Best Albums of 2015

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    My favs:
    Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit and think, and sometimes i just sit
    Bop English - Constant Bop
    Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Style
    Fuzz - II
    Rose Windows - S/T
    Royal Headache - High
    Panda Bear - Panda Bear Meets The Grim Reaper
    Ultimate Painting - Green Lanes
    King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Quarters
    Beach House - Thank Your Lucky Stars
    Wand - Golem
    Matthew E. White - Fresh Blood
    White Reaper - White Reaper Does it Again
    Lower Dens - Escape From Evil
    Thee Oh Sees - Mutilator Defeated At Last
    Warm Soda - Symbolic Dream
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  • eeriepadaveeeriepadave Posts: 42,066
    edited December 2015
    1. Ghost- Meliora
    2. Drenge- Undertow
    3. My Morning Jacket- The Waterfall
    4. Tame Impala- Currents
    5. Django Django- Born Under Saturn
    6. Foals- What Went Down
    7. Silversun Pickups- Better Nature
    8. Kurt Vile- b'lieve i'm goin down...
    9. FFS- FFS
    10. White Shadows- Secret of Life
    11. The Prodigy- The Day is My Enemy
    12. Muse- Drones
    13. Blur- The Magic Whip
    14. The Dead Weather- Dodge and Burn
    15. The Arcs- Yours, Dreamily
    16. The Subways- The Subways
    17. Modest Mouse- Stranger to Ourselves
    18. The Vaccines- English Graffiti
    19. Metric- Pagans in Vegas
    20. Moon Duo- Shadow of the Sun
    21. Hot Chip- Why Make Sense?
    22. Eagles of Death Metal- Zipper Down
    23. The Districts- A Flourish and a Spoil
    24. The Decemberists- What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World
    25. The Dreaming- The Dreaming

    others, just missed:
    Jason Isbell- Something More Than Free
    Wilco- Star Wars
    Collective Soul- See What You Started By Continuing
    The Libertines- Anthems for the Doomed
    Foo Fighters- St. Cecilia

    Most disappointed:
    Passion Pit- Kindred
    Hanni EL Khatib- Moonlight

    Maybe/Probably would have made my list had I bought it or listened to it more:
    Chvrches- Every Open Eye
    Wolf Alice- My Love is Cool
    Father John Misty- I Love You, Honeybear
    Courtney Barnett- Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
    Best Coast- California Nights
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    10/31/09- Philly
    5/21/10- NYC
    9/2/12- Philly, PA
    7/19/13- Wrigley
    10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
    10/21/13- Philly, PA
    10/22/13- Philly, PA
    10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
    4/28/16- Philly, PA
    4/29/16- Philly, PA
    5/1/16- NYC
    5/2/16- NYC
    9/2/18- Boston, MA
    9/4/18- Boston, MA
    9/14/22- Camden, NJ
    9/7/24- Philly, PA
    9/9/24- Philly, PA
    Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
    Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
    RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
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  • jjflashjjflash Posts: 4,957
    edited December 2015
    1. Jason Isbell -- Something More Than Free
    2. Alabama Shakes -- Sound & Color
    3. Glen Hansard -- Didn't He Ramble
    4. My Morning Jacket -- The Waterfall
    5. Chris Stapleton -- Traveller
    6. The Wood Brothers -- Paradise
    7. Ryan Adams -- 1989
    8. Leon Bridges -- Coming Home
    9. Wilco -- Star Wars
    10. Kendrick Lamar -- To Pimp A Butterfly
    +1. Phil Cook -- Southland Mission

    Biggest letdowns:
    Dr. Dre -- Compton
    Gary Clark Jr. -- Sonny Boy Slim

    Just tapping into that probably woulda charted:
    Kurt Vile -- B'lieve I'm Going Down....
    Circles Around The Sun -- Interludes for the Dead

