EOY 2014: De Volkskrant (NL)

[Rob]

Here is the end of year list by the music writers of Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant. Like last year it's very eclectic and encompasses not just pop, but also jazz, world and classical music. I have marked classical albums with a * so they are easier to filter out, since they aren't eligible.

1. Typhoon – Lobi Da Basi
2. J.S. Bach: Fluitsonates – Les Musiciens de Saint Julien *
3. Aaron Pilsan – Beethoven, Schubert *
4. Spoon – They Want My Soul
5. Gideon van Gelder – Lighthouse
6. The War On Drugs – Lost in the Dream
7. Real Estate – Atlas
8. Cavalli: Elena – Cappella Mediterranea *
9. Swans – To Be Kind
10. SBTRKT – Wonder Where We Land
11. Sturgill Simpson – Metamodern Sounds in Country Music
12. Kassé Mady Diabeté – Kiriké
13. Reigning Sound – Shattered
14. Budapest Festival Orchestra, o.l.v. Iván Fischer: Anton Bruckner – Zevende Symfonie *
15. YOB – Clearing the Path to Ascend
16. Julia Wolfe, Stars en Trio Mediaevel, Bang on a Can All – Steel Hammer *
17. Moodymann – Moodymann
18. Sonny Rollins – Road Shows Vol. 3
19. Beck – Morning Phase
20. Robert Ellis – The Lights from the Chemical Plant
21. Vermont – Vermont
22. Opeth – Pale Communion
23. Scottish Chamber Orchestra, o.l.v. Robin Ticciati – Schumann *
24. Morrissey – World Peace Is None of Your Business
25. Mastodon – Once More ‘Round the Sun
26. Shabazz Palaces – Lese Majesty
27. Ambrose Akinmusire – The Imagined Savior Is Far Easier to Paint
28. Les Arts Florissants, o.l.v. Paul Agnew: Monteverdi – Madrigali Vol. 2 *
29. FKA Twigs – LP1
30. Orlando Julius with the Heliocentrics – Jaiyede Afro
31. Cappella Amsterdam, o.l.v. Daniel Reuss: Poulenc – Stabat Meter, Sept Répons *
32. Todd Terje – It’s Album Time
33. Within Temptation – Hydra
34. Protomartyr – Under Color of Official Right
35. Avi Buffalo – At Best Cuckold
36. John Adams, St. Louis Symphony o.l.v. Robertson – City Noir/ Saxophone Concerto *
37. Christian Vogel – Polyphonic Beings
38. Alcest – Shelter
39. Marc Ribot Trio – Live at the Village Vanguard
40. Claudio Abbado: Bruckner – Negende Symfonie *
41. Benjamin Booker – Benjamin Booker
42. Sólstafir – Ótta
43. Broeder Dieleman – Gloria
44. Caribou – Our Love
45. Concentus Musicus, o.l.v. Nikolaus Harnoncourt – Mozart *
46. Djessou Mory Kanté – River Strings
47. Benjamin Herman, feat. Daniel von Piekartz – Trouble
48. Objekt – Flatland
49. Temples – Sun Structures
50. Run the Jewels – Run the Jewels 2
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The number one might not ring a bell with most here, but around here is probably the most acclaimed Dutch album since... quite a few years.