MCCh 2014 (17) September 30
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2014 7:55 am
The best albums of 2014 (update September 30)
The numbers presented next to each album title are the weighted average rating and the number of reviews (out of 32 included sources). The weighted average is based on a formula that includes a) the average of ratings and b) the number of sources that have rated the album.
The magazines I used for the ratings were:
EUR + Australia: Gaffa-dk; Gaffa-sw; Jenesaispop; Laut; LesInrocks; Mondosonoro; Music-story; Musikexpress; Nojesguiden; Ondarock; Plattentests; Playgroundmag; Sentire Ascoltare; The Music
UK: DIY; Drowned In Sound; The Guardian; Music OMH; NME; The Line Of Best Fit; The Skinny; The 405
USA + Canada: Allmusic; AV Club; Consequence Of Sound; Exclaim!; Paste; Pitchfork; Popmatters; Rolling Stone; Spin; Tinymixtapes
Highlights: These are the top three songs from the album according to Allmusic, Consequence of Sound, Jenesaispop, Plattentests, The Irish Times, The Independent, Digital Spy, BostonGlobe, etc..
New entry or Re-entry
Out:
Lana Del Rey: Ultraviolence
90 - Bob Mould: Beauty & Ruin – 74,1 (24)
Highlights: Kid with Crooked Face - I Don't Know You Anymore - Hey Mr. Grey
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 747596.jpg[/imgsize]
89 - Interpol: El Pintor - 74,1 (28)
Highlights: All the Rage Back Home - My Desire - Ancient Ways
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 752065.jpg[/imgsize]
88 - J Mascis: Tied to a Star - 74,2 (24)
Highlights: Wide Awake - And Them - Every Morning
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 780577.jpg[/imgsize]
87 - How To Dress Well: What Is This Heart - 74,2 (27)
Highlights: Repeat Pleasure - What You Wanted - Words I Don’t Remember
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 741634.jpg[/imgsize]
86 - Jungle: Jungle - 74,3 (24)
Highlights: Busy Earnin' - The Heat - Time
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 747108.jpg[/imgsize]
85 - Grumbling Fur: Preternaturals – 74,3 (10)
Highlights: Lightinsisters - Mister Skeleton - All the Rays
[imgsize 200x200]http://themusicexchange.org.uk/image/ca ... 25x525.jpg[/imgsize]
84 - The Men: Tomorrow's Hits – 74,5 (23)
Highlights: Different Days - Another Night - Pearly Gates
[imgsize 220x220]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 686483.jpg[/imgsize]
83 - Anathema: Distant Satellites – 74,6 (12)
Highlights: Anathema - Distant Satellites - The Lost Song, Pt. 3
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 745129.jpg[/imgsize]
82 - Jenny Hval & Susanna: Meshes of Voice - 74,6 (7)
Highlights: I Have Walked This Body - Black Lake - Medusa
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 768946.jpg[/imgsize]
81 - Ratking: So It Goes – 74,6 (18)
Highlights: Snow Beach - So It Goes - So Sick Stories
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 696556.jpg[/imgsize]
80 - Perfect Pussy: Say Yes To Love – 74,7 (20)
Highlights: Interference Fits - Driver - Work
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 697531.jpg[/imgsize]
79 - Temples: Sun Structures – 74,7 (26)
Highlights: Shelter Song - Mesmerise - Keep In The Dark
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 689061.jpg[/imgsize]
78 - Agalloch: The Serpent & the Sphere – 74,7 (8)
Highlights: The Astral Dialogue - Birth and Death of the Pillars of Creation - Celestial Effigy
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 745636.jpg[/imgsize]
77 - Sleaford Mods: Divine and Exit – 74,7 (8)
Highlights: Tweet Tweet Tweet - From Rags to Richards - The Corgi
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 739246.jpg[/imgsize]
76 - Reigning Sound: Shatered – 74,7 (11)
Highlights: Falling Rain - Never Coming Home - My My
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_40 ... 764322.jpg[/imgsize]
75 - Slow Club: Complete Surrender - 75,0 (14)
Highlights: Suffering You, Suffering Me - The Queen’s Nose - Everything Is New
[imgsize 200x200]http://files.jenesaispop.com/wp-content ... render.jpg[/imgsize]
74 - Kelis: Food – 75,1 (28)
Highlights: Jerk Ribs - Cobbler - Hooch
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 713885.jpg[/imgsize]
73 - Jack White: Lazaretto – 75,1 (31)
Highlights: Lazaretto - Would You Fight for My Love? - Alone in My Home
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 748983.jpg[/imgsize]
72 - Ben Frost: Aurora – 75,1 (18)
Highlights: Venter - Nolan - Secant
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 731380.jpg[/imgsize]
71 - Sinkane: Mean Love - 75,2 (16)
Highlights: How We Be - Hold Tight - New Name
[imgsize 200x200]http://exclaim.ca/images/sinkane1.jpg[/imgsize]
70 - Fucked Up: Glass Boys – 75,3 (23)
Highlights: Glass Boys - Paper the House - Echo Boomer
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 721637.jpg[/imgsize]
69 - Cymbals Eat Guitars: Lose – 75,3 (15)
Highlights: Jackson - Warning - Chambers
[imgsize 200x200]http://cdn.pitchfork.com/news/55175/59573e8e.jpg[/imgsize]
68 - Death From Above 1979: The Physical World – 75,5 (22)
Highlights: Gemini - Government Trash - Right On, Frankenstein!
