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1.

Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
March 15, 2015
Hip Hop
Critic Score
95
43 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

2.

Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell
March 31, 2015
Indie Folk
Critic Score
91
45 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

3.

Sam Lee & Friends - The Fade In Time
June 16, 2015
Folk
Critic Score
89
8 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

4.

Sleater-Kinney - No Cities to Love
January 20, 2015
Indie Rock
Critic Score
89
41 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

5.

Julia Holter - Have You in My Wilderness
September 25, 2015
Art Pop
Critic Score
89
34 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

6.

Mbongwana Star - From Kinshasa
May 19, 2015
World
Critic Score
88
11 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

7.

Joanna Newsom - Divers
October 23, 2015
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
88
40 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music

8.

Elza Soares - A Mulher do Fim do Mundo
October 3, 2015
MPB
Critic Score
88
5 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

9.

Steven Wilson - Hand. Cannot. Erase.
March 3, 2015
Art Rock
Critic Score
87
9 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music

10.

Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear
February 10, 2015
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
87
41 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

11.

The Icarus Line - All Things Under Heaven
October 2, 2015
Indie Rock
Critic Score
87
5 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

12.

Kamasi Washington - The Epic
May 5, 2015
Jazz Fusion
Critic Score
87
9 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

13.

Susanne Sundfør - Ten Love Songs
February 16, 2015
Art Pop
Critic Score
87
6 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

14.

Israel Nash Gripka - Israel Nash's Silver Season
October 9, 2015
Critic Score
86
5 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music

15.

Björk - Vulnicura
January 20, 2015
Art Pop
Critic Score
86
38 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

16.

James McMurtry - Complicated Game
February 24, 2015
Americana
Critic Score
85
8 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

17.

John Howard & The Night Mail - John Howard & The Night Mail
August 21, 2015
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
85
7 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

18.

Julien Baker - Sprained Ankle
October 23, 2015
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
84
13 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

19.

Vince Staples - Summertime '06
June 30, 2015
Hip Hop
Critic Score
84
23 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

20.

Neck Deep - Life's Not Out To Get You
August 14, 2015
Pop Punk
Critic Score
84
5 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

21.

Jamie xx - In Colour
June 1, 2015
UK Bass
Critic Score
84
42 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

22.

Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
March 24, 2015
Indie Rock
Critic Score
84
41 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

23.

VHÖL - Deeper Than Sky
October 23, 2015
Heavy Metal
Critic Score
84
6 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

24.

Dave Rawlings Machine - Nashville Obsolete
September 18, 2015
Americana
Critic Score
84
6 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

25.

Chris Stapleton - Traveller
May 5, 2015
Country
Critic Score
84
6 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
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