Your Favorite Albums of 2015

[slickdtc]

Re: Your Favorite Albums of 2015

Streaming is a double edged sword for artists. One one hand, they get paid in peanuts, but the exposure more than makes up for it, because exposure eventually leads to money, be it digital or physical sales or singles. That's why artists like Taylor Swift or Tool don't allow streaming, because they don't need or require any additional exposure.

Yeah the biggest artists don't need Spotify or can go out and negotiate exclusively like Swift with Apple Music.

But I don't miss them. Because I don't listen to them in the first place. But why would I need to stream them when they're on nonstop on the radio, commercial, TV?

Obviously, a band like Tool isn't and doesn't get that mainstream exposure and that's a tough loss for streaming services. But the rest of the service more then makes up for it. I pay $10/month, and I'm satisfied completely.

[nate1986]

Re: Your Favorite Albums of 2015

Nathaniel Ratliff and the Night Sweats-self titled
Trivium-Silence in the Snow
Disturbed-Immortalized
Muse-Reapers
Three Days Grace-Human Race
Ghost BC-Meloria
Breaking Benjamin-Dark Before Dawn

Ghost BC was a disappointing effort in my opinion, Muse, Disturbed and Ratliff are my favorites for 2015 and I got a ton of albums I need to get to on Spotify

[BDKiiing]

Re: Your Favorite Albums of 2015

To Pimp a Butterfly.

[2KUte]

Re: Your Favorite Albums of 2015

I didn't listen to a lot of new albums this year but feel that Brandon Flowers - The Desired Effect was overlooked by a lot of people