Top Albums of 2014
Rank▼ All Time Rank▼ Artist▼ Album▼ Genres▼
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 Shabazz Palaces Lese Majesty Abstract Hip Hop, Experimental Hip Hop
Ratking So It Goes Abstract Hip Hop, Experimental Hip Hop
Young Fathers Dead Abstract Hip Hop, Experimental Hip Hop, UK Hip Hop
Hurray for the Riff Raff Small Town Heroes Alt-Country, Americana, Contemporary Folk
Lucinda Williams Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone Alt-Country, Americana, Roots Rock, Singer/Songwriter
Tweedy Sukierae Alt-Country, Singer/Songwriter
Liars Mess Alternative Dance, Electro-Industrial
How to Dress Well "What is This Heart?" Alternative R&B
Banks Goddess Alternative R&B
Tinashe Aquarius Alternative R&B
3
327
 FKA twigs LP1 Alternative R&B, Art Pop
SOHN Tremors Alternative R&B, Art Pop
MØ No Mythologies to Follow Alternative R&B, Electropop
Chet Faker Built on Glass Alternative R&B, Indietronica
Little Dragon Nabuma Rubberband Alternative R&B, Synthpop
Manic Street Preachers Futurology Alternative Rock
The Afghan Whigs Do to the Beast Alternative Rock
Foo Fighters Sonic Highways Alternative Rock
Thurston Moore The Best Day Alternative Rock
The Black Keys Turn Blue Alternative Rock, Garage Rock
Royal Blood Royal Blood Alternative Rock, Hard Rock
Morrissey World Peace is None of Your Business Alternative Rock, Pop Rock
Weezer Everything Will Be Alright in the End Alternative Rock, Power Pop
††† ††† Alternative Rock, Trip Hop
Ian William Craig A Turn of Breath Ambient, Drone
Lawrence English Wilderness of Mirrors Ambient, Drone
Fennesz Becs Ambient, Electroacoustic, Glitch
A Winged Victory for the Sullen Atomos Ambient, Modern Classical
13
1183
 Grouper Ruins Ambient, Singer/Songwriter
Lee Gamble KOCH Ambient Techno, Outsider House
Hiss Golden Messenger Lateness of Dancers Americana
Rosanne Cash The River & The Thread Americana, Contemporary Country
5
523
 St. Vincent St. Vincent Art Pop
20
1713
 Perfume Genius Too Bright Art Pop
33
2590
 Wild Beasts Present Tense Art Pop
Dean Blunt Black Metal Art Pop
Neneh Cherry Blank Project Art Pop
tUnE-yArDs Nikki Nack Art Pop
Jenny Hval & Susanna Meshes of Voice Art Pop
Adult Jazz Gist Is Art Pop, Art Rock
Owen Pallett In Conflict Art Pop, Chamber Pop
21
1716
 Damon Albarn Everyday Robots Art Pop, Downtempo
Hundred Waters The Moon Rang Like a Bell Art Pop, Downtempo, Folktronica
16
1600
 Lana Del Rey Ultraviolence Art Pop, Dream Pop
The Antlers Familiars Art Pop, Dream Pop
Gazelle Twin Unflesh Art Pop, Electronic, Industrial
EMA The Future's Void Art Pop, Indie Rock
Metronomy Love Letters Art Pop, Indietronica
alt-J This is All Yours Art Pop, Indietronica
East India Youth Total Strife Forever Art Pop, Synthpop
Ought More Than Any Other Day Art Punk, Post-Punk
Sleaford Mods Divide and Exit Art Punk, Post-Punk, Synth Punk
Elbow The Take Off and Landing of Everything Art Rock, Indie Rock
Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra Fuck Off Get Free We Pour Light on Everything Art Rock, Post-Rock
Panopticon Roads to the North Atmospheric Black Metal
Richard Dawson Nothing Important Avant-Folk, Singer/Songwriter
Benjamin Booker Benjamin Booker Blues Rock, Garage Rock Revival
Rival Sons Great Western Valkyrie Blues Rock, Hard Rock
Jack White Lazaretto Blues Rock, Singer/Songwriter
28
2325
 Beck Morning Phase Chamber Folk, Singer/Songwriter
