As originally posted on Listeners Club. I listened to 144 albums from this year.
- Broken Social Scene – Hug of Thunder
- Kendrick Lamar – DAMN.
- Nick Hakim – Green Twins
- The War on Drugs – A Deeper Understanding
- Gord Downie – Introduce Yerself
- Big Thief – Capacity
- Grizzly Bear – Painted Ruins
- (Sandy) Alex G – Rocket
- Julie Byrne – Not Even Happiness
- Fleet Foxes – Crack-Up