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Songs:
http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lis ... s-of-2015/

001. Kendrick Lamar - "Alright"
002. Drake - "Hotline Bling"
003. Jamie xx feat. Young Thug & Popcaan - "I Know There's Gonna Be (Good Times)"
004. Kendrick Lamar - "King Kunta"
005. Tame Impala - "Let It Happen"
006. Young Thug feat. Birdman - "Constantly Hating"
007. Grimes - "Flesh Without Blood"
008. D'Angelo - "Really Love"
009. Courtney Barnett - "Depreston"
010. Vince Staples - "Lift Me Up"
011. Sufjan Stevens - "Should Have Known Better"
012. The Weeknd - "Can't Feel My Face"
013. Rihanna - "Bitch Better Have My Money"
014. Miguel - "Coffee"
015. Adele - "Hello"
016. Donnie Trumpet & the Social Experiment - "Sunday Candy"
017. Grimes - "REALiTi"
018. Jamie xx - "Gosh"
019. Vince Staples - "Norf Norf"
020. Fetty Wap - "Trap Queen"
021. Kendrick Lamar - "The Blacker the Berry"
022. Drake - "Know Yourself"
023. Future - "March Madness"
024. Erykah Badu - "Cel U Lar Device"
025. D'Angelo - "Sugah Daddy"
026. Tame Impala - "Eventually"
027. Thundercat - "Them Changes"
028. Carly Rae Jepsen - "Run Away with Me"
029. Julia Holter - "Feel You"
030. Missy Elliott feat. Pharrell - "WTF (Where They From)"
031. Kamasi Washington - "The Rhythm Changes"
032. Alessia Cara - "Here"
033. Panda Bear - "Tropic of Cancer"
034. D.R.A.M. - "Cha Cha"
035. Drake - "Energy"
036. Jamie xx feat. Romy - "Loud Places"
037. Janet Jackson - "No Sleeep"
038. Jack Ü feat. Justin Bieber - "Where Are Ü Now"
039. Grimes - "Kill V. Maim"
040. Kanye West feat. Allan Kingdom, Theophilus London & Paul McCartney - "All Day"
041. Sleater-Kinney - "A New Wave"
042. Future - "I Serve the Base"
043. Rich Homie Quan - "Flex"
044. Courtney Barnett - "Pedestrian at Best"
045. Joanna Newsom - "Leaving the City"
046. Oneohtrix Point Never - "Sticky Drama"
047. Dr. Dre feat. Kendrick Lamar, Marsha Ambrosius & Candice Pillay - "Genocide"
048. Kelela - "Rewind"
049. Beach House - "Sparks"
050. Kurt Vile - "Pretty Pimpin"
051. David Bowie - "Blackstar"
052. FKA twigs - "in time"
053. ANOHNI - "4 Degrees"
054. Jeremih - "Oui"
055. Nao - "Inhale Exhale"
056. Earl Sweatshirt - "Grief"
057. Destroyer - "Dream Lover"
058. Nicolas Jaar - "Fight (Nymphs IV)"
059. Janelle Monáe / Wondaland Records - "Hell You Talmbout"
060. Neon Indian - "Annie"
061. G.L.O.S.S. - "G.L.O.S.S. (We're from the Future)"
062. Blood Orange - "Sandra's Smile"
063. Chromatics - "Shadow"
064. Chance the Rapper feat. Saba - "Angels"
065. Deerhunter - "Living My Life"
066. Jazmine Sullivan feat. Meek Mill - "Dumb"
067. Rae Sremmurd - "This Could Be Us"
068. Björk - "Lionsong"
069. Sufjan Stevens - "Fourth of July"
070. DJ Rashad / DJ Spinn feat. Danny Brown - "Dubby"
071. Father John Misty - "The Night Josh Tillman Came to Our Apartment"
072. Hudson Mohawke - "Ryderz"
073. Rick Ross - "Foreclosures"
074. Frank Ocean - "(At Your Best) You Are Love" (Aaliyah/The Isley Brothers cover)
075. Lana Del Rey - "High by the Beach"
076. Empress Of - "Standard"
077. Majical Cloudz - "Downtown"
078. iLoveMakonnen feat. Migos & Rich the Kid - "Whip It" (Remix)
079. YG - "Twist My Fingaz"
080. Dej Loaf feat. Lil Wayne - "Me U & Hennessy"
081. Jenny Hval - "That Battle Is Over"
082. Chairlift - "Ch-Ching"
083. Moses Sumney - "Seeds"
084. Titus Andronicus - "Dimed Out"
085. Lower Dens - "To Die in L.A."
086. Savages - "The Answer"
087. Tate Kobang - "Bank Rolls" (Remix)
088. Shamir - "Demon"
089. Natalie Prass - "My Baby Don't Understand Me"
090. Ty Dolla $ign feat. Future & Rae Sremmurd - "Blasé"
091. Kamaiyah - "How Does It Feel"
092. Cool Uncle feat. Jessie Ware - "Break Away"
093. Bully - "I Remember"
094. DJ Koze - "XTC"
095. WOKE feat. George Clinton - "The Lavishments of Light Looking"
096. Isaiah Rashad - "Nelly"
097. Frankie Cosmos - "Young"
098. Protomartyr - "Dope Cloud"
099. Unknown Mortal Orchestra - "Can't Keep Checking My Phone"
100. Dâm-Funk - "Free"

