2015 was an exciting year for music. The industry fought new battles as some artists removed themselves from Spotify and others formed the unsuccessful artist-owned streaming service, Tidal. Kendrick Lamar created the modern hip-hop/jazz masterpiece and the chart-topping champion, Adele, even returned for another album of tear jerkers. After sifting through the year’s supply of music, the WGRE staff has selected our favorite albums. We look forward to seeing what the future will bring and hope that it includes a Frank Ocean album.
Ellen Sauter
1. Chvrches "Every Open Eye"
2. Doe Paoro "After"
3. Andra Day "Cheers to the Fall"
4. Adele "25"
5. Leon Bridges "Coming Home"
6. Vulfpeck "Thrill of the Arts"
7. Wild Child "Fools"
8. Lianne La Havas "What You Don't Do"
9. Big Grams “Big Grams”
10. Grimes "Art Angels”
Honorable Mention:
Tall Heights "Holding On, Holding Out"
Tame Impala "Currents"
Kafka Tamura "Nothing to Everyone"
Purity Ring "Another Eternity"
Halsey “Badlands"
Ben Gorman
1. Kendrick Lamar “To Pimp a Butterfly”
2. My Morning Jacket “The Waterfall”
3. Kurt Vile “b'lieve im going down”
4. Vulfpeck “Thrill of the Arts”
5. Tame Impala ”Currents”
6. Courtney Barnett “Sometimes I Sit & Think, Sometimes I just Sit”
7. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard ”Paper Mache Dream Balloon”
8. Earl Sweatshirt “I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside”
9. Sufjan Stevens “Carrie and Lowell”
10. Father John Misty “I Love You, Honeybear"
Honorable Mention:
Kamasi Washington “The Epic”
Leon Bridges ”Coming Home”
Mac DeMarco ”Another One”
Andra Day ”Cheers to the Fall”