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# The Best Albums of 2015
- URL: https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2015/12/27/the-best-albums-of-2015/
- Published: 2015-12-27T17:51:00.000Z
- Updated: 2019-11-02T18:23:19.000Z
- Description: An excellent year with many albums that I expect to play for some time to come.
- Author: Ivar Hagendoorn
- Tags: Blog, Music

An excellent year with many albums that I expect to play for some time to come. I'm not a big jazz fan but the three cd album by Kamasi Washington is indeed epic. The full list in no particular order:

Kamasi Washington: The Epic  
Anna Þorvaldsdóttir: In the Light of Air  
Julia Kent: Asperities  
Jamie XX: In Colour  
Kendrick Lamar: To Pimp a Butterfly  
Tame Impala: Currents  
Kuniko: IX - Iannis Xenakis  
Séverine Ballon: Solitude  
Holly Herndon: Platform  
Alina Ibragimova: Ysaÿe Sonatas for Solo Violin  
Kaija Saariaho: Let the Wind Speak  
Maria Milstein & Hanna Shybayeva: Sounds of War  
Kurt Vile: b'lieve i'm goin down 

Pitchfork's list of the [top 50 albums of 2015](https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/9764-the-50-best-albums-of-2015/?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com). The best albums of 2015 according to [Dutch music critics](http://www.muzieklijstjes.nl/2015.htm?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com) and Ted Gioia's pick of [the 100 best albums of the year](http://tedgioia.com/bestalbumsof2015.html?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com).