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11.

Depression Cherry 

 Beach House

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"Just slowly falling out of love with Beach House... it's a pretty album (like everything they've done), but it feels like slowly bungee-cording over a very wide net rather than a true plunge into the beautiful abyss. They're talented composers but they need to develop some edge, it's all starting...""Just slowly falling out of love with Beach House... it's a pretty album (like everything they've done), but it feels like slowly bungee-cording over a very wide net rather than a true plunge into the beautiful abyss. They're talented composers but they need to develop some edge, it's all starting to get a bit too trite. "  [+]  Reply

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Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

441 charts

Rank Score:

2,702

Rank in 2015:

11

Rank in 2010s:

89

Overall Rank:

632

Average Rating:

 78 (599 votes)

Comments:

37

12.

In Colour 

 Jamie xx

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"I love this album for...personal reasons, which I won't be going into. All I can say is that I love this from front to back, even despite Young Thug making an appearance. Oh and to the guy with the Sun Kil Moon comment, I listen to both, is there a problem?"  Reply

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Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

470 charts

Rank Score:

2,586

Rank in 2015:

12

Rank in 2010s:

94

Overall Rank:

666

Average Rating:

 78 (639 votes)

Comments:

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13.

Vulnicura 

 Björk

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"when im in that i-don't-know-what-to-listen-to idle mood i play black lake and wait for arca's beats to come in and i have a seizure"  Reply

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Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

430 charts

Rank Score:

2,301

Rank in 2015:

13

Rank in 2010s:

109

Overall Rank:

746

Average Rating:

 78 (575 votes)

Comments:

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14.

Divers 

 Joanna Newsom

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"It's got a lot going for it. The lyrics are a legitimate attempt at a "theory of everything", with some considerable success, and capturing some of the most nuanced and poetic turns-of-phrase since all of those literary masters (Nabokov, Shakespeare, Wolfe, what have you). The music is now substa...""It's got a lot going for it. The lyrics are a legitimate attempt at a "theory of everything", with some considerable success, and capturing some of the most nuanced and poetic turns-of-phrase since all of those literary masters (Nabokov, Shakespeare, Wolfe, what have you). The music is now substantially different from "Ys" (admittedly the only other album I have listened to thus far), with much more of a progressive atmosphere here that's especially reminiscent of Jethro Tull (Thick as a Brick, Songs from the Wood), abandoning the "freak folk" soundscapes. It's evocative and wistful, and serves a purpose beyond just being a soundtrack to a story. Her style of storytelling, too, has refined its nuances, resembling a Japanese Noh drama more than a Chinese opera, as on "Ys". I ultimately only give it an "A-" however. The second half is far less rich musically than the first, and the pure scope of it all can leave a sour taste on the tongue, even as it is extraordinarily impressive at moments. Sometimes the orchestra sounds a bit fake."  [+]  Reply

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Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

372 charts

Rank Score:

2,152

Rank in 2015:

14

Rank in 2010s:

115

Overall Rank:

799

Average Rating:

 80 (353 votes)

Comments:

19

15.

The Magic Whip 

 Blur

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"Here they are again, sounding better than everyone else all over again. A marked improvement on Think Tank and most definitely rubbing shoulders with some of their best records. Reflective of the city it was recorded in - Hong Kong, there's a spacey, futuristic glow to each song whilst all the wh...""Here they are again, sounding better than everyone else all over again. A marked improvement on Think Tank and most definitely rubbing shoulders with some of their best records. Reflective of the city it was recorded in - Hong Kong, there's a spacey, futuristic glow to each song whilst all the while a sense of melancholy loneliness and dislocation pervades amongst the hubbub. The Magic Whip finds Blur very much Lost. In. The. City. It is without a shadow of a doubt a brilliant album and an excellent return to form, sounding for all the world like the same band who released She's So High or even still The Great Escape, it will leave very few Blur fans disappointed - even if inevitably, you're left wanting more. Standout tracks include: Thought I Was A Spaceman; My Terracotta Heart; There Are Too Many Of Us and Mirrorball. 10 out of 10."  [+]  Reply

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Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

366 charts

Rank Score:

1,660

Rank in 2015:

15

Rank in 2010s:

152

Overall Rank:

1,047

Average Rating:

 76 (608 votes)

Comments:

55

16.