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 784560.jpg[/imgsize]
67 - King Creosote: From Scotland with Love - 75,6 (17)
Highlights: For One Night Only - Miserable Strangers - One Floor Down
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 760046.jpg[/imgsize]
66 – The Afghan Whigs: Do to the Beast – 75,7 (28)
Highlights: The Lottery - Algiers - Parked Outside
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 729885.jpg[/imgsize]
65 - Conor Oberst: Upside Down Mountain – 75,8 (27)
Highlights: Zigzagging Toward the Light - You Are Your Mother’s Child - Hundreds Of Ways
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 739050.jpg[/imgsize]
64 - Marissa Nadler: July – 75,9 (21)
Highlights: Dead City Emily - 1923 - Drive
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 683401.jpg[/imgsize]
63 - Tinariwen: Emmaar – 75,9 (20)
Highlights: Imdiwanin Ahi Tifhamam - Toumast Tincha - Imidiwan Ahi Sigdim
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 686267.jpg[/imgsize]
62 - The Notwist: Close to the Glass – 76,0 (28)
Highlights: Kong - 7-Hour-Drive – Casino
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 686470.jpg[/imgsize]
61 - Stephen Malkmus And The Jicks: Wig Out at Jagbags – 76,1 (30)
Highlights: Lariat - Planetary Motion - J Smoov
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 675827.jpg[/imgsize]
60 - A Sunny Day in Glasgow: Sea When Absent – 76,1 (16)
Highlights: In Love with Useless (The Timeless Geometry in the Tradition of Passing) - Byebye, Big Ocean (The End) - Crushin'
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 758239.jpg[/imgsize]
59 - Mastodon: Once More 'Round the Sun – 76,1 (23)
Highlights: The Motherload - High Road - Diamond In The Witch House
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 758836.jpg[/imgsize]
58 - Freddie Gibbs & Madlib: Piñata – 76,2 (17)
Highlights: Deeper - Thuggin' – Shitsville
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 718423.jpg[/imgsize]
57 - Fear of Men: Loom – 76,3 (14)
Highlights: Waterfall - Luna - Descent
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 731317.jpg[/imgsize]
56 - White Lung: Deep Fantasy – 76,3 (22)
Highlights: Down It Goes - Lucky One - Wrong Star
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 749968.jpg[/imgsize]
55 - Against Me!: Transgender Dysphoria Blues – 76,3 (20)
Highlights: Transgender Dysphoria Blues - True Trans Soul Rebel - Two Coffins
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 680949.jpg[/imgsize]
54 - Yob: Clearing the Path to Ascend – 76,3 (8)
Highlights: Unmask the Spectre - In Our Blood - Marrow
[imgsize 200x200]http://exclaim.ca/images/yob5.jpg[/imgsize]
53 - Douglas Dare: Whelm – 76,4 (9)
Highlights: London's Rose - Swim - Clockwork
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 741842.jpg[/imgsize]
52 - Alvvays: Alvvays - 76,5 (21)
Highlights: Adult Diversion - Archie, Marry Me - Party Police
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 763986.jpg[/imgsize]
51 - Warpaint: Warpaint – 76,5 (31)
Highlights: Love Is To Die – Hi - Keep It Healthy
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 676121.jpg[/imgsize]
50 - Carla Bozulich: Boy – 76,6 (11)
Highlights: Lazy Crossbones - Deeper Than The Well - One Hard Man
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 686502.jpg[/imgsize]
49- Sohn: Tremors - 76,6 (24)
Highlights: The Wheel - Tremors – Artifice
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 710309.jpg[/imgsize]
48 - Sharon Jones And The Dap-Kings: Give the People What They Want – 76,6 (26)
Highlights: Retreat! - Making Up And Breaking Up (And Making Up And Breaking Up Over Again) - Stranger To My Happiness
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 683988.jpg[/imgsize]
47 - Total Control: Typical System – 76,7 (11)
Highlights: Glass - Flesh War - Safety Net
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 731785.jpg[/imgsize]
46 - Timber Timbre: Hot Dreams - 76,8 (21)
Highlights: Hot Dreams - Beat the Drum Slowly - Curtains?!
