Top 100 Music Albums of 2015 by Patman360

So this year I'm going to give a brief overview on how I feel about the album (May be complete rubbish and not even remotely describe how the album sounds so apologies about that...). I've also included vague genre descriptions, lyrics that stood out for me personally and a 'Blast from the Past' feature, which is simply another album that may strike similar chords and memories with me, even if they have no sound in common whatsoever, sometimes it may be from the same artist, sometimes not.

Feel free to leave me some recommendations based on what you see, they're most welcome!

Happy listening!

Sorry about the Irish overload...

Edit: Busy as fuck lately, sorry lads...

• Chart updated: 07/20/2022 09:15
• (Created: 01/06/2015 00:49).
• Chart size: 100 albums.

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8. (=)

Le Club 

 Le Galaxie

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A pleasant power pop/electro throwback to the 80's. It's fantastic and yes, it sounds exactly as the cover suggests. It's like Daft Punk, only quite more retroesque, should that make sense. For those of you who've played Hotline Miami, this would be an apt soundtrack. An album full of joyful, pumping 80's dance music, I'm hooked.

ELECTRONICA / ELECTRO-POP

"Do you know le club?"

Blast from the Past: Discovery - Daft Punk [First added to this chart: 05/17/2015]

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

2 charts

Rank Score:

10

Rank in 2015:

1,446

Rank in 2010s:

13,665

Overall Rank:

52,435

Average Rating:

 Not enough data

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10. (=)

Triptych 

 The Hard Ground

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A lovely second album from a Cork band and something I've been very excited about, sure they're no world changing band, but there's just something about them, the perfect blend of folk meets blues meets pop, baroque pop I guess? Kind of like Fleet Foxes but much better (and that's coming from a guy who quite likes Fleet Foxes). Some of you may have noticed their debut on my overall chart (ha, who looks there really...) and while this may not seem as strong at first, it's still very good and I feel it still has more to give. Hit it up, tis on bandcamp.

BAROQUE POP / FOLK ROCK

"They say god loves a trier"

Blast from the Past: Broken Conversations - The Hard Ground [First added to this chart: 04/19/2015]

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

2 charts

Rank Score:

5

Rank in 2015:

2,068

Rank in 2010s:

19,957

Overall Rank:

75,085

Average Rating:

 74 (3 votes)

Comments:

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22. (21) 1

People Are Weird 

 No Monster Club

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Fantastic, bubblegum indie pop with a lo-fi, Mac DeMarco-esque twang about it. One of my favourites so far this year and could easily be pushing for top spot, it's lovely, quite quirky fun. Everyone needs this, I guess in a way it's a less polished equivalent of 'Girls In Peacetime Want To Dance' (Which is by no means a bad thing, so yeah, go listen to this now! Especially if you're a fan of lovely sweet catchy indie pop.

INDIE POP / LO-FI

"Is that a lava lamp?"

Blast from the Past: Respect - Squarehead [First added to this chart: 02/07/2015]

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

2 charts

Rank Score:

6

Rank in 2015:

1,871

Rank in 2010s:

17,975

Overall Rank:

68,210

Average Rating:

 Not enough data

Comments:

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25. (24) 1

Bella Bella 

 Skelocrats

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More lovely indie and noisy pop tunes outta Dublin (great place for indie pop right now!) which make for a perfect bubbly Summer album (if you've got good weather, which Ireland of course hasn't...). Maybe a bit more polished than other similar releases at times (I love stuff that's a bit rawer) but lovely chiming tunes nonetheless. Get to it!

NOISE POP / INDIE POP

"Taking photos of your photos"

Blast from the Past: 'A Country Life' - Ginnels [First added to this chart: 10/02/2015]

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

1 chart

Rank Score:

4

Rank in 2015:

2,357

Rank in 2010s:

22,756

Overall Rank:

84,206

Average Rating:

 Not enough data

Comments:

0

43. (42) 1

Music For Church Cleaners Vol. I And II 

 Áine O'Dwyer

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Every bit the equal of my current number 1. It's fascinating, simply fascinating. A magnificent alignment of noise to create beautiful star gazing, serene music. Hearing stuff like this actually makes me consider going to mass. The sound of the pipe organ when used in this manner is just incredible, spine-tingling. Heck, it even makes the hoover in the background sound impressive. Never thought I'd get so much joy out of 'church music', so to speak. Simply wonderful.

AVANT-GARDE FOLK / CHURCH MUSIC / EXPERIMENTAL

"When you hold it on one note for a long time,
Can you keep it quiet?"

Blast from the Past: The Tired Sounds Of Stars Of The Lid - Stars Of The Lid [First added to this chart: 01/21/2015]

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

14 charts

Rank Score:

119

Rank in 2015:

209

Rank in 2010s:

2,033

Overall Rank:

9,874

Average Rating:

 72 (20 votes)

Comments:

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51. (50) 1

This Chemical Sea 

 Jape

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Jape's back with his first album in four years and it's the perfect blend of pop and electronica we've come to expect from the man yet again. Another worthwhile cog in his repertoire. Poundingly smooth beats set the tone for some lovely pop tunes that could make a dancefloor rock deep into the night. Admittedly I am a big Jape fan (More biases from me...), but it's thoroughly good stuff and could become my favourite of his albums sooner rather than later. Good fun.

