Best Albums of 2014

[cinemajack]

I looked for a thread like this and couldn't find it, but I apologize if there is already one like this. Anyway, with the year almost over, I thought I'd list my top twenty albums of 2014 and see what your guys' favorites are. My list is still subject to change.



The Antlers — Familiars
Swans — To Be Kind
Snarky Puppy — We Like It Here
Timber Timbre — Hot Dreams
BADBADNOTGOOD — III
Beck — Morning Phase
St. Vincent — St. Vincent
Tycho — Awake
La Roux — Trouble in Paradise
Sa-Roc — Nebuchadnezzer
Flying Lotus — You're Dead!
Leonard Cohen — Popular Problems
Busdriver — Perfect Hair
Wild Beasts — Present Tense
Animals as Leaders — The Joy of Motion
Sun Kil Moon — Benji
Opeth — Pale Communion
Freddie Gibbs & Madlib — Piñata
The Wytches — Annabel Dream Reader
Porter Robinson — Worlds


I'm gonna make a list of my favorite tracks of 2014 too, so I'll post that when it's ready.

[Kaplan]

Wow, I'm so out of it. The only names I recognize are Beck and Leonard Cohen. And what's up with Snarky Puppy? I like Skinny Puppy. Are they related? Anyway, + rep for your list.

[Iroquois]

Good list, cinemajack. I'm going to hold off until the end of the year before I have a finalised list, but I daresay it'll have a couple of spots in common with your list.

[cinemajack]

Wow, I'm so out of it. The only names I recognize are Beck and Leonard Cohen. And what's up with Snarky Puppy? I like Skinny Puppy. Are they related? Anyway, + rep for your list.
If you like jazz fusion, then you'll probably like Snarky Puppy. It's all instrumentals. "Shofukan" is my favorite off of the album; see if you like it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kk0WRHV_vt8

[Iroquois]

Okay, now that it's the end of the year it's time for a Top 20 list...

1. Swans, To Be Kind
2. St. Vincent, St. Vincent
3. Shellac, Dude Incredible
4. Earth, Primitive and Deadly
5. Sun Kil Moon, Benji
6. Aphex Twin, Syro
7. Flying Lotus, You're Dead!
8. Spoon, They Want My Soul
9. Run the Jewels, Run the Jewels 2
10. White Lung, Deep Fantasy
11. D'Angelo and the Vanguard, Black Messiah
12. FKA twigs, LP1
13. Have a Nice Life, The Unnatural World
14. Freddie Gibbs and Madlib, Piñata
15. Angel Olsen, Burn Your Fire for No Witness
16. Cold Specks, Neuroplasticity
17. "Weird Al" Yankovic, Mandatory Fun
18. Beck, Morning Phase
19. Your Old Droog, Your Old Droog
20. Cloud Nothings, Here and Nowhere Else

[Slappydavis]

Well I'll just hop in on this because I love ranking so much.

1. Sun Kil Moon-Benji
2. Open Mike Eagle-Dark Comedy
3. D'Angelo & The Vanguard-Black Messiah
4. Run The Jewels-Run The Jewels 2
5. Todd Terje-It's Album Time
6. Swans-To Be Kind
7. Mohammad-Zo Rèl Do
8. The Skull Defekts-Dances In Dreams Of The Known Unknown
9. William Ryan Fritch-Heavy
10. A Sunny Day in Glasgow-Sea When Absent
11. Chapelier Fou-Deltas
12. Freddie Gibbs And Madlib-Piñata
13. Dustin Wong & Takako Minekawa-Savage Imagination
14. Andy Stott-Faith In Strangers
15. clipping.-CLPPNG
16. Wolfgang Voigt-Ruckverzauberung 9 (Musik Fur Kulturinstitutionen)
17. Owen Pallett-In Conflict
18. Torn Hawk-Through Force Of Will
19. Fennesz-Bécs
20. The Eye Of Time-Acoustic

Top 4 are pretty neck and neck.

To be honest, even though there were a ton of albums I really enjoyed, it was kind of a down year for me in terms of music releases.

[jiraffejustin]

1. Run the Jewels 2

[Slappydavis]

Top 20 Songs, youtube links when possible, soundcloud/bandcamp when not.

1. Jack J- Something On My Mind (m.youtube.com/watch?v=W6FSAP5Gcvs)
2. D'Angelo & The Vanguard- Ain't That Easy (m.youtube.com/watch?v=lZoxdPGu_4E)
3. Todd Terje- Inspector Norse (m.youtube.com/watch?v=PptySKe5ROs)
4. Chapelier Fou- Pluisme (m.youtube.com/watch?v=6W1Ipeeo7B8)
5. Andrew Ashong- Love The Way (m.youtube.com/watch?v=PuC7TcDX7QU)
6. E+E- Reinada (m.youtube.com/watch?v=p8jrbg3W1Ak)
7. Phork-The Spiritual Consumer (https://soundcloud.com/noumenalloom/nl04-phork-american-tao-the)
8. Eno & Hyde- Return (https://soundcloud.com/vauntedandhaunted/brian-eno-karl-hyde-return)
9. Ninos Du Brasil- Novos Mistérios (m.youtube.com/watch?v=SfUnv1qX50w)
10. Run The Jewels- Crown (Feat. Diane Coffee) (m.youtube.com/watch?v=fC-dS-8-_J4)
11. Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks- Little Fang (m.youtube.com/watch?v=JBvS-2KEOic)
12. Holly Herndon- Chorus (m.youtube.com/watch?v=nHujh3yA3BE)
13. Open Mike Eagle- Idaho (m.youtube.com/watch?v=6MoOClNtTuQ)
14. Caribou- Can't Do Without You (m.youtube.com/watch?v=BI2Et19vDCM)
15. Clipping- Get Up (Feat. Mariel Jacoda) (m.youtube.com/watch?v=gTPWY8MMGOk)
16. DVA- Zoppe (m.youtube.com/watch?v=ag3UzeQ2U8Q)
17. Busdriver- Eat Rich (m.youtube.com/watch?v=bNhF92bL5s4)
18. Forgotten Illusions- Nothing Lasts (http://forgottenillusions.bandcamp.com/track/nothing-lasts)
19. Julianna Barwick- Two Moons (m.youtube.com/watch?v=3FbWWg3iCYY)
20. New Jackson- Having a Coke With You (m.youtube.com/watch?v=h8ym-Jrexgs)