100 Greatest Albums of 2015
Criteria: These music albums from the year 2015 were chosen for their initial and lasting popularity and their influence and impact on rock music in general. Also considered is critical acclaim. The list includes rock and roll and related genres that were influential on rock music.
Note: Yearly album lists go by earliest 'release date'. Not necessarily the year an album peaked in the U.S. charts.
Note: Yearly album lists go by earliest 'release date'. Not necessarily the year an album peaked in the U.S. charts.
1. To Pimp a Butterfly
Kendrick Lamar
2. 25
Adele
3. Hamilton: Original Broadway Cast Recording
Lin-Manuel Miranda and cast
4. Currents
Tame Impala
5. Carrie & Lowell
Sufjan Stevens
6. Traveller
Chris Stapleton
7. Purpose
Justin Bieber
8. Beauty Behind the Madness
The Weeknd
9. DS2
Future
10. Blurryface
Twenty One Pilots
11. Sometimes I Sit and Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit
Courtney Barnett
12. In Color
Jamie XX
13. Emotion
Carly Rae Jepsen
14. If You're Reading This It's Too Late
Drake
15. Barter 6
Young Thug
16. Summertime '06
Vince Staples
17. The Epic
Kamasi Washington
18. I Love You, Honeybear
Father John Misty
19. Trapsoul
Bryson Tiller
20. Sound and Color
Alabama Shakes
21. Rodeo
Travis Scott
22. Art Angels
Grimes
23. B'lieve I'm Goin' Down
Kurt Vile
24. Wildheart
Miguel
25. Coming Home
Leon Bridges
26. Vulnicura
Björk
27. Divers
Joanna Newsom
28. No Cities to Love
Sleater-Kinney
29. I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside
Earl Sweatshirt
30. Have You In My Wilderness
Julia Holter
31. Depression Cherry
Beach House
32. Something More Than Free
Jason Isbell
33. Painted Shut
Hop Along
34. Badlands
Halsey
35. The Magic Whip
Blur
36. How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful
Florence + The Machine
37. The Most Lamentable Tragedy
Titus Andronicus
38. Fading Frontier
Deerhunter
39. What Went Down
Foals
40. Ego Death
The Internet
41. New Bermuda
Deafheaven
42. Every Open Eye
Chvrches
43. Star Wars
Wilco
44. Short Movie
Laura Marling
45. Honeymoon
Lana Del Rey
46. What a Time to Be Alive
Drake & Future
47. Get to Heaven
Everything Everything
48. Surf
Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment
49. FFS
FFS
50. Fetty Wap
Fetty Wap
51. Tomorrow is My Turn
Rhiannon Giddens
52. Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance
Belle and Sebastian
53. Unbreakable
Janet Jackson
54. Kintsugi
Death Cab for Cutie
55. Ten Love Songs
Susanne Sundfor
56. My Love is Cool
Wolf Alice
57. At.Long.Last.A$AP
A$AP Rocky
58. Ivy Tripp
Waxahatchee
59. Apocalypse, Girl
Jenny Hval
60. Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper
Panda Bear
61. Foil Deer
Speedy Ortiz
62. On Your Own Love Again
Jessica Pratt
63. Mr. Misunderstood
Eric Church
64. Sprained Ankle
Julien Baker
65. Reality Show
Jazmine Sullivan
66. The Waterfall
My Morning Jacket
67. Ratchet
Shamir
68. Natalie Prass
Natalie Prass
69. Blackheart
Dawn Richard
70. SremmLife
Rae Sremmurd
71. Compton
Dr. Dre
72. Sol Invictus
Faith No More
73. Made in the A.M.
One Direction
74. Mutilator Defeated at Last
Thee Oh Sees
75. Beat the Champ
The Mountain Goats
76. Thank Your Lucky Stars
Beach House
77. A Head Full of Dreams
Coldplay
78. Born Under Saturn
Django Django
79. Rose Mountain
Screaming Females
80. Jack U
Skrillex & Diplo
81. Eat Pray Thug
Heems
82. Before the World Was Big
Girlpool
83. Chaos and the Calm
James Bay
84. Peace is the Mission
Major Lazer
85. Meliora
Ghost
86. The Age Intellect
Protomartyr
87. Cherry Bomb
Tyler the Creator
88. Viet Cong
Preoccupations
89. Cry Baby
Melanie Martinez
90. Paper Mâché Dream Balloon
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
91. Purple
Baroness
92. Ones and Sixes
Low
93. Multi-Love
Unknown Mortal Orchestra
94. Chasing Yesterday
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
95. Wilder Mind
Mumford & Sons
96. That's the Spirit
Bring Me the Horizon
97. Jekyll and Hyde
