Top 100 Music Albums of 2015 by
Skinny 
This is getting difficult. 2015 is the best year of this decade so far.
(added genres as a guide for the potentially curious - I don't necessarily endorse these genre labels)
- Chart updated: 11/23/2015 12:45
- (Created: 01/19/2015 16:52).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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(art pop; drone; trip-hop) [First added to this chart: 05/10/2015]
"And a final word is saved for the new Rob Mazurek record, Galactic Parables Vol. 1, which is brilliant, even if I haven't had time to digest it as fully as I'd have liked to yet. He and the Exploding Star Orchestra offer two very different live performances of the same material, flying from tape-sampling, throw-it-at-the-wall clutter to smooth, tropical grooves to something more violent and spaced-out and alien, often recalling Sun Ra but most notably reminding me of one of my favourite jazz albums ever, the Weather Report's Live in Tokyo. It might sound like a bit of an untamed mess, but it remains highly accessible throughout. I hesitate to offer more thorough feelings about the record until I've managed to listen it more than twice, but it is certainly worth checking out."
"Haha, it's Rob Mazurek & the Exploding Star Orchestra - Galactic Parables vol. 1. Mazurek came up in the same Chicago free improv scene that birthed Tortoise, and then moved to Sao Paolo and worked extensively with free jazz musicians there. He does all sorts of stuff (Skull Sessions is a favourite), and his latest is a heady mix of smooth tropical fusion (think Donald Byrd at his most accessible), Sun Ra-esque skronk, street preacher spoken word, with random bursts of tape noise thrown in. It's two different live takes of the same material, but they differ massively (different settings, different personnel)." [First added to this chart: 11/23/2015]
(drone; free jazz; spoken word) [First added to this chart: 02/07/2015]
(jazz rap; West Coast hip-hop) [First added to this chart: 03/24/2015]
(synth funk) [First added to this chart: 09/13/2015]
(jazz fusion) [First added to this chart: 05/02/2015]
(folk rock) [First added to this chart: 02/07/2015]
(Southern hip-hop; gangsta rap) [First added to this chart: 06/10/2015]
Overall, this album feels like a return to the more straightforward coke'n'hoes rap of Cold Day in Hell and Baby Face Killa - in fact, it's the exact Freddie Gibbs album I was hoping for in 2013. There's some really strong songs here ('Fuckin' Up the Count', 'McDuck', 'Extradite', '10 Times', 'Freddie Gordy'), but it's easy to conclude that Gibbs has fallen back into his comfort zone after giving everything he had over Madlib's psychedelic soul meanderings. Of course, taking a step back, Gibbs in his comfort zone is still better than 99% of other rappers. So... what exactly would constitute a strong Freddie Gibbs release in 2015? To be honest, fuck knows; I'll take another Baby Face Killa over ESGN, though, and that's basically what Shadow of a Doubt is. Good Gibbs = great anybody else, and so this album is probably cause for minor celebration (even if, at the moment, it feels like a bit of a letdown following the transcendent excellence of Piñata).
Full review: http://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=421574#421574 [First added to this chart: 11/23/2015]
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Top 100 Music Albums of 2015 composition
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Boosie Badazz | 2 | 2% | |
Dr. Yen Lo | 1 | 1% | |
Bong | 1 | 1% | |
Errorsmith & Mark Fell | 1 | 1% | |
Rabit | 1 | 1% | |
Young Thug | 1 | 1% | |
Elysia Crampton | 1 | 1% | |
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57 | 57% | |
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I need to look cool in front of my school homies, I guess any album off here will crush 'em all in the fly factor apart from summoning Kazaam from a magic lamp.
Yeah again a thing of towering beauty, actually have more in common than usual but that makes sense cause I pretty much glean (COUGH*STEAL*COUGH) the best recs of the year from this very chart.

would strongly recommend acre's new album on tectonic, i think you'll like it a lot.
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seen you like it. big up :+)
really liking that zamknely sie.... album too. good shout.
Good work

Such a great chart.

Apocalypse, girl

even better than before. that top 20 is incredible. Love seeing Shilpa Ray up there.
I'd like to rec:
The Great Void - Shift Age (Sisters of Mercy meets Georgio Moroder)
Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba - Ba Power (Mali music at its best)
Steve Gunn & The Black Twig Pickers - Seasonal Hire (Apalachian folk with a little Fahey)
Family Dynamics - Service (fuck if I know how to classify this. experimental, hypnotic, seance)

When I grow up, I want to be skinny.
Not enough I've heard on here to rate yet, which basically just means I have some listening to do. Only just saw your rec of NOMAD, I'm gonna check it out after the thing I'm listening to right now.
As far as what you might like, definitely check out L'Orange's collab with Kool Keith, lyrically a bit weak at times but the flow is awesome and L'Orange's heavy use of samples works really well here. The only other thing I can think of that you might have missed is Zun Zun Egui's album from this year, Shackles Gift, which has a certain feel to it that reminds me of some of the electronic stuff you listen to. I was really a fan, it seems to have gotten pretty mixed reviews.

Pretty disappointed not to find Drones or The Magic Whip on here. Interesting list though. I have no idea how you find the time to listen to 100 albums in 8 months.

hey man. hope you're doing good. yeah i liked them both a lot, with beast mode and monster just behind them in terms of fewtch's post honest releases. i listen to 56 nights a lot more because it's shorter though, DS2 can be a bit of a struggle. also never really copped, but that 1, 2 is amazing tbh.
also everytime i look at this chart i dl the jenny hval album lol and always forget to listen and end up downloading again. will listen and report back though.
Great effort. Good to see mark fell and cantu-ledesma in here.
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