My top 40 music albums of 2015

Back again for another list. Today we will delve deep into the top 40 best albums of 2015. Ready for the ride? Because I am.  (At the bottom of the post you will find my top 10 albums from the previous 6 years.)

40. Hot Chip - Why Make Sense
39. Modest Mouse - Strangers to Ourselves
38. Field Music - Music for Drifters
37. Panda Bear - Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper 
36. Editors - In Dream
35. The Milk Carton Kids - Monterey
34. Tanlines - Highlights
33. My Morning Jacket - The Waterfall
32. Best Coast - California Nights
31. The Tallest Man on Earth - Dark Bird is Home
30. Great Lake Swimmers - A Forrest of Arms
29. Muse - Drones
28. The Ting Tings - Super Critical
27. A Place to Bury Strangers - Transfixation 
26. The Lone Below - Then Came the Morning
25. Foals - What Went Down
24. Surfer Blood - 1000 Palms
23. The Helio Sequence - The Helio Sequence
22. Beirut - No No No
21. The Fratellis - Eyes Wide, Tongue Tied
20. Of Monsters and Men - Beneath the Skin
19. Marina and the Diamonds - Froot
18. Brandon Flowers - The Desired Effect
17. AWOLNATION - Run
16. Silversun Pickups - Better Nature
15. Kodaline - Coming Up For Air
14. Passion Pit - Kindred
13. Family of the Year - Family of the Year
12. Imagine Dragons - Smoke + Mirrors
11. Mumford and Sons - Wider Mind

10. CHVRCHES - Every Open Eye


9. Decemberists - What a Terrible World, What a Wonderful World
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8. Mew + - 


7. Walk Off the Earth - Sing it all Away


6. Belle and Sabastian - Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance


5. Death Cab for Cutie - Kintsugi 


4. Metric - Pagans in Vegas


3. Matt and Kim - New Glow


2. Twenty One Pilots - Blurry Face


1. Mowgli's - Kids In Love



2014
1. Future Islands - Singles
2. Passenger - Whispers
3. Bishop Allen - Lights Out
4. Tokyo Police Club - Forcefield
5. The Rural Alberta Advantage - Mended With Gold
6. Bombay Bicycle Club - So Long, See You Tomorrow
7. Spoon - The Want My Soul
8. Foster the People - Supermodel
9. Broken Bells - After the Disco
10. Manchester Orchestra - Cope

2013
1. Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City
2. Radical Face - Family Tree: The Branches
3. Twenty One Pilots - Vessel
4. The National - Trouble Will Find Me
5. Arcade Fire - Reflektor
6. Shout Out Louds - Optica
7. Crystal Fighters - Cave Rave
8. The Sounds - Weekend
9. Tegan & Sara - Heartthrob
10. Little Green Cars - Absolute Zero

2012

1. Radical Face – The Family Tree: The Roots
2. Passion Pit - Gossamer
3. Mumford And Son – Babel
4. Miike Snow – Happy To You
5. Imagine Dragons – Night Visions

6. Two Door Cinema Club – Beacon
7. Metric – Sythetica
8. Dr. Dog – Be The Void
9. Of Monsters And Men – My Head Is An Animal
10. The Avett Brothers – The Carpenter

2011
1. Death Cab For Cutie – Codes And Keys
2. The Sounds – Something To Die For
3. Architecture In Helsinki – Moment Bends
4. Decemberists – The King Is Dead
5. The Strokes – Angles
6. The Head And The Heart – The Head And The Heart
7. Brett Dennen – Loverboy
8. Manchester Orchestra – Simple Math
9. I’m From Barcelona – Forever Today
10. The Rural Alberta Advantage – Departing

2010
1. The National – High Violet
2. Vampire Weekend – Contra
3. Shout Out Louds – Work
4. Mumford And Sons – Sigh No More
5. Mates Of State – Crushes
6. Dr. Dog – Shame Shame
7. Rogue Wave – Permalight
8. Arcade Fire – The Suburbs
9. Matt & Kim – Sidewalks
10. Tokyo Police Club – Champ

2009
1. The Sounds – Crossing The Rubicon
2. Passion Pit – Manners
3. Metric – Fantasies
4. Animal Collective – Merryweather Post Pavilion
5. Empire Of The Sun – Walking On A Dream
6. The Rural Alberta Advantage – Hometowns
7. Silversun Pickups – Swoon
8. We Were Promised Jetpacks – These Four Walls
9. Islands – Vapours
10. Mew – No More Stories Are Told…