EOTY 2015: Albums of the Year

2015 was an incredible year in the music world. We decided to be extra evil and limit all our writers to pick just their five top albums of this insanely stacked year. We hope that as you peruse these lists that the blood, sweat, tears and self-doubt that went into these lists are tangible.

Megan Fair, General Manager

1. O.K., Eskimeaux

2. Harmlessness, The World is a Beautiful Place & I am No Longer Afraid to Die

3. Sometimes I Sit and Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit, Courtney Barnett

4. Foil Deer, Speedy Ortiz

5. Ugly Cherries, PWR BTTM

Abbie Doyle, Editorial Director

1. Ivy Tripp, Waxahatchee

2. In Colour, Jamie XX

3. Policy, Will Butler

4. O.K., Eskimeaux

5. Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit, Courtney Barnett

Eric Perzanowski, Programming Director

1. In Times, Enslaved ­

2. Graveward, Sigh ­

3. The Anthropocene Extinction, Cattle Decapitation ­

4. Force Rise The Sun, InAeona ­

5. ­Settler, Vattnet Viskar

Sam Tornow, Managing Editor

1. To Pimp a Butterfly, Kendrick Lamar

2. Dealer, Foxing

3. Dark Bird is Home, The Tallest Man on Earth

4. I Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go Outside, Earl Sweatshirt

5. VEGA INTL. NIGHT SCHOOL, Neon Indian

Eli Shively, Reviews Editor

1. To Pimp A Butterfly, Kendrick Lamar

2. Sometimes I Sit and Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit, Courtney Barnett

3. Garden of Delete, Oneohtrix Point Never

4. Harmlessness, The World is a Beautiful Place & I am No Longer Afraid to Die

5. Peripheral Vision, Turnover

Eli Schoop, Copy Editor

1. Garden of Delete, Oneohtrix Point Never

2. VEGA INTL. NIGHT SCHOOL, Neon Indian

3. Dirty Sprite 2, Future

4. L.P.1, The Coneheads

5. Babyfather, Dean Blunt

Jon Fuchs, Copy Editor

1. To Pimp A Butterfly, Kendrick Lamar

2. Me Oh My Mirror, Current Joys

3. Vulnicura, Björk

4. LIGHT AS FUCK, NAH

5. The Powers That B, Death Grips

Travis Boswell, Staff Writer

1. Summertime 06, Vince Staples

2. To Pimp A Butterfly, Kendrick Lamar

3. Ego Death, The Internet

4. Surf, Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment

5. SremmLife, Rae Sremmurd

Garrett Bower, Staff Writer

1. Further Out, Cloakroom

2. Painted Shut, Hop Along

3. Jenny Death, Death Grips

4. In Colour, Jamie XX

5. Abyss, Chelsea Wolfe

Alainna Marincic, Contributor

1. Art Angels, Grimes

2. Sleepwalker, Long Beard

3. All of Something, SPORTS

4. Depression Cherry, Beach House

5. SremmLife, Rae Sremmurd

Carly Preston, Contributor

1. All of Something, SPORTS

2. O.K., Eskimeaux

3. Barter 6, Young Thug

4. Before the World Was Big, Girlpool

5. Kicking Everyday, All Dogs

Van Williams, Contributor

1. Peripheral Vision, Turnover

2. Tragedy Will Find Us, Counterparts

3. At.Long.Last.A$AP, A$AP Rocky

4. No Closer To Heaven, The Wonder Years

5. Camera Shy, Camera Shy

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