The Vinyl Factory's 50 Best LPs of 2015

Published: December 11, 2015 13:28 Source

# 1

Platform by Holly Herndon

Album • May 15 / 2015 Glitch Glitch Pop

# 2

1 by Lifted

Album • May 01 / 2015 Ambient IDM

# 3

Captain Of None by Colleen

Album • Apr 07 / 2015 Art Pop

# 4

To Pimp A Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar

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

# 5

Dark Energy by Jlin

Album • Mar 23 / 2015 Footwork

# 6

Coin Coin Chapter Three: River Run Thee by Matana Roberts

Album • Feb 03 / 2015 Experimental Modern Creative

# 7

Vulnicura by Björk

Album • Jan 20 / 2015 Art Pop

# 8

Golden Ticket by Golden Rules

Album • Aug 07 / 2015 Southern Hip Hop

# 9

Apocalypse, girl by Jenny Hval

Album • Jun 09 / 2015 Art Pop Experimental

# 10

Lingua Franca by Len Leise

EP • Oct 30 / 2015 Balearic Beat New Age

# 11

Edition 1 by King Midas Sound + Fennesz

Album • Sep 18 / 2015 Ambient Dub

# 12

Dança do Tempo by Fabiano do Nascimento

Album • Mar 17 / 2015

# 13

Garden Of Delete by Oneohtrix Point Never

Album • Nov 13 / 2015 Post-Industrial Progressive Electronic

# 14

FRKWYS, Vol. 12 - We Know Each Other Somehow by Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe + Ariel Kalma

Album • Apr 14 / 2015 Ambient New Age

# 15

Tangier Sessions by Sir Richard Bishop

Album • Feb 17 / 2015 American Primitivism

# 16

Ecologies by J.G. Biberkopf

EP • Jun 18 / 2015 Epic Collage Deconstructed Club Weightless

# 17

A Voyage to Arcturus by Vakula

Album • Aug 24 / 2018 Progressive Electronic

# 18

Ibeyi by Ibeyi

Album • Jul 28 / 2015 Art Pop Alternative R&B

# 19

Elaenia by Floating Points

Album • Nov 06 / 2015 Progressive Electronic

# 20

Art Angels by Grimes

Album • Nov 06 / 2015 Electropop Synthpop

# 22

Comme ça by Domenique Dumont

Album • Jun 22 / 2015 Balearic Beat Synthpop

# 23

Blackheart by Dawn Richard

Album • Jan 15 / 2015 Alternative R&B

# 24

Piteous Gate by M.E.S.H.

Album • Jul 24 / 2015 Deconstructed Club Epic Collage

# 25

Currents by Tame Impala

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

# 26

Lifeworld by Moon B

Album • Dec 16 / 2014 Vaporwave Synth Funk

# 27

The Epic by Kamasi Washington

Album • May 11 / 2015 Spiritual Jazz

# 28

On the Way (To the Laughing Light of Plenty) by The Naturals

Album • Dec 18 / 2015

# 29

Risveglio by Alessandro Cortini

Album • Jun 07 / 2017 Progressive Electronic Ambient

# 30

Youth Stand Up by The Green Door All-Stars

Album • Sep 25 / 2015

# 31

The Original Faces by Helen

Album • Sep 04 / 2015 Shoegaze Dream Pop

# 33

Talk from Home by Suzanne Kraft

Album • Aug 28 / 2015 Ambient Downtempo

# 34

American Drift by Elysia Crampton

Album • Aug 07 / 2015 Latin Electronic Epic Collage Deconstructed Club

# 35

Dinking in the Shadows of Zizou by Bastien Keb

Album • Sep 25 / 2015 Soul Jazz

# 36

Y Dydd Olaf by Gwenno

Album • Jul 24 / 2015 Indie Pop Indietronica

# 37

Fantasy Empire by Lightning Bolt

Album • Mar 24 / 2015 Noise Rock Math Rock

# 38

Discreet Desires by Helena Hauff

Album • Sep 04 / 2015 Minimal Synth

# 40

Hinterland by LoneLady

Album • Mar 23 / 2015 Post-Punk Alternative Dance Dance-Punk

# 41

Divers by Joanna Newsom

Album • Oct 23 / 2015 Chamber Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 42

Nyanza by Owiny Sigoma Band

Album • Aug 28 / 2015 Shangaan Electro Ambient Pop

# 43

Mutilator Defeated at Last by Thee Oh Sees

Album • May 26 / 2015 Psychedelic Rock Garage Rock

# 44

Two for Joy by Ruby Rushton

Album • Jan 01 / 2015 Post-Bop

# 46

Depression Cherry by Beach House

Album • Aug 28 / 2015 Dream Pop

# 47

Dream a Garden by Jam City

Album • Mar 23 / 2015 Alternative R&B Indietronica

# 48

From Kinshasa by Mbongwana Star

Album • May 18 / 2015 Tradi-Modern

# 49

EarthEE by THEESatisfaction

Album • Feb 24 / 2015 Neo-Soul Alternative R&B

# 50

Morning / Evening by Four Tet

Album • Jul 10 / 2015 Microhouse Minimal Techno