Carl Wilson: Top 25 Albums of 2015, in alphabetical order by artist, published by Slate in their 2015 edition of The Music Club
[see also 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2014, 2013]
- Africa Express & Andre de Ridder — Africa Express Presents… Terry Riley’s In C Mali
- Arca — Mutant
- A$AP Rocky — AT.LONG.LAST.A$AP
- Björk — Vulnicura
- Eric Chenaux — Skullsplitter
- Iris DeMent — The Trackless Woods
- Destroyer — Poison Season
- Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment — Surf
- elvis depressedly — new alhambra
- Frog Eyes — Pickpocket's Locket
- Lin-Manuel Miranda and the Original Broadway Cast — Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
- Jenny Hval — Apocalypse, Girl
- Carly Rae Jepsen — E•MO•TION
- Rickie Lee Jones — The Other Side of Desire
- Kendrick Lamar — To Pimp A Butterfly
- Lower Dens — Escape From Evil
- Maddie & Tae — Start Here
- Scott Merritt — Of
- Joanna Newsom — Divers
- Max Richter — Sleep
- Buffy Sainte-Marie — Power in the Blood
- Stara Rzeka — Zamknęły się oczy ziemi
- TORRES — Sprinter
- Waxahatchee — Ivy Tripp
- Young Fathers — White Men Are Black Men Too