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 714378.jpg[/imgsize]
45 - Robert Plant: Lullaby and... the Ceaseless Roar – 76,8 (17)
Highlights: Embrace Another Fall - A Stolen Kiss - Rainbow
[imgsize 200x200]http://cdn.americansongwriter.com/wp-co ... 09/rb3.jpg[/imgsize]
44 - The Horrors: Luminous – 76,9 (27)
Highlights: I See You - So Now You Know - In and Out of Sight
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 722581.jpg[/imgsize]
43 - Fennesz: Bécs – 77,2 (9)
Highlights: Liminality - Static Kings - Bécs
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 716200.jpg[/imgsize]
42 - Todd Terje: It's Album Time – 77,6 (27)
Highlights: Inspector Norse - Delorean Dynamite - Strandbar
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 697888.jpg[/imgsize]
41 - Young Fathers: Dead – 77,6 (17)
Highlights: War - Get Up - No Way
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 688073.jpg[/imgsize]
40 - Actress: Ghettoville – 77,8 (23)
Highlights: Gaze - Rap - Corner
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 693983.jpg[/imgsize]
39 - Liars: Mess – 77,9 (28)
Highlights: Mask Maker - Mess On A Mission - I’m No Gold
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 713853.jpg[/imgsize]
38 - The New Pornographers: Brill Bruisers – 78,0 (28)
Highlights: Brill Bruisers - War on the East Coast - Dancehall Domine
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 769517.jpg[/imgsize]
37 - The Bug: Angels and Devils – 78,0 (18)
Highlights: Void - Fall - The One
[imgsize 200x200]http://cdn4.pitchfork.com/albums/20970/ ... 5b8ff0.jpg[/imgsize]
36 - Ty Segall: Manipulator – 78,2 (23)
Highlights: Tall Man, Skinny Lady - The Crawler - The Singer
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 753526.jpg[/imgsize]
35 - Damien Jurado: Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Son – 78,3 (23)
Highlights: Silver Katherine - Metallic Cloud - Silver Timothy
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 684970.jpg[/imgsize]
34 - Pallbearer: Foundations of Burden – 78,3 (11)
Highlights: The Ghost I Used to Be - Watcher in the Dark - Worlds Apart
[imgsize 200x200]https://www.profoundlorerecords.com/wp- ... 30x565.jpg[/imgsize]
33 - First Aid Kit: Stay Gold - 78,5 (26)
Highlights: My Silver Lining - Shatered & Hollow - Stay Gold
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 734833.jpg[/imgsize]
32 - Mogwai: Rave Tapes – 78,6 (31)
Highlights: Remurdered - The Lord Is Out Of Control - Hexon Bogon
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 680346.jpg[/imgsize]
31 - Opeth: Pale Communion - 78,6 (12)
Highlights: Moon Above, Sun Below - Voice of Treason - Goblin
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 773097.jpg[/imgsize]
30 - Shellac: Dude Incredible - 78,7 (10)
Highlights: Compliant - Dude Incredible - The People's Microphone
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 775114.jpg[/imgsize]
29 - The Soft Pink Truth: Why Do The Heathen Rage? – 78,7 (11)
Highlights: Black Metal - Ready to Fuck - Buried by Time and Dust
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 756911.jpg[/imgsize]
28 - East India Youth: Total Strife Forever – 78,8 (19)
Highlights: Hinterland - Heaven, How Long - Dripping Down
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 691390.jpg[/imgsize]
27 - Lykke Li: I Never Learn – 78,8 (28)
Highlights: I Never Learn - Gunshot - No Rest for the Wicked
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 731319.jpg[/imgsize]
26 - Leonard Cohen: Popular Problems – 78,8 (24)
Highlights: Samson in New Orleans - Slow - Did I Ever Love You
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 782849.jpg[/imgsize]
25 - Future Islands: Singles – 78,9 (27)
Highlights: Seasons (Waiting On You) - A Dream of You & Me - Light House
[imgsize 220x220]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 719440.jpg[/imgsize]
24 - Behemoth: The Satanist – 79,1 (12)
Highlights: Blow Your Trumpets Gabriel - O Father O Satan O Sun! - Ora Pro Nobis Lucifer
[imgsize 220x220]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 687441.jpg[/imgsize]
23 - Shabazz Palaces: Lese Majesty – 79,1 (28)
Highlights: #Cake - They Come in Gold - Forerunner Foray
[imgsize 220x220]http://cdn2.pitchfork.com/albums/20857/ ... 761557.jpg[/imgsize]
22 - The Antlers: Familiars – 79,2 (27)
Highlights: Palace - Hotel - Refuge
[imgsize 220x220]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 740782.jpg[/imgsize]
21 - Parquet Courts: Sunbathing Animal – 79,3 (28)
