Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index of notable year-end lists. Follow the link for each list to see essential commentary from its author, at the source.

2015

Time Out London: 50 Best Albums of 2015

24 December 2015

Ego Death - The Internet

Time Out London: 50 Best Albums of 2015

[see also 2014]

  1. various artists

FasterLouder: 50 Best Albums of 2015

24 December 2015

To Pimp A Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar

FasterLouder: 50 Best Albums of 2015

[see also 20122011]

Cokemachineglow: 10 Favorite Albums of 2015

23 December 2015

To Pimp A Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar

Cokemachineglow has assembled a variety of ways to find some of the music their staff loved most this year. Below are the albums labeled “Unison” — representing the staff as a whole — but browse also their “Harmony” of individual voices.

[see also 2014201320122011]

Dummy: 30 Best Albums of 2015

22 December 2015

Garden of Delete - Oneohtrix Point Never

Dummy: 30 Best Albums of 2015

[see also 2011]

  1. various artists

Fact: 50 Best Albums of 2015

20 December 2015

Blackheart - Dawn Richard

Fact Magazine: 50 Best Albums of 2015

[see also 2018201720162014201320122011]

  1. various artists

Sputnikmusic: Top 50 Albums of 2015

18 December 2015

To Pimp A Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar

Sputnikmusic: Top 50 Albums of 2015

[see also 2017]

Pretty Much Amazing: 50 Best Albums of 2015

18 December 2015

To Pimp A Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar

Pretty Much Amazing: 50 Best Albums of 2015

[see also 2018201720162014201320122011]

Clash: Albums of the Year 2015

18 December 2015

To Pimp A Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar

Clash Magazine: Albums of the Year 2015

[see also 20222021202020192018201720162014201320122011]

Guardian: 40 Best Albums of 2015

18 December 2015

To Pimp A Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar

The Guardian: 40 Best Albums of 2015

[see also 20232022202120202019201820172014201320122011]

Drowned in Sound: 100 Favourite Albums of 2015

17 December 2015

I Love You, Honeybear - Father John Misty

Drowned in Sound: 100 Favourite Albums of 2015

[see also 201820172016201420122011]