NOW Magazine's Top Albums of 2015

It wasn't a notable year for rock 'n' roll, but a rock band still snagged our number-one spot, while experimentalists of all stripes made the strongest showing. Here's our critics' collaborative list.

Published: December 23, 2015 17:30 Source

# 1

Currents by Tame Impala

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

# 2

Hairless Toys by Róisín Murphy

Album • May 11 / 2015 Art Pop Electronic

# 3

I Love You, Honeybear by Father John Misty

Album • Feb 10 / 2015 Indie Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 4

To Pimp A Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar

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

# 5

Elaenia by Floating Points

Album • Nov 06 / 2015 Progressive Electronic

# 6

Predatory Headlights by Tenement

Album • Jun 02 / 2015 Pop Punk Indie Rock

# 7

Art Angels by Grimes

Album • Nov 06 / 2015 Electropop Synthpop

# 8

Carrie & Lowell by Sufjan Stevens

Album • Mar 31 / 2015 Indie Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 9

Vulnicura by Björk

Album • Jan 20 / 2015 Art Pop

# 10

Ambsace by James Elkington + Nathan Salsburg

Album • Sep 18 / 2015 American Primitivism