Year-End Lists

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2015 Music

Guardian: 40 Best Albums of 2015

18 December 2015

To Pimp A Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar

The Guardian: 40 Best Albums of 2015

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  1. To Pimp A Butterfly
    Kendrick Lamar
  2. Carrie & Lowell
    Sufjan Stevens
  3. I Love You, Honeybear
    Father John Misty
  4. Have You In My Wilderness
    Julia Holter
  5. Vulnicura
    Björk
  6. No Cities To Love
    Sleater-Kinney
  7. Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
    Courtney Barnett
  8. The Epic
    Kamasi Washington
  9. White Men Are Black Men Too
    Young Fathers
  10. Divers
    Joanna Newsom
  11. Wildheart
    Miguel
  12. Fading Frontier
    Deerhunter
  13. My Love Is Cool
    Wolf Alice
  14. If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late
    Drake
  15. Currents
    Tame Impala
  16. Elaenia
    Floating Points
  17. In Colour
    Jamie xx
  18. Multi-Love
    Unknown Mortal Orchestra
  19. E•MO•TION
    Carly Rae Jepsen
  20. Art Angels
    Grimes
  21. Ten Love Songs
    Susanne Sundfør
  22. Music Complete
    New Order
  23. Holding Hands with Jamie
    Girl Band
  24. Platform
    Holly Herndon
  25. Perpetual Motion People
    Ezra Furman
  26. Short Movie
    Laura Marling
  27. Another One
    Mac DeMarco
  28. Natalie Prass
    Natalie Prass
  29. Key Markets
    Sleaford Mods
  30. Free Love
    Fantasma
  31. Every Open Eye
    Chvrches
  32. Apocalypse, Girl
    Jenny Hval
  33. On Your Own Love Again
    Jessica Pratt
  34. FFS
    FFS
  35. Compton
    Dr. Dre
  36. Summertime ’06
    Vince Staples
  37. Unbreakable
    Janet Jackson
  38. Grey Tickles, Black Pressure
    John Grant
  39. The Book of Souls
    Iron Maiden
  40. At Least For Now
    Benjamin Clementine

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