Best Albums

The Observer

www.theguardian.com/observer

Highest Rated Albums of 2015

Decade

2010s
- All Time
- 2010s
- 2000s

Genre

All
- - All
  - Abstract Hip Hop
  - Alternative R&B
  - Alternative Rock
  - Art Pop
  - Chamber Pop
  - Dance Pop
  - Electronic
  - Electropop
  - Experimental Hip Hop
  - Folk
  - Hip Hop
  - House
- - Indie Folk
  - Indie Rock
  - Pop
  - Pop Rock
  - Pop Soul
  - Psychedelic
  - R&B
  - Rock
  - Singer-Songwriter
  - Soul
  - Synthpop
  - UK Bass
  - Wonky

2015

1. Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly

March 16, 2015

Hip Hop

Score

100

2. Earl Sweatshirt - I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside

March 23, 2015

Hip Hop

Score

100

3. Sleater-Kinney - No Cities to Love

January 20, 2015

Score

4. BADBADNOTGOOD & Ghostface Killah - Sour Soul

February 17, 2015

Score

5. Laura Marling - Short Movie

March 23, 2015

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6. Future Brown - Future Brown

February 24, 2015

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7. MARINA - Froot

March 13, 2015

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8. Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell

March 31, 2015

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9. Benjamin Clementine - At Least For Now

January 12, 2015

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10. Purity Ring - another eternity

March 3, 2015

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

March 24, 2015

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12. Young Fathers - White Men Are Black Men Too

April 7, 2015

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13. Alabama Shakes - Sound & Color

April 21, 2015

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14. Hot Chip - Why Make Sense?

May 18, 2015

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15. Blur - The Magic Whip

April 27, 2015

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16. George FitzGerald - Fading Love

April 28, 2015

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17. Nocturnal Sunshine - Nocturnal Sunshine

May 26, 2015

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18. Jamie xx - In Colour

June 1, 2015

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19. Leftfield - Alternative Light Source

June 8, 2015

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20. Tyler, the Creator - Cherry Bomb

April 13, 2015

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21. The Chemical Brothers - Born in the Echoes

July 17, 2015

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22. ESKA - ESKA

April 27, 2015

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23. Seven Davis Jr. - Universes

July 24, 2015

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24. Ducktails - St. Catherine

July 24, 2015

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25. Miguel - Wildheart

June 30, 2015

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

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