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Highest Rated Albums of 2015

Year

2015
- - 2018
  - 2017
  - 2016
  - 2015
  - 2014
  - 2013
  - 2012
- - 2011
  - 2010
  - 2009
  - 2008
  - 2007
  - 2006
  - 2005
- - 2004
  - 2003
  - 2002
  - 2001
  - 2000
  - All Time

Genre

All
- - All
  - Alternative Rock
  - Art Pop
  - Country
  - Dance Pop
  - Electronic
  - Electropop
  - Folk
  - Garage Rock
  - Hip Hop
  - Indie Folk
  - Indie Pop
  - Indie Rock
- - Metal
  - Pop
  - Pop Rap
  - Pop Rock
  - Post-Punk
  - Psychedelic
  - Punk
  - R&B
  - Rock
  - Singer-Songwriter
  - Soul
  - Synthpop
  - Trap Rap

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

1. Adele - 25

November 20, 2015

Soul

Score

100

2. Bruce Springsteen - The Ties That Bind: The River Collection

December 4, 2015

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3. Lin-Manuel Miranda - Hamilton: An American Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

October 16, 2015

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4. Pavement - The Secret History, Vol. 1

August 11, 2015

Indie Rock

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Source →

Amazon

5. Miles Davis - Miles Davis at Newport: 1955-1975 - The Bootleg Series, Vol. 4

July 17, 2015

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6. Wilco - Star Wars

July 16, 2015

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

March 24, 2015

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8. Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly

March 16, 2015

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9. Coldplay - A Head Full of Dreams

December 4, 2015

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10. One Direction - Made in the A.M.

November 13, 2015

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11. Kurt Cobain - Montage of Heck: The Home Recordings

November 13, 2015

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12. Oneohtrix Point Never - Garden of Delete

November 13, 2015

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13. Eric Church - Mr. Misunderstood

November 6, 2015

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14. Floating Points - Elaenia

November 6, 2015

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15. Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Style

October 30, 2015

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16. Sports - All of Something

October 30, 2015

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17. Joanna Newsom - Divers

October 23, 2015

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18. Selena Gomez - Revival

October 9, 2015

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19. Protomartyr - The Agent Intellect

October 9, 2015

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20. Don Henley - Cass County

September 25, 2015

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21. Lana Del Rey - Honeymoon

September 18, 2015

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22. Ought - Sun Coming Down

September 18, 2015

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23. Craig Finn - Faith in the Future

September 11, 2015

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24. Joan Shelley - Over and Even

September 4, 2015

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25. The Arcs - Yours, Dreamily

September 4, 2015

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

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