Uncut's Top 75 Albums of 2015

The current issue of Uncut features the best albums of the year, along with our reissues of the year, and the best films and books.

Published: December 18, 2015 14:09 Source

# 1

Have You In My Wilderness by Julia Holter

Album • Sep 25 / 2015 Art Pop Chamber Pop

# 2

To Pimp A Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar

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

# 3

Carrie & Lowell by Sufjan Stevens

Album • Mar 31 / 2015 Indie Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 4

Primrose Green by Ryley Walker

Album • Mar 31 / 2015 Singer-Songwriter Chamber Folk

# 5

I Love You, Honeybear by Father John Misty

Album • Feb 10 / 2015 Indie Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 6

Currents by Tame Impala

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

# 7

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

# 8

Natalie Prass by Natalie Prass

Album • Jan 27 / 2015 Chamber Pop Pop Soul Baroque Pop

# 9

Key Markets by Sleaford Mods

Album • Jul 24 / 2015 Post-Punk Art Punk

# 10

Music Complete by New Order

Album • May 12 / 2016 Alternative Dance

# 11

Vulnicura by Björk

Album • Jan 20 / 2015 Art Pop

# 12

Multi-Love by Unknown Mortal Orchestra

Album • May 26 / 2015 Psychedelic Pop

# 13

Simple Songs by Jim O'Rourke

Album • May 19 / 2015 Chamber Pop Singer-Songwriter

# 14

Songs to Play by Robert Forster

Album • Jan 01 / 2017 Singer-Songwriter

# 15

Something More Than Free by Jason Isbell

Album • Jul 17 / 2015 Singer-Songwriter Americana

# 16

Loyalty by The Weather Station

Album • May 12 / 2015 Contemporary Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 17

The Magic Whip by Blur

Album • Apr 24 / 2015 Alternative Rock Art Rock

# 18

Star Wars by Wilco

Album • Aug 21 / 2015 Indie Rock

# 19

From Kinshasa by Mbongwana Star

Album • May 18 / 2015 Tradi-Modern

# 20

Platform by Holly Herndon

Album • May 15 / 2015 Glitch Glitch Pop

# 21

Sound & Color by Alabama Shakes

Album • Apr 21 / 2015 Blues Rock

# 22

Y Dydd Olaf by Gwenno

Album • Jul 24 / 2015 Indie Pop Indietronica

# 23

No Cities to Love by Sleater-Kinney

Album • Jan 20 / 2015 Indie Rock

# 24

Still by Richard Thompson

Album • Jan 01 / 2015 Folk Rock

# 25

Grey Tickles, Black Pressure by John Grant

Album • Oct 02 / 2015 Synthpop Singer-Songwriter

# 26

Divers by Joanna Newsom

Album • Oct 23 / 2015 Chamber Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 27

In Colour by Jamie xx

Album • May 29 / 2015 UK Bass

# 28

Ba Power by Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba

Album • Apr 24 / 2015 Mande Music

# 29

b'lieve i'm goin down... by Kurt Vile

Album • Sep 25 / 2015 Folk Rock Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk

# 30

The Epic by Kamasi Washington

Album • May 11 / 2015 Spiritual Jazz

# 31

Morning / Evening by Four Tet

Album • Jul 10 / 2015 Microhouse Minimal Techno

# 32

Universal Themes by Sun Kil Moon

Album • Jun 02 / 2015 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk

# 33

Fresh Blood by Matthew E. White

Album • Mar 09 / 2015 Singer-Songwriter

# 34

FFS by FFS

Album • Jun 05 / 2015 Art Rock Glam Rock Indie Rock New Wave

# 35

White Men Are Black Men Too by Young Fathers

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

# 36

Poison Season by Destroyer

Album • Aug 28 / 2015 Chamber Pop

# 37

Ones and Sixes by Low

Album • Sep 11 / 2015 Slowcore Indie Rock

# 38

Nashville Obsolete by Dave Rawlings Machine + David Rawlings

Album • Sep 18 / 2015 Americana

# 39

Saturns Pattern by Paul Weller

Album • May 11 / 2015 Alternative Rock

# 40

Shadows In the Night by Bob Dylan

Album • Jan 30 / 2015 Standards Vocal Jazz

# 41

On Your Own Love Again by Jessica Pratt

Album • Jan 27 / 2015 Contemporary Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 42

Let the Good Times Roll by JD McPherson

Album • Feb 09 / 2015 Rock & Roll

# 43

Perpetual Motion People by Ezra Furman

Album • Jul 06 / 2015 Indie Rock

# 44

Short Movie by Laura Marling

Album • Mar 20 / 2015 Indie Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 45

Panda Bear Meets The Grim Reaper by Panda Bear

Album • Jan 12 / 2015 Psychedelic Pop Neo-Psychedelia

# 46

The Longest River by Olivia Chaney

Album • Apr 07 / 2015 English Folk Music Contemporary Folk

# 47

Wildheart by Miguel

Album • Jun 26 / 2015 Alternative R&B

# 48

The Waterfall by My Morning Jacket

Album • May 04 / 2015 Indie Rock

# 49

Music In Exile by Songhoy Blues

Album • Feb 24 / 2015 Songhai Music

# 50

Stuff Like That There by Yo La Tengo

Album • Aug 28 / 2015 Indie Pop Folk Pop