Every year, I make a list of my favorite albums. 2015 will be no different, but I still have a few more albums to check out before writing an article about them. In the meantime, I will go over the albums that weren't so great. Keep in mind that the opinions in this article are solely my own. There is nothing wrong with liking any of the albums on this list; they just didn't work for me at all.

10. The Fratellis, "Eyes Wide, Tongue Tied."

The Fratellis used to be a pretty solid indie rock/garage-rock revival group, with fun singles like "Henrietta" and "Chelsea Dagger." Eyes Wide, Tongue Tied--like 2013's We Need Medicine--lacks the catchiness and energy of their early hits. When the tracks aren't grating, they're painfully boring.

9. Breaking Benjamin, "Dark Before Dawn."

I cringe at having once liked Breaking Benjamin slightly less than I do for many other early-to-mid 2000s post-grunge groups. Their past hits like "The Diary of Jane" and "So Cold" weren't exactly innovative, but they were and still are enjoyable for simplistic radio-friendly rock music. Breaking Benjamin seems to have more going for them than your typical post-grunge band. However, you wouldn't be able to tell from their latest release, which is an incredibly bland and directionless rock album.

8. Muse, "Drones."

Muse tried to change things up with their latest album, shifting away from the electronic-influenced and symphonic elements of their other recent works. They went for more of a hard rock sound this time, and it didn't work out. I understand that they were going for a gritty, low-fi vibe, but it just sounds like a 240p YouTube video. Once you adjust yourself to the bad production, you are treated to annoying singing, uninspired guitar riffs, and an overall mediocre experience. Muse can do better than this.

7. Enter Shikari, "The Mindsweep."

Post-hardcore is a solid genre, and while the more modern variety has some great bands, there are tons of other groups that embody all of the cliches and negative stereotypes of the genre. Enter Shikari is one of these groups. The Mindsweep is filled to the brim with abrupt awkward shifts between throat-shredding screams and soaring melodramatic singing, neither of which would be particularly interesting if they were separated in a meaningful way. The clashing of the two styles makes this an incredibly obnoxious listen.

6. Zebrahead, "The Early Years: Revisited."

Prior to listening to this album/compilation, I hadn't listened to Zebrahead in years. They used to be an all-time favorite of mine in middle school, and after checking their latest work out I can't believe I used to be a fan. Between the cringe-worthy white-boy rapping, the awful nasally vocals, and the incredibly basic pop-punk instrumentation, they really have nothing going for them. Furthermore, this album is simply a collection of remakes of their earlier hits. I use the word "remakes" (and the word "hits") very lightly. Zebrahead has not changed their style or production quality in significant enough of a way to justify this kind of release. It is baffling that they didn't just release a greatest hits album.

5. Ruinizer, "Decimation In H.D."

I actually dug this aggrotech project's debut, Mechanical Exhumation of the Antichrist. It was a cool atmospheric and heavy electronic album. However, Ruinizer stripped away just about everything I liked about their debut with their latest release. Gone are the captivating atmospheric passages, which are now replaced by generic beats and obnoxious immature lyrics. The quality of the music comes close to matching the awfulness that is the album cover.

4. Fall Out Boy, "American Beauty / American Psycho."

Fall Out Boy's earlier pop-punk hits--prior to them incorporating lots of keyboards and strict pop elements--were enjoyable. I really didn't like the direction they were heading on Save Rock and Roll (an incredibly ironic title, given the fact that it's essentially a pop album), and their latest release is much of the same. The over-the-top singing and instrumentation does nothing for me.

3. Imagine Dragons, "Smoke and Mirrors."

I tried to give Imagine Dragons a chance. I really tried. They failed to impress me with their huge singles "Radioactive" and "I Bet My Life." However, I thought they might have some decent tracks hidden in their albums. If these deep cuts exist, they are nowhere to be found on Smoke and Mirrors. There is absolutely nothing of value here. They tried to mix things up on the track "Friction," which actually has a decent instrumentation, but the vocalist did this terrible pseudo-exotic singing style that completely ruined the song.

2. Three Days Grace, "Human."

This album seriously sounds like a parody album. The lyrics are cliched to the point of hilarity. The band members have got to be in their late 30s or early 40s at this point, and probably have children, whose diaries are likely responsible for lines like "I don't belong here, in this atmosphere" and "So what if I'm crazier than crazy." Looking at the track listing, I saw a track titled "Painkiller" which gave me a mild heart attack at the thought of Three Days Grace making a cover of the epic Judas Priest classic, but thankfully, for the sake of all of us, it was an "original" song by the group. I put "original" in quotes because I mean it in a technical sense; in reality there is nothing original about this album.

At this point I feel that I need to say that all of the above albums have at least some redeeming qualities. The first few are merely bland and forgettable. The rest have notably negative qualities, making them an unpleasant rather than boring listen. But all of the above releases are at least competently produced albums. I have no doubt that everyone involved with the production is musically proficient, and I can totally understand why someone would like them. There is a massive drop in quality between these albums and the following album.

1. Kid Cudi, "Speedin' Bullet to Heaven."

God is dead, and Kid Cudi has killed him with a speedin' bullet. This is seriously one of the worst albums I have ever heard. The production is some of the lowest quality I've experienced from a well-known artist. It sounds like Kid Cudi learned some basic guitar chords, listened to a few Nirvana records, and thought he could just pump out a rock album. What he ended up producing is one of the most transcendentally awful musical projects of all time. Kid Cudi's singing is likewise terrible, being the most grating and insipid singing of any modern pop star. Once you get past the first one or two godawful tracks, for some insane, bewildering reason you are treated to--no joke--Beavis and Butthead sketches. It was one of the most surreal musical moments of my life when I first got to this point in the record. Just to make things worse--to add the rotting cherry on this putrid cake--the album is obscenely long at 90+ minutes. This was by far the most torturous listen of 2015 for me, and it has to be heard to be believed. Kid Cudi has officially gone so far off the deep end musically that he has no chance of being saved.