The Powers That B 
Compilation

 Death Grips

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"For a while, The Money Store was Death Grips' best album. But The Powers That B (TPTB) is really contending for that spot. It's a bit of an unfair competition considering the fact that TPTB's two sides give it great variety. One really interesting pointer is that both sides feature someone who ha...""For a while, The Money Store was Death Grips' best album. But The Powers That B (TPTB) is really contending for that spot. It's a bit of an unfair competition considering the fact that TPTB's two sides give it great variety. One really interesting pointer is that both sides feature someone who has not directly worked with the band before. On the first part, Niggas on the Moon (NOTM) it's Icelandic singer Bjork. On the second half, Jenny Death (JD) it's guitarist Nick Reinhart of Tera Melos. While all the songs on NOTM feature Bjork's vocals (in fact, it features none of Flatlander's abrasive synths. Replacing that is Bjork's heavily edited vocals), only tracks 3, 4, 7, 8 and 9 feature Nick's guitar. NOTM is another foray into the experimental side of Death Grips, more or less continuing on from the path they took starting from No Love Deep Web. While not nearly as abrasive and in-your-face as, say, Exmilitary and The Money Store, NOTM is still an entertaining listen, with Zach really pulling of some great drumming in each of the 8 tracks. However, NOTM's variety is, unfortunately, a bit too homogenous. Each track sounds very similar to the last, and none of them have MC Ride's infamous yelled vocals (although several songs hint at it). To put simply, all the songs are far softer and less abrasive. Instead a lot of the real content is in the lyrics, which thankfully are far more understandable due to MC Ride not shouting (this may possibly be the explanation for the lack of his shouted vocals). The songs' themes range from racism (Black Quarterback, Say Hey Kid) and paranoia (Up My Sleeves) to the lifelessness of modern sex (Billy Not Really, Have a Sad Cum, Fuck Me Out) and the idolization of celebrities (Voila). Either way the lyrical content on here is, as always, cryptic but has some sort of meaning behind it. JD, the much hyped second half, is quite literally the culmination of everything they've done. From the extremely loud, harsh and unforgiving I Break Mirrors With My Face in the United States to the almost ballad-like instrumentation of On GP (which stands for On General Principle by the way. It has absolutely nothing to do with their previous album Government Plates), this side has far more variety and content than the 32 minute NOTM (JD is 50 minutes, in comparison). It opens with the I Break Mirrors With My Face in the United States, which as I described earlier, is extremely loud, harsh and unforgiving. It features MC Ride's infamous yelled vocals, something which was completely absent from NOTM. The track is so quickly paced and short that despite how much there is going on, it goes by in a flash, as if it never happened. Then we get Inanimate Sensation, which is probably the most progressive song Death Grips has ever written. Although following the old "verse-chorus-verse" structure, each verse is drastically different from the other. The track opens with a chorus of voices ascending pitch. It's quite difficult to explain, really. The first verse is your average Death Grips verse, opening with the line "IN-ANIMATE SEN-SUH-A-TION", in MC Rides typical yelled rapping style. Then we get the chorus "BLOWNOUT, BASE", which leads to the second verse, which is rapped entirely in MC Ride's whispering voice, with the exception of the line "I'M NOT WITH YOU". Then we have the chorus again, and we move on to the third verse, which is rapped entirely with MC Ride's shouted vocals pitch shifted down. The third chorus continues with these pitch shifted vocals, and we have the fourth verse, where MC Ride makes multiple references to classic rock and popular music in general. Then we have the chorus again, and we have a miniature fifth verse which is quite similar to the first verse. And then we finally end with the chorus. Either way the entire 6 minute experience is extremely thrilling. The next song is Turned Off, which really does sound like a nu metal piece. Thankfully, it isn't terrible, in fact it's one of the best songs on the album. Then we have Why a Bitch Gotta Lie?, which follows the same nu metal style that Turned Off had. Although this song is less accessible than Turned Off due to the strange digital manipulation on MC Ride's vocals, it's actually pretty good once you get used to it. Then Pss Pss plays, a song about the lifelessness of sex. This song, quite interestingly, also references Have a Sad Cum early on. After that we get the title track, which is easily the loudest, sludgiest, heaviest, and most brutal thing Death Grips has ever put out. It's quite the experience, and really is quite indescribable. Then it's Beyond Alive, which would probably be my least favorite track on here if not for the final track (I'll get to that one later). It retains the nu metal style from tracks 3 and 4 but simply does not have the same magic that the aforementioned tracks have. Then we have Centuries of Damn, which, while good, has nothing too special about it to make it stand out. After this we have On GP, which in my opinion is one of the best tracks on JD as a whole, alongside Inanimate Sensation. Nick's guitar is extremely prominent on this track, and he really adds on to Flatlander's sound. It's also probably the closest Death Grips will be to a ballad or anything of the sort. The track glitches into the final (and most disappointing) track, Death Grips 2.0. From its name you'd expect some sort of amazing and revolutionary piece that will mark a complete change in Death Grips' style. But unfortunately, it isn't. It's just a repetitive instrumental track which was stretched out for way too long. Either way, the LP is abso-fucking-lutely phenomenal, perhaps even better than 2012's critically acclaimed The Money Store. Only time will tell if Death Grips can continue their streak of amazing albums. "  [+]  Reply

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Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

196 charts

Rank Score:

1,428

Rank in 2015:

16

Rank in 2010s:

176

Overall Rank:

1,208

Average Rating:

 80 (379 votes)

Comments:

31

17.

