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Highest Rated Albums of 2015

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2015

This is an ordered list of Pitchfork's highest rated albums of 2015. Check out Pitchfork's Year End List.

1. Tame Impala - Currents

Tame Impala - Currents

July 17, 2015

Psychedelic Pop

Score

93

2. Jamie xx - In Colour

Jamie xx - In Colour

June 1, 2015

Score

93

3. Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly

March 16, 2015

Score

93

4. Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell

Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell

March 31, 2015

Score

93

5. Deafheaven - New Bermuda

Deafheaven - New Bermuda

October 2, 2015

Atmospheric Black Metal

Score

90

6. Miguel - Wildheart

Miguel - Wildheart

June 30, 2015

Alternative R&B

Score

89

7. Dr. Dre - Compton: A Soundtrack by Dr. Dre

Dr. Dre - Compton: A Soundtrack by Dr. Dre

August 7, 2015

Score

88

8. Vince Staples - Summertime '06

Vince Staples - Summertime '06

June 30, 2015

Score

88

9. Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear

Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear

February 10, 2015

Singer-Songwriter

Score

88

10. Oneohtrix Point Never - Garden of Delete

Oneohtrix Point Never - Garden of Delete

November 13, 2015

Score

87

11. Holly Herndon - Platform

Holly Herndon - Platform

May 19, 2015

Score

87

12. Panda Bear - Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper

Panda Bear - Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper

January 13, 2015

Psychedelic Pop

Score

87

13. Sleater-Kinney - No Cities to Love

Sleater-Kinney - No Cities to Love

January 20, 2015

Score

87

14. Archy Marshall - A New Place 2 Drown

Archy Marshall - A New Place 2 Drown

December 10, 2015

Score

86

15. Neon Indian - VEGA INTL. Night School

Neon Indian - VEGA INTL. Night School

October 16, 2015

Score

86

16. FKA twigs - M3LL155X

FKA twigs - M3LL155X

August 13, 2015

Score

86

17. Kamasi Washington - The Epic

Kamasi Washington - The Epic

May 5, 2015

Score

86

18. Jim O'Rourke - Simple Songs

Jim O'Rourke - Simple Songs

May 19, 2015

Score

86

19. Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit

Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit

March 24, 2015

Score

86

20. Björk - Vulnicura

Björk - Vulnicura

January 20, 2015

Score

86

21. Grimes - Art Angels

Grimes - Art Angels

November 6, 2015

Score

85

22. Baroness - Purple

Baroness - Purple

December 18, 2015

Score

85

23. Joanna Newsom - Divers

Joanna Newsom - Divers

October 23, 2015

Singer-Songwriter

Score

85

24. Jlin - Dark Energy

Jlin - Dark Energy

March 24, 2015

Score

85

25. Prurient - Frozen Niagara Falls

Prurient - Frozen Niagara Falls

May 12, 2015

Score

85

NOTE: This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Pitchfork awarded albums throughout 2015.

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