After failing to include D’Angelo’s fantastic album on my 2014 year-end list due to a late release, I decided this year that there’s no reason to not publish this list closer to the start of the new year and capture all the great music that came out in 2015 (read more of my thoughts about that here).
This might be the best year in music I can remember in my lifetime with diverse and wonderful acts from all across the musical spectrum. I tried to encompass some of that here but ultimately this is my subjective list of what I listened to and enjoyed the most. Of course, I couldn’t include everything I enjoyed this year so let me know what your favorite picks were and we can discuss, because I believe everyone with a passion for music should make their own list.
Here's the list in full below if you just want to glance through or you can see some of my comments in the slideshow.
This might be the best year in music I can remember in my lifetime with diverse and wonderful acts from all across the musical spectrum. I tried to encompass some of that here but ultimately this is my subjective list of what I listened to and enjoyed the most. Of course, I couldn’t include everything I enjoyed this year so let me know what your favorite picks were and we can discuss, because I believe everyone with a passion for music should make their own list.
Here's the list in full below if you just want to glance through or you can see some of my comments in the slideshow.
- Kendrick Lamar — To Pimp A Butterfly
- Jason Isbell — Something More Than Free
- D'Angelo — Black Messiah
- Courtney Barnett — Sometime I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit
- Tame Impala — Currents
- Sufjan Stevens — Carrie & Lowell
- Dawes — All Your Favorite Bands
- Donnie Trumpet And The Social Experiment — Surf
- Vince Staples — Summertime '06
- The Arcs — Yours Dreamily
- Alabama Shakes — Sound & Color
- Chris Stapleton — Traveller
- Wilco — Star Wars
- Bully — Feels Like
- Chvrches — Every Open Eye
- Sleater-Kinney — No Cities To Love
- Ibeyi — Ibeyi
- Grimes — Art Angels
- Tobias Jesso Jr. — Goon
- Kurt Vile — b'lieve i'm goin down…
- Shamir — Ratchet
- Neon Indian — Vega Intl. Night Club
- Brandi Carlile — The Firewatcher's Daughter
- Wolf Alice — My Love Is Cool
- Leon Bridges — Coming Home
- Kamasi Washington — The Epic
- Natalie Prass — Natalie Prass
- Adele — 25 - Deluxe Edition
- Pops Staples — Don't Lose This
- The Decemberists — What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World