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Best albums of 2015

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Smoke + Mirrors
Imagine Dragons
16 October 2015Alternative rock, ambient, blues rock
6.0
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What Happens Next
Gang of Four
24 February 2015Alternative rock, pop rock, rock
6.0

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The Universe Smiles Upon You
Khruangbin
6 November 2015Alternative rock, blues, funk
8.4
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The Story of Sonny Boy Slim
Gary Clark Jr.
11 September 2015Blues, blues rock, rock

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9 January 2015Blue-eyed soul, contemporary r&b, dance-pop

5.9

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Another Country

21 September 2015Pop rock, rock

5.8

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I Changed a Lot

23 October 2015Hip hop, pop rap

5.8

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Bullet for My Valentine

14 August 2015Heavy metal, metalcore, rock

5.7

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HITnRUN Phase One

7 September 2015Funk, pop

5.7

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Unbreakable Smile

23 June 2015Pop, rock

5.7

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No Pier Pressure

3 April 2015Classic rock, pop, rock

5.6

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Postcards From Paradise

31 March 2015Pop, pop rock, rock

5.4

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22 May 2015Edm, electro house, electronic

5.3

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162

13 May 2015Dance, dance-pop, electronic

5.0

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Speedin’ Bullet 2 Heaven

4 December 2015Alternative rock, grunge, hip hop

4.7

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Coming Up for Air

6 February 2015Alternative rock, indie rock, rock

4.5

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Yours, Dreamily,

28 August 2015Blues rock, garage rock, indie rock

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Blow up the Moon

4 April 2015Rock

4.0

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Pleasure to Meet You

31 March 2015Alternative rock, rock

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An Evening With Joe Albany

1 January 2015Jazz

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This Is for the Time

31 December 2015

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The Romantic Violin Concerto, Volume 19: Violin Concerto no. 1, op. 26 / Romance, op. 42 / Serenade, op. 73

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

31 December 2015Classical

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Distorted Terror

Rolling Contact

30 December 2015

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WARNING×WARNING×WARNING -to the beginning 05-

30 December 2015Dance-pop, electronic, j-rock

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Soft Landing TOHO

Rolling Contact

29 December 2015Dubstep, electronic, gabber

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WINTER NEW YORK

22 December 2015

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The Complete Season 9 Collection (The Voice Performance)

Emily Ann Roberts

16 December 2015

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15 December 2015

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Lux Satanae: Thirteen Hymns of Finnish Devil Worship

Satanic Warmaster

15 December 2015Black metal

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Who Stole My Bike

12 December 2015Experimental, lo-fi, shoegaze

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11 December 2015Contemporary folk, experimental, folk rock

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11 December 2015Contemporary folk, experimental, free improvisation

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Karl Hector & the Malcouns

11 December 2015

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Can’t Stand the Pressure

Karl Hector & the Malcouns

11 December 2015Afrobeat, funk, jazz

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11 December 2015

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Across the Oceans

The American Dollar

10 December 2015Ambient, electronic, instrumental hip hop

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Outstretch Your Hand for the Impress of Truth

8 December 2015Electronic, electronica, industrial

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4 December 2015

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Every Trick in the Book

4 December 2015Metalcore, rock

6.5

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One of the Lonely Ones

4 December 2015Baroque pop, pop, pop rock

7.0

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Simone Kopmajer

4 December 2015

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Mù Chè Shān Chū

4 December 2015Electronic, experimental, trap

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3 December 2015Breakbeat, drum and bass, electro

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Momentum Vol. 2

2 December 2015

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Movement Swallows Us

1 December 2015

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Epsilon Aurigae

1 December 2015Doom metal, progressive metal

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30 November 2015Hardcore punk, punk, rock

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They Might Be Giants

27 November 2015Alternative rock, indie rock, rock

7.0

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Interludes for the Dead

Circles Around the Sun

27 November 2015Acid rock, instrumental rock, jazz

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27 November 2015Melodic metalcore, metalcore, rock

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