50. ScHoolboy Q, Oxymoron (Interscope/Top Dawg)
49. Tacocat, NVM (Hardly Art)
48. Ben Frost, A U R O R A (Mute/Bedroom Community)
47. TV on the Radio, Seeds (Harvest)
46. Hundred Waters, The Moon Rang Like a Bell (OWSLA)
45 . Eric Church, The Outsiders (EMI Nashville)
44. Shabazz Palaces, Lese Majesty (Sub Pop)
43. Charli XCX, Sucker (Neon Gold/Atlantic)
42. Mac DeMarco, Salad Days (Captured Tracks)
41. Lana Del Rey, Ultraviolence (Polydor/Interscope)
40. Real Estate, Atlas (Domino)
39. Afghan Whigs, Do to the Beast (Sub Pop)
38. Azealia Banks, Broke With Expensive Taste (Prospect Park)
37. Cymbals Eat Guitars, LOSE (Barsuk)
36. Young Thug & Bloody Jay, Black Portland (Self-Released)
35. Homeboy Sandman, Hallways (Stones Throw)
34. Taylor Swift, 1989 (Big Machine)
33. Andy Stott, Faith in Strangers (Modern Love)
32. Joyce Manor, Never Hungover Again (Epitaph)
31. Sylvan Esso, Sylvan Esso (Partisan)
30. Ariel Pink, pom pom (4AD)
29. Flight Facilities, Down to Earth (Future Classic)
28. Ryan Adams, Ryan Adams (Pax-Am)
27. Pallbearer, Foundations of Burden (Profound Lore)
26. St. Vincent, St. Vincent (Loma Vista/Republic)
25. Freddie Gibbs and Madlib, Pinata (Madlib Invazion)
24. Protomartyr, Under Color of Official Right (Hardly Art)
23. Aphex Twin, Syro (Warp)
22. Cloud Nothings, Here and Nowhere Else (Carpark/Mom & Pop)
21. FKA Twigs, LP1 (Young Turks)
20. ASTR, Varsity EP (Neon Gold)
19. Miranda Lambert, Platinum (RCA Nashville)
18. YG, My Krazy Life (Def Jam)
17. Swans, To Be Kind (Mute/Young God)
16. Todd Terje, It's Album Time (Olsen)
15. Sia, 1000 Forms of Fear (RCA/Monkey Puzzle)
14. Against Me!, Transgender Dysphoria Blues (Total Treble)
13. How to Dress Well, "What Is This Heart?" (Domino/Weird World)
12. Spoon, They Want My Soul (Loma Vista)
11. Betty Who, Take Me When You Go (RCA)
10. The New Pornographers, Brill Bruisers (Matador/Last Gang)
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9. tUnE-yArDs, Nikki Nack (4AD)
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8. Tinashe, Aquarius (RCA)
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7. Future Islands, Singles (4AD)
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6. Sun Kil Moon, Benji (Caldo Verde)
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5. Caribou, Our Love (Merge/City Slang)
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4. Jenny Lewis, The Voyager (Warner Bros.)
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3. Run the Jewels, Run the Jewels 2 (Mass Appeal)
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2. Parquet Courts, Sunbathing Animal (What's Your Rupture?/Mom & Pop)
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1. The War on Drugs, Lost in the Dream (Secretly Canadian)
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