Album of The Year - Endgame

gaporter said:
The Powers That B by Death Grips is a masterpiece imo. I love the glitchy and electronic first half and the noisy and filthy punk rock second half. Ride's cryptic lyrics and frenzied vocals are on point and I adore how claustrophobic and abrasive it all is. It's probably their magnum opus in all honesty.

And of course E•MO•TION goes without saying.
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Loving the combination of the Bjork avatar and praise for The Powers That B. I would happily put The Money Store in my top 5 albums ever, and I'm 90% of the way through writing a 15,000 word analysis of it, but I still feel like I'll never fully understand The Powers That B and at this stage I think I agree that its their magnum opus. It is just complete insanity in the best way.
 
2015 was the last year before I started streaming, so I listened to a much smaller number of records much more often than I probably do now. Some very good ones.

1. Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell
2. Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
3. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress
4. Wilco - Star Wars
5. Calexico - Edge of the Sun
6. Khruangbin - The Universe Smiles Upon You
7. Joanna Newsom - Divers
8. Mewithout you - Pale Horses
9. Kurt Vile - b'lieve I'm Goin Down...
10. My Morning Jacket - The Waterfall
 
2015:

1. Adele - 25
2. Leon Bridges - Coming Home
3. Kacey Musgraves - Pageant Material
4. Gary Clark Jr. - The Story of Sonny Boy Slim
5. Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly
6. Twenty One Pilots - Blurryface
7. Justin Bieber - Purpose
8. Thomas Rhett - Tangled Up
9. Shawn Mendes - Handwritten
10. Chris Stapleton - Traveller
11. Meghan Trainor - Title
12. The Weeknd - Beauty Behind the Madness
 
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1) Jamie XX - In Colour
2) Joanna Newsom - Divers
3) Oneohtrix Point Never - Garden of Delete
4) Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
5) Kamasi Washington - The Epic
6) Julia Holter - To Have You in My Wilderness
7) Sleater Kinney - No Cities to Love
8) Vince Staples - Summertime '06
9) Beach House - Depression Cherry
10) Panda Bear - Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper
 
post-2015 in 2015:

OrderArtistAlbum
1Kendrick LamarTo Pimp a Butterfly
2Sleater-KinneyNo Cities to Love
3Tame ImpalaCurrents
4Kamasi WashingtonThe Epic
5BjörkVulnicura
6Laura MarlingShort Movie
7Sufjan StevensCarrie & Lowell
8BlurThe Magic Whip
9Courtney BarnettSometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit
10MiguelWildheart
11Erykah BaduYou Caint Use My Phone
12Donnie Trumpet & The Social ExperimentSurf
13WilcoStar Wars
14Father John MistyI Love You Honeybear
15Royal HeadacheHigh
16Kacey MusgravesPageant Material
17Mbongwana StarFrom Kinshasa
18Pusha TKing Push - Darkest Before the Dawn: The Prelude
19ThundercatThe Beyond / Where Giants Roam (EP)
20Dr. DreCompton: A Soundtrack

revised 2015 in 2019:

OrderArtistAlbum
1Kendrick LamarTo Pimp a Butterfly
2Sleater-KinneyNo Cities to Love
3Tame ImpalaCurrents
4Kamasi WashingtonThe Epic
5Sufjan StevensCarrie & Lowell
6Laura MarlingShort Movie
7BjörkVulnicura
8Courtney BarnettSometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit
9Father John MistyI Love You Honeybear
10Mbongwana StarFrom Kinshasa
11BlurThe Magic Whip
12Dr. DreCompton: A Soundtrack
13IbeyiIbeyi
14Infinity BrokeBefore Before
15Kacey MusgravesPageant Material
16MiguelWildheart
17Erykah BaduYou Caint Use My Phone
18Donnie Trumpet & The Social ExperimentSurf
19Vince StaplesSummertime '06
20WilcoStar Wars

antipodean only:

OrderArtistAlbum
1Tame ImpalaCurrents
2Courtney BarnettSometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit
3Infinity BrokeBefore Before
4Royal HeadacheHigh
5Marlon WilliamsMarlon Williams
6PondMan It Feels Like Space Again
7Gang of YouthsThe Positions
8Angus & Julia StoneAngus & Julia Stone
9Nadia ReidListen to Formation, Look for the Signs
10Jess RibieroKill It Yourself
 
1. Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell
2. Tame Impala - Currents
3. Julia Holter - Have You in My Wilderness
4. Miguel - Wildheart
5. Dawn Richard - Blackheart
6. Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
7. Panda Bear - Meets the Grim Reaper
8. Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear
9. Young Thug - Barter 6
10. Kurt Vile - b´lieve i´m going down
 
1. FJM - I Love You, Honeybear
2. Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell
3. Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit and Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit
4. Laura Marling - Short Movie
5. EL VY - Return to the Moon
6. The Decemberists - What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World
7. Julien Baker - Sprained Ankle
8. Patrick Watson - Love Songs for Robots
9. Alabama Shakes - Sound & Color
10. Beach House - Depression Cherry

Honourable Mentions:
Tame Impala - Currents
Wilco - Star Wars
Of Monsters and Men - Beneath the Skin
Rhiannon Giddens - Tomorrow is my Turn
Youth Lagoon - Savage Hills Ballroom
Belle and Sebastian - Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance
Leon Bridges - Coming Home
If I Was - The Staves


Also, I can’t believe that I’ve never listened to Julia Holter. I must rectify this.
 