Damien Rice My Favourite Faded Fantasy Chamber Folk, Singer/Songwriter
J. Cole 2014 Forest Hills Drive Conscious Hip Hop
Miranda Lambert Platinum Contemporary Country
Timber Timbre Hot Dreams Contemporary Folk
Sílvia Pérez Cruz & Raül Fernández Miró Granada Contemporary Folk
8
837
 Sun Kil Moon Benji Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter
Marissa Nadler July Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter
Pharrell Williams G I R L Contemporary R&B, Pop Soul
Jessie Ware Tough Love Contemporary R&B, Smooth Soul
Javiera Mena Otra era Dance-Pop, Synthpop
Death from Above 1979 The Physical World Dance-Punk
Popcaan Where We Come From Dancehall
Pharmakon Bestial Burden Death Industrial
35
2761
 Behemoth The Satanist Death Metal
Andy Stott Faith in Strangers Deconstructed Club, UK Bass
10
923
 Caribou Our Love Deep House
Moodymann Moodymann Deep House
Leon Vynehall Music for the Uninvited Deep House
Pallbearer Foundations of Burden Doom Metal
YOB Clearing the Path to Ascend Doom Metal
Triptykon Melana Chasmata Doom Metal
Glass Animals ZABA Downtempo, Indietronica
Warpaint Warpaint Dream Pop
A Sunny Day in Glasgow Sea When Absent Dream Pop, Shoegaze
Mica Levi Under the Skin [Original Soundtrack] Drone, Film Score
Scott Walker & Sunn O))) Soused Drone Metal, Experimental Rock
Röyksopp & Robyn Do It Again Electro House, Electropop
15
1488
 Todd Terje It's Album Time Electro-Disco, Nu-Disco
Ben Frost A U R O R A Electronic, Industrial
Vessel Punish, Honey Electronic, Industrial
Sia 1000 Forms of Fear Electropop
Sylvan Esso Sylvan Esso Electropop
32
2496
 Christine and The Queens Chaleur Humaine / Christine and The Queens Electropop, Nouvelle chanson française
Charli XCX Sucker Electropop, Pop Rock
6
657
 Taylor Swift 1989 Electropop, Synthpop
31
2486
 The Hotelier Home, Like Noplace is There Emo, Pop Punk
11
1004
 Swans To Be Kind Experimental Rock, Post-Rock
First Aid Kit Stay Gold Folk Pop, Indie Folk
Ed Sheeran X Folk Pop, Singer/Songwriter
Steve Gunn Way Out Weather Folk Rock
Woods With Light and With Love Folk Rock
Robert Plant Lullaby and... The Ceaseless Roar Folk Rock, Progressive Folk
Wovenhand Refractory Obdurate Folk Rock, Psychedelic Rock
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings Give the People What They Want Funk, Southern Soul
Jungle Jungle Funktronica, Smooth Soul, Synth Funk
SBTRKT Wonder Where We Land Future Garage
22
1758
 Freddie Gibbs & Madlib Piñata Gangsta Rap
YG My Krazy Life Gangsta Rap
Vince Staples Hell Can Wait EP Gangsta Rap
Schoolboy Q Oxymoron Gangsta Rap
Protomartyr Under Color of Official Right Garage Punk, Post-Punk
Reigning Sound Shattered Garage Rock, Pop Rock, Soul
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard I'm in Your Mind Fuzz Garage Rock, Psychedelic Rock
Arca Xen Glitch Hop, Wonky
Thom Yorke Tomorrow's Modern Boxes Glitch Pop
The Bug Angels & Devils Grime, UK Bass
4
457
 Run the Jewels Run the Jewels 2 Hardcore Hip Hop
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers Hypnotic Eye Heartland Rock
1
230
 The War on Drugs Lost in the Dream Heartland Rock, Indie Rock
Azealia Banks Broke With Expensive Taste Hip House
30
2406
 Ariel Pink Pom Pom Hypnagogic Pop, Psychedelic Pop
12
1169
 Aphex Twin Syro IDM
Actress Ghettoville IDM
Objekt Flatland IDM
Clark Clark IDM, Techno
King Creosote From Scotland With Love Indie Folk
