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Highest Rated Albums of 2015
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Dance Pop
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Hip Hop
Indie Folk
Indie Rock
Neo-Psychedelia
Pop
Psychedelic
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1.
Jason Isbell - Something More Than Free
July 17, 2015
Singer-Songwriter
Score
95
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2.
Joanna Newsom - Divers
October 23, 2015
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
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3.
Carly Rae Jepsen - E•MO•TION
August 21, 2015
Dance Pop
Score
85
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4.
Tame Impala - Currents
July 17, 2015
Psychedelic Pop
Score
85
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5.
Dwight Yoakam - Second Hand Heart
April 14, 2015
Country
Score
85
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6.
Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell
March 31, 2015
Indie Folk
Score
85
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7.
Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
March 24, 2015
Indie Rock
Score
85
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8.
Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear
February 10, 2015
Singer-Songwriter
Score
85
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9.
Deerhunter - Fading Frontier
October 16, 2015
Indie Rock
Score
80
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10.
Destroyer - Poison Season
August 28, 2015
Chamber Pop
Score
80
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11.
FKA twigs - M3LL155X
August 13, 2015
Art Pop
Score
80
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12.
New Order - Music Complete
September 25, 2015
Alternative Dance
Score
75
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13.
Joey Cape - Stitch Puppy
September 4, 2015
Score
75
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14.
Florence + The Machine - How Big How Blue How Beautiful
June 2, 2015
Art Pop
Score
75
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15.
Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
March 16, 2015
Hip Hop
Score
75
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16.
Purity Ring - Another Eternity
March 3, 2015
Synthpop
Score
75
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17.
Julia Holter - Have You in My Wilderness
September 25, 2015
Art Pop
Score
70
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18.
Kurt Vile - b'lieve i'm goin down
September 25, 2015
Singer-Songwriter
Score
70
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19.
Samantha Crain - Under Branch & Thorn & Tree
July 17, 2015
Singer-Songwriter
Score
70
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20.
Years & Years - Communion
July 10, 2015
Electropop
Score
70
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21.
Sharon Van Etten - I Don't Want To Let You Down
June 9, 2015
Singer-Songwriter
Score
70
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22.
Earl Sweatshirt - I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside
March 23, 2015
Hip Hop
Score
70
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23.
Steve Hauschildt - Where All Is Fled
September 25, 2015
Electronic
Score
65
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24.
Jerry Paper - Carousel
March 31, 2015
Art Pop
Score
65
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25.
Houndmouth - Little Neon Limelight
March 17, 2015
Alt-Country
Score
65
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Spectrum Culture awarded albums throughout 2015.
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