INDIE POP / ELECTRONICA

"How many years spent polluting our bodies?"

Blast from the Past: Ritual - Jape [First added to this chart: 01/25/2015]

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

1 chart

Rank Score:

3

Rank in 2015:

2,987

Rank in 2010s:

28,515

Overall Rank:

103,872

Average Rating:

 73 (3 votes)

Comments:

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59. (58) 1

Fight Like Apes 

 Fight Like Apes

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More Irish electro-pop from a big name act, a band in the past who’ve been regarded as everything from new wave and indie through to shoegazing deliver some lovely energetic pop tunes while at the same time keeping the old vibes that made such an attractive artist from my point of view. Another bunch of tunes that’ll make great summer anthems for myself and hopefully many others. Once upon a time I would’ve detested electronic/pop/dance stuff, now I’ve grown into I feel, this is shit you can groove to all night long.

ELECTRO-POP

"Did you see me walking home?
Did you wanna take me?"

Blast from the Past: Fight Like Apes & The Mystery Of The Golden Medallion - Fight Like Apes [First added to this chart: 05/22/2015]

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

2 charts

Rank Score:

3

Rank in 2015:

2,615

Rank in 2010s:

25,077

Overall Rank:

92,161

Average Rating:

 Not enough data

Comments:

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60. (59) 1

Surface Tension 

 MuRli

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I never thought I'd ever really find some hip-hop made in Ireland worth a listen, but last years fantastic 'Rusangano / Family' by God Knows + mynameisjOhn changed my thoughts on that. Now it's the turn of one of their collaborators, MuRli, to step up into the limelight and he shines in it. The man, of Togolese descent but residing in Limerick, has a story to deliver and the way he tells it is perfect, delivering it alongside power-pumping African influenced beats. Slick, charismatic, booming hip-hop.

HIP-HOP / AFROBEAT

"I'm just an artist trying to do a job,
And I'd be eternally grateful if you did yours"

Blast from the Past: Rusangano / Family - God Knows + mynameisjOhn [First added to this chart: 01/18/2015]

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

1 chart

Rank Score:

2

Rank in 2015:

3,217

Rank in 2010s:

30,763

Overall Rank:

111,631

Average Rating:

 Not enough data

Comments:

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78. (77) 1

More Songs 

 Myles Manley

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Coming soon... [First added to this chart: 04/29/2015]

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

1 chart

Rank Score:

1

Rank in 2015:

3,704

Rank in 2010s:

35,277

Overall Rank:

127,328

Average Rating:

 72 (1 vote)

Comments:

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79. (78) 1

Helios | Erebus 

 God Is An Astronaut

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Coming soon... [First added to this chart: 06/30/2015]

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

11 charts

Rank Score:

44

Rank in 2015:

508

Rank in 2010s:

5,124

Overall Rank:

22,181

Average Rating:

 71 (15 votes)

Comments:

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Top 100 Music Albums of 2015 composition

Artist	Albums	%
Various Artists	2	2%
Mac DeMarco	2	2%
Tom Mkhize	2	2%
Beach House	2	2%
Sufjan Stevens	1	1%
Floating Points	1	1%
Four Tet	1	1%
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Country	Albums	%
	45	45%
	17	17%
	14	14%
	7	7%
	6	6%
	3	3%
	2	2%
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Top 100 Music Albums of 2015 chart changes

Biggest fallers
Down 1 from 11th to 12th I Want To Grow Up by Colleen Green
Down 1 from 12th to 13th Garden Of Delete by Oneohtrix Point Never
Down 1 from 13th to 14th Before The World Was Big by Girlpool

New entries
Paper Mâché Dream Balloon by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

Leavers
Panda Bear Meets The Grim Reaper by Panda Bear

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95/100	09/25/2022 12:24	Rm12398	99	89/100
100/100	12/12/2020 10:18	Repo	471	100/100
100/100	12/12/2020 00:40	jnfbn	314	96/100
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From sssvnnn 09/25/2022 11:23

looks interesting and ambitious.
Too many albums I don´t know to rate.

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From Repo 12/12/2020 10:19

Flashback! I remember using this chart a lot back in 2015 for reference. :)

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From ForegroundNoise 10/29/2019 17:11

I'm always in awe of year charts like these, not only is there 100 albums to sift through but even a handful have got lovely detailed notes to go along with them. Will be sure to check out your other stuff!!

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From cestuneblague 01/06/2016 09:36

Mmm, lovely chart with some stuff to check out. Think you might enjoy Jam City's Dream a Garden and Floating Points' Eleania, good Geevy-gleaned recs from 2015.

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From RockyRaccoon 09/04/2015 18:18

Really like this, lots of stuff that I like and lots of stuff to look into. Snagged a couple recs, good stuff!

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From travelful 06/22/2015 19:29

Liking this chart a lot. It will be interesting to see what this looks like by the end of the year.

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From mickilennial 04/26/2015 08:53

Interesting collection of the first quarter of the year, interested to see how yours (and others including mine) develop throughout.

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From Norman Bates 04/19/2015 11:19

Thanks for the Quaterbacks rec! Lovely charts, nice comments, good recs. Keep it up man!

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From Jimmy Dread 02/13/2015 13:01

Liking this so far Pat... will be keeping tabs!

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