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Highest Rated Albums of 2015
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This is an ordered list of NOW Magazine's highest rated albums of 2015. Check out
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James Elkington & Nathan Salsburg - Ambsace
August 21, 2015
Score
100
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2
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Viet Cong - Viet Cong
January 20, 2015
Post-Punk
Score
100
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3
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Tobias Jesso Jr. - Goon
March 17, 2015
Singer-Songwriter
Score
100
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4
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Beach Slang - The Things We Do To Find People Who Feel Like Us
October 30, 2015
Alternative Rock
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Punk Rock
Score
100
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Amazon
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5
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Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear
February 10, 2015
Singer-Songwriter
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Indie Folk
Score
100
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6
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Destroyer - Poison Season
August 28, 2015
Chamber Pop
Score
100
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Amazon
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7
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Tame Impala - Currents
July 17, 2015
Neo-Psychedelia
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Psychedelic Pop
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Synthpop
Score
100
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Amazon
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8
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Grimes - Art Angels
November 6, 2015
Electropop
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Synthpop
Score
100
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
9
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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
100
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Amazon
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Spotify
10
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Jenny Hval - Apocalypse, girl
June 9, 2015
Experimental
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Art Pop
Score
80
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
11
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Jason Isbell - Something More Than Free
July 17, 2015
Singer-Songwriter
,
Americana
Score
80
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Amazon
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Spotify
12
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Houndmouth - Little Neon Limelight
March 17, 2015
Alt-Country
,
Folk Rock
,
Americana
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
13
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Veruca Salt - Ghost Notes
July 10, 2015
Alternative Rock
Score
80
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
14
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Young Fathers - White Men Are Black Men Too
April 7, 2015
Art Pop
,
Indietronica
,
Neo-Soul
Score
80
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Amazon
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15
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Sarah Bethe Nelson - Fast-Moving Clouds
February 10, 2015
Score
80
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Amazon
Music
16
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Jacco Gardner - Hypnophobia
May 5, 2015
Baroque Pop
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Psychedelic Pop
Score
80
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
17
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Mick Futures - Banned from the Future
June 16, 2015
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
18
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Shannon & The Clams - Gone by the Dawn
September 11, 2015
Psychedelic Pop
,
Garage Rock
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
19
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Samantha Savage Smith - Fine Lines
January 27, 2015
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
20
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Natalie Prass - Natalie Prass
January 27, 2015
Chamber Pop
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
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Spotify
21
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Whitehorse - Leave No Bridge Unburned
February 17, 2015
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
22
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Young Galaxy - Falsework
October 30, 2015
Synthpop
,
Indietronica
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
23
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Freddie Gibbs - Pronto
March 9, 2015
Gangsta Rap
,
Trap
Score
80
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Amazon
Music
Spotify
24
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Michael Jerome Browne - Sliding Delta
January 20, 2015
Score
80
Source →
Amazon
Music
Spotify
25
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B.A. Johnston - Shit Sucks
February 24, 2015
Score
80
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Amazon
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings NOW Magazine awarded albums throughout 2015.
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