Best Albums Of The Year 2014

[Music Head]

it's time for those best of the year lists
don't get all bent out of shape
it's only somebodys opinion
sticking to the top 25
will add new ones as the month progresses

Pitchfork

1. Swans - To Be Kind
2. Sun Kil Moon - Benji
3. Run The Jewels - 2
4. David Bowie - Nothing Has Changed
5. Ariel Pink - Pom Pom
6. Grouper - Ruins
7. Sun Ra & His Arkestra - In the Orbit of Ra
8. FKA Twigs - LP1
9. How to Dress Well - What Is This Heart?
10. War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream
11. Real Estate - Atlas
12. Aphex Twin - Syro
13. Todd Terje - It's Album Time
14. Cloud Nothings - Here and Nowhere Else
15. Unwound - No Energy
16. Caribou - Our Love
17. Pallbearer - Foundations of Burden
18. Spoon - They Want My Soul
19. White Lung - Deep Fantasy
20. Parquet Courts - Sunbathing Animal
21. Perfect Pussy - Say Yes to Love
22. St. Vincent - St. Vincent
23. Vince Staples - Hell Can Wait
24. Iceage - Plowing Into the Field of Love
25. Perfume Genius - Too Bright

[SteveO]

The Top 25 0f 2014 so far, from Stereogum! These albums are multi genred...I guess I've got a lot of listening to do!...lol

Stereogum is a daily Internet publication that focuses on independent music news and commentary. The site was created in January 2002 by Scott Lapatine and is currently owned by SpinMedia. As of 2005, it attracted more than 500,000 unique visitors per month. Whitney Matheson has named it as one of her favorite websites.[SUP][1][/SUP]
Stereogum has received several awards and citations, including the Plug Award for best music blog, Blender's Powergeek 25, and Entertainment Weekly's Best Music Websites. The site was named an Official Honoree of the Webby Awards in the music category and won the Omma Award for Web Site Excellence in the Entertainment/Music category. In 2011, Stereogum won The Village Voice's Music Blog of the Year.[SUP][citation needed[/SUP]
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1. Sun Kil Moon - Benji

2. The War On Drugs - Lost In The Dream

3. Swans - To Be Kind

4. Nux Vomica - Nux Vomica

5. Real Estate - Atlas

6. How To Dress Well - What Is This Heart?

7. YG - My Krazy Life

8. Against Me! - Transgender Dysphoria Blues

9. White Lung - Deep Fantasy

10. Fuc*** Up - Glass Boys (Matador

11. Eric Church - The Outsiders

12. EMA - The Future's Void

13. Thou - Heathen

14. Todd Terje - It's Album Time

15. Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence

16. Woods Of Desolation - As The Stars

17. Young Thug & Bloody Jay - Black Portland

18. Agalloch - The Serpent And The Sphere

19. Ben Frost - A U R O R A

20. Morbus Chron - Sweven

21. Wye Oak - Shriek

22. You Blew It! - Keep Doing What You're Doing

23. Cloud Nothings - Here And Nowhere Else

24. Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire For No Witness

25. Parquet Courts - Sunbathing Animal

[Music Head]

I hear ya SteveO
always surprised when these lists come out
at all these albums/bands I've never heard of
impossible to keep up with new releases

[Music Head]

Rolling Stone

1. U2 - Songs Of Innocence
2. Bruce Springsteen - High Hopes
3. Black Keys - Turn Blue
4. St. Vincent - St Vincent
5. Miranda Lambert - Platinum
6. Charli XCX - Sucker
7. Lana Del Ray - Ultraviolence
8. Run The Jewels - 2
9. Mac DeMarco - Salad Days
10. Taylor Swift - 1989
11. Flying Lotus - You're Dead!
12. Foo Fighters - Sonic Highways
13. Ought - More Than Any Other Day
14. Weezer - Everything Will Be Alright In The End
15. Against Me! - Transgender Dysphoria Blues
16. FKA Twigs - LP1
17. Jenny Lewis - The Voyager
18. Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds In Country Music
19. Jackson Browne - Standing In The Breach
20. Sharon Van Etten - Are We There
21. Eric Church - The Outsiders
22. Skrillex - Recess
23. War On Drugs - Lost In The Dream
24. Leonard Cohen - Popular Problems
25. YG - My Krazy Life

[SteveO]

Finally! A few good old fashion rock albums on the list!

[Music Head]

Best Ever Albums

1. Swans - To Be Kind
2. War On Drugs - Lost In The Dream
3. Sun Kil Moon - Benji
4. St. Vincent - St. Vincent
5. Temples - Sun Structures
6. Freddie Gibs & Madlib - Pinata
7. Spoon - They Want My Soul
8. Mac DeMarco - Salad Days
9. Run The Jewels - 2
10. Cloud Nothings - Here And Nowhere Else
11. Flying Lotus - You're Dead!
12. Black Keys - Turn Blue
13. Aphex Twin - Syro
14. Sharon Van Etten - Are We There
15. alt-j - This Is All Yours
16. Beck - Morning Phase
17. FKA Twigs - LP1
18. Coldplay - Ghost Stories
19. Real Estate - Atlas
20. Damon Albarn - Everyday Robots
21. Perfume Genius - Too Bright
22. Future Islands - Singles
23. Interpol- El Pintor
24. Iceage - Plowing Into The Field Of Love
25. Royal Blood - Royal Blood

[Music Head]

This one should reflect US sales for the year

Billboard

1. Soundtrack - Frozen
2. Beyonce - Beyonce
3. Taylor Swift - 1989
4. One Direction - Midnight Memories
5. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP 2
6. Lorde - Pure Heroine
7. Luke Bryan - Crash My Party
8. Katy Perry - Prism
9. Garth Brooks - Blame It All On My Roots: Five Decades Of Influences
10. Florida Georgia Line - Here's To The Good Times
11. Sam Smith - In The Lonely Hour
12. Imagine Dragons - Night Visions
13. Eric Church - The Outsiders
14. Coldplay - Ghost Stories
15. Various Artists - NOW 50
16. Brantley Gilbert - Just As I Am
17. Kelly Clarkson - Wrapped In Red
18. Robertsons - Duck The Halls: A Robertson Family Christmas
19. Soundtrack - Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1
20. Barbra Streisand - Partners
21. Ed Sheeran - X
22. OneRepublic - Native
23. Miley Cyrus - Bangerz
24. Various Artists - NOW 48
25. Drake - Nothing Was The Same

[DrakeOwens]

I can't believe the Robertsons made that list :laugh:

[CRAZY-HORSE]

What or who are The Robertsons????

[Music Head]

What or who are The Robertsons????

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