As originally posted on Listeners Club. I listened to 144 albums from this year.

  1. Broken Social Scene – Hug of Thunder
  2. Kendrick Lamar – DAMN.
  3. Nick Hakim – Green Twins
  4. The War on Drugs – A Deeper Understanding
  5. Gord Downie – Introduce Yerself
  6. Big Thief – Capacity
  7. Grizzly Bear – Painted Ruins
  8. (Sandy) Alex G – Rocket
  9. Julie Byrne – Not Even Happiness
  10. Fleet Foxes – Crack-Up