Top 100 Music Albums of 2014 by 19loveless91

Album count so far: 131 albums + I guess a couple of EPs (also Cilvia Demo which is apparently officially an EP).
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Well, it's been an interesting year. Don't really know if it was good or bad, or if my attempts to achieve personal growth were at least a minor success (I guess time will tell about that), but in the process I actually did a lot of things and a lot has happened to me. And it's the first time in years I can say that with full honesty. Concerning music, too, it hasn't at all been boring. While I'm nowhere near on the level of some fellow users, I'm quite happy with the amount of music i had listened to and the number of live shows I have seen.
I made a post on tumblr bragging about those, if you wish to see it:
http://jurefeelingsinister.tumblr.com/post/106336183142/hi-this-is-just-me-bragging-about-all-the-live
Mulatu Astatke, Ought, Mac DeMarco, St. Vincent, Portishead, Warpaint, Janelle Monae, Cut Copy (!!), Swans, Xiu Xiu were some of my favourite live acts...
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Regarding the quality of this years releases, I think that there are easily 35-40 albums here that I'll be returning to, + select songs from many others. However I can't say I'm completely happy looking at the top albums, at least when comparing them to previous years. There just hasn't been anything this year that would completely blow me away, or that I would feel was an instant classic of our era, sort of like Good Kid m.A.A.d. City in 2012, or Modern Vampires (or Holter's album) last year. Still a couple of albums that came close (one of them only being released after all the music publications already released their end of year lists).

I decided to just fill out the entire 100 spots, but that means that I'm not quite as enthusiastic about the albums towards the end of the list, + it has to be noted that the order gets a bit random in the second half - while I decided not to include albums I only listened to once (meaning there are still some potential entries - e.g. Azealia Banks' album, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, Max Graef etc.), there are still many that I don't remember well enough.
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*FAVOURITE SONGS:*
Tara Jane O'Neal - Elemental Finding
La Dispute - Woman in Mirror
Ratking - Snow Beach
Spoon - Inside Out
Flying Lotus feat. Kendrick Lamar - Never Catch Me
Feeling Alright or any other off Warpaint's album
Shabazz Palaces - Forerunner Foray
Ought – Habit
Francis Harris - You Can Always Leave
Swans - A little god in my hands
Future Islands - Seasons (Waiting on You)
tune-yards – Wait for a Minute
Perfect Pussy – Interference Fits
and others...
(each album note includes my track pick for the album too. Check those out too)

*TOP EPs of the year:*
Nothing to see here yet. I did really enjoy Mr. Noah (Panda Bear) and Frostbite (Kitty) though.

*TOP VIDEOS of the year:*
So far I loved the videos for:
-Never Catch Me and Tiny Tortures by Flying Lotus
-Mess On A Mission by Liars
-Down On My Luck by Vic Mensa
aaaand I really need to see more...

P.S. VOTE BEAMAS

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Indecipherable, shit-fi angry noise punk bullshit.

It's okay, I can't make out most of what she's screaming about either. For some reason this sort of still appeals to me greatly

-Interference Fits-
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A journey through the unknown.

Lyrically not as good as Black Up, sonically, as a whole, maybe even more accomplished.

-Forerunner Foray-
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What afterlife might sound like

As jazzy as he's ever been, with more vocal features than ever... Maybe not the best album of his, but with a clearer direction as a whole.

Coronus The Terminator - Siren Song - Turtles is the best bit on the album
And Never Catch Me is one of the finest singles of the year. And Kendrick's best work of the year.
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Catchy tuneage with dreamy and beachy vibes.

Nothing new but hits a sweet spot between twee of camera obscura and beachy dreamy jangly vibes of real estate and other surf pop revivalists
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So much joy, so many rhythms, so much quirk.
Better produced version of the previous album (though that album had Bizness)

-Wait For A Minute-
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Annie's persona is evolving.

But the music is the music. Noisy enough, poppy enough. Faboulous enough.

brilliant live.

-Regret-
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It's a breakup album isn't it?

"Break my legs so I won't walk to you
Cut my tongue so I can't talk to you
Burn my skin so I can't feel you
Stab my eyes so I can't see"

Well, it's all a part of the healing process...


-Your Love Is Killing Me-
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...and you whispered in my ear all your deepest and most intimate thoughts

(i just realized this is actually a compilation of her songs from 2011 and 2012)

-Wisdom Teeth Song-
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Sparkly shoegaze pop. the post-punk of their earlier stuff seems to have kinda gone away? so what.

-Jealous Sun-
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She is just a little girl in a big world, and she's happy and she wants to share with us a bit of her world and of her happiness.

-Sad 2-
but even she gets sad sometimes :(
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Total albums: 100. Page 2 of 10

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Top 100 Music Albums of 2014 composition

Country Albums %


United States 58 58%
United Kingdom 12 12%
Canada 10 10%
Sweden 4 4%
Australia 3 3%
Germany 2 2%
Japan 2 2%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 99 99%
Yes 1 1%
Live? Albums %
No 99 99%
Yes 1 1%

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I really miss the self-reflecting (and exact listen counting) chart introductions and detailed imagery in the album notes of your earlier year charts. Also where's your 2019, ti nor bedak
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From 05/17/2019 22:29
In addition to this chart containing lots of entries I also like a lot (Enter the Slasher House and Metamodern Sounds in Country Music being two notable examples), I also really appreciate the comments accompanying the selections. It's pretty evident, both from the comment and from its generous ranking here, that I need to check out Warpaint's self-titled album.
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Warpaint has actually been my "most listened/sung album while showering" (for showering only), hence the top 10 :)
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From 01/03/2015 07:57
A very solid end of year list, and while we have a bit in common there is plenty of divide for interesting perspective. There’s a bit I haven’t listened to and I’ll definitely be using this as a source for my own repeat listens.
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