Get To Heaven 

 Everything Everything

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"My favourite album from one of my favourite bands. So many catchy pop tunes on here, mixed in with some really deep lyrics. They do seem to be quite a marmite band and I do understand why, but I am still surprised this isn't ranked higher on the overall chart. My favourites are Warm Healer, The W...""My favourite album from one of my favourite bands. So many catchy pop tunes on here, mixed in with some really deep lyrics. They do seem to be quite a marmite band and I do understand why, but I am still surprised this isn't ranked higher on the overall chart. My favourites are Warm Healer, The Wheel, Distant Past, Spring/Sun/Winter/Dread and Blast Doors. Fortune 500 and To The Blade are the only forgettable tracks on the album. "It's alright to feel like a fat child in a pushchair old enough to run", "No reptiles, just soft-boiled eggs in suits and ties, waiting for the flashing green man" - both from No Reptiles, one of my favourite songs lyrically. Not really sure what it means if I'm being 100% honest but there are some great lines on it. Oh, and this song is great live by the way."  [+]  Reply

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Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

176 charts

Rank Score:

1,405

Rank in 2015:

17

Rank in 2010s:

181

Overall Rank:

1,224

Average Rating:

 77 (225 votes)

Comments:

8

18.

Viet Cong 

 Viet Cong

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"It's easy to see why Viet Cong are so suited to a genre such as post-punk considering it came with the promise of heralding a 'limitless future' - for music at the very least. Songs often stop, take unexpected de-tours, and to paraphrase the Young Marble Giants constantly change. Like Interpol wi...""It's easy to see why Viet Cong are so suited to a genre such as post-punk considering it came with the promise of heralding a 'limitless future' - for music at the very least. Songs often stop, take unexpected de-tours, and to paraphrase the Young Marble Giants constantly change. Like Interpol with 'Turn on the Bright Lights' Viet Cong is a re-boot of a classic sound with frequent and obvious spot-the-influence moments (Gang of Four, This Heat, Wire etc etc) with some of the quirks and eccentricities that half the band shared in their previous incarnation as Women still clearly on show. It is very much an albums album, with it's only one real concession to pop-music being the single 'Continental Shelf', all the while conjuring an oppressive Orwellian atmosphere where the buildings are healthy...even if the people aren't, it is rarely predictable even if it is a jarring, bumpy ride but it is also excellent."  [+]  Reply

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Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

282 charts

Rank Score:

1,405

Rank in 2015:

18

Rank in 2010s:

182

Overall Rank:

1,225

Average Rating:

 76 (404 votes)

Comments:

32

19.

Rodeo 

 Travis Scott

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"saying "black guy making trap, dollar sign + no shirt = cliche and unoriginal" is cliche and unoriginal the IRONY lmao"  Reply

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Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

183 charts

Rank Score:

1,346

Rank in 2015:

19

Rank in 2010s:

193

Overall Rank:

1,273

Average Rating:

 80 (299 votes)

Comments:

20

20.

Summertime '06 

 Vince Staples

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"I usually begin by commenting on the production, but here I feel like making an exception., becayse I am such a big fan of his rapping. His delivery is a bit weird, a bit like he doesn't even care anymore, maybe that's why it's so addictive and so memorable. Most of the guests are in the same moo...""I usually begin by commenting on the production, but here I feel like making an exception., becayse I am such a big fan of his rapping. His delivery is a bit weird, a bit like he doesn't even care anymore, maybe that's why it's so addictive and so memorable. Most of the guests are in the same mood, too. This attitude is further reflected on the production. It's like something is about to happen, it slowly builds up, but it never comes to fruition, it stops the very last moment before it does, it simply doesn't bother any more. All of the above are closely related to the concept of the album and in that regard make more sense. It deals with the summer of 2006 - wow, how did you figure this out, amazing - and how it changed everything for the worse, it signified the loss of innocence ("Rounds up in that chamber, I'm a gangsta like my daddy My mama caused another problem when she had me They found another dead body in the alley They found another dead body in the alleyway Stacking paper, I'm a gangsta like my granny It's money over everything if you ask me They found another dead body in the alley They found another dead body in the alleyway I'm "stop-and-pop"-ing like a shooting guard My seat is back, I'm too relaxed, not moving out this car") and with it the loss of everything he loved ("My teachers told me we was slaves My mama told me we was kings I don't know who to listen to I guess we somewhere in between My feelings told me love is real But feelings known to get you killed I feel as if I'm misconstrued I spend my moments missin' you I'm searchin' for atonement Do I blame my darker tone? I know somethings are better left unsaid And people left alone Pick up the phone Don't leave me alone in this cruel, cruel world"). 20 tracks are arguably too much and it doesn't fully justify its length, but that's more or less my only complaint about this album."  [+]  Reply

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Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

261 charts

Rank Score:

1,346

Rank in 2015:

20

Rank in 2010s:

194

Overall Rank:

1,274

Average Rating:

 77 (287 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of 2015 composition

Top 1,000 Top 500 Top 250 Top 100

Artist	Albums	%
Various Artists	5	1%
Justin Townes Earle	2	0%
Lil Ugly Mane	2	0%
RP Boo	2	0%
Steven Wilson	2	0%
Gov't Mule	2	0%
Beach House	2	0%
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Country	Albums	%
	470	47%
	194	19%
	51	5%
	37	4%
	29	3%
	27	3%
	25	3%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	974	97%
Yes	26	3%

Live?	Albums	%
No	978	98%
Yes	22	2%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	991	99%
Yes	9	1%