Exclaim!'s Top 20 Pop & Rock Albums of 2015

Our Best of 2015 albums lists by genre continue with our staff picks for the 20 best pop and rock albums this year. Yesterday (December 2),...

Published: December 03, 2015 13:00 Source

# 1

Art Angels by Grimes

Album • Nov 06 / 2015 Electropop Synthpop

# 2

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

# 3

I Love You, Honeybear by Father John Misty

Album • Feb 10 / 2015 Indie Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 4

No Cities to Love by Sleater-Kinney

Album • Jan 20 / 2015 Indie Rock

# 5

E•MO•TION by Carly Rae Jepsen

Album • Aug 21 / 2015 Dance-Pop Synthpop

# 6

Vulnicura by Björk

Album • Jan 20 / 2015 Art Pop

# 7

Poison Season by Destroyer

Album • Aug 28 / 2015 Chamber Pop

# 8

Currents by Tame Impala

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

# 9

Goon by Tobias Jesso Jr.

Album • Mar 16 / 2015 Singer-Songwriter Piano Rock

# 10

Sound & Color by Alabama Shakes

Album • Apr 21 / 2015 Blues Rock

# 11

Natalie Prass by Natalie Prass

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

# 12

Viet Cong by Viet Cong

Album • Jan 20 / 2015 Post-Punk

# 13

Sun Coming Down by Ought

Album • Sep 18 / 2015 Post-Punk Art Punk

# 14

Sore by Dilly Dally

Album • Oct 09 / 2015 Alternative Rock Noise Pop Indie Rock

# 15

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

Album • Oct 30 / 2015 Alternative Rock Punk Rock

# 16

Are You Alone? by Majical Cloudz

Album • Oct 16 / 2015 Ambient Pop

# 17

Half Free by U.S. Girls

Album • Sep 25 / 2015 Psychedelic Pop Art Pop

# 18

Deep In the Iris by Braids

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

# 19

Fading Frontier by Deerhunter

Album • Oct 16 / 2015 Indie Rock Neo-Psychedelia

# 20

Panda Bear Meets The Grim Reaper by Panda Bear

Album • Jan 12 / 2015 Psychedelic Pop Neo-Psychedelia