Highlights: Instant Disassembly - Black & White - Always Back in Town
[imgsize 220x220]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 725955.jpg[/imgsize]
20 - Cloud Nothings: Here And Nowhere Else – 79,3 (27)
Highlights: I'm Not Part Of Me - Psychic Trauma - Now Hear In
[imgsize 240x240]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 701948.jpg[/imgsize]
19 - Spoon: They Want My Soul – 79,6 (29)
Highlights: Do You - They Want My Soul - Rent I Pay
[imgsize 240x240]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 762045.jpg[/imgsize]
18 - Tune-Yards: Nikki Nack – 79,8 (28)
Highlights: Wait for a Minute - Water Fountain - Time of Dark
[imgsize 240x240]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 731320.jpg[/imgsize]
17 - Beck: Morning Phase – 79,9 (31)
Highlights: Blue Moon - Morning - Turn Away
[imgsize 240x240]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 694324.jpg[/imgsize]
16 - Owen Pallet: In Conflict – 80,0 (27)
Highlights: The Riverbed - I Am Not Afraid - On a Path
[imgsize 240x240]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 714823.jpg[/imgsize]
15 - Mac DeMarco: Salad Days – 80,5 (25)
Highlights: Passing Out Pieces - Let Her Go - Treat Her Better
[imgsize 260x260]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 694237.jpg[/imgsize]
14 - EMA: The Future's Void – 80,8 (28)
Highlights: 3Jane - So Blonde - Solace
[imgsize 260x260]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 710763.jpg[/imgsize]
13 - Angel Olsen: Burn Your Fire for No Witness – 81,8 (28)
Highlights: White Fire - Forgiven/Forgotten – Windows
[imgsize 260x260]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 677187.jpg[/imgsize]
12 - Damon Albarn: Everyday Robots – 82,2 (30)
Highlights: Everyday Robots - Lonely Press Play - Heavy Seas of Love
[imgsize 260x260]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 718172.jpg[/imgsize]
11 - Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra: Fuck Off Get Free We Pour Light on Everything - 82,5 (22)
Highlights: What We Loved Was Not Enough - Fuck Off Get Free (For The Island Of Montreal) - Take Away These Early Grave Blues
[imgsize 260x260]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 683514.jpg[/imgsize]
10 - Sharon Van Etten: Are We There – 82,8 (26)
Highlights: Your Love Is Killing Me - Tarifa - Every Time the Sun Comes Up
[imgsize 280x280]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 713437.jpg[/imgsize]
09 - Neneh Cherry: Blank Project – 83,3 (29)
Highlights: Out Of The Black - Blank Project – Naked
[imgsize 280x280]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 680233.jpg[/imgsize]
08 - Wild Beasts: Present Tense – 83,6 (27)
Highlights: Wanderlust - A Simple Beautiful Truth – Mecca
[imgsize 280x280]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 687945.jpg[/imgsize]
07 - Perfume Genius: Too Bright – 83,6 (26)
Highlights: Grid - Queen - Fool
[imgsize 280x280]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 785626.jpg[/imgsize]
06 - Sun Kil Moon: Benji – 83,9 (24)
Highlights: Carissa - Richard Ramirez Died Today of Natural Causes - Micheline
[imgsize 280x280]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 689105.jpg[/imgsize]
05 - FKA Twigs: LP1 – 84,8 (32)
Highlights: Two Weeks - Pendulum - Lights On
[imgsize 300x300]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 776436.jpg[/imgsize]
04 - St Vincent: St Vincent – 85,6 (31)
Highlights: Digital Witness - Prince Johnny - Severed Crossed Fingers
[imgsize 300x300]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 698038.jpg[/imgsize]
03 - Aphex Twin: Syro – 86,0 (24)
Highlights: Minipops 67 [Source Field Mix] - XMAS_EVET10 [Thanaton3 Mix] - Syro u473t8+e [Piezoluminescence Mix]
[imgsize 300x300]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 790399.jpg[/imgsize]
02 - The War On Drugs: Lost In The Dream – 86,1 (30)
Highlights: Red Eyes - Under The Pressure - Eyes To The Wind
[imgsize 300x300]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 691014.jpg[/imgsize]
01 - Swans: To Be Kind – 86,9 (29)
Highlights: A Little God in My Hands - Oxygen - She Loves Us
[imgsize 300x300]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 736101.jpg[/imgsize]
The numbers presented next to each album title are the weighted average rating and the number of reviews (out of 32 included sources). The weighted average is based on a formula that includes a) the average of ratings and b) the number of sources that have rated the album.
