If you're sick of seeing the same names atop every publication's year-end list, you can always count on The Quietus to deliver something almost completely different. While their Top 100 Albums of 2015 does contain Kendrick Lamar, Sufjan Stevens, Julia Holter, Kurt Vile and a few other popular choices, none of them cracked The Quietus' top 20. What is their #1? Experimental footwork producer Jlin's Dark Energy which came out in March via Planet Mu. At #2 it's Polish drone/folk artist Stara Rzeka's Zamknęły się oczy ziemi. There are a few others in the Top 10 you may have heard -- Oneohtrix Point Never's Garden Of Delete, Holly Herndon's Platform, East India Youth's Culture of Volume, Matana Roberts' Coin Coin Chapter 3, and New Order's Music Complete.

Whether you see this as made by a bunch of contrarians or forward-thinkers, chances are there's something here you may not have heard but might really like. The Quietus' page includes bandcamp or soundcloud links where available, and you can browse through their entire Top 100 Albums of 2015 list below



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The Quietus - Best Albums of 2015

100. Pissgrave - Suicide Euphoria

99. RSS B0YS - HDDN

98. Eugene The Oceanographer - The Tigers Of Mount Paektu

97. Checkpoint 303 - The Iqrit Files

96. Guapo - Obscure Knowledge

95. Rizan Said - King Of Keyboard

94. Roots Manuva - Bleeds

93. The Necks - Vertigo

92. Lightning Bolt - Fantasy Empire

91. John Foxx - London Overgrown

90. Jute Gyte - Ship Of Theseus

89. Real Lies - Real Life

88. Claude Speed - Sun Czar Temple

87. Paper Dollhouse - Aeonflower

86. Milo - So The Flies Don't Come

85. Terakaft - Alone

84. Charlatans - Modern Nature

83. Master Musicians Of Bukake - Further West Quad Cult

82. Cornered Yet Climbing featuring Kelly Jayne Jones - Fevered Realities

81. Dawn Richard - Blackheart

80. $hit & $hine - 54 Synth-Brass 38 Metal Guitar 65 Cathedral

79. Joey Anderson - Invisible Switch

78. Broken English Club - Suburban Hunting

77. Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly

76. Bad Guys - Bad Guynaecology

75. Container - LP

74. Ian William Craig - Cradle For The Wanting

73. Vince Staples - Summertime '06

72. Rupert Clervaux & Beatrice Dillon - Studies I-XVII For Samplers And Percussion

71. JME - Integrity

70. Consumer Electronics - Dollhouse Songs

69. Torres - Sprinter

68. Pearson Sound - Pearson Sound

67. Melechesh - Enki

66. Leif - Taraxacum

65. Oren Ambarchi & Jim O'Rourke - Behold

64. Shapednoise - Different Selves

63. Algiers - Algiers

62. Anthony Child - Electronic Recordings From the Maui Jungle

61. Meatraffle - Hi Fi Classics

60. Fis - The Blue Quicksand Is Going Now

59. Levon Vincent - Levon Vincent

58. Wire - Wire

57. Colleen - Captain Of None

56. Imaginary Forces - Low Key Movements

55. Gnaw Their Tongues - Abyss Of Longing Throats

54. Eric Chennaux - Skullsplitter

53. Future - DS2

52. The Soft Moon - Deeper

51. Rabit - Communion

50. Bjork - Vulnicura

49. Russell Haswell - As Sure As Night Follows Day

48. Jaakko Eino Kalevi - Jaakko Eino Kalevi

47. M.E.S.H. - Piteous Gate

46. Owiny Sigoma Band - Nyanza

45. Lonelady - Hinterland

44. Kerridge - Always Offended Never Ashamed

43. Arca - Mutant

42. The Eccentronic Research Council - Johnny Rocket, Narcissist & Music Machine... I'm Your Biggest Fan

41. Ariel Kalma and Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe - We Know Each Other Somehow

40. Vainio & Vigroux - Peau Froide, Leger Soleil

39. The Membranes - Dark Matter/Dark Energy

38. Prurient - Frozen Niagara Falls

37. Księżyc - Rabbit Eclipse

36. Karin Park - Apocalypse Pop

35. DJ Richard - Grind

34. Julia Holter - Have You In My Wilderness

33. Chrononautz - Noments

32. One More Grain - Grain Fever

31. Enya - Dark Sky Island

30. My Disco - Severe

29. RP Boo - Fingers, Bank Pads & Shoe Prints

28. Hey Colossus - Radio Static High

27. Kurt Vile - B'lieve I'm Goin Down...

26. Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba - Ba Power

25. Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell

24. Jerusalem In My Heart - If He Dies If If If If If If

23. WIDT - Point#3

22. GNOD - Infinity Machines

21. Hawthonn - Hawthonn

20. Laura Cannell - Beneath Swooping Talons

19. Sunn O))) - Kannon

18. King Midas Sound & Fennesz - Edition 1

17. Teeth Of The Sea - Highly Deadly Black Tarantula

16. Jenny Hval - Apocalypse, Girl

15. Jam City - Dream A Garden

14. Helm - Olympic Mess

13. The Inward Circles - Belated Movements For An Unsanctioned Exhumation August 1984

12. Elysia Crampton - American Drift

11. Circuit Des Yeux - In Plain Speech

10. Holly Herndon - Platform

9. New Order - Music Complete

8. Oneohtrix Point Never - Garden Of Delete

7. EEK featuring Islam Chipsy - Kahraba

6. East India Youth - Culture Of Volume

5. Matana Roberts - Coin Coin Chapter Three

4. Carter Tutti Void - f(x)

3. Mbongwana Star - From Kinshasa

2. Stara Rzeka - Zamknęły się oczy ziemi

1. Jlin - Dark Energy