  1. Kamasi Washington - The Epic
  2. Jason Isbell - Something More than Free
  3. Sleater-Kinney - No Cities to Love
  4. Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit and Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit
  5. Calexico - Edge of the Sun
  6. My Morning Jacket - The Waterfall
  7. Florence & The Machine - How Big, How Blue, How Beautifu
  8. Bjork - Vulincural
  9. Chris Cornell - Higher Truth
  10. Iron & Wine and Ben Birdwell - Sing Into My Mouth
Honorable Mentions:

Drive-By Truckers - It's Great to Be Alive (you can never have too many live versions of Lookout Mountain)
Neil Young - Monsanto Years - Not a great album, but the supporting tour was one of the best I've seen him do. Promise of the Real turned out to be the band that could cross all of Neil's styles & sounds.
 
The N+G Top 20 Albums of 2015
  1. Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly
  2. Kamasi Washington - The Epic (tie 2)
  3. Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell (tie 2)
  4. Tame Impala – Currents
  5. Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
  6. Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear
  7. Sleater Kinney - No Cities to Love
  8. Jamie xx - In Color
  9. Julia Holter - Have You in My Wilderness
  10. Jason Isbell - Something More Than Free (tie 10)
  11. EL VY – Return To The Moon (tie 10)
  12. Carly Slay Legendsen - EMOTION
  13. Björk - Vulnicura
  14. Leon Bridges - Coming Home
  15. Laura Marling - Short Movie
  16. Julien Baker - Sprained Ankle
  17. Chris Stapleton - Traveller
  18. Grimes - Art Angels
  19. Godspeed You! Black Emperor – Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress
  20. Blur-Magic Whip
 
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The N+G Top 20 Albums of 2015
  1. Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly
  2. Kamasi Washington - The Epic (tie 2)
  3. Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell (tie 2)
  4. Tame Impala – Currents
  5. Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
  6. Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear
  7. Sleater Kinney - No Cities to Love
  8. Jamie xx - In Color
  9. Julia Holter - Have You in My Wilderness
  10. Jason Isbell - Something More Than Free (tie 10)
  11. EL VY – Return To The Moon (tie 10)
  12. Carly Slay Legendsen - EMOTION
  13. Björk - Vulnicura
  14. Leon Bridges - Coming Home
  15. Laura Marling - Short Movie
  16. Julien Baker - Sprained Ankle
  17. Chris Stapleton - Traveller
  18. Grimes - Art Angels
  19. Godspeed You! Black Emperor – Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress
  20. Blur-Magic Whip
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Hey look @Lee Newman and @kickerofelves and @Corycm and @Satchmo2go - the album we all mistakenly get instead of Nicole is the 10th favorite album of this forum for 2015. Lol

And also - CRJ is not high enough, you heathens! ;)
 
1. Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights
2. Wilco - Yankee Foxtrot Hotel
3. Beck - Sea Change
4. Songs:Ohia - Didn't It Rain
5. Morcheeba - Charango
6. The Decemberists - Castaways and Cutouts
7. Ugly Casanova - Sharpen Your Teeth
8. Joseph Arthur - Redemption's Son
9. Okkervil River - Don't Fall In Love With Everyone You See
10. Citizen Cope - Citizen Cope
 
Top 10 - 2002
  1. Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People
  2. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
  3. Spoon - Kill The Moonlight
  4. Max Richter - Memoryhouse
  5. Doves - The Last Broadcast
  6. The Roots - Phrenology
  7. Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights
  8. Sleater-Kinney - One Beat
  9. The Streets - Original Pirate Material
  10. El-P - Fantastic Damage
HMs:
The Notwist - Neon Golden
Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
Beck - Sea Change
Boards Of Canada - Geogaddi
The Books - Thought For Food
 
  1. The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
  2. RJD2 - Deadringer
  3. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Yanqui U.X.O.
  4. Boards of Canada - Geogaddi
  5. Amon Tobin - Out from Out Where
  6. Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights
  7. Loscil - Submers
  8. DJ Shadow - The Private Press
  9. Dälek - From Filthy Tongue of Gods and Griots
  10. Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man - Out of Season
 
spreddy updated; very happy to see that incredible kendrick album top the poll

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2002 another great year!

wilco my early tip to top the tree

5 oztrayan options for those playing along at home or looking for something new, with the top two likely to be in my top five for the year:
bluebottle kiss - revenge is slow
augie march - strange bird
the vines - highly evolved
decoder ring - decoder ring
kacey chambers - barricades & brickwalls

this was top 10 from 2002 when last worked out five or so years ago:

OrderArtistTitle
1​
Wilco Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
2​
Queens of the Stone Age Songs For the Deaf
3​
Bluebottle Kiss Revenge Is Slow
4​
DesaparacidosRead Music, Speak Spanish
5​
Beck Sea Change
6​
Bright EyesLifted Or The Story Is In The Soil, Keep Your Ear To The Ground
7​
Augie MarchStrange Bird
8​
InterpolTurn On The Bright Lights
9​
The Flaming Lips Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
10​
Broken Social SceneYou Forgot It In People
 
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