    Creating the list makes me realize my ear for new music tilted a lot less to the indie side than years past. The consistency of other albums on folks' charts (I'm looking at you Courtney Barnett, Django Django, Deerhunter, Tame Impala) is proof I gotta lot more listening to do :whistle::bring_it::smiley:
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  • My Top Five (in no particular order)
    Titus Andronicus-The Most Lamentable Tragedy
    Futurebirds-Hotel Parties
    Butch Walker-Afraid of Ghosts
    Drive By Truckers-It's Great To Be Alive (even though a live record, its amazing)
    Phil Cook-Southland Mission
  • Tim SimmonsTim Simmons Posts: 8,079
    Cool 2015 aggregate of all the year end lists

    http://www.albumoftheyear.org/list/summary/2015/
  • goldrushgoldrush Posts: 7,542
    edited December 2015
    I think it's been a pretty good year, there's been a lot of good records for me.
    My top 10 looks like this:

    1. Mark Lanegan - Houston Publishing Demos
    2. Tim Rogers & The Bamboos - The Rules of Attraction
    3. You Am I - Porridge and Hotsauce
    4. Ryan Adams - Live at Carnegie Hall
    5. Joseph Arthur - Days of Surrender
    6. Glen Hansard - Didn't He Ramble
    7. The Sopranistas - Cutting Down The Bird Hotel
    8. Jesse Malin - New York Before The War
    9. Ryan Adams - 1989
    10. Faith No More - Sol Invictus

    Close calls (in no order):
    Ash Grunwald - Now
    Mumford & Sons - Wilder Mind
    Lou Barlow - Brace The Wave
    Foy Vance - Live at Bangor Abbey
    Neil Young & Promise of the Real - Monsanto Years
    Wilco - Star Wars
    Chris Cornell - Higher Truth

    I still haven't got around to picking up City and Colour, Gary Clark or Jason Isbell yet

    Edited - I can't believe I forgot Faith No More!
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  • Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I sit and think, and sometimes I just sit
    Faith No More - Sol Invictus
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • It seems Americans love Courtney Barnett more than Aussies. A lot of people shoot her down.
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • SylSyl Posts: 149
    edited December 2015
    Puscifer ~ Money Shot
  • The FixerThe Fixer Posts: 12,837
    Dr Dog - Live at Flamingo Hotel
    Wilco - Star Wars
    MMJ - The Waterfall
    Dawes - All Your Favorite Bands
    Chris Robinson Brotherhood - Betty's Blends Volume 2
    JD McPherson - Let the Good Times Roll
    JJ Grey & Mofro - Ol' Glory
  • It seems Americans love Courtney Barnett more than Aussies. A lot of people shoot her down.

    Really? That's sad because she's amazing. I listen to JJJ and they only have good things to say about Courtney. I was impressed to see how many people have her in their top albums of 2015.
  • It seems Americans love Courtney Barnett more than Aussies. A lot of people shoot her down.

    Really? That's sad because she's amazing. I listen to JJJ and they only have good things to say about Courtney. I was impressed to see how many people have her in their top albums of 2015.
    Yeah, just read comments on articles and on Facebook.
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • My top 10 would be something like this

    Blur - The Magic Whip
    Meg Myers - Sorry
    Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Chasing Yesterday
    Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves
    Sleater- Kinney - No Cities To Love
    Viet Cong - Viet Cong
    Tamaryn - Cranekiss
    Wolf Alice - My Love Is Cool
    Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit and Thank and I Sometimes I Just Sit
    New Order - Music Complete
  • tempo_n_groovetempo_n_groove Posts: 40,357
    edited December 2015

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    My favs:
    Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit and think, and sometimes i just sit
    Bop English - Constant Bop
    Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Style
    Fuzz - II
    Rose Windows - S/T
    Royal Headache - High
    Panda Bear - Panda Bear Meets The Grim Reaper
    Ultimate Painting - Green Lanes
    King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Quarters
    Beach House - Thank Your Lucky Stars
    Wand - Golem
    Matthew E. White - Fresh Blood
    White Reaper - White Reaper Does it Again
    Lower Dens - Escape From Evil
    Thee Oh Sees - Mutilator Defeated At Last
    Warm Soda - Symbolic Dream

    You and I need to become friends, all those Castleface and bay area bands.!!!

    Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I sit
    Awolnation-Run
    Thee Oh Sees-Mutilator Defeated
    Adele-25
    Drake-If you're reading this
    Fetty Wap - Fetty Wap (re released but still a 2015 album)
    The Weekend - Beauty behind the madness
    Ryan Adams - 1989 (not original but still a great album!)

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  • samjamsamjam Posts: 9,283
    Here are my tops!
    1. Leon Bridges - Coming Home
    2. Tame Impala - Currents
    3. Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
    4. Speedy Ortiz - Foil Deer
    5. Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly
    6. Alabama Shakes - Sound & Color
    7. Laura Marling - Short Movie
    8. Rayland Baxter - Imaginary Man
    9. Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear
    10. CHVRCHES - Every Open Eye
    11. My Morning Jacket - The Waterfall
    12. Dawes - All Your Favorite Bands
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  • pjalive21pjalive21 Posts: 2,818
    haha why do feel like I have to be wearing a man bun to listen to half these bands listed?
  • pjalive21 said:

    haha why do feel like I have to be wearing a man bun to listen to half these bands listed?

    Not sure...how come?
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  • jeffbrjeffbr Posts: 7,177
    Ghost - Meloria
    Pink Floyd - The Endless River
    Queensrÿche - Condition Human
    Iron Maiden - The Book of Souls
    Riverside - Love, Fear and The Time Machine
    Alabama Shakes - Sound & Color
    Leon Bridges - Coming Home
    Faith No More - Sol Invictus
    Mark Lanegan - Houston Publishing Demos
    David Gilmour - Rattle that Lock
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  • ldent42ldent42 Posts: 7,859
    I haven't heard of the vast majority of the bands in the OP.

    Was the new Third Eye Blind album 2015? I liked that one a lot. I've had Dopamine stuck in my head all day.
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  • smarcheesmarchee Posts: 14,539
    Here is my Top 40
    Top Albums of 2015

    1 Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats - Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats
    2 Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell
    3 Veruca Salt - Ghost Notes
    4 Kurt Vile - b'lieve I'm going down…
    5 Eagles Of Death Metal - Zipper Down
    6 Paul Weller - Saturns Pattern
    7 Faith No More - Sol Invictus
    8 Glen Hansard - Didn't He Ramble
    9 Alabama Shakes - Sound & Color
    10 Yo La Tengo - Stuff Like That There
    11 Swervedriver - I Wasn't Born To Lose You
    12 Built To Spill - Untethered Moon
    13 Clutch - Psychic Warfare
    14 Gary Clark Jr. - The Story Of Sonny Boy Slim
    15 Mark Lanegan - Houston: Publishing Demos 2002
    16 Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Chasing Yesterday
    17 Iron & Wine And Ben Bridwell - Sing Into My Mouth
    18 Sleater Kinney - No Cities To Love
    19 Of Monsters And Men - Beneath The Skin
    20 The Libertines - Anthems For Doomed Youth
    21 My Morning Jacket - The Waterfall
    22 EL VY - Return To The Moon
    23 Seth Avett & Jessica Lea Mayfield - Seth Avett & Jessica Lea Mayfield Sing Elliott Smith
    24 Blur - The Magic Whip
    25 Jason Isbell - Something More Than Free
    26 The Chemical Brothers - Born In The Echoes
    27 Hayden - Hey Love
    28 Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves
    29 Beach House - Depression Cherry
    30 New Order - Music Complete
    31 Jamie xx - In Colour
    32 Great Lake Swimmers - A Forest Of Arms
    33 Sun Kill Moon - Universal Themes
    34 Florence + The Machine - How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful
    35 Tame Impala - Currents
    36 The Prodigy - The Day Is My Enemy
    37 The Orb - Moonbuilding 2703 AD
    38 Squarepusher - Damogen Furies
    39 Panda Bear - Panda Bear Meets The Grim Repear
    40 Belle & Sebastian - Girls In Peactime Want To Dance
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  • MedozKMedozK Posts: 9,209
    pjalive21 said:

    haha why do feel like I have to be wearing a man bun to listen to half these bands listed?

    This should make it easy.
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  • ldent42 said:

    I haven't heard of the vast majority of the bands in the OP.

