As we take some well deserved holidays, this is a perfect time to recap what the first quarter of the year has delivered with a special edition of our loop comprised by lesser known tracks from our favorite albums so far.
Good news are music-wise 2015 is shaping up as one of the best years in recent memory. Two very different male artists, Kendrick Lamar and Sufjan Stevens, lead the pack with extraordinary recent works, immediately ranking among the best achievements from their respective careers. The Long awaited comebacks of D’Angelo and Sleater-Kinney also fared extremely well; so did the heart-melting return to form by our favourite Icelander, Björk plus debut records by Natalie Prass; Courtney Barnett; Tobias Jesso, Jr.; Viet Cong and Father John Misty of Fleet Foxes fame.
Even better news, records by PJ Harvey; Frank Ocean; Kanye West; Chromatics; Raekwon; Brian Wilson; James Blake; Django Django; Tame Impala and the first Blur studio album in decades are also up for release. Keep yourself up to date by following Roberawards’ Spotify playlists with the best Albums; Tracks; Compilations and Reissues of 2015.
And our favourite records of the first quarter are:
| 1-KENDRICK LAMAR How Much A Dollar Cost (Feat. James Fauntleroy & Ronald Isley) (From "To Pimp A Butterfly") (Top Dawg) |
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| 2-SUFJAN STEVENS All Of Me Wants All Of You (From "Carrie & Lowell") (Ashtmatic Kitty) |
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| 3-D'ANGELO & THE VANGUARD Another Life (From "Black Messiah") (RCA) |
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| 4-SLEATER-KINNEY Price Tag (From "No Cities To Love") (Sub Pop) |
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| 5-BJÖRK Family (From "Vulnicura") (One Little Indian) |
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| 6-COURTNEY BARNETT History Eraser (From "Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit") (Marathon Artists) |
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| 7-FATHER JOHN MISTY True Affection (From "I Love You, Honeybear") (Bella Union) |
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| 8-NATALIE PRASS Christy (From "Natalie Prass) (Domino) |
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| 9-PANDA BEAR Crossroads (From "Panda Bear Meets The Grim Reaper") (Domino) |
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| 10-TOBIAS JESSO, JR. Without You/Just A Dream (From "Goon") (True Panther) |
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| 11-VIET CONG Newspaper Spoons (From "Viet Cong") (Jagjaguwar) |
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| 12-LIGHTNING BOLT Horsepower (From "Fantasy Empire") (Hit Points) |
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| 13-JESSICA pRATT Wrong Hand (From "On Your Love Again") (Drag City) |
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| 14-LAURA MARLING Gurdjieff's Daughter (From "Short Movie") (Virgin) |
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| 15-LA BIEN QUERIDA Muero De Amor (From "Premeditación, Nocturnidad Y Alevosía") (Elefant) |
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| 16-DAWN RICHARD Phoenix (Feat, Aundrea Fimbres) (From "Blackheart") (Our Dawn) |
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| 17-DEATH GRIPS The Powers That B (From "Jenny Death/The Powers That B") (Third Worlds) |
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| 18-LONELADY Into The Cave (From "Hinterland") (Warp) |
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| 19-GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR Asunder, Sweet (From "Asunder, Sweet & Other Distress") (Constellation) |
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| 20-APHEX TWIN DISKPREPT1 (From "Computer Controlled Acoustic Instruments Part 2 EP") (Warp) |
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| 21-JAZMINE SULLIVAN Mascara (From "Reality Show") (RCA) |
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| 22-LEVON VINCENT The Beginning (From "Levon Vincent") (Novel Sound) Full Album in YouTube |
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| 23-YOWLER Water (From "The Offer") (Double Double Whammy) |
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| 24-SONGHOY BLUES Soubour (From "Music In Exile") (Transgressive) |
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| 25-CAT'S EYES Door No. 1 (From "The Duke Of Burgundy OST") (Self-Released) |
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| 26-LOWER DENS Sucker's Shangri-La (From "Escape From Evil") (Domino) |
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| 27-EARL SWEATSHIRT Mantra (From "I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside") (Tan Cressida) |
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| 28-SUSANNE SUNDFØR Accelerate (From "Ten Love Songs") (Sonnet Sound) |
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| 29-BC CAMPLIGHT Just Because I Love You (From "How To Die In The North") (Bella Union) |
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| 30-PORTICO 101 (Feat. Joe Newman) (From "Living Fields") (Ninja Tune) |
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| 31-RHIANNON GIDDENS Don't Let It Trouble Your Mind (From "Tomorrow Is My Turn") (Nonesuch) |
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| 32-BELLE & SEBASTIAN Allie (From "Girls In Peacetime Want To Dance") (Rough Trade) |
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| 33-TRICOT E (From "A N D") (Bakuretsu) |
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| 34-THE GO! TEAM What D'You Say? (From "The Scene Between") (Memphis Industries) |
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| 35-MOUNT EERIE Turmoil (From "Sauna") (PW Elverum & Suns) |
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| 36-JLIN Unknown Tongues (From "Dark Energy") (Planet Mu) |
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| 37-THE DODOS Precipitation (From "Individ") (Morr Music) |
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| 38-RAE MORRIS Cold (Feat. Fryars) (From "Unguarded") (Atlantic) |
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| 39-AFRICA EXPRESS Terry Riley In C (From "Africa Express...Presents Terry Riley In C") (Trangressive) |
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| 40-DANIEL KNOX Don't Touch Me (From "Daniel Knox") (Carrot Top) |