The 50 Best Albums of 2015

Update:

Here it is. My inaugural Albums of the Year list.

      1. Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp a Butterfly
      2. Tame Impala – Currents
      3. Miguel – Wildheart
      4. Panda Bear – Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper
      5. Unknown Mortal Orchestra – Multi-love
      6. Kamasi Washington – The Epic
      7. Thundercat – The Beyond / Where the Giants Roam
      8. Courtney Barnett – Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
      9. Beach House – Depression Cherry
      10. Jamie XX – In Colour

    1. Shamir – Rachet
    2. Tobias Jesso Jr. – Goon
    3. Kurt Vile – b’lieve i’m going down
    4. Grimes – Art Angels
    5. Lower Dens – Escape From Evil
    6. Father John Misty – I Love You, Honeybear
    7. Sufjan Stevens – Carrie & Lowell
    8. Natalie Prass – Natalie Prass
    9. Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment – Surf
    10. Mac Demarco – Another One
    11. Bop English – Constant Bop
    12. Vince Staples – Summertime ’06
    13. The Internet – Ego Death
    14. CHVRCHES – Every Open Eye
    15. Julia Holter – Have You in My Wilderness
    16. Deerhunter – Fading Frontier
    17. Kelela – Hallucinogen
    18. Torres – Sprinter
    19. Sleater-Kinney – No Cities to Love
    20. FKA Twigs – M3LL155X
    21. Nao – February 15
    22. Neon Indian – VEGA INTL. Night School
    23. A$AP Rocky – At.Long.Last.A$AP
    24. Future – DS2
    25. Waxahatchee – Ivy Tripp
    26. Beach House – Thank Your Lucky Stars
    27. Viet Cong – Viet Cong
    28. Archy Marshall – A New Place 2 Drown
    29. Jlin – Dark Energy
    30. Oneohtrix Point Never – Garden of Delete
    31. Young Thug – Barter
    32. Jeremih – Late Nights: The Album
    33. Empress Of – Me
    34. Wilco – Star Wars
    35. Hop Along – Painted Shut
    36. Julien Backer – Sprained Ankle
    37. Low – Ones and Sixes
    38. Chastity Belt – Time To Go Home
    39. George Clanton – 100% Electronica
    40. US Girls – Half Free

    Honorable Mentions:

    Modest Mouse – Strangers to Ourselves, Diet Cig – Over Easy, Battles – La Di Da Di, Dilly Dally – Sore, Girlpool – Before The World Was Big, Aphex Twin – Computer Controlled Acoustic Instruments pt2, Arca – Mutant