Der alljährliche Höhepunkt der Jahresbestenlisten-Saison ist der Pazz+Jop-Poll der VILLAGE VOICE. Auch 2015 haben wieder rund 500 Teilnehmer ihre Top Ten eingereicht und dabei jeweils 100 Punkte auf die zehn Alben verteilt. Die Ergebnisse sind jetzt online:
1 Kendrick Lamar, To Pimp a Butterfly
2 Courtney Barnett, Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
3 Carly Rae Jepsen, Emotion
4 Grimes, Art Angels
5 Sleater-Kinney, No Cities to Love
6 Sufjan Stevens, Carrie & Lowell
7 Vince Staples, Summertime ’06
8 Kamasi Washington, The Epic
9 Jamie xx, In Colour
10 Father John Misty, I Love You, Honeybear
11 Jason Isbell, Something More Than Free
12 Tame Impala, Currents
13 Alabama Shakes, Sound & Color
14 Miguel, Wildheart
15 Donnie Trumpet & the Social Experiment, Surf
16 Joanna Newsom, Divers
17 Future, DS2
18 Drake, If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late
19 The Weeknd, Beauty Behind the Madness
20 Kacey Musgraves, Pageant Material
21 Various artists, Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
22 Hop Along, Painted Shut
23 Björk, Vulnicura
24 Chris Stapleton, Traveller
25 Leon Bridges, Coming Home
26 Earl Sweatshirt, I Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go Outside
27 Kurt Vile, B’lieve I’m Goin Down
28 Torres, Sprinter
29 Dawn Richard, Blackheart
30 Oneohtrix Point Never, Garden of Delete
31 Shamir, Ratchet
32 Young Thug, Barter 6
33 Julia Holter, Have You in My Wilderness
34 Mbongwana Star, From Kinshasa
35 Adele, 25
36 Ashley Monroe, The Blade
37 Waxahatchee, Ivy Tripp
38 Beach House, Depression Cherry
39 Jazmine Sullivan, Reality Show
40 Rae Sremmurd, SremmLife
41 Chvrches, Every Open Eye
42 D’Angelo, Black Messiah
43 Wilco, Star Wars
44 Royal Headache, High
45 Deerhunter, Fading Frontier
46 Low, Ones and Sixes
47 Protomartyr, The Agent Intellect
48 Beach Slang, The Things We Do to Find People Who Feel Like Us
49 Bob Dylan, Shadows in the Night
50 Titus Andronicus, The Most Lamentable Tragedy
51 James McMurtry, Complicated Game
52 Rhiannon Giddens, Tomorrow Is My Turn
53 Blur, The Magic Whip
54 Deafheaven, New Bermuda
55 Future, 56 Nights
56 Dr. Dre, Compton
57 Destroyer, Poison Season
57 The Internet, Ego Death
59 Viet Cong, Viet Cong
60 Colleen Green, I Want to Grow Up
61 Lana Del Rey, Honeymoon
62 Bully, Feels Like
63 Jessica Pratt, On Your Own Love Again
64 Florence & the Machine, How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful
65 A$AP Rocky, At.Long.Last.A$AP
66 Arca, Mutant
67 Natalie Prass, Natalie Prass
68 Algiers, Algiers
69 Yo la Tengo, Stuff Like That There
70 Julien Baker, Sprained Ankle
71 Downtown Boys, Full Communism
72 Susanne Sundfør, Ten Love Songs
73 Sonics, This Is the Sonics
74 Heems, Eat Pray Thug
74 New Order, Music Complete
76 Floating Points, Elaenia
77 Speedy Ortiz, Foil Deer
78 Holly Herndon, Platform
79 FFS, FFS
80 Joan Shelley, Over and Even
81 Jim O’Rourke, Simple Songs
82 Health, Death Magic
83 Eric Church, Mr. Misunderstood
83 Laurie Anderson, Heart of a Dog
85 My Morning Jacket, The Waterfall
86 Bob Dylan, The Cutting Edge 1965-1966
87 Jeremih, Late Nights: the Album
88 John Grant, Grey Tickles, Black Pressure
89 Car Seat Headrest, Teens of Style
90 Jeffrey Lewis & Los Bolts, Manhattan
91 Ryan Adams, 1989
92 Janet Jackson, Unbreakable
92 Mountain Goats, Beat the Champ
94 JD McPherson, Let the Good Times Roll
95 Erykah Badu, But You Caint Use My Phone
96 Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats
97 Beauty Pill, Beauty Pill Describes Things As They Are
98 Panda Bear, Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper
99 Screaming Females, Rose Mountain
100 Tenement, Predatory Headlights
(Die Gesamtliste geht bis runter zu Platz 1170.)
1 Drake, Hotline Bling
2 Kendrick Lamar, King Kunta
3 The Weeknd, Can’t Feel My Face
4 Kendrick Lamar, Alright
5 Courtney Barnett, Pedestrian at Best
6 Missy Elliott (ft. Pharrell Williams), WTF (Where They From)
7 Fetty Wap, Trap Queen
8 Mark Ronson (ft. Bruno Mars), Uptown Funk
9 Adele, Hello
9 Jamie xx (ft. Young Thug & Popcaan), I Know There’s Gonna Be (Good Times)
11 Carly Rae Jepsen, Run Away With Me
12 Grimes, Flesh Without Blood
13 Jack Ü (ft. Justin Bieber), Where Are Ü Now
14 Donnie Trumpet & the Social Experiment, Sunday Candy
14 Tame Impala, Let It Happen
16 Miguel (ft. Wales), Coffee
17 Kurt Vile, Pretty Pimpin
18 Alessia Cara, Here
18 Courtney Barnett, Depreston
20 Alabama Shakes, Don’t Wanna Fight
20 Shamir, On the Regular
22 The Weeknd, The Hills
23 David Bowie, Blackstar
24 Taylor Swift, Style
25 Major Lazer (ft. MØ & DJ Snake), Lean On
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