The magazines I used for the ratings were:
EUR + Australia: Gaffa-dk; Gaffa-sw; Jenesaispop; Laut; LesInrocks; Mondosonoro; Music-story; Musikexpress; Nojesguiden; Ondarock; Plattentests; Playgroundmag; Sentire Ascoltare; The Music
UK: DIY; Drowned In Sound; The Guardian; Music OMH; NME; The Line Of Best Fit; The Skinny; The 405
USA + Canada: Allmusic; AV Club; Consequence Of Sound; Exclaim!; Paste; Pitchfork; Popmatters; Rolling Stone; Spin; Tinymixtapes
Highlights: These are the top three songs from the album according to Allmusic, Consequence of Sound, Jenesaispop, Plattentests, The Irish Times, The Independent, Digital Spy, BostonGlobe, etc..
New entry or Re-entry
Out:
Lana Del Rey: Ultraviolence
90 - Bob Mould: Beauty & Ruin – 74,1 (24)
Highlights: Kid with Crooked Face - I Don't Know You Anymore - Hey Mr. Grey
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 747596.jpg[/imgsize]
89 - Interpol: El Pintor - 74,1 (28)
Highlights: All the Rage Back Home - My Desire - Ancient Ways
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 752065.jpg[/imgsize]
88 - J Mascis: Tied to a Star - 74,2 (24)
Highlights: Wide Awake - And Them - Every Morning
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 780577.jpg[/imgsize]
87 - How To Dress Well: What Is This Heart - 74,2 (27)
Highlights: Repeat Pleasure - What You Wanted - Words I Don’t Remember
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 741634.jpg[/imgsize]
86 - Jungle: Jungle - 74,3 (24)
Highlights: Busy Earnin' - The Heat - Time
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 747108.jpg[/imgsize]
85 - Grumbling Fur: Preternaturals – 74,3 (10)
Highlights: Lightinsisters - Mister Skeleton - All the Rays
[imgsize 200x200]http://themusicexchange.org.uk/image/ca ... 25x525.jpg[/imgsize]
84 - The Men: Tomorrow's Hits – 74,5 (23)
Highlights: Different Days - Another Night - Pearly Gates
[imgsize 220x220]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 686483.jpg[/imgsize]
83 - Anathema: Distant Satellites – 74,6 (12)
Highlights: Anathema - Distant Satellites - The Lost Song, Pt. 3
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 745129.jpg[/imgsize]
82 - Jenny Hval & Susanna: Meshes of Voice - 74,6 (7)
Highlights: I Have Walked This Body - Black Lake - Medusa
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 768946.jpg[/imgsize]
81 - Ratking: So It Goes – 74,6 (18)
Highlights: Snow Beach - So It Goes - So Sick Stories
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 696556.jpg[/imgsize]
80 - Perfect Pussy: Say Yes To Love – 74,7 (20)
Highlights: Interference Fits - Driver - Work
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 697531.jpg[/imgsize]
79 - Temples: Sun Structures – 74,7 (26)
Highlights: Shelter Song - Mesmerise - Keep In The Dark
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 689061.jpg[/imgsize]
78 - Agalloch: The Serpent & the Sphere – 74,7 (8)
Highlights: The Astral Dialogue - Birth and Death of the Pillars of Creation - Celestial Effigy
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 745636.jpg[/imgsize]
77 - Sleaford Mods: Divine and Exit – 74,7 (8)
Highlights: Tweet Tweet Tweet - From Rags to Richards - The Corgi
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 739246.jpg[/imgsize]
76 - Reigning Sound: Shatered – 74,7 (11)
Highlights: Falling Rain - Never Coming Home - My My
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_40 ... 764322.jpg[/imgsize]
75 - Slow Club: Complete Surrender - 75,0 (14)
Highlights: Suffering You, Suffering Me - The Queen’s Nose - Everything Is New
[imgsize 200x200]http://files.jenesaispop.com/wp-content ... render.jpg[/imgsize]
74 - Kelis: Food – 75,1 (28)
Highlights: Jerk Ribs - Cobbler - Hooch
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 713885.jpg[/imgsize]
73 - Jack White: Lazaretto – 75,1 (31)
Highlights: Lazaretto - Would You Fight for My Love? - Alone in My Home
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 748983.jpg[/imgsize]
72 - Ben Frost: Aurora – 75,1 (18)
Highlights: Venter - Nolan - Secant
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 731380.jpg[/imgsize]
71 - Sinkane: Mean Love - 75,2 (16)
Highlights: How We Be - Hold Tight - New Name
[imgsize 200x200]http://exclaim.ca/images/sinkane1.jpg[/imgsize]
70 - Fucked Up: Glass Boys – 75,3 (23)
Highlights: Glass Boys - Paper the House - Echo Boomer
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 721637.jpg[/imgsize]
69 - Cymbals Eat Guitars: Lose – 75,3 (15)
Highlights: Jackson - Warning - Chambers
[imgsize 200x200]http://cdn.pitchfork.com/news/55175/59573e8e.jpg[/imgsize]
68 - Death From Above 1979: The Physical World – 75,5 (22)
Highlights: Gemini - Government Trash - Right On, Frankenstein!
