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Highest Rated Albums of 2015
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This is an ordered list of Sputnikmusic's highest rated albums of 2015. Check out
Sputnikmusic's Year End List
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1
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Bendigo Fletcher - Consensual Wisdom
October 28, 2015
Folk
,
Indie Folk
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
2
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Bandit - Of Life
January 20, 2015
Indie Pop
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
3
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Steven Wilson - Hand. Cannot. Erase.
March 3, 2015
Progressive Rock
,
Art Rock
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
4
.
Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell
March 31, 2015
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Folk
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
5
.
Atreyu - Long Live
September 18, 2015
Melodic Metalcore
,
Alternative Metal
Score
98
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
6
.
Marina & the Diamonds - Froot
March 13, 2015
Synthpop
,
Pop Rock
Score
98
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
.
Joanna Newsom - Divers
October 23, 2015
Singer-Songwriter
,
Chamber Folk
Score
96
Source →
Amazon
Music
8
.
Julien Baker - Sprained Ankle
October 23, 2015
Singer-Songwriter
,
Slowcore
,
Indie Folk
Score
94
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
.
Tenement - Predatory Headlights
June 2, 2015
Score
94
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
.
Hop Along - Painted Shut
May 5, 2015
Indie Rock
Score
94
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
.
Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
March 15, 2015
Conscious Hip Hop
,
Jazz Rap
,
West Coast Hip Hop
Score
94
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
.
Bill Seaman - f (noir)
March 3, 2015
Score
92
Source →
Amazon
13
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Death Grips - The Powers That B
March 31, 2015
Experimental Hip Hop
,
Glitch Hop
,
Noise Rock
,
Industrial Hip Hop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
.
Mutoid Man - Bleeder
June 30, 2015
Stoner Rock
,
Post-Hardcore
,
Stoner Metal
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
15
.
Horrendous - Anareta
October 30, 2015
Death Metal
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
16
.
Civil Twilight - Story of an Immigrant
July 10, 2015
Alternative Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
.
Galar - De Gjenlevende
March 16, 2015
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
.
Ad Nauseam - Nihil quam vacuitas ordinatum est
March 31, 2015
Avant-Garde Metal
,
Technical Death Metal
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
19
.
No Devotion - Permanence
September 25, 2015
Alternative Rock
,
New Wave
,
Gothic Rock
,
Post-Punk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
.
Caligula's Horse - Bloom
October 16, 2015
Progressive Metal
,
Progressive Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
.
Lindemann - Skills in Pills
June 23, 2015
Industrial Metal
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
22
.
Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes - Blossom
August 14, 2015
Hardcore Punk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
.
Being as an Ocean - Being as an Ocean
June 30, 2015
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
.
Looming - Nailbiter
August 14, 2015
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
25
.
Gang of Youths - The Positions
April 17, 2015
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Sputnikmusic awarded albums throughout 2015.
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