FACT's Top 50 Albums of 2015

by Andrew Sacher

FACT published their 50 Best Albums of 2015 list and as always, it’s one of the more unique lists of the year. It’s loaded with high-quality electronic music, rap, R&B, indie, pop, and more, and you’re almost guaranteed to find something on it you haven’t heard of. It ranges from the Simon Cowell-assembled girl group Fifth Harmony to the underground New York rapper Junglepussy, and includes plenty of the in-between. Kendrick Lamar and Grimes are here, but they come in at the mere #3 and #5, respectively. Their #1 is a very unexpected pick, but a great album nonetheless (and one that does deserve some more love).

“Excuse the positivity, but was something in the water this year? 2015 felt like the best year for albums in a while,” their intro begins. Read what else FACT have to say here and check out the whole list below…

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FACT’s 50 Best Albums of 2015
50. Jeff Bridges – Sleeping Tapes
49. Disasterpeace – It Follows
48. Panda Bear – Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper
47. Leila Abdul-Rauf – Insomina
46. Theo Burt – Gloss
45. ANAMAI – Sallows
44. Smurphy – A Shapeless Pool of Lovely Colors Suspended in the Darkness
43. Ash Kossha – GUUD
42. Helen – The Original Faces
41. JT The Goon – King Triton
40. William Basinski – Cascade
39. Tame Impala – Currents
38. Hieroglyphic Being & J.I.T.U. Ahn-Sahm-Buhl – We are Not the First
37. Katie Dey – asdfasdf
36. Johnny May Cash – My Last Days
35. Jóhann Jóhannsson – Sicario OST
34. Fifth Harmony – Reflection
33. Prurient – Frozen Niagara Falls
32. Nidia Minaj – Danger
31. Junglepussy – Pregnant With Success
30. Kode9 – Nothing
29. FIS – The Blue Quicksand Is Going Now
28. Various Artiss – Gqom Oh! The Sound of Durban Vol.1
27. Murlo – Odyssey
26. Father – Who’s Gonna Get Fucked First?
25. J.G. Biberkopf – Ecologies
24. Julio Bashmore – Knockin’ Boots
23. Vince Staples – Summertime ’06
22. Holly Herndon – Platform
21. Levon Vincent – Levon Vincent
20. Boogie – The Reach
19. Jam City – Dream A Garden
18. Helm – Olympic Mess
17. Abra – Rose
16. Kuedo – Assertion of a Surrounding Presence
15. death’s dynamic shroud.wmv – I’ll Try Living Like This
14. Jefre Cantu-Ledesma – A Year With 13 Moons
13. Acre – Better Strangrs
12. M.E.S.H. – Piteous Gate
11, Rustie – EVENIFUDONTBELIEVE
10. Eartheater – RIP Chrysalis
9. DJ Richard – Grind
8. Kelela – Hallucinogen
7. Jlin – Dark Energy
6. Future – 56 Nights / DS2
5. Grimes – Art Angels
4. Arca – Mutant
3. Kendrick Lamar – To PImp A Butterfly
2. Oneohtrix Point Never – Garden of Delete
1. Dawn Richard – Blackheart