SPIN's 50 Best Albums of 2015 So Far

Here are the best albums of 2015 so far.

Published: June 01, 2015 11:26 Source

# 1

Mr. Wonderful by Action Bronson

Album • Mar 23 / 2015 East Coast Hip Hop

# 2

Sound & Color by Alabama Shakes

Album • Apr 21 / 2015 Blues Rock

# 3

American Wrestlers by American Wrestlers

Album • Apr 07 / 2015 Slacker Rock Indie Rock

# 4

Ba Power by Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba

Album • Apr 24 / 2015 Mande Music

# 5

California Nights by Best Coast

Album • May 04 / 2015 Indie Pop Indie Rock Indie Surf

# 6

Vulnicura by Björk

Album • Jan 20 / 2015 Art Pop

# 8

The Magic Whip by Blur

Album • Apr 24 / 2015 Alternative Rock Art Rock

# 9

Blade of the Ronin by Cannibal Ox

Album • Mar 05 / 2015 Hardcore Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop

# 10

Time to Go Home by Chastity Belt

Album • Mar 23 / 2015 Indie Rock

# 11

Jackie by Ciara

Album • May 04 / 2015 Contemporary R&B Dance-Pop

# 12

Never Were the Way She Was by Colin Stetson + Sarah Neufeld

Album • Apr 28 / 2015 Post-Minimalism Chamber Music

# 13

I Want to Grow Up by Colleen Green

Album • Feb 24 / 2015 Power Pop Indie Pop

# 14

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

# 15

Gliss Riffer by Dan Deacon

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

# 16

Blackheart by Dawn Richard

Album • Jan 15 / 2015 Alternative R&B

# 17

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

Album • Feb 12 / 2015 Trap Pop Rap

# 18

Second Hand Heart by Dwight Yoakam

Album • Apr 10 / 2015 Bakersfield Sound Neo-Traditionalist Country

# 19

I Dont Like Shit, I Dont Go Outside: An Album by Earl Sweatshirt by Earl Sweatshirt

Album • Mar 23 / 2015

# 20

The Future Will Be Repeated by Eye

Album • Mar 17 / 2015

# 21

I Love You, Honeybear by Father John Misty

Album • Feb 10 / 2015 Indie Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 22

Reflection (Deluxe) by Fifth Harmony

Album • Jan 30 / 2015

# 23

The Early Years by Gilla Band

EP • Apr 21 / 2015 Noise Rock Post-Punk

# 24

Eat Pray Thug by Heems

Album • Mar 10 / 2015 East Coast Hip Hop Political Hip Hop Abstract Hip Hop

# 26

Skrillex and Diplo present Jack Ü by Jack Ü + Skrillex + Diplo

Album • Feb 24 / 2015 Trap [EDM]

# 27

Who Me? by Juan Wauters

Album • May 12 / 2015 Singer-Songwriter Indie Pop Folk Pop

# 28

To Pimp A Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar

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

# 29

Short Movie by Laura Marling

Album • Mar 20 / 2015 Indie Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 31

The Ark Work by Liturgy

Album • Mar 24 / 2015 Experimental Rock Avant-Garde Metal

# 32

FROOT by Marina and The Diamonds

Album • Mar 09 / 2015 Synthpop Pop Rock Electropop

# 33

II by METZ

Album • May 04 / 2015 Noise Rock

# 34

Foreign Pedestrians by Monster Rally + Jay Stone

Album • Jan 27 / 2015 Abstract Hip Hop Plunderphonics

# 35

Panda Bear Meets The Grim Reaper by Panda Bear

Album • Jan 12 / 2015 Psychedelic Pop Neo-Psychedelia

# 36

Viet Cong by Viet Cong

Album • Jan 20 / 2015 Post-Punk

# 37

Rose Mountain by Screaming Females

Album • Feb 24 / 2015 Indie Rock

# 38

Ratchet by Shamir

Album • May 19 / 2015 Electro-Disco Synthpop Electropop

# 39

No Cities to Love by Sleater-Kinney

Album • Jan 20 / 2015 Indie Rock

# 40

Carrie & Lowell by Sufjan Stevens

Album • Mar 31 / 2015 Indie Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 41

Released From Love / You, Whom I Have Always Hated by The Body + Thou

Album • Jan 27 / 2015 Sludge Metal Doom Metal Drone Metal

# 42

So Classic EP by The Knocks

Single • Apr 07 / 2015

# 43

Rock & Roll Just Can't Recall by The Paranoid Style

Single • Mar 02 / 2015

# 44

Cellular by Timeghost

Album • Dec 08 / 2014 Electronic Experimental

# 45

Restarter by Torche

Album • Feb 24 / 2015 Stoner Metal

# 47

Ivy Tripp by Waxahatchee

Album • Apr 07 / 2015 Indie Rock

# 48

White Men Are Black Men Too by Young Fathers

Album • Apr 06 / 2015 Indietronica Neo-Soul Art Pop

# 49

Ripe 4 Luv by Young Guv

EP • Mar 10 / 2015 Slacker Rock Power Pop

# 50

Barter 6 by Young Thug

Album • Apr 16 / 2015 Trap Southern Hip Hop