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 784560.jpg[/imgsize]
67 - King Creosote: From Scotland with Love - 75,6 (17)
Highlights: For One Night Only - Miserable Strangers - One Floor Down
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 760046.jpg[/imgsize]
66 – The Afghan Whigs: Do to the Beast – 75,7 (28)
Highlights: The Lottery - Algiers - Parked Outside
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 729885.jpg[/imgsize]
65 - Conor Oberst: Upside Down Mountain – 75,8 (27)
Highlights: Zigzagging Toward the Light - You Are Your Mother’s Child - Hundreds Of Ways
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 739050.jpg[/imgsize]
64 - Marissa Nadler: July – 75,9 (21)
Highlights: Dead City Emily - 1923 - Drive
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 683401.jpg[/imgsize]
63 - Tinariwen: Emmaar – 75,9 (20)
Highlights: Imdiwanin Ahi Tifhamam - Toumast Tincha - Imidiwan Ahi Sigdim
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 686267.jpg[/imgsize]
62 - The Notwist: Close to the Glass – 76,0 (28)
Highlights: Kong - 7-Hour-Drive – Casino
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 686470.jpg[/imgsize]
61 - Stephen Malkmus And The Jicks: Wig Out at Jagbags – 76,1 (30)
Highlights: Lariat - Planetary Motion - J Smoov
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 675827.jpg[/imgsize]
60 - A Sunny Day in Glasgow: Sea When Absent – 76,1 (16)
Highlights: In Love with Useless (The Timeless Geometry in the Tradition of Passing) - Byebye, Big Ocean (The End) - Crushin'
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 758239.jpg[/imgsize]
59 - Mastodon: Once More 'Round the Sun – 76,1 (23)
Highlights: The Motherload - High Road - Diamond In The Witch House
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 758836.jpg[/imgsize]
58 - Freddie Gibbs & Madlib: Piñata – 76,2 (17)
Highlights: Deeper - Thuggin' – Shitsville
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 718423.jpg[/imgsize]
57 - Fear of Men: Loom – 76,3 (14)
Highlights: Waterfall - Luna - Descent
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 731317.jpg[/imgsize]
56 - White Lung: Deep Fantasy – 76,3 (22)
Highlights: Down It Goes - Lucky One - Wrong Star
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 749968.jpg[/imgsize]
55 - Against Me!: Transgender Dysphoria Blues – 76,3 (20)
Highlights: Transgender Dysphoria Blues - True Trans Soul Rebel - Two Coffins
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 680949.jpg[/imgsize]
54 - Yob: Clearing the Path to Ascend – 76,3 (8)
Highlights: Unmask the Spectre - In Our Blood - Marrow
[imgsize 200x200]http://exclaim.ca/images/yob5.jpg[/imgsize]
53 - Douglas Dare: Whelm – 76,4 (9)
Highlights: London's Rose - Swim - Clockwork
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 741842.jpg[/imgsize]
52 - Alvvays: Alvvays - 76,5 (21)
Highlights: Adult Diversion - Archie, Marry Me - Party Police
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 763986.jpg[/imgsize]
51 - Warpaint: Warpaint – 76,5 (31)
Highlights: Love Is To Die – Hi - Keep It Healthy
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 676121.jpg[/imgsize]
50 - Carla Bozulich: Boy – 76,6 (11)
Highlights: Lazy Crossbones - Deeper Than The Well - One Hard Man
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 686502.jpg[/imgsize]
49- Sohn: Tremors - 76,6 (24)
Highlights: The Wheel - Tremors – Artifice
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 710309.jpg[/imgsize]
48 - Sharon Jones And The Dap-Kings: Give the People What They Want – 76,6 (26)
Highlights: Retreat! - Making Up And Breaking Up (And Making Up And Breaking Up Over Again) - Stranger To My Happiness
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 683988.jpg[/imgsize]
47 - Total Control: Typical System – 76,7 (11)
Highlights: Glass - Flesh War - Safety Net
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 731785.jpg[/imgsize]
46 - Timber Timbre: Hot Dreams - 76,8 (21)
Highlights: Hot Dreams - Beat the Drum Slowly - Curtains?!
