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Highest Rated Albums of 2015
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1
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Adele - 25
November 20, 2015
Pop Soul
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Adult Contemporary
Score
100
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2
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Lin-Manuel Miranda - Hamilton: An American Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
September 25, 2015
Pop Rap
,
Show Tunes
Score
90
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3
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Wilco - Star Wars
July 16, 2015
Indie Rock
Score
90
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4
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Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
March 24, 2015
Indie Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
,
Slacker Rock
Score
90
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5
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Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
March 15, 2015
Conscious Hip Hop
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Jazz Rap
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West Coast Hip Hop
Score
90
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6
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Bilderbuch - Schick Schock
February 20, 2015
Art Pop
,
Indie Pop
Score
80
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7
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Coldplay - A Head Full of Dreams
December 4, 2015
Pop Rock
Score
80
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8
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Oneohtrix Point Never - Garden of Delete
November 13, 2015
Post-Industrial
,
Progressive Electronic
Score
80
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9
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One Direction - Made in the A.M.
November 13, 2015
Boy Band
,
Pop
Score
80
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10
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Eric Church - Mr. Misunderstood
November 6, 2015
Score
80
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11
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Floating Points - Elaenia
November 6, 2015
Electronic
,
Progressive Electronic
Score
80
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12
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Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Style
October 30, 2015
Slacker Rock
,
Noise Pop
Score
80
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13
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Sports - All of Something
October 30, 2015
Shoegaze
,
Noise Pop
,
Post-Punk
Score
80
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14
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Joanna Newsom - Divers
October 23, 2015
Singer-Songwriter
,
Chamber Folk
Score
80
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Music
15
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Joan Shelley - Over and Even
September 4, 2015
Folk
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
80
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Music
16
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Selena Gomez - Revival
October 9, 2015
Dance-Pop
,
Electropop
Score
80
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17
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Protomartyr - The Agent Intellect
October 9, 2015
Post-Punk
,
Art Punk
Score
80
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18
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Craig Finn - Faith in the Future
September 11, 2015
Singer-Songwriter
Score
80
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19
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Tracy Bonham - Wax & Gold
August 21, 2015
Score
80
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20
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Ought - Sun Coming Down
September 18, 2015
Post-Punk
,
Art Punk
Score
80
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21
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Don Henley - Cass County
September 25, 2015
Country
Score
80
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22
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Lana Del Rey - Honeymoon
September 18, 2015
Chamber Pop
,
Art Pop
Score
80
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23
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The Arcs - Yours, Dreamily
September 4, 2015
Garage Rock
,
Psychedelic Soul
,
Psychedelic Rock
Score
80
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24
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Foals - What Went Down
August 28, 2015
Indie Rock
Score
80
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Spotify
25
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Palehound - Dry Food
August 14, 2015
Indie Rock
,
Singer-Songwriter
Score
80
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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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