Year-End Lists

Rolling Stone: 50 Best Albums of 2015

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1. To Pimp A Butterfly
   Kendrick Lamar
2. 25
   Adele
3. If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late
   Drake
4. Black Messiah
   D’Angelo and The Vanguard
5. Beauty Behind the Madness
   The Weeknd
6. Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
   Courtney Barnett
7. Something More Than Free
   Jason Isbell
8. Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
   Lin-Manuel Miranda and the Original Broadway Cast
9. Yours, Dreamily
   The Arcs
10. The Magic Whip
    Blur
11. No Cities To Love
    Sleater-Kinney
12. Honeymoon
    Lana Del Rey
13. Currents
    Tame Impala
14. Star Wars
    Wilco
15. I Love You, Honeybear
    Father John Misty
16. Skrillex and Diplo Present Jack Ü
    Skrillex & Diplo
17. Crosseyed Heart
    Keith Richards
18. A Fool To Care
    Boz Scaggs
19. B’lieve I’m Goin Down…
    Kurt Vile
20. Cass County
    Don Henley
21. Traveller
    Chris Stapleton
22. How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful
    Florence + The Machine
23. Tracker
    Mark Knopfler
24. Surf
    Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment
25. Introducing Darlene Love
    Darlene Love
26. DS2
    Future
27. Mr. Misunderstood
    Eric Church
28. Wildheart
    Miguel
29. Divers
    Joanna Newsom
30. Teens of Style
    Car Seat Headrest
31. Coming Home
    Leon Bridges
32. Reality Show
    Jazmine Sullivan
33. Depression Cherry
    Beach House
34. The Pale Emperor
    Marilyn Manson
35. Summertime ’06
    Vince Staples
36. Painted Shut
    Hop Along
37. Sound & Color
    Alabama Shakes
38. The Blade
    Ashley Monroe
39. Drones
    Muse
40. Music In Exile
    Songhoy Blues
41. The Epic
    Kamasi Washington
42. Vulnicura
    Björk
43. Revival
    Selena Gomez
44. SremmLife
    Rae Sremmurd
45. Rebel Heart
    Madonna
46. Tomorrow Is My Turn
    Rhiannon Giddens
47. Before This World
    James Taylor
48. E•MO•TION
    Carly Rae Jepsen
49. Shadows In The Night
    Bob Dylan
50. Amanecer
    Bomba Estéreo