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 714378.jpg[/imgsize]
45 - Robert Plant: Lullaby and... the Ceaseless Roar – 76,8 (17)
Highlights: Embrace Another Fall - A Stolen Kiss - Rainbow
[imgsize 200x200]http://cdn.americansongwriter.com/wp-co ... 09/rb3.jpg[/imgsize]
44 - The Horrors: Luminous – 76,9 (27)
Highlights: I See You - So Now You Know - In and Out of Sight
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 722581.jpg[/imgsize]
43 - Fennesz: Bécs – 77,2 (9)
Highlights: Liminality - Static Kings - Bécs
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 716200.jpg[/imgsize]
42 - Todd Terje: It's Album Time – 77,6 (27)
Highlights: Inspector Norse - Delorean Dynamite - Strandbar
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 697888.jpg[/imgsize]
41 - Young Fathers: Dead – 77,6 (17)
Highlights: War - Get Up - No Way
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 688073.jpg[/imgsize]
40 - Actress: Ghettoville – 77,8 (23)
Highlights: Gaze - Rap - Corner
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 693983.jpg[/imgsize]
39 - Liars: Mess – 77,9 (28)
Highlights: Mask Maker - Mess On A Mission - I’m No Gold
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 713853.jpg[/imgsize]
38 - The New Pornographers: Brill Bruisers – 78,0 (28)
Highlights: Brill Bruisers - War on the East Coast - Dancehall Domine
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 769517.jpg[/imgsize]
37 - The Bug: Angels and Devils – 78,0 (18)
Highlights: Void - Fall - The One
[imgsize 200x200]http://cdn4.pitchfork.com/albums/20970/ ... 5b8ff0.jpg[/imgsize]
36 - Ty Segall: Manipulator – 78,2 (23)
Highlights: Tall Man, Skinny Lady - The Crawler - The Singer
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 753526.jpg[/imgsize]
35 - Damien Jurado: Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Son – 78,3 (23)
Highlights: Silver Katherine - Metallic Cloud - Silver Timothy
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 684970.jpg[/imgsize]
34 - Pallbearer: Foundations of Burden – 78,3 (11)
Highlights: The Ghost I Used to Be - Watcher in the Dark - Worlds Apart
[imgsize 200x200]https://www.profoundlorerecords.com/wp- ... 30x565.jpg[/imgsize]
33 - First Aid Kit: Stay Gold - 78,5 (26)
Highlights: My Silver Lining - Shatered & Hollow - Stay Gold
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 734833.jpg[/imgsize]
32 - Mogwai: Rave Tapes – 78,6 (31)
Highlights: Remurdered - The Lord Is Out Of Control - Hexon Bogon
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 680346.jpg[/imgsize]
31 - Opeth: Pale Communion - 78,6 (12)
Highlights: Moon Above, Sun Below - Voice of Treason - Goblin
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 773097.jpg[/imgsize]
30 - Shellac: Dude Incredible - 78,7 (10)
Highlights: Compliant - Dude Incredible - The People's Microphone
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 775114.jpg[/imgsize]
29 - The Soft Pink Truth: Why Do The Heathen Rage? – 78,7 (11)
Highlights: Black Metal - Ready to Fuck - Buried by Time and Dust
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 756911.jpg[/imgsize]
28 - East India Youth: Total Strife Forever – 78,8 (19)
Highlights: Hinterland - Heaven, How Long - Dripping Down
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 691390.jpg[/imgsize]
27 - Lykke Li: I Never Learn – 78,8 (28)
Highlights: I Never Learn - Gunshot - No Rest for the Wicked
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 731319.jpg[/imgsize]
26 - Leonard Cohen: Popular Problems – 78,8 (24)
Highlights: Samson in New Orleans - Slow - Did I Ever Love You
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 782849.jpg[/imgsize]
25 - Future Islands: Singles – 78,9 (27)
Highlights: Seasons (Waiting On You) - A Dream of You & Me - Light House
[imgsize 220x220]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 719440.jpg[/imgsize]
24 - Behemoth: The Satanist – 79,1 (12)
Highlights: Blow Your Trumpets Gabriel - O Father O Satan O Sun! - Ora Pro Nobis Lucifer
[imgsize 220x220]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 687441.jpg[/imgsize]
23 - Shabazz Palaces: Lese Majesty – 79,1 (28)
Highlights: #Cake - They Come in Gold - Forerunner Foray
[imgsize 220x220]http://cdn2.pitchfork.com/albums/20857/ ... 761557.jpg[/imgsize]
22 - The Antlers: Familiars – 79,2 (27)
Highlights: Palace - Hotel - Refuge
