Ratatat

Album • Jul 17 / 2015 Indietronica

# 38

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

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

# 39

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

# 40

DS2 (Deluxe) by Future

Album • Jul 17 / 2015 Trap Southern Hip Hop

# 41

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

Album • Jun 01 / 2015 Art Pop Alternative Rock

# 42

Feels Like by Bully

Album • Jun 19 / 2015 Indie Rock

# 43

Frozen Niagara Falls by Prurient

Album • May 12 / 2015 Noise Industrial Post-Industrial

# 44

Painted Shut by Hop Along

Album • May 04 / 2015 Indie Rock

# 45

AT.LONG.LAST.A$AP by A$AP Rocky

Album • May 26 / 2015 East Coast Hip Hop

# 46

Too by FIDLAR

Album • Aug 13 / 2015 Garage Punk Pop Punk

# 47

Are You Alone? by Majical Cloudz

Album • Oct 16 / 2015 Ambient Pop

# 48

Back to the Woods by Angel Haze

Album • Sep 15 / 2015 Hardcore Hip Hop

# 49

White Reaper Does It Again by White Reaper

Album • Jul 17 / 2015 Garage Punk

# 50

Divers by Joanna Newsom

Album • Oct 23 / 2015 Chamber Folk Singer-Songwriter