Best Albums of 2015
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"HOT DAMN. This shit is epochal. At once a scathing indictment of society and an unrelenting cultural love letter, Kendrick has created something that defines so much. This is a landmark album that just happens to kick ass on every level." Reply
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"Damn, not all the albums can make what this one did! love at first listen! love every song on it, probably AOTY of the year by far" Reply
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"It sounds... Idk, there's something flat that don't make it shine like Lonerism or ever Innerspeaker. But it's still good at all." Reply
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"Astounding, beautiful songwriting. Intelligent and heartfelt, funny, healthily cynical, lush without being trite, poignant to the extreme while still intensely personal. Even in a year as stacked as 2015 seems like it'll be, this has a nice head start on album of the year." Reply
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"Grimes is a big fan of Korean pop music, and it definitely shows on this album. These songs might be sung in English (except for "Scream"), but Art Angels still comes off sounding like k-pop on drugs. I know that most people prefer Visions, but for me, this is definitely Grimes' magnum opus. She ..." Reply
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"Pretty disappointing honestly. It wasn't a bad album by any means, I was simply bored by it. The instrumentation just felt lazy with the same structure in every song. It all just sounded so copy and paste over and over again, it got to the point were I couldn't tell any of the songs apart. I did ..." Reply
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"Before I say a bunch of negative things let me say that the production is really good and more interesting than what I was expecting. Now the negatives: I just don't see how this is different than any other pop album. There's two standout songs (Run Away With Me and I Really Like You) and the res..." Reply
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"Very great album!!! Maybe the best of the year, surely one of the best of 21st century. Routine is masterpiece. Ancestral, even with its 13 mins, is pleasant to listen. Wilson is a genius" Reply
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"My mind is blown by this record. The genius is just oozing out of it at every step." Reply
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"An eccentric, melodic, ethereal, and overall gorgeous pop record. Whereas other dreampop bands like Beach House have achieved an immersive sound through serene synthesized production and sparkling guitars, this album finds its heavenly sound through more organic instrumentation. A lot of the text..." Reply
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 1 of 100
Best Albums of 2015 composition
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| Various Artists | 5 | 1% | |
| Bruce Springsteen | 3 | 0% | |
| Death Grips | 2 | 0% | |
| RP Boo | 2 | 0% | |
| Young Thug | 2 | 0% | |
| Vials Of Wrath | 2 | 0% | |
| Nicolas Jaar | 2 | 0% | |
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Best Albums of 2015 chart changes
| Biggest climbers Biggest climbers in top 100 since last month |
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Up 21 from 120th to 99th |
Up 12 from 83rd to 71st |
Up 3 from 78th to 75th |
| Biggest fallers Biggest fallers in top 100 since last month |
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Down 7 from 42nd to 49th |
Down 7 from 82nd to 89th |
Down 3 from 31st to 34th |
| New entries New entries in top 100 since last month |
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Up 21 from 120th to 99th |
| Leavers Leavers from top 100 since last month |
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