    Was the new Third Eye Blind album 2015? I liked that one a lot. I've had Dopamine stuck in my head all day.

    Yes, Dopamine came out this past summer.
  • eeriepadaveeeriepadave Posts: 42,066
    edited January 2016
    smarchee said:

    Here is my Top 40
    Top Albums of 2015

    1 Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats - Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats
    2 Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell
    3 Veruca Salt - Ghost Notes
    4 Kurt Vile - b'lieve I'm going down…
    5 Eagles Of Death Metal - Zipper Down
    6 Paul Weller - Saturns Pattern
    7 Faith No More - Sol Invictus
    8 Glen Hansard - Didn't He Ramble
    9 Alabama Shakes - Sound & Color
    10 Yo La Tengo - Stuff Like That There
    11 Swervedriver - I Wasn't Born To Lose You
    12 Built To Spill - Untethered Moon
    13 Clutch - Psychic Warfare
    14 Gary Clark Jr. - The Story Of Sonny Boy Slim
    15 Mark Lanegan - Houston: Publishing Demos 2002
    16 Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Chasing Yesterday
    17 Iron & Wine And Ben Bridwell - Sing Into My Mouth
    18 Sleater Kinney - No Cities To Love
    19 Of Monsters And Men - Beneath The Skin
    20 The Libertines - Anthems For Doomed Youth
    21 My Morning Jacket - The Waterfall
    22 EL VY - Return To The Moon
    23 Seth Avett & Jessica Lea Mayfield - Seth Avett & Jessica Lea Mayfield Sing Elliott Smith
    24 Blur - The Magic Whip
    25 Jason Isbell - Something More Than Free
    26 The Chemical Brothers - Born In The Echoes
    27 Hayden - Hey Love
    28 Modest Mouse - Strangers To Ourselves
    29 Beach House - Depression Cherry
    30 New Order - Music Complete
    31 Jamie xx - In Colour
    32 Great Lake Swimmers - A Forest Of Arms
    33 Sun Kill Moon - Universal Themes
    34 Florence + The Machine - How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful
    35 Tame Impala - Currents
    36 The Prodigy - The Day Is My Enemy
    37 The Orb - Moonbuilding 2703 AD
    38 Squarepusher - Damogen Furies
    39 Panda Bear - Panda Bear Meets The Grim Repear
    40 Belle & Sebastian - Girls In Peactime Want To Dance

    solid list image

    thanks for reminding me by the way, i totally forgot the Chemical brothers put out an album this year image. Loved the song "Go".
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    8/28/98- Camden, NJ
    10/31/09- Philly
    5/21/10- NYC
    9/2/12- Philly, PA
    7/19/13- Wrigley
    10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
    10/21/13- Philly, PA
    10/22/13- Philly, PA
    10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
    4/28/16- Philly, PA
    4/29/16- Philly, PA
    5/1/16- NYC
    5/2/16- NYC
    9/2/18- Boston, MA
    9/4/18- Boston, MA
    9/14/22- Camden, NJ
    9/7/24- Philly, PA
    9/9/24- Philly, PA
    Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
    Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
    RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
  • myoung321myoung321 Posts: 2,855
    Rough Trade Records ,, No love of Chris Cornell's Higher Truth.. weak
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  • pearldavidsonpearldavidson Posts: 1,368
    Anyone listen to Mister Asylum by Highly Suspect?...my favorite album of 2015 and one of my all time favorite albums as of now.
  • Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Posts: 15,165
    Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly
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  • LiftedLifted Posts: 1,836
    edited March 2016
    Kendrick Lamar had hands down the album of the year and may have dethroned illmatic with the greatest hip hop album ever made.

    Jamie xx - in colour (instant classic to my ears

    of Montreal - aureate gloom (kevin barnes has yet to release an album that doesnt make my year end list. Im biased.)

    Aside from that, quite a few albums I enjoyed, but nothing struck me as having the staying power of those three.

    I liked wilco, mmj, dr. dre, lupe fiasco, jason isbell and sufjan stevens. Probably forgetting a few.
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