Best Rock Albums Of 2015

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Our Best Albums Of 2015 looks back at a year in which classic rockers seemed to take the year off with some exceptions. 2015 did see releases from such legends as Keith Richards who delivered his first solo album in twenty three years. Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys fame continued to release new music to the joy of Beach Boys fans. Chris Cornell released the best solo album of his career. James Taylor was back with another great one. David Gilmour returned with another spectacular rock album to keep his Pink Floyd fans happy. Great modern day female blues rockers Beth Hart and Samantha Fish issued killer albums. Perhaps one of the greatest rock records of the year though was the release of Iron Maiden’s The Book Of Souls.

# 50 – Star Wars – Wilco

# 49 – New Bermuda – Deafheaven

# 48 – Wilder Mind – Mumford & Sons

# 47 – The Waterfall – My Morning Jacket

# 46 – Midnight – Grace Potter

# 45 – Shockwave Supernova – Joe Satriani

# 44 – Dopamine – Third Eye Blind

# 43 – That’s the Spirit – Bring Me the Horizon

# 42 – Indestructible – House Of Lords

# 41 -Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance – Belle and Sebastian

# 40 – Bad Magic – Motörhead

# 39 – Musique de Film Imaginé – The Brian Jonestown Massacre

# 38 – The Light in You – Mercury Rev

# 37 – Kill the Flaw – Sevendust

# 36 – First Comes the Night – Chris Isaak

# 35 – Vulnicura – Björk

# 34 –Perfectamundo – Billy Gibbons

# 33 – Chasing Yesterday – Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds

# 32 – Blurryface – Twenty One Pilots

# 31 – Currents – Tame Impala

# 30 – The Magic Whip – Blur

# 29 – The Color Before the Sun – Coheed and Cambria

# 28 – Anthems for Doomed Youth – The Libertines

# 27 -What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World – The Decemberists

# 26 – Sounds Good Feels Good – 5 Seconds of Summer

# 25 – Smoke & Mirrors – Imagine Dragons

# 24 -Kintsugi – Death Cab for Cutie

# 23 – Drones – Muse

# 22 – How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful – Florence + The Machine

# 21 – A Head Full of Dreams – Coldplay

# 20 – The Monsanto Years – Neil Young

# 19 – Get Up – Bryan Adams

# 18 –Alone in the Universe – Jeff Lynne’s ELO

# 17 – Endless Forms Most Beautiful – Nightwish

# 16 – Tracker – Mark Knopfler

# 15 – Burning Bridges – Bon Jovi

# 14 – Before This World – James Taylor

# 13 – The Way It Feels – Heather Nova

# 12 – The Ann Wilson Thing! #1 – Ann Wilson

# 11 – A Fool To Care – Boz Scaggs

# 10 – A Conspiracy of Stars – UFO

# 9 – Hand. Cannot. Erase. – Steven Wilson

# 8 – Def Leppard – Def Leppard

# 7 – No Pier Pressure – Brian Wilson

# 6 – Better Than Home – Beth Hart

# 5 – Wild Heart – Samantha Fish

# 4 – Rattle That Lock – David Gilmour

# 3 – Crosseyed Heart – Keith Richards

# 2 – Higher Truth – Chris Cornell

# 1 – The Book of Souls – Iron Maiden

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