Time Out New York's 20 Best Albums of 2015

Listen back to 2015’s best new music with Time Out London's review of the year’s greatest albums to date, including Björk, Blur, Drake, Kendrick Lamar and Florence + The Machine.

Published: December 17, 2015 00:00 Source

Rank Album Artist Info
#1 I Love You, Honeybear Father John Misty Feb-10-2015, Indie Folk
#2 Vulnicura Björk Jan-20-2015, Art Pop
#3 Divers Joanna Newsom Oct-23-2015, Chamber Folk
#4 Garden Of Delete Oneohtrix Point Never Nov-13-2015, Post-Industrial
#5 To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar Mar-16-2015, Conscious Hip Hop
#6 AT.LONG.LAST.A$AP A$AP Rocky May-26-2015, East Coast Hip Hop
#7 Me Empress Of Sep-11-2015, Electropop
#8 Goon Tobias Jesso Jr. Mar-16-2015, Singer-Songwriter
#9 Wildheart Miguel Jun-26-2015, Alternative R&B
#10 Short Movie Laura Marling Mar-20-2015, Indie Folk
#11 DS2 (Deluxe) Future Jul-17-2015, Trap
#12 If You're Reading This It's Too Late Drake Feb-12-2015, Trap
#13 I Dont Like Shit, I Dont Go Outside: An Album by Earl Sweatshirt Earl Sweatshirt Mar-23-2015,
#14 Currents Tame Impala Jul-17-2015, Synthpop
#15 Pageant Material Kacey Musgraves Jun-23-2015, Contemporary Country
#16 Born Under Saturn Django Django May-05-2015, Indie Pop
#17 Get To Heaven Everything Everything Feb-26-2016, Art Pop
#18 Eclipse Twin Shadow Mar-09-2015, Synthpop
#19 Are You Alone? Majical Cloudz Oct-16-2015, Ambient Pop
#20 O.K. Gabby's World May-12-2015, Indie Pop
#21 Sauna Mount Eerie Feb-03-2015, Avant-Folk
#22 Deeper The Soft Moon Mar-31-2015, Minimal Wave
#23 On Your Own Love Again Jessica Pratt Jan-27-2015, Contemporary Folk
#24 The Most Lamentable Tragedy Titus Andronicus Jul-28-2015, Punk Rock
#25 Summertime '06 Vince Staples Jun-30-2015, West Coast Hip Hop
Markdown

| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | I Love You, Honeybear | Father John Misty | Album, Feb-10-2015, Indie Folk |
| #2 | Vulnicura | Björk | Album, Jan-20-2015, Art Pop |
| #3 | Divers | Joanna Newsom | Album, Oct-23-2015, Chamber Folk |
| #4 | Garden Of Delete | Oneohtrix Point Never | Album, Nov-13-2015, Post-Industrial |
| #5 | To Pimp A Butterfly | Kendrick Lamar | Album, Mar-16-2015, Conscious Hip Hop |
| #6 | AT.LONG.LAST.A$AP | A$AP Rocky | Album, May-26-2015, East Coast Hip Hop |
| #7 | Me | Empress Of | Album, Sep-11-2015, Electropop |
| #8 | Goon | Tobias Jesso Jr. | Album, Mar-16-2015, Singer-Songwriter |
| #9 | Wildheart | Miguel | Album, Jun-26-2015, Alternative R&B |
| #10 | Short Movie | Laura Marling | Album, Mar-20-2015, Indie Folk |
| #11 | DS2 (Deluxe) | Future | Album, Jul-17-2015, Trap |
| #12 | If You're Reading This It's Too Late | Drake | Album, Feb-12-2015, Trap |
| #13 | I Dont Like Shit, I Dont Go Outside: An Album by Earl Sweatshirt | Earl Sweatshirt | Album, Mar-23-2015,  |
| #14 | Currents | Tame Impala | Album, Jul-17-2015, Synthpop |
| #15 | Pageant Material | Kacey Musgraves | Album, Jun-23-2015, Contemporary Country |
| #16 | Born Under Saturn | Django Django | Album, May-05-2015, Indie Pop |
| #17 | Get To Heaven | Everything Everything | Album, Feb-26-2016, Art Pop |
| #18 | Eclipse | Twin Shadow | Album, Mar-09-2015, Synthpop |
| #19 | Are You Alone? | Majical Cloudz | Album, Oct-16-2015, Ambient Pop |
| #20 | O.K. | Gabby's World | Album, May-12-2015, Indie Pop |
| #21 | Sauna | Mount Eerie | Album, Feb-03-2015, Avant-Folk |
| #22 | Deeper | The Soft Moon | Album, Mar-31-2015, Minimal Wave |
| #23 | On Your Own Love Again | Jessica Pratt | Album, Jan-27-2015, Contemporary Folk |
| #24 | The Most Lamentable Tragedy | Titus Andronicus | Album, Jul-28-2015, Punk Rock |
| #25 | Summertime '06 | Vince Staples | Album, Jun-30-2015, West Coast Hip Hop |