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

Rank Album Artist Info
#1 Currents Tame Impala Jul-17-2015, Synthpop
#2 Hairless Toys Róisín Murphy May-11-2015, Art Pop
#3 I Love You, Honeybear Father John Misty Feb-10-2015, Indie Folk
#4 To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar Mar-16-2015, Conscious Hip Hop
#5 Elaenia Floating Points Nov-06-2015, Progressive Electronic
#6 Predatory Headlights Tenement Jun-02-2015, Pop Punk
#7 Art Angels Grimes Nov-06-2015, Electropop
#8 Carrie & Lowell Sufjan Stevens Mar-31-2015, Indie Folk
#9 Vulnicura Björk Jan-20-2015, Art Pop
#10 Ambsace James Elkington, Nathan Salsburg Sep-18-2015, American Primitivism
Markdown

| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Currents | Tame Impala | Album, Jul-17-2015, Synthpop |
| #2 | Hairless Toys | Róisín Murphy | Album, May-11-2015, Art Pop |
| #3 | I Love You, Honeybear | Father John Misty | Album, Feb-10-2015, Indie Folk |
| #4 | To Pimp A Butterfly | Kendrick Lamar | Album, Mar-16-2015, Conscious Hip Hop |
| #5 | Elaenia | Floating Points | Album, Nov-06-2015, Progressive Electronic |
| #6 | Predatory Headlights | Tenement | Album, Jun-02-2015, Pop Punk |
| #7 | Art Angels | Grimes | Album, Nov-06-2015, Electropop |
| #8 | Carrie & Lowell | Sufjan Stevens | Album, Mar-31-2015, Indie Folk |
| #9 | Vulnicura | Björk | Album, Jan-20-2015, Art Pop |
| #10 | Ambsace | James ElkingtonNathan Salsburg | Album, Sep-18-2015, American Primitivism |