Avi Buffalo At Best Cuckold Indie Folk, Indie Pop
7
723
 Angel Olsen Burn Your Fire for No Witness Indie Folk, Psychedelic Folk, Singer/Songwriter
Conor Oberst Upside Down Mountain Indie Folk, Singer/Songwriter
Lykke Li I Never Learn Indie Pop
Frànçois & The Atlas Mountains Piano Ombre Indie Pop
Gwenno Y Dydd Olaf Indie Pop
Bombay Bicycle Club So Long, See You Tomorrow Indie Pop
Fear of Men Loom Indie Pop
Gruff Rhys American Interior Indie Pop
Wye Oak Shriek Indie Pop
Jamie T Carry on the Grudge Indie Pop, Indie Rock
The New Pornographers Brill Bruisers Indie Pop, Power Pop
Hamilton Leithauser Black Hours Indie Pop, Singer/Songwriter, Traditional Pop
18
1614
 Spoon They Want My Soul Indie Rock
36
2815
 Parquet Courts Sunbathing Animal Indie Rock
Ja, Panik Libertatia Indie Rock
TV on the Radio Seeds Indie Rock
Strand of Oaks Heal Indie Rock
Mitski Bury Me at Makeout Creek Indie Rock
Merchandise After the End Indie Rock
Cymbals Eat Guitars LOSE Indie Rock
Joyce Manor Never Hungover Again Indie Rock, Pop Punk
25
1966
 Cloud Nothings Here and Nowhere Else Indie Rock, Post-Hardcore
The Twilight Sad Nobody Wants to Be Here and Nobody Wants to Leave Indie Rock, Post-Punk
Ex Hex Rips Indie Rock, Power Pop
The Notwist Close to the Glass Indietronica
clipping. CLPPNG Industrial Hip Hop
Godflesh A World Lit Only by Fire Industrial Metal, Sludge Metal
34
2622
 Real Estate Atlas Jangle Pop
14
1327
 Mac DeMarco Salad Days Jangle Pop, Psychedelic Pop
BADBADNOTGOOD III Jazz Fusion
17
1607
 Flying Lotus You're Dead! Jazz Fusion, Nu Jazz, Wonky
Alex G DSU Lo-Fi / Slacker Rock
Toumani Diabaté & Sidiki Diabaté Toumani & Sidiki Mande Music
Shellac Dude Incredible Math Rock, Noise Rock, Post-Hardcore
The Horrors Luminous Neo-Psychedelia
Temples Sun Structures Neo-Psychedelia, Psychedelic Pop
2
264
 D'Angelo and The Vanguard Black Messiah Neo-Soul
Kelis Food Neo-Soul
Perfect Pussy Say Yes to Love Noise Rock, Post-Hardcore
White Lung Deep Fantasy Noise Rock, Punk Rock
24
1894
 Sturgill Simpson Metamodern Sounds in Country Music Outlaw Country
Kassem Mosse Workshop 19 Outsider House
Nicki Minaj The Pinkprint Pop Rap
Young Thug, Birdman & Rich Homie Quan Rich Gang: Tha Tour Part 1 Pop Rap, Southern Hip Hop, Trap
Future Honest Pop Rap, Trap
Jenny Lewis The Voyager Pop Rock
Ryan Adams Ryan Adams Pop Rock, Singer/Songwriter
Sam Smith In the Lonely Hour Pop Soul
Hozier Hozier Pop Soul
Iceage Plowing Into the Field of Love Post-Punk
Have a Nice Life The Unnatural World Post-Punk, Shoegaze
Total Control Typical System Post-Punk, Synth Punk
Interpol El Pintor Post-Punk Revival
Mogwai Rave Tapes Post-Rock
Mastodon Once More 'Round the Sun Progressive Metal, Stoner Metal
Opeth Pale Communion Progressive Rock
Amen Dunes Love Psychedelic Folk
27
2098
 Ty Segall Manipulator Psychedelic Rock
Goat Commune Psychedelic Rock
Hookworms The Hum Psychedelic Rock
23
1778
 Against Me! Transgender Dysphoria Blues Punk Rock
9
876
 Sharon Van Etten Are We There Singer/Songwriter
Leonard Cohen Popular Problems Singer/Songwriter
Kindness Otherness Sophisti-Pop
Isaiah Rashad Cilvia Demo Southern Hip Hop
19
1674
 Future Islands Singles Synthpop
La Roux Trouble in Paradise Synthpop
Tinariwen Emmaar Tishoumaren
26
2013
 Alvvays Alvvays Twee Pop
Fatima Al Qadiri Asiatisch UK Bass, Weightless
Kate Tempest Everybody Down UK Hip Hop