Sunday, December 13, 2015

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…

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