Year-End Lists

Pitchfork: Top 50 Albums of 2015

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1. To Pimp A Butterfly
   Kendrick Lamar
2. In Colour
   Jamie xx
3. Art Angels
   Grimes
4. Summertime ’06
   Vince Staples
5. Currents
   Tame Impala
6. Carrie & Lowell
   Sufjan Stevens
7. Black Messiah
   D’Angelo and The Vanguard
8. Wildheart
   Miguel
9. Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
   Courtney Barnett
10. The Epic
    Kamasi Washington
11. Garden of Delete
    Oneohtrix Point Never
12. I Love You, Honeybear
    Father John Misty
13. Divers
    Joanna Newsom
14. Barter 6
    Young Thug
15. Vulnicura
    Björk
16. M3LL155X
    FKA twigs
17. If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late
    Drake
18. Have You In My Wilderness
    Julia Holter
19. Dirty Sprite 2
    Future
20. Elaenia
    Floating Points
21. Surf
    Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment
22. Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper
    Panda Bear
23. B’lieve I’m Goin Down…
    Kurt Vile
24. The Beyond / Where the Giants Roam
    Thundercat
25. I Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go Outside: An Album
    Earl Sweatshirt
26. New Bermuda
    Deafheaven
27. No Cities To Love
    Sleater-Kinney
28. Depression Cherry
    Beach House
29. SremmLife
    Rae Sremmurd
30. Fading Frontier
    Deerhunter
31. Hallucinogen
    Kelela
32. Compton
    Dr. Dre
33. A New Place 2 Drown
    Archy Marshall
34. E•MO•TION
    Carly Rae Jepsen
35. VEGA INTL. Night School
    Neon Indian
36. Unbreakable
    Janet Jackson
37. Me
    Empress Of
38. Mutant
    Arca
39. Platform
    Holly Herndon
40. Dark Energy
    Jlin
41. Late Nights: The Album
    Jeremih
42. Apocalypse, Girl
    Jenny Hval
43. Poison Season
    Destroyer
44. Reality Show
    Jazmine Sullivan
45. Simple Songs
    Jim O’Rourke
46. Goon
    Tobias Jesso Jr.
47. DJ-Kicks
    DJ Koze
48. Ratchet
    Shamir
49. Natalie Prass
    Natalie Prass
50. Blackheart
    Dawn Richard