Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index of notable year-end lists. Follow the link for each list to see essential commentary from its author, at the source.
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2015 Music

Slant: 25 Best Albums of 2015

10 December 2015

To Pimp A Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar

Slant Magazine: 25 Best Albums of 2015

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  1. To Pimp A Butterfly
    Kendrick Lamar
  2. Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
    Courtney Barnett
  3. Art Angels
    Grimes
  4. Summertime ’06
    Vince Staples
  5. I Love You, Honeybear
    Father John Misty
  6. Wildheart
    Miguel
  7. Ratchet
    Shamir
  8. The Most Lamentable Tragedy
    Titus Andronicus
  9. Complicated Game
    James McMurtry
  10. The Epic
    Kamasi Washington
  11. Love Is Free
    Robyn & La Bagatelle Magique
  12. E•MO•TION
    Carly Rae Jepsen
  13. Unbreakable
    Janet Jackson
  14. Viet Cong
    Viet Cong
  15. But You Caint Use My Phone
    Erykah Badu
  16. Another Eternity
    Purity Ring
  17. Barter 6
    Young Thug
  18. Surf
    Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment
  19. Vulnicura
    Björk
  20. Divers
    Joanna Newsom
  21. Revival
    Selena Gomez
  22. The Blade
    Ashley Monroe
  23. Short Movie
    Laura Marling
  24. Everything Is 4
    Jason Derulo
  25. Caracal
    Disclosure

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