The Best Albums of 2015

Best Albums of 2015

It's that most wonderful time of the year...the end! It's time to celebrate all the great music we've had the pleasure to hear. Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot share their Best Albums of 2015 and hear nominations from listeners.

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The Best Albums of 2015

Jim's Top Albums

  1. Courtney Barnett, Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
  2. Low Cut Connie, Hi Honey
  3. Kendrick Lamar, To Pimp a Butterfly
  4. Bully, Feels Like
  5. Titus Andronicus, The Most Lamentable Tragedy
  6. Le Butcherettes, A Raw Youth
  7. Wire, Wire
  8. Yo La Tengo, Stuff Like That There
  9. Torres, Sprinter
  10. Grimes, Art Angels

Jim's Complete List

Greg's Top Albums

  1. Kendrick Lamar, To Pimp a Butterfly
  2. Courtney Barnett, Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
  3. Protomartyr, The Agent Intellect
  4. Shamir, Ratchet
  5. Vince Staples, Summertime ‘06
  6. Titus Andronicus, The Most Lamentable Tragedy
  7. Donnie Trumpet & the Social Experiment, Surf
  8. Grimes, Art Angels
  9. Torres, Sprinter
  10. The Chills, Silver Bullets

Greg's Complete List

Listener Top Albums

  • Chris from Chicago: Beach Slang, The Things We Do to Find People Who Feel Like Us
  • Michael from Chicago: Sufjan Stevens, Carrie & Lowell
  • Jason from Boston: Braids, Deep in the Iris

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