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Highest Rated Alternative Rock Albums of 2015
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Alternative Rock
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Alternative Rock
Art Pop
Contemporary Folk
Dance
Dance-Pop
Electronic
Electropop
Folk
Garage Rock
Hip Hop
Indie Pop
Indie Rock
Neo-Psychedelia
Pop
Post-Punk
Psychedelia
Psychedelic Pop
Punk
R&B
Rock
Singer-Songwriter
Soul
Synthpop
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Deerhunter - Fading Frontier
October 16, 2015
Neo-Psychedelia
,
Dream Pop
,
Indie Rock
,
Experimental Rock
,
Indie Pop
,
Jangle Pop
Score
100
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2
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Spectres - Dying
February 23, 2015
Shoegaze
Score
90
Source →
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Music
Spotify
3
.
Menace Beach - Ratworld
January 19, 2015
Noise Pop
,
Alternative Rock
Score
80
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Spotify
4
.
Real Lies - Real Life
October 16, 2015
Alternative Dance
,
Synthpop
Score
80
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
.
Swim Deep - Mothers
September 25, 2015
Neo-Psychedelia
,
Alternative Dance
Score
80
Source →
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Spotify
6
.
Peace - Happy People
February 9, 2015
Alternative Dance
,
Indie Rock
Score
80
Source →
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Music
Spotify
7
.
Foo Fighters - Saint Cecilia EP
November 23, 2015
Alternative Rock
,
Hard Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
.
Kagoule - Urth
August 21, 2015
Alternative Rock
,
Indie Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
.
Mac DeMarco - Another One
August 7, 2015
Jangle Pop
,
Psychedelic Pop
,
Indie Pop
,
Alternative Rock
Score
80
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Music
Spotify
10
.
Blur - The Magic Whip
April 27, 2015
Alternative Rock
,
Art Rock
,
Indie Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
.
Faith No More - Sol Invictus
May 19, 2015
Alternative Metal
,
Alternative Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
Title Fight - Hyperview
February 3, 2015
Shoegaze
,
Alternative Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
Bring Me the Horizon - That's The Spirit
September 11, 2015
Alternative Rock
,
Hard Rock
,
Pop Rock
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
Muse - Drones
June 8, 2015
Alternative Rock
,
Hard Rock
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
The KVB - Mirror Being
January 19, 2015
Shoegaze
,
Post-Punk
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
Mew - +-
April 27, 2015
Dream Pop
,
Progressive Pop
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
17
.
Seoul - I Become A Shade
June 9, 2015
Chillwave
,
Dream Pop
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
Paul Weller - Saturns Pattern
May 18, 2015
Alternative Rock
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Chasing Yesterday
March 2, 2015
Alternative Rock
,
Pop Rock
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
No Devotion - Permanence
September 25, 2015
Alternative Rock
,
New Wave
,
Gothic Rock
,
Post-Punk
Score
60
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
A Place To Bury Strangers - Transfixiation
February 17, 2015
Noise Rock
,
Post-Punk
,
Shoegaze
Score
60
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
jennylee - right on!
December 11, 2015
Dream Pop
Score
60
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
!!! - As If
October 16, 2015
Alternative Dance
Score
60
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
Beach House - Depression Cherry
August 28, 2015
Dream Pop
Score
50
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings awarded albums throughout 2015.
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