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Joe Stilgoe - New Songs for Old Souls
Score
100
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Georgie Fame & The Last Blue Flames - Swan Songs
November 6, 2015
Score
100
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3
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Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
March 16, 2015
Hip Hop
Score
100
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4
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Courtney Pine - Song (The Ballad Book)
March 16, 2015
Score
100
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5
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Earl Sweatshirt - I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside
March 23, 2015
Hip Hop
Score
100
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6
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Kurt Elling - Passion World
June 9, 2015
Score
100
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7
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Sleater-Kinney - No Cities to Love
January 20, 2015
Indie Rock
Score
80
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8
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Panda Bear - Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper
January 13, 2015
Psychedelic Pop
Score
80
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9
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Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear
February 10, 2015
Singer-Songwriter
Score
80
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10
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BADBADNOTGOOD & Ghostface Killah - Sour Soul
February 17, 2015
Hip Hop
Score
80
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11
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Dan Mangan & Blacksmith - Club Meds
January 13, 2015
Indie Rock
Score
80
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12
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Ghost Culture - Ghost Culture
January 5, 2015
Synthpop
Score
80
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13
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Laura Marling - Short Movie
March 23, 2015
Singer-Songwriter
Score
80
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14
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Future Brown - Future Brown
February 24, 2015
UK Bass
Score
80
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15
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MARINA - Froot
March 13, 2015
Electropop
Score
80
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16
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The Charlatans - Modern Nature
January 26, 2015
Indie Rock
Score
80
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17
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Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell
March 31, 2015
Indie Folk
Score
80
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18
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Benjamin Clementine - At Least For Now
January 12, 2015
Singer-Songwriter
Score
80
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19
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Purity Ring - another eternity
March 3, 2015
Synthpop
Score
80
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20
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Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
March 24, 2015
Indie Rock
Score
80
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21
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Kenny Wheeler - Songs for Quintet
January 13, 2015
Score
80
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22
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Young Fathers - White Men Are Black Men Too
April 7, 2015
Hip Hop
Score
80
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23
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Songhoy Blues - Music In Exile
February 24, 2015
Score
80
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24
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Alabama Shakes - Sound & Color
April 21, 2015
Southern Rock
Score
80
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25
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Hot Chip - Why Make Sense?
May 18, 2015
Synthpop
Score
80
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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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