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This is an ordered list of Slant Magazine's highest rated albums of 2015. Check out
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Miguel - Wildheart
June 30, 2015
Alternative R&B
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Contemporary R&B
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Psychedelic Pop
Score
90
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2
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Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
March 24, 2015
Indie Rock
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Singer-Songwriter
,
Slacker Rock
Score
90
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3
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Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
March 15, 2015
Conscious Hip Hop
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Jazz Rap
,
West Coast Hip Hop
Score
90
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4
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Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell
March 31, 2015
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Folk
Score
90
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Amazon
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5
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James McMurtry - Complicated Game
February 24, 2015
Americana
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Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
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Amazon
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6
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Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear
February 10, 2015
Singer-Songwriter
,
Indie Folk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
7
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Joanna Newsom - Divers
October 23, 2015
Singer-Songwriter
,
Chamber Folk
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
8
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Shining - International Blackjazz Society
October 23, 2015
Industrial Metal
,
Alternative Metal
Score
80
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Amazon
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9
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Deerhunter - Fading Frontier
October 16, 2015
Neo-Psychedelia
,
Dream Pop
,
Indie Rock
,
Experimental Rock
,
Indie Pop
,
Jangle Pop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
10
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CHVRCHΞS - Every Open Eye
September 25, 2015
Synthpop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
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Lucero - All a Man Should Do
September 18, 2015
Alt-Country
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
12
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Destroyer - Poison Season
August 28, 2015
Chamber Pop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
13
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Carly Rae Jepsen - E•MO•TION
August 21, 2015
Synthpop
,
Dance-Pop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
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Wilco - Star Wars
July 16, 2015
Indie Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
15
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Tame Impala - Currents
July 17, 2015
Neo-Psychedelia
,
Psychedelic Pop
,
Synthpop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
16
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Jason Derulo - Everything Is 4
June 2, 2015
Contemporary R&B
,
Dance-Pop
,
Electropop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
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Shamir - Ratchet
May 19, 2015
Electropop
,
Synthpop
,
Electro-Disco
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
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Alabama Shakes - Sound & Color
April 21, 2015
Blues Rock
,
Psychedelic Soul
,
Southern Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
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Allison Moorer - Down To Believing
March 17, 2015
Contemporary Country
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
20
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Dan Deacon - Gliss Riffer
February 24, 2015
Indietronica
,
Neo-Psychedelia
,
Art Pop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
21
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A Place To Bury Strangers - Transfixiation
February 17, 2015
Noise Rock
,
Post-Punk
,
Shoegaze
Score
80
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Amazon
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Spotify
22
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Jazmine Sullivan - Reality Show
January 13, 2015
Contemporary R&B
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
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Sunn O))) - Kannon
December 4, 2015
Drone Metal
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
24
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Grimes - Art Angels
November 6, 2015
Electropop
,
Synthpop
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
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Selena Gomez - Revival
October 9, 2015
Dance-Pop
,
Electropop
Score
70
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Slant Magazine awarded albums throughout 2015.
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