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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

July 17, 2015

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2. Jamie xx - In Colour

June 1, 2015

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3. Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly

March 16, 2015

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4. Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell

March 31, 2015

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5. Deafheaven - New Bermuda

October 2, 2015

Atmospheric Black Metal

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6. Miguel - Wildheart

June 30, 2015

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

August 7, 2015

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8. Vince Staples - Summertime '06

June 30, 2015

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9. Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear

February 10, 2015

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10. Oneohtrix Point Never - Garden of Delete

November 13, 2015

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11. Holly Herndon - Platform

May 19, 2015

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12. Panda Bear - Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper

January 13, 2015

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13. Sleater-Kinney - No Cities to Love

January 20, 2015

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14. Archy Marshall - A New Place 2 Drown

December 10, 2015

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15. Neon Indian - VEGA INTL. Night School

October 16, 2015

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16. FKA twigs - M3LL155X

August 13, 2015

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17. Kamasi Washington - The Epic

May 5, 2015

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18. Jim O'Rourke - Simple Songs

May 19, 2015

Chamber Pop

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

March 24, 2015

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20. Björk - Vulnicura

January 20, 2015

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21. Grimes - Art Angels

November 6, 2015

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22. Baroness - Purple

December 18, 2015

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23. Joanna Newsom - Divers

October 23, 2015

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24. Jlin - Dark Energy

March 24, 2015

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25. Prurient - Frozen Niagara Falls

May 12, 2015

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

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