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

Rank Album Artist Info
#1 Art Angels Grimes Nov-06-2015, Electropop
#2 Sometimes I Sit and Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit Courtney Barnett Mar-23-2015, Indie Rock
#3 I Love You, Honeybear Father John Misty Feb-10-2015, Indie Folk
#4 No Cities to Love Sleater-Kinney Jan-20-2015, Indie Rock
#5 E•MO•TION Carly Rae Jepsen Aug-21-2015, Dance-Pop
#6 Vulnicura Björk Jan-20-2015, Art Pop
#7 Poison Season Destroyer Aug-28-2015, Chamber Pop
#8 Currents Tame Impala Jul-17-2015, Synthpop
#9 Goon Tobias Jesso Jr. Mar-16-2015, Singer-Songwriter
#10 Sound & Color Alabama Shakes Apr-21-2015, Blues Rock
#11 Natalie Prass Natalie Prass Jan-27-2015, Chamber Pop
#12 Viet Cong Viet Cong Jan-20-2015, Post-Punk
#13 Sun Coming Down Ought Sep-18-2015, Post-Punk
#14 Sore Dilly Dally Oct-09-2015, Alternative Rock
#15 The Things We Do To Find People Who Feel Like Us Beach Slang Oct-30-2015, Alternative Rock
#16 Are You Alone? Majical Cloudz Oct-16-2015, Ambient Pop
#17 Half Free U.S. Girls Sep-25-2015, Psychedelic Pop
#18 Deep In the Iris Braids Apr-28-2015, Indietronica
#19 Fading Frontier Deerhunter Oct-16-2015, Indie Rock
#20 Panda Bear Meets The Grim Reaper Panda Bear Jan-12-2015, Psychedelic Pop
Markdown

| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Art Angels | Grimes | Album, Nov-06-2015, Electropop |
| #2 | Sometimes I Sit and Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit | Courtney Barnett | Album, Mar-23-2015, Indie Rock |
| #3 | I Love You, Honeybear | Father John Misty | Album, Feb-10-2015, Indie Folk |
| #4 | No Cities to Love | Sleater-Kinney | Album, Jan-20-2015, Indie Rock |
| #5 | E•MO•TION | Carly Rae Jepsen | Album, Aug-21-2015, Dance-Pop |
| #6 | Vulnicura | Björk | Album, Jan-20-2015, Art Pop |
| #7 | Poison Season | Destroyer | Album, Aug-28-2015, Chamber Pop |
| #8 | Currents | Tame Impala | Album, Jul-17-2015, Synthpop |
| #9 | Goon | Tobias Jesso Jr. | Album, Mar-16-2015, Singer-Songwriter |
| #10 | Sound & Color | Alabama Shakes | Album, Apr-21-2015, Blues Rock |
| #11 | Natalie Prass | Natalie Prass | Album, Jan-27-2015, Chamber Pop |
| #12 | Viet Cong | Viet Cong | Album, Jan-20-2015, Post-Punk |
| #13 | Sun Coming Down | Ought | Album, Sep-18-2015, Post-Punk |
| #14 | Sore | Dilly Dally | Album, Oct-09-2015, Alternative Rock |
| #15 | The Things We Do To Find People Who Feel Like Us | Beach Slang | Album, Oct-30-2015, Alternative Rock |
| #16 | Are You Alone? | Majical Cloudz | Album, Oct-16-2015, Ambient Pop |
| #17 | Half Free | U.S. Girls | Album, Sep-25-2015, Psychedelic Pop |
| #18 | Deep In the Iris | Braids | Album, Apr-28-2015, Indietronica |
| #19 | Fading Frontier | Deerhunter | Album, Oct-16-2015, Indie Rock |
| #20 | Panda Bear Meets The Grim Reaper | Panda Bear | Album, Jan-12-2015, Psychedelic Pop |