EOY 2015 - Rockdelux (Spain)
Posted: Fri Jan 01, 2016 11:52 am
The international albums according to Rockdelux staff (published in RDL 346, January of 2016):
1 Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
2 Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell
3 Julia Holter - Have You in My Wilderness
4 Kamasi Washington - The Epic
5 Joanna Newsom - Divers
6 Grimes - Art Angels
7 Bjork - Vulnicura
8 Holly Herndon - Platform
9 U.S. Girls - Half Free
10 Sleater-Kinney - No Cities to Love
11 Jamie xx - In Colour
12 Tame Impala - Currents
13 Sun Kil Moon - Universal Themes
14 Low - Ones and Sixes
15 Vince Staples - Summertime '06
16 Deradoorian - The Expanding Flower Planet
17 Arca - Mutant
18 Panda Bear - Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper
19 Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
20 Dominique A - Éléor
21 FFS - FFS
22 A$AP Rocky - At.Long.Last.A$AP
23 Destroyer - Poison Season
24 Sleaford Mods - Key Markets
25 Kurt Vile - b'lieve i'm goin down
26 Deerhunter - Fading Frontier
27 Max Richter - Sleep
28 Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear
29 Natalie Prass - Natalie Prass
30 Benjamin Clementine - At Least for Now
31 Villagers - Darling Arithmetic
32 Beach House - Depression Cherry
33 Jim O'Rourke - Simple Songs
34 Algiers - Algiers
35 Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba - Ba Power
36 Dr. Dre - Compton. A Soundtrack by Dr. Dre
37 Oneohtrix Point Never - Garden of Delete
38 CHVRCHES - Every Open Eye
39 Nicole Dollanganger - Natural Born Losers
40 Deafheaven - New Bermuda
41 Tobias Jesso Jr. - Goon
42 Jlin - Dark Energy
43 Downtown Boys - Full Communism
44 Prurient - Frozen Niagara Falls
45 Ezra Furman - Perpetual Motion People
46 Helena Hauff - Discreet Desires
47 Drinks - Hermits on Holiday
48 Majical Cloudz - Are You Alone?
49 Protomartyr - The Agent Intellect
50 Empress Of - Me
According to David Saavedra, "2015, musically speaking, has been the year of black and women, and these are good news (…) Good news are, undoubtedly, that seven positions of the Top Ten of best international albums are taken up by women characterised by bold and restless ways of expression, by wild personalities with vision of present and future."
And the international songs:
1 Kendrick Lamar - King Kunta
2 Drake - Hotline Bling
3 Tame Impala - Let It Happen
4 Empress Of - How Do You Do It
5 Julia Holter - Feel You
6 Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian at Best
7 Jamie xx - Loud Places
8 Sufjan Stevens - Should Have Known Better
9 U.S. Girls - Damn That Valley
10 Björk - Stonemilker
11 Chromatics - I Can Never Be Myself When You're Around
12 FFS - Johnny Delusional
13 Grimes - REALiTi
14 Algiers - Black Eunuch
15 Missy Elliott feat. Pharrell Williams - WTF (Where They From)
16 Sleater-Kinney - Surface Envy
17 Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear
18 Joanna Newsom - Sapokanikan
19 Panda Bear - Mr Noah
20 M.I.A. - Borders
21 Rihanna - Bitch Better Have My Money
22 Beach House - Space Song
23 Alabama Shakes - Don't Wanna Fight
24 Songhoy Blues - Soubour
25 Deerhunter - Breaker
26 Dominique A - Éléor
27 Holly Herndon - Interference
28 Hot Chip - Need You Now
29 Julieta Venegas - Algo sucede
30 Kurt Vile - Pretty Pimpin'
31 Low - What Part of Me
32 Savages - The Answer
33 Shamir - On the Regular
34 Robert Forster - Let Me Imagine You
35 Purity Ring - Begin Again
36 Villagers - Dawning on Me
37 Ibeyi - Ghosts
38 Belle and Sebastian - Enter Sylvia Plath
39 Ezra Furman - Restless Year
40 EL VY - Return to the Moon (Political Song for Didi Bloome to Sing, With Crescendo)
41 Martin Courtney - Asleep
42 Meg Baird - Back to You
43 Miguel - Coffee
44 Natalie Prass - Bird of Prey
45 Deradoorian - Komodo
46 Destroyer - Dream Lover
47 Cheikh Lô - Degg Gui
48 Bill Ryder-Jones - Daniel
49 Tobias Jesso Jr. - How Could You Babe