Zac Brown Band
98. Uptown Special
Mark Ronson
99. Pentatonix
Pentatonix
100. La Di Da Di
Battles
Kendrick Lamar
2. 25
Adele
3. Hamilton: Original Broadway Cast Recording
Lin-Manuel Miranda and cast
4. Currents
Tame Impala
5. Carrie & Lowell
Sufjan Stevens
6. Traveller
Chris Stapleton
7. Purpose
Justin Bieber
8. Beauty Behind the Madness
The Weeknd
9. DS2
Future
10. Blurryface
Twenty One Pilots
11. Sometimes I Sit and Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit
Courtney Barnett
12. In Color
Jamie XX
13. Emotion
Carly Rae Jepsen
14. If You're Reading This It's Too Late
Drake
15. Barter 6
Young Thug
16. Summertime '06
Vince Staples
17. The Epic
Kamasi Washington
18. I Love You, Honeybear
Father John Misty
19. Trapsoul
Bryson Tiller
20. Sound and Color
Alabama Shakes
21. Rodeo
Travis Scott
22. Art Angels
Grimes
23. B'lieve I'm Goin' Down
Kurt Vile
24. Wildheart
Miguel
25. Coming Home
Leon Bridges
26. Vulnicura
Björk
27. Divers
Joanna Newsom
28. No Cities to Love
Sleater-Kinney
29. I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside
Earl Sweatshirt
30. Have You In My Wilderness
Julia Holter
31. Depression Cherry
Beach House
32. Something More Than Free
Jason Isbell
33. Painted Shut
Hop Along
34. Badlands
Halsey
35. The Magic Whip
Blur
36. How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful
Florence + The Machine
37. The Most Lamentable Tragedy
Titus Andronicus
38. Fading Frontier
Deerhunter
39. What Went Down
Foals
40. Ego Death
The Internet
41. New Bermuda
Deafheaven
42. Every Open Eye
Chvrches
43. Star Wars
Wilco
44. Short Movie
Laura Marling
45. Honeymoon
Lana Del Rey
46. What a Time to Be Alive
Drake & Future
47. Get to Heaven
Everything Everything
48. Surf
Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment
49. FFS
FFS
50. Fetty Wap
Fetty Wap
51. Tomorrow is My Turn
Rhiannon Giddens
52. Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance
Belle and Sebastian
53. Unbreakable
Janet Jackson
54. Kintsugi
Death Cab for Cutie
55. Ten Love Songs
Susanne Sundfor
56. My Love is Cool
Wolf Alice
57. At.Long.Last.A$AP
A$AP Rocky
58. Ivy Tripp
Waxahatchee
59. Apocalypse, Girl
Jenny Hval
60. Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper
Panda Bear
61. Foil Deer
Speedy Ortiz
62. On Your Own Love Again
Jessica Pratt
63. Mr. Misunderstood
Eric Church
64. Sprained Ankle
Julien Baker
65. Reality Show
Jazmine Sullivan
66. The Waterfall
My Morning Jacket
67. Ratchet
Shamir
68. Natalie Prass
Natalie Prass
69. Blackheart
Dawn Richard
70. SremmLife
Rae Sremmurd
71. Compton
Dr. Dre
72. Sol Invictus
Faith No More
73. Made in the A.M.
One Direction
74. Mutilator Defeated at Last
Thee Oh Sees
75. Beat the Champ
The Mountain Goats
76. Thank Your Lucky Stars
Beach House
77. A Head Full of Dreams
Coldplay
78. Born Under Saturn
Django Django
79. Rose Mountain
Screaming Females
80. Jack U
Skrillex & Diplo
81. Eat Pray Thug
Heems
82. Before the World Was Big
Girlpool
83. Chaos and the Calm
James Bay
84. Peace is the Mission
Major Lazer
85. Meliora
Ghost
86. The Age Intellect
Protomartyr
87. Cherry Bomb
Tyler the Creator
88. Viet Cong
Preoccupations
89. Cry Baby
Melanie Martinez
90. Paper Mâché Dream Balloon
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
91. Purple
Baroness
92. Ones and Sixes
Low
93. Multi-Love
Unknown Mortal Orchestra
94. Chasing Yesterday
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
95. Wilder Mind
Mumford & Sons
96. That's the Spirit
Bring Me the Horizon
97. Jekyll and Hyde
Zac Brown Band
98. Uptown Special
Mark Ronson
99. Pentatonix
Pentatonix
100. La Di Da Di
Battles
DigitalDreamDoor Editor Picks for 2015
An unheralded great album from 2015
Ryan's choice:
* Split Figure
Line & Circle
Lew's choice:
* Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats
Ryan's choice:
* Split Figure
Line & Circle
Lew's choice:
* Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats
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Edited By: Ryan