Hard to argue with a lot of these picks. Surprised "Pedestrian at Best" is so low. Unsurprised "Alright" is their SOTY, though I wonder if it would be had it not been for all the worldly strife they mention in the blurb. Not my favorite song off TPAB, but a great song nonetheless. If Kendrick wins AOTY, he'll be the first artist to win AOTY twice from Pitchfork, and the first artist since Animal Collective in 2009 to win SOTY and AOTY for the same year.

D'Angelo could take the album of the year from him. Pitchfork had 2 songs from Black Messiah, so he is most definitely in contention.

rohailashraf1 wrote:D'Angelo could take the album of the year from him. Pitchfork had 2 songs from Black Messiah, so he is most definitely in contention.

Perhaps. But remember that under the same circumstances, Beyonce's album was not included on Pitchfork's 2014 album list.

The only things I can see stopping Kendrick Lamar being No. 1 album are:

- They decide as he's won it before someone else should this time
- They decide 'to hell with it' this time round and include D'Angelo in the albums list

I think it's unlikely though (even if the latter happens, it might not be ranked No. 1), and it will probably be Kendrick.

Albums:
http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lis ... s-of-2015/

01. Kendrick Lamar: "To Pimp a Butterfly"
02. Jamie xx: "In Colour"
03. Grimes: "Art Angels"
04. Vince Staples: "Summertime '06"
05. Tame Impala: "Currents"
06. Sufjan Stevens: "Carrie & Lowell"
07. D'Angelo / The Vanguard: "Black Messiah"
08. Miguel: "Wildheart"
09. Courtney Barnett: "Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit"
10. Kamasi Washington: "The Epic"
11. Oneohtrix Point Never: "Garden of Delete"
12. Father John Misty: "I Love You, Honeybear"
13. Joanna Newsom: "Divers"
14. Young Thug: "Barter 6"
15. Björk: "Vulnicura"
16. FKA twigs: "M3LL155X"
17. Drake: "If You're Reading This It's Too Late"
18. Julia Holter: "Have You in My Wilderness"
19. Future: "Dirty Sprite 2"
20. Floating Points: "Elaenia"
21. Donnie Trumpet & the Social Experiment: "Surf"
22. Panda Bear: "Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper"
23. Kurt Vile: "b'lieve i'm goin down"
24. Thundercat: "The Beyond / Where the Giants Roam"
25. Earl Sweatshirt: "I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside"
26. Deafheaven: "New Bermuda"
27. Sleater-Kinney: "No Cities to Love"
28. Beach House: "Depression Cherry"
29. Rae Sremmurd: "SremmLife"
30. Deerhunter: "Fading Frontier"
31. Kelela: "Hallucinogen" EP
32. Dr. Dre: "Compton"
33. Archy Marshall: "A New Place 2 Drown"
34. Carly Rae Jepsen: "E•MO•TION"
35. Neon Indian: "VEGA INTL. Night School"
36. Janet Jackson: "Unbreakable"
37. Empress Of: "Me"
38. Arca: "Mutant"
39. Holly Herndon: "Platform"
40. Jlin: "Dark Energy"
41. Jeremih: "Late Nights: The Album"
42. Jenny Hval: "Apocalypse, girl"
43. Destroyer: "Poison Season"
44. Jazmine Sullivan: "Reality Show"
45. Jim O'Rourke: "Simple Songs"
46. Tobias Jesso Jr.: "Goon"
47. DJ Koze: "DJ-Kicks"
48. Shamir: "Ratchet"
49. Natalie Prass: "Natalie Prass"
50. Dawn Richard: "Blackheart"

Very surprised by how low Sleater-Kinney and D'Angelo are.

Baroness win the prize for highest score (8.5) with no placing or Honourable Mention. The only other two BNMs who didn't make the list were both EPs (Nao and Aphex Twin)

Stunned at Vince Staples at number four. I didn't think top ten was out of the question but to see that it bested two of the 9.3s is remarkable. Perhaps what is more stunning to me, though, is Sufjan's "low" placement at sixth. The review for C&L stated it was his best album so I figured it would get number one or two.