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Highest Rated Albums of 2015
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R&B
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This is an ordered list of Paste's highest rated albums of 2015. Check out
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1
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Patty Griffin - Servant of Love
September 25, 2015
Singer-Songwriter
,
Folk
Score
95
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
2
.
Leon Bridges - Coming Home
June 23, 2015
Soul
,
Smooth Soul
Score
95
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
.
Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell
March 31, 2015
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Folk
Score
95
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
4
.
Girl Band - Holding Hands with Jamie
September 25, 2015
Noise Rock
,
Post-Punk
Score
94
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
.
Tame Impala - Currents
July 17, 2015
Neo-Psychedelia
,
Psychedelic Pop
,
Synthpop
Score
94
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
.
Kacey Musgraves - Pageant Material
June 23, 2015
Singer-Songwriter
,
Country Pop
,
Country
,
Contemporary Country
Score
94
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
.
Ceremony - The L-Shaped Man
May 19, 2015
Post-Punk
,
Post-Punk Revival
Score
93
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
8
.
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress
March 31, 2015
Drone
,
Post-Rock
Score
93
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
.
Neil Young & Promise of the Real - The Monsanto Years
June 29, 2015
Folk Rock
Score
92
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
.
Bully - Feels Like
June 23, 2015
Indie Rock
Score
92
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
.
The Helio Sequence - The Helio Sequence
May 19, 2015
Neo-Psychedelia
Score
92
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
Shelby Lynne - I Can't Imagine
May 4, 2015
Score
92
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
.
TORRES - Sprinter
May 5, 2015
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Rock
Score
92
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
Vision Fortune - Country Music
February 9, 2015
Experimental Rock
Score
92
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
.
The Cairo Gang - Goes Missing
June 22, 2015
Score
91
Source →
Amazon
Music
16
.
Joanna Newsom - Divers
October 23, 2015
Singer-Songwriter
,
Chamber Folk
Score
91
Source →
Amazon
Music
17
.
Titus Andronicus - The Most Lamentable Tragedy
July 28, 2015
Indie Rock
,
Rock Opera
Score
91
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
Veruca Salt - Ghost Notes
July 10, 2015
Alternative Rock
Score
91
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
.
Steve Earle & The Dukes - Terraplane
February 17, 2015
Blues
Score
91
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
Chris Walla - Tape Loops
October 16, 2015
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
Keith Richards - Crosseyed Heart
September 18, 2015
Blues Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
Bad Bad Hats - Psychic Reader
July 17, 2015
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
Indigo Girls - One Lost Day
June 2, 2015
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
Kopecky - Drug for the Modern Age
May 18, 2015
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
.
Ray Wylie Hubbard - The Ruffian's Misfortune
April 7, 2015
Americana
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Paste awarded albums throughout 2015.
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