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Tame Impala - Currents
July 17, 2015
Psychedelic Pop
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93
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Jamie xx - In Colour
June 1, 2015
Electronic
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93
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Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
March 15, 2015
Conscious Hip Hop
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93
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Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell
March 31, 2015
Indie Folk
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93
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Deafheaven - New Bermuda
October 2, 2015
Atmospheric Black Metal
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90
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Miguel - Wildheart
June 30, 2015
Alternative R&B
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89
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Dr. Dre - Compton: A Soundtrack by Dr. Dre
August 7, 2015
Hip Hop
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88
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Vince Staples - Summertime '06
June 30, 2015
West Coast Hip Hop
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88
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Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear
February 10, 2015
Singer-Songwriter
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88
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Oneohtrix Point Never - Garden of Delete
November 13, 2015
Post-Industrial
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87
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Holly Herndon - Platform
May 19, 2015
Art Pop
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87
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Panda Bear - Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper
January 13, 2015
Psychedelic Pop
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87
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Sleater-Kinney - No Cities to Love
January 20, 2015
Indie Rock
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87
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Archy Marshall - A New Place 2 Drown
December 10, 2015
Hip Hop
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86
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Neon Indian - VEGA INTL. Night School
October 16, 2015
Chillwave
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86
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FKA twigs - M3LL155X
August 13, 2015
Art Pop
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86
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Kamasi Washington - The Epic
May 5, 2015
Jazz Fusion
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86
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Jim O'Rourke - Simple Songs
May 19, 2015
Chamber Pop
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86
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Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
March 24, 2015
Indie Rock
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86
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Björk - Vulnicura
January 20, 2015
Art Pop
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86
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Grimes - Art Angels
November 6, 2015
Synthpop
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85
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Baroness - Purple
December 18, 2015
Stoner Metal
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85
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Joanna Newsom - Divers
October 23, 2015
Singer-Songwriter
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85
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Jlin - Dark Energy
March 24, 2015
Footwork
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85
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Prurient - Frozen Niagara Falls
May 12, 2015
Noise
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85
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This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Pitchfork awarded albums throughout 2015.
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