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NME's Year End List
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1
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Deerhunter - Fading Frontier
October 16, 2015
Neo-Psychedelia
,
Dream Pop
,
Indie Rock
,
Experimental Rock
,
Indie Pop
,
Jangle Pop
Score
100
Source →
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Music
Spotify
2
.
Royal Headache - High
August 21, 2015
Garage Punk
,
Power Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
.
Mbongwana Star - From Kinshasa
May 19, 2015
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
.
LA Priest - Inji
June 29, 2015
Indietronica
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
.
Downtown Boys - Full Communism
May 4, 2015
Hardcore Punk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
.
Sunflower Bean - Show Me Your Seven Secrets
January 27, 2015
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Spotify
7
.
Sheer Mag - II
April 18, 2015
Power Pop
,
Garage Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
8
.
Jamie xx - In Colour
June 1, 2015
UK Bass
,
Future Garage
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
.
Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Multi-Love
May 26, 2015
Psychedelic Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
.
Speedy Ortiz - Foil Deer
April 21, 2015
Indie Rock
,
Grunge
,
Noise Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
.
Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell
March 31, 2015
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Folk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
Drenge - Undertow
April 6, 2015
Garage Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
Mini Mansions - The Great Pretenders
March 23, 2015
Progressive Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
Spectres - Dying
February 23, 2015
Shoegaze
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear
February 10, 2015
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Folk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
.
Sleater-Kinney - No Cities to Love
January 20, 2015
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
Alessia Cara - Know-It-All
November 13, 2015
Contemporary R&B
,
Electropop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
Pusha T - King Push - Darkest Before Dawn: The Prelude
December 18, 2015
Gangsta Rap
,
Southern Hip Hop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
Prince - HITNRUN Phase Two
December 12, 2015
Contemporary R&B
,
Funk
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
20
.
Coldplay - A Head Full of Dreams
December 4, 2015
Pop Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
Lizzo - Big GRRRL Small World
December 11, 2015
Pop Rap
,
Pop Soul
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
Lil Wayne - No Ceilings 2
November 26, 2015
Pop Rap
,
Southern Hip Hop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
23
.
Fufanu - Few More Days To Go
November 27, 2015
Post-Punk
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Spotify
24
.
Foo Fighters - Saint Cecilia EP
November 23, 2015
Alternative Rock
,
Hard Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
Arca - Mutant
November 20, 2015
Deconstructed Club
,
IDM
,
Epic Collage
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings NME awarded albums throughout 2015.
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