The year is slowly coming to an end and soon we will be inundated with lists of the "best" of 2015. We have hurried a bit and compiled a list of the best music albums of 2015 according to the editors.
The best music albums of 2015 as chosen by the editors (arranged by release date).
1. Björk: Vulnicura
Date of issue: January 20, 2015.
Four years have passed since the singer's last album Biophilia. With her ninth studio album, the Icelandic singer Björk returned to her favorite subject - nature. And to a broken heart. Vulnicura is Björk's most personal musical album, through which she questions the breakup of her relationship with her long-term partner and offers her most intimate thoughts.
2. Father John Misty: I Love You, Honeybear
Date of issue: February 9, 2015.
The second studio album by the American folk musician John Tillman, who is known under the pseudonym Father John Misty, is a more than successful follow-up to the album Fear Fun from 2012. Behind all the layers of irony that the album brings, the biggest irony is surely that it can seemingly such a complex and confusing album hides its real strength in something as mundane and transparent as its author's ability to write a beautiful melody.
3. Kendrick Lamar: To Pimp a Butterfly
Date of issue: March 15, 2015.
The third studio album by American rapper Kendrick Lamar is an ambitious attempt by the author to inspire generations to change the world for the better. His politics may sting and his sound may embarrass us, but there's no doubt that the album is one of this year's most interesting and impressive musical artifacts.
4. Sufjan Stevens: Carrie & Lowell
Date of issue: March 31, 2015.
For his seventh studio album, for the first time in his career, American musician Sufjan Stevens stripped away all artificiality and removed the security curtains, showing us his works in all their unflinching beauty. He managed this with the right attitude, hope, strength and grace, and this time he found a musical and emotional cathartic triumph with his music.
5. Jamie XX: In Colour
Date of issue: May 29, 2015.
The English producer and DJ, known both for his career and as a member of the London indie pop band The xx, released his second studio album in May this year. The album is a brilliant culmination and the fruit of six years of work - whimsical ballads, explosions of good music and eloquent and unusual collaborations with vocalists.
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6. Tame Impala: Currents
Date of issue: July 17, 2015.
Currents is the third studio album by Australian psychedelic rock band Tame Impala. Like all great psychedelic music, this album also provokes a deeply altered state in us, which is sometimes caused by certain substances, but at most sadness.
7. Julia Holter: Have You In My Wilderness
Date of issue: September 25, 2015.
American musician Julia Hoter released her fourth studio album in September this year. A relaxed, focused, charming and magnificently conceived album.
