Year-End Lists

Pretty Much Amazing: 50 Best Albums of 2015

[see also 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

1. To Pimp A Butterfly
   Kendrick Lamar
2. Black Messiah
   D’Angelo and The Vanguard
3. Art Angels
   Grimes
4. Carrie & Lowell
   Sufjan Stevens
5. In Colour
   Jamie xx
6. Currents
   Tame Impala
7. Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
   Courtney Barnett
8. I Love You, Honeybear
   Father John Misty
9. Surf
   Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment
10. E•MO•TION
    Carly Rae Jepsen
11. No Cities To Love
    Sleater-Kinney
12. Vulnicura
    Björk
13. Wildheart
    Miguel
14. Summertime ’06
    Vince Staples
15. VEGA INTL. Night School
    Neon Indian
16. Multi-Love
    Unknown Mortal Orchestra
17. Painted Shut
    Hop Along
18. Fading Frontier
    Deerhunter
19. Viet Cong
    Viet Cong
20. Me
    Empress Of
21. Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper
    Panda Bear
22. Depression Cherry
    Beach House
23. Poison Season
    Destroyer
24. Divers
    Joanna Newsom
25. The Epic
    Kamasi Washington
26. Ratchet
    Shamir
27. I Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go Outside: An Album
    Earl Sweatshirt
28. Sprinter
    TORRES
29. Thank Your Lucky Stars
    Beach House
30. Have You In My Wilderness
    Julia Holter
31. B’lieve I’m Goin Down…
    Kurt Vile
32. Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
    Lin-Manuel Miranda and the Original Broadway Cast
33. Goon
    Tobias Jesso Jr.
34. The Agent Intellect
    Protomartyr
35. Compton
    Dr. Dre
36. But You Caint Use My Phone
    Erykah Badu
37. Every Open Eye
    Chvrches
38. Garden of Delete
    Oneohtrix Point Never
39. Sound & Color
    Alabama Shakes
40. Barter 6
    Young Thug
41. How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful
    Florence + The Machine
42. Late Nights: The Album
    Jeremih
43. Mutilator Defeated At Last
    Thee Oh Sees
44. Platform
    Holly Herndon
45. Something More Than Free
    Jason Isbell
46. Pageant Material
    Kacey Musgraves
47. Apocalypse, Girl
    Jenny Hval
48. Ten Love Songs
    Susanne Sundfør
49. The Most Lamentable Tragedy
    Titus Andronicus
50. On Your Own Love Again
    Jessica Pratt