[imgsize 220x220]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 740782.jpg[/imgsize]
21 - Parquet Courts: Sunbathing Animal – 79,3 (28)
Highlights: Instant Disassembly - Black & White - Always Back in Town
[imgsize 220x220]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 725955.jpg[/imgsize]
20 - Cloud Nothings: Here And Nowhere Else – 79,3 (27)
Highlights: I'm Not Part Of Me - Psychic Trauma - Now Hear In
[imgsize 240x240]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 701948.jpg[/imgsize]
19 - Spoon: They Want My Soul – 79,6 (29)
Highlights: Do You - They Want My Soul - Rent I Pay
[imgsize 240x240]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 762045.jpg[/imgsize]
18 - Tune-Yards: Nikki Nack – 79,8 (28)
Highlights: Wait for a Minute - Water Fountain - Time of Dark
[imgsize 240x240]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 731320.jpg[/imgsize]
17 - Beck: Morning Phase – 79,9 (31)
Highlights: Blue Moon - Morning - Turn Away
[imgsize 240x240]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 694324.jpg[/imgsize]
16 - Owen Pallet: In Conflict – 80,0 (27)
Highlights: The Riverbed - I Am Not Afraid - On a Path
[imgsize 240x240]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 714823.jpg[/imgsize]
15 - Mac DeMarco: Salad Days – 80,5 (25)
Highlights: Passing Out Pieces - Let Her Go - Treat Her Better
[imgsize 260x260]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 694237.jpg[/imgsize]
14 - EMA: The Future's Void – 80,8 (28)
Highlights: 3Jane - So Blonde - Solace
[imgsize 260x260]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 710763.jpg[/imgsize]
13 - Angel Olsen: Burn Your Fire for No Witness – 81,8 (28)
Highlights: White Fire - Forgiven/Forgotten – Windows
[imgsize 260x260]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 677187.jpg[/imgsize]
12 - Damon Albarn: Everyday Robots – 82,2 (30)
Highlights: Everyday Robots - Lonely Press Play - Heavy Seas of Love
[imgsize 260x260]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 718172.jpg[/imgsize]
11 - Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra: Fuck Off Get Free We Pour Light on Everything - 82,5 (22)
Highlights: What We Loved Was Not Enough - Fuck Off Get Free (For The Island Of Montreal) - Take Away These Early Grave Blues
[imgsize 260x260]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 683514.jpg[/imgsize]
10 - Sharon Van Etten: Are We There – 82,8 (26)
Highlights: Your Love Is Killing Me - Tarifa - Every Time the Sun Comes Up
[imgsize 280x280]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 713437.jpg[/imgsize]
09 - Neneh Cherry: Blank Project – 83,3 (29)
Highlights: Out Of The Black - Blank Project – Naked
[imgsize 280x280]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 680233.jpg[/imgsize]
08 - Wild Beasts: Present Tense – 83,6 (27)
Highlights: Wanderlust - A Simple Beautiful Truth – Mecca
[imgsize 280x280]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 687945.jpg[/imgsize]
07 - Perfume Genius: Too Bright – 83,6 (26)
Highlights: Grid - Queen - Fool
[imgsize 280x280]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 785626.jpg[/imgsize]
06 - Sun Kil Moon: Benji – 83,9 (24)
Highlights: Carissa - Richard Ramirez Died Today of Natural Causes - Micheline
[imgsize 280x280]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 689105.jpg[/imgsize]
05 - FKA Twigs: LP1 – 84,8 (32)
Highlights: Two Weeks - Pendulum - Lights On
[imgsize 300x300]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 776436.jpg[/imgsize]
04 - St Vincent: St Vincent – 85,6 (31)
Highlights: Digital Witness - Prince Johnny - Severed Crossed Fingers
[imgsize 300x300]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 698038.jpg[/imgsize]
03 - Aphex Twin: Syro – 86,0 (24)
Highlights: Minipops 67 [Source Field Mix] - XMAS_EVET10 [Thanaton3 Mix] - Syro u473t8+e [Piezoluminescence Mix]
[imgsize 300x300]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 790399.jpg[/imgsize]
02 - The War On Drugs: Lost In The Dream – 86,1 (30)
Highlights: Red Eyes - Under The Pressure - Eyes To The Wind
[imgsize 300x300]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 691014.jpg[/imgsize]
01 - Swans: To Be Kind – 86,9 (29)
Highlights: A Little God in My Hands - Oxygen - She Loves Us
[imgsize 300x300]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 736101.jpg[/imgsize]