B&C's 2015 Albums of the Year AKA The One Time A Year Peef Uses Math

[u2popmofo]

Post your favorite albums of 2015.

Here are the rules from last year:

- You list your top 15 albums.
- You distribute 100 points up among those 15 albums however you see fit. You cannot exceed 15 points for a single album, however.
- A top thirty will be formed, and if necessary, a minimum number of votes will be required for an album to make the top thirty.
- In case of a tie, the album with the larger number of votes gets precedence. If they are tied in both points and votes, we move to a shootout.

 

[Kieran McConville]

I misread that as 'meth'.

 

[u2popmofo]

I'm not sure if we could count how many times a year he uses that.

 

[Kieran McConville]

I listened to literally not one album released this year.

 

[u2popmofo]

To start things off, here's a list where Beach House just barely beats Marilyn Manson.

50 Best Albums of 2015 | Rolling Stone

 

[u2popmofo]

Few more.

PopMatters Picks: The Best Music of 2015 | PopMatters

The 50 Best Albums of 2015 | SPIN

NME's Albums Of The Year 2015 | NME.COM

 

[bono_212]

Man this year was a black hole for me

 

[u2popmofo]

The 50 Best Albums Of 2015 - Stereogum

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

Oooooooh. Excited to do this. Didn't put together a list last year but there's a bunch of stuff I can choose from for 2015.

I'll be putting Adele at #1 because she's overweight.

 

[PhilsFan]

The trick is to let Excel do the math for you.

 

[gump]

This is my favorite thread of the year. I agree with LM - this has been a really strong year in music. It will be tough to rank the top 15.

 

[Axver]

This is going to be an exceedingly difficult year for me to rank. One of the strongest in a long time.

 

[prbiker15]

B&C's 2015 Albums of the Year AKA The One Time A Year Peef Uses Math

Agreed - it's been a great year of music. Will be very difficult to rank it all.

 

[iron yuppie]

There's a very clear #1 for me, followed by 3 or 4 great albums, then a lot of really good ones.

 

[Axver]

Here's an Aussie perspective from one of our larger local sites: The 50 best albums of 2015 | FasterLouder

With regards to the local albums that may not be so well known internationally, I definitely think Methyl Ethel's Oh Inhuman Spectacle (#44) deserves the hype. I need to hear Gold Class's It's You (#36); I've seen them live and enjoyed them but have only heard the singles. Twerps, Dick Diver, and Royal Headache have all been much loved here but I wouldn't recommend any of them. Traviud probably would.

It's inexcusable they skipped over Dorsal Fins' Mind Renovation though. That's a fucking gem that I think some of you folks would rather enjoy. Get on it.

 

[Danny Boy]

I'll be putting Adele at #1 because I'm overweight too.


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[u2popmofo]

The trick is to let Excel do the math for you.

The one time a year Peef uses Excel to do math for him?

 

[LemonMelon]

I'll be putting Adele at #1 because I'm overweight too.


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I like your avatar.

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

Am I crazy or is Carrie and Lowel not even on the RS list??

Also the new Coldplay album on the NME list brings the lulz.

 

[iron yuppie]

Am I crazy or is Carrie and Lowel not even on the RS list??

But a half-assed collection of Dylan covering Sinatra and an album from fucking Don Henley are. Oh Rolling Stone, never change.

 

[Danny Boy]

I like your avatar.

 

[Axver]

But a half-assed collection of Dylan covering Sinatra and an album from fucking Don Henley are. Oh Rolling Stone, never change.

I can't be bothered looking at it, but I assume they've also found some justification to include Songs of Innocence again.

Or maybe even HTDAAB.

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

I remember I was freshman in college, at the absolute peak of my U2 fandom. And the day it was announced that the album was going to be called How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb and I was fucking thrilled. Thought it was a brilliant, kickass album title.

I still think it's a pretty damn good title actually.

I'm also kinda drunk.

 

[Mack_Again]

i don't know why but only album from 2015 i've actually listened at some capacity is like Failure album (a Heart Is a Monster) and Torche (Restarter). so, whatever

 

[iron yuppie]

I can't be bothered looking at it, but I assume they've also found some justification to include Songs of Innocence again.

Or maybe even HTDAAB.

I actually went to look before I realized you were joking and that SoI came out in 2014. Seems like only a few weeks ago.

 

[Mack_Again]

I kinda forgot about the fact that EoDM's (most recent) album came out this year.... smh

 

[Joey788]

Here's a few more lists:

Consequence of Sound
Paste Magazine
Complex
Time Magazine

 

[cobl04]

Gonna be a while before I can post my list, but excited to nut it out.

I'll be putting Adele at #1 because I'm overweight too.


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I thought you go running all the time.

 

[LemonMelon]

excited to nut it out.

These can't be actual phrases Aussies say. You've got to be fucking with us.

 

[Axver]

How is that even possibly an unusual phrase.