Poll Results: Listeners Pick Their Favorite Albums Of 2015

You never entirely know what you're going to get when you ask listeners to rank their favorite albums of the year. But the results of All Songs Considered's 2015 listener poll may be the most diverse we've seen in ten years of doing these lists. From Kendrick Lamar's hip-hop masterpiece To Pimp A Butterfly and the dense harp-poetry of Joanna Newsom, to the effervescent pop of Carly Rae Jepsen, soul singer Leon Bridges and the immense jazz album The Epic from Kamasi Washington, listeners showed a lot of love for a broad range of sounds.

The battle for the most popular album came down to a neck-and-neck race between Sufjan Stevens and Kendrick Lamar, with everyone else in the pack trying to keep up. In the end, Stevens just edged Lamar out for our listeners' number one album. The two were followed, in order, by Courtney Barnett, Tame Impala and Father John Misty.

Perhaps the biggest surprise is the weak showing by much beloved legacy bands. Death Cab For Cutie and The Decemberists have repeatedly dominated best-of lists in past years, but in 2015 their albums didn't crack the Top 25. My Morning Jacket, another longtime favorite, just made it in at number 22.

Below, you'll find a playlist with songs from each of the Top 25 albums listeners chose as their favorites. If you want to hear us count down those 25 albums, click the audio link at the top of the page. And if you scroll down, you can also see a full list of your Top 100 albums below.

Thanks for tuning in with us this for another year and for being the greatest listeners in the world!

The Top 100 Listener Picks For 2015

1. Sufjan Stevens, Carrie & Lowell
2. Kendrick Lamar, To Pimp A Butterfly
3. Courtney Barnett, Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit
4. Tame Impala, Currents
5. Father John Misty, I Love You, Honeybear
6. Alabama Shakes, Sound & Color
7. Grimes, Art Angels
8. Jason Isbell, Something More Than Free
9. Jamie xx, In Colour
10. Adele, 25
11. Sleater-Kinney, No Cities To Love
12. Leon Bridges, Coming Home
13. Joanna Newsom, Divers
14. Wilco, Star Wars
15. Beach House, Depression Cherry
16. Original Broadway Cast Recording, Hamilton
17. Kamasi Washington, The Epic
18. Florence & The Machine, How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful
19. Chvrches, Every Open Eye
20. Björk, Vulnicura
21. Lord Huron, Strange Trails
22. My Morning Jacket, The Waterfall
23. Hop Along, Painted Shut
24. Josh Ritter, Sermon On The Rocks
25. Carly Rae Jepsen, E•MO•TION
26. Chris Stapleton, Traveller
27. Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats
28. Ryan Adams, 1989
29. Torres, Sprinter
30. Kurt Vile, B'lieve I'm Goin Down
31. Kacey Musgraves, Pageant Material
32. Dawes, All Your Favorite Bands
33. Vince Staples, Summertime '06
34. The Front Bottoms, Back On Top
35. Deafheaven, New Bermuda
36. Julia Holter, Have You In My Wilderness
37. D'Angelo and The Vanguard, Black Messiah
38. Waxahatchee, Ivy Tripp
39. The Decemberists, What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World
40. Joe Jackson, Fast Forward
41. Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment, Surf
42. Brandi Carlile, The Firewatcher's Daughter
43. Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Multi-Love
44. Drake, If You're Reading This, It's Too Late
45. El Vy, Return To The Moon
46. Deerhunter, Fading Frontier
47. Death Cab For Cutie, Kintsugi
48. Twenty One Pilots, Blurryface
49. Titus Andronicus, The Most Lamentable Tragedy
50. Beach House, Thank Your Lucky Stars
51. Girlpool, Before The World Was Big
52. The Mountain Goats, Beat The Champ
53. The Arcs, Yours, Dreamily
54. Viet Cong, Viet Cong
55. Laura Marling, Short Movies
56. Modest Mouse, Strangers To Ourselves
57. Low, Ones And Sixes
58. Ibeyi, Ibeyi
59. The Weeknd, Beauty Behind The Madness
60. The Tallest Man On Earth, Dark Bird Is Home
61. Julieta Venegas, Algo Sucede
62. Mumford & Sons, Wilder Mind
63. Foals, What Went Down
64. Houndmouth, Little Neon Limelight
65. Blur, The Magic Whip
66. Panda Bear, Panda Bear Meets The Grim Reaper
67. Rhiannon Giddens, Tomorrow Is My Turn
68. Purity Ring, Another Eternity
69. Punch Brothers, The Phosphorescent Blues
70. Beirut, No No No
71. Lana Del Rey, Honeymoon
72. San Fermin, Jackrabbit
73. Bully, Feels Like
74. Eskimeaux, O.K.
75. Wolf Alice, My Love Is Cool
76. Hiatus Kaiyote, Choose Your Weapon
77. Miguel, Wildheart
78. The Lone Bellow, Then Came The Morning
79. Tobias Jesso Jr., Goon
80. Of Monsters And Men, Beneath The Skin
81. Pugwash, Play This Intimately (As If Among Friends)
82. Natalie Prass, Natalie Prass
83. Lianne La Havas, Blood
84. Veruca Salt, Ghost Notes
85. Neon Indian, Vega INTL. Night School
86. Mac DeMarco, Another One
87. Earl Sweatshirt, I Don't Like S***, I Don't Go Outside
88. Built To Spill, Untethered Moon
89. James McMurtry, Complicated Game
90. Public Service Broadcasting, The Race For Space
91. Destroyer, Poison Season
92. Death Grips, The Powers That B
93. Hasley, Badlands
94. One Direction, Made In The A.M.
95. Justin Bieber, Purpose
96. Monsieur Periné, Caja De Música
97. Belle & Sebastian, Girls In Peacetime Want To Dance
98. Frank Turner, Positive Songs For Negative People
99. The Hillbenders, Tommy: A Bluegrass Opry
100. The Internet, Ego Death