my top album releases for 2015.

the end of the year always calls for top 10 lists. it's just what you do.
while i don't generally care about traditions i actually like figuring out my favorite things from the year. it's a good practice in being grateful (and remembering!) all the beautiful things in the past year...including my personal picks for top albums of the year.

some of them are well known, some of them are barely known, all of them are ones i've listened to on repeat. this year's list is pretty pop heavy and quite produced so i'm not sure what that says about my life the past year but i'm not upset about it.

as always, they are in no particular order:

mat kearney- just kids

this album was a retreat back to more of his first album's sound and i really liked it...because his first album was when i became a fan of mr. kearney. solid guy, solid album. 

x ambassadors- VHS

saw these guys in february and was pumped for their album to drop. with the exception of the insane amount of f-words during their "interludes" the record is actually pretty clean and it's fantastic.

jeremy loops- trading change 

the south african dreamboat i saw in a youtube video, then saw on a plane, then saw in concert...all before this album released. trading change is as good as all those other things. 

james bay- chaos and the calm

he's british and the album is more toned down and raw than the radio singles. 'let it go' on the radio is good, 'let it go' on the record is heart stopping.

justin bieber- purpose

i loved justin bieber. then i was super over his teen-with-way-too-much-money-and-power ways. and now i'm back on the bieber train. is it too late now to say sorry?

mutemath- vitals

this is probably the most pop-infused mutemath album i've ever heard and i certainly don't hate it. in fact, i really like it. a lot. 

ellie goulding- delirium 

this girl is my spirit celebrity. also helps that i now know one of her front of house guys and he said the next time she's in town he'll get me into the show. score. 

needtobreathe- live from the woods

these guys= killer.

these guys live= dead.

one direction- made in the a.m.

no shame in admitting this at all...listen to this regularly when i'm at my desk.

and in case you were wondering, i'd definitely still be friends with harry styles.

jon foreman- the wonderlands set

if you need my explanation on this one we are not even friends.

honorable mentions:

twenty one pilots- blurryface

adele- 25

2015, you've been good to us. 

top concerts up next!

xo