50 Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Multi-Love
1 Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
2 Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell
3 Julia Holter - Have You in My Wilderness
4 Kamasi Washington - The Epic
5 Joanna Newsom - Divers
6 Grimes - Art Angels
7 Bjork - Vulnicura
8 Holly Herndon - Platform
9 U.S. Girls - Half Free
10 Sleater-Kinney - No Cities to Love
11 Jamie xx - In Colour
12 Tame Impala - Currents
13 Sun Kil Moon - Universal Themes
14 Low - Ones and Sixes
15 Vince Staples - Summertime '06
16 Deradoorian - The Expanding Flower Planet
17 Arca - Mutant
18 Panda Bear - Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper
19 Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
20 Dominique A - Éléor
21 FFS - FFS
22 A$AP Rocky - At.Long.Last.A$AP
23 Destroyer - Poison Season
24 Sleaford Mods - Key Markets
25 Kurt Vile - b'lieve i'm goin down
26 Deerhunter - Fading Frontier
27 Max Richter - Sleep
28 Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear
29 Natalie Prass - Natalie Prass
30 Benjamin Clementine - At Least for Now
31 Villagers - Darling Arithmetic
32 Beach House - Depression Cherry
33 Jim O'Rourke - Simple Songs
34 Algiers - Algiers
35 Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba - Ba Power
36 Dr. Dre - Compton. A Soundtrack by Dr. Dre
37 Oneohtrix Point Never - Garden of Delete
38 CHVRCHES - Every Open Eye
39 Nicole Dollanganger - Natural Born Losers
40 Deafheaven - New Bermuda
41 Tobias Jesso Jr. - Goon
42 Jlin - Dark Energy
43 Downtown Boys - Full Communism
44 Prurient - Frozen Niagara Falls
45 Ezra Furman - Perpetual Motion People
46 Helena Hauff - Discreet Desires
47 Drinks - Hermits on Holiday
48 Majical Cloudz - Are You Alone?
49 Protomartyr - The Agent Intellect
50 Empress Of - Me
According to David Saavedra, "2015, musically speaking, has been the year of black and women, and these are good news (…) Good news are, undoubtedly, that seven positions of the Top Ten of best international albums are taken up by women characterised by bold and restless ways of expression, by wild personalities with vision of present and future."
And the international songs:
1 Kendrick Lamar - King Kunta
2 Drake - Hotline Bling
3 Tame Impala - Let It Happen
4 Empress Of - How Do You Do It
5 Julia Holter - Feel You
6 Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian at Best
7 Jamie xx - Loud Places
8 Sufjan Stevens - Should Have Known Better
9 U.S. Girls - Damn That Valley
10 Björk - Stonemilker
11 Chromatics - I Can Never Be Myself When You're Around
12 FFS - Johnny Delusional
13 Grimes - REALiTi
14 Algiers - Black Eunuch
15 Missy Elliott feat. Pharrell Williams - WTF (Where They From)
16 Sleater-Kinney - Surface Envy
17 Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear
18 Joanna Newsom - Sapokanikan
19 Panda Bear - Mr Noah
20 M.I.A. - Borders
21 Rihanna - Bitch Better Have My Money
22 Beach House - Space Song
23 Alabama Shakes - Don't Wanna Fight
24 Songhoy Blues - Soubour
25 Deerhunter - Breaker
26 Dominique A - Éléor
27 Holly Herndon - Interference
28 Hot Chip - Need You Now
29 Julieta Venegas - Algo sucede
30 Kurt Vile - Pretty Pimpin'
31 Low - What Part of Me
32 Savages - The Answer
33 Shamir - On the Regular
34 Robert Forster - Let Me Imagine You
35 Purity Ring - Begin Again
36 Villagers - Dawning on Me
37 Ibeyi - Ghosts
38 Belle and Sebastian - Enter Sylvia Plath
39 Ezra Furman - Restless Year
40 EL VY - Return to the Moon (Political Song for Didi Bloome to Sing, With Crescendo)
41 Martin Courtney - Asleep
42 Meg Baird - Back to You
43 Miguel - Coffee
44 Natalie Prass - Bird of Prey
45 Deradoorian - Komodo
46 Destroyer - Dream Lover
47 Cheikh Lô - Degg Gui
48 Bill Ryder-Jones - Daniel
49 Tobias Jesso Jr. - How Could You Babe
50 Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Multi-Love