Thursday, December 24, 2015

Shifty's Favorite Albums of 2015

Shifty's Favorite Albums From The Year 2015!!!! Hey That Was This Year!!!!!! 

This was a great year for music. Probably the best year since 2012. I listened to more than 300 (maybe 400?) albums that came out this year, and I made a list of the 50 that I liked the most. This isn't a list of the best albums that came out this year. This is a list of my favorite albums that came out this year.

My Top 15 Albums of 2015 





  1. Ought - Sun Coming Down
  2. Viet Cong - Viet Cong
  3. Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
  4. Vince Staples - Summertime '06
  5. Jimmy Whispers - Summer in Pain
  6. Tobias Jesso Jr. - Goon
  7. Jamie XX - In Colour
  8. Protomartyr - The Agent Intellect
  9. Pinkshinyultrablast - Everything Else Matters
  10. Deafheaven - New Bermuda
  11. Deerhunter- Fading Frontier
  12. Lightning Bolt - Fantasy Empire
  13. Panda Bear - Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper
  14. Waxahatchee - Ivy Tripp
  15. Majical Cloudz - Are You Alone?



Honorable Mentions (Alphabetical Order)

  • Alabama Shakes - Sound & Color
  • Arca - Mutant
  • A$AP Rocky - At.Long.Last.A$AP
  • Baroness - Purple
  • Beach House - Depression Cherry
  • Beach House - Thank Your Lucky Stars
  • Blur - The Magic Whip
  • Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Style
  • Cloakroom - Further Out
  • Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
  • Czarface - Every Hero Needs a Villain
  • Death Grips - The Powers That B
  • Destroyer - Poison Season
  • FKA Twigs - M3LL155X
  • Freddie Gibbs - Shadow of a Doubt
  • Girlpool - Before the World Was Big
  • Grimes - Art Angels
  • Hop Along - Painted Shut
  • Jason Isbell - Something More Than Free
  • Joey Bada$$ - B4.da.$$
  • Julio Bashmore - Knockin' Boots
  • Krallice - Ygg huur
  • Krill - A Distant Fist Unclenching
  • Kurt Vile - b'lieve i'm goin down
  • Leon Bridges - Coming Home
  • METZ - II
  • Royal Headache - High
  • Sleater Kinney - No Cities to Love
  • Speedy Ortiz - Foil Deer
  • Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell
  • Sun Kil Moon - Universal Themes
  • Tame Impala - Currents
  • Titus Andronicus - The Most Lamentable Tragedy
  • Tribulation - The Children of the Night
  • Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Multi-Love
  • The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die - Harmlessness
How many of these albums have you listened to? Did you have a favorite album this year?

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