Top 100 Music Albums of 2015 by RockyRaccoon

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• Chart updated: 09/20/2022 20:15
• (Created: 01/06/2015 23:31).
• Chart size: 100 albums.

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 Tame Impala

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I'm not completely convinced that Kevin Parker lives on the same temporal plane as the rest of us. The man is exceptionally talented with a penchant for writing some of the best psych-rock that's come out in the past 10 years. Tame Impala is one of those bands that has a distinct "sound" but doesn't have a formula to every album. Each album is a new exploration that Parker wanders into, oftentimes these explorations are very lonely (the guy is not a happy person), but they're so interesting you can't help but get entirely enveloped in them. With this album, Parker moves a little more away from the thick, reverbed guitars that he has so heavily relied on in the past, and shows that he's more than just a psych rock songwriter with a heavy guitar, he's an excellent producer and composer, arranging so many different things to happen all at once that it'll make your head spin. I think what takes it over the top, for me at least, is his voice. That John Lennon-y, dreamy falsetto, when he's singing "It's calling my name and it's calling yours tooooooo" it's like he's opening a door and leading you into a dreamworld that probably looks like whatever The Beatles were seeing while writing Sgt Peppers or Magical Mystery Tour. This is just another incredible piece of work from a band that has become one of the most consistent groups in music today.

Highlights include: "Yes I'm Changing", "Eventually", and "The Less I Know The Better" [First added to this chart: 07/22/2015]

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

958 charts

Rank Score:

10,543

Rank in 2015:

3

Rank in 2010s:

13

Overall Rank:

144

Average Rating:

 82 (1,380 votes)

Comments:

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Man It Feels Like Space Again 

 Pond (AU)

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It's easy to think of Pond as a poor-man's Tame Impala because of the fact that they share so many different things (genres, band members, location). But Pond isn't some copy of Tame Impala, but rather, the band where the guys from Tame Impala let loose and get a little nuts. Tame Impala is very much ruled by Kevin Parker, for better or worse, but Pond is where the rest of the guys are free to do what they want, to play around and experiment a bit, and from that comes some pretty great stuff, including this album, a fantastic bit of psych-pop with a tinge of space rock. Reminiscent of early Flaming Lips, Pond pump out an album that's both interesting from an experimental stand point, and fun from a rock standpoint. Pond continues to impress and prove themselves to be one of the more consistent psych rock bands out there. [First added to this chart: 02/15/2015]

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

74 charts

Rank Score:

318

Rank in 2015:

85

Rank in 2010s:

806

Overall Rank:

4,412

Average Rating:

 74 (158 votes)

Comments:

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Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit 

 Courtney Barnett

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Courtney Barnett very obviously comes from a 90s influence, but it's just an influence, she's got her own sound and she does it exceptionally well. This is Barnett's debut, and without a doubt, this is a strong debut and hopefully will be a breakthrough album for her. This album shows off Barnett's excellent songwriting ability, her dry delivery, her humor, her emotion, all on display here, and none of it is too much, it's all proportioned well. She's not trying to hard to be funny or to be emotional, she is who she is and she's proud of that. Whether she's writing a story or talking about herself, her lyrical ability is very strong, perhaps most prevalent on songs like "Depreston", in which a couple who are house hunting realize the sad history behind one of the houses they're looking at, or "An Illustration Of Loneliness (Sleepless In New York)" in which she is constantly thinking of someone, to the point that it's intertwined with her random thoughts. There's also "Small Poppies" in which her poignant line "At the end of the day, it's a pain that I keep seeing your name" excellently describes the obnoxiousness that having feelings for someone can bring. All in all, this is a well-crafted album, both instrumentally and lyrically and is an excellent debut from Barnett.

Highlights include: "Depreston", "Kim's Caravan" and "An Illustration Of Loneliness (Sleepless In New York)". [First added to this chart: 04/01/2015]

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

552 charts

Rank Score:

3,904

Rank in 2015:

6

Rank in 2010s:

63

Overall Rank:

457

Average Rating:

 79 (673 votes)

Comments:

52

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Top 100 Music Albums of 2015 composition

Artist	Albums	%
Miguel	1	1%
Deerhunter	1	1%
Majical Cloudz	1	1%
Colin Stetson & Sarah Neufeld	1	1%
Lucifer (DE)	1	1%
Sufjan Stevens	1	1%
Black Breath	1	1%
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Country	Albums	%
	59	59%
	11	11%
	7	7%
	4	4%
	4	4%
	3	3%
	3	3%
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Top 100 Music Albums of 2015 chart changes

Biggest fallers
Down 1 from 51st to 52nd MCIII by Mikal Cronin
Down 1 from 52nd to 53rd Hand. Cannot. Erase. by Steven Wilson
Down 1 from 53rd to 54th Poison Season by Destroyer

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Traveller by Chris Stapleton

Leavers
Running On Machinery by Megan Slankard

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90/100	02/01/2023 21:35	Moondance	455	85/100
85/100	02/01/2023 14:35	Johnnyo	2,026	80/100
90/100	02/01/2023 09:23	Tamthebam	558	85/100
100/100	07/17/2020 22:53	Rhyner	1,382	99/100
90/100	07/17/2020 20:17	StefanR10	83	88/100

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From Moondance 02/01/2023 21:40

Really enjoyed checking out this year chart - the effort you put in to writing up such thoughtful comments puts this chart in a realm of its own. As an observation, I think it is too US-centric. Nice to see 3 Aussie albums make the cut.

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From Johnnyo 02/01/2023 14:35

Nice chart and love the notes accompanying the entries

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From StefanR10 07/17/2020 20:20

Very unique. I like most of the albums you choose. And I thought To Pimp was a higher rank but its ok. I can say you have a good taste.

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From 0129114 07/17/2020 16:13

some really interesting picks !

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From platus 07/08/2017 07:40

Interesting chart

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From craola 07/07/2017 16:44

Sundfor!!!

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From revolver94 07/07/2017 09:44

your top 2 r hard 2 argue w/

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Your comments are EPIC. And intelligent and well-stated.

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