50 Best Albums of 2014
by Rolling Stone (2014) 
Rolling Stone is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture. It was founded in San Francisco, California. These are their best albums of 2014.
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50 Best Albums of 2014 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Leonard Cohen | 1 | 2% | |
| The Black Keys | 1 | 2% | |
| Lenny Kravitz | 1 | 2% | |
| Weezer | 1 | 2% | |
| Tweedy | 1 | 2% | |
| YG | 1 | 2% | |
| St. Vincent | 1 | 2% | |
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Other 2014 year charts
A total of 114 charts from recognised sources are available for 2014, with the 3 most prominent highlighted below. Additionally, there are 491 user submitted charts covering this period.
| Title | Source | Type | Published | Country |
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| Top 10 Albums of 2014 | Bleep | 2014 year chart | 2014 |  |
| Drowned in Sound's Favorite Albums of 2014 | Drowned in Sound | 2014 year chart | 2014 | |
| The 10 Best Albums of 2014 | Billboard | 2014 year chart | 2014 | |
Other charts by Rolling Stone
A total of 33 charts from Rolling Stone are available; the 3 most recent of this type are highlighted below.
| Title | Source | Type | Published | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The 100 Best Albums of 2024 | Rolling Stone | 2024 year chart | 2024 | |
| The 100 Best Albums of 2023 | Rolling Stone | 2023 year chart | 2023 | |
| Top 100 Music Albums of 2022 | Rolling Stone | 2022 year chart | 2022 | |
50 Best Albums of 2014 ratings
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AVwhere:
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n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
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Showing latest 5 ratings for this chart. | Show all 69 ratings for this chart.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 04/23/2020 06:49 |  desh79 | 1,274 | 93/100 |
| ! | 02/13/2020 13:34 | NSPE | 349 | 77/100 |
| ! | 09/22/2019 00:25 | Dakatalbum | 1 | 75/100 |
| ! | 08/05/2019 05:08 | Bussochris | 2 | 50/100 |
| ! | 07/09/2019 21:51 | FloydMJ | 9 | 64/100 |
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This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 37.8/100, a mean average of 33.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 31.7/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 23.3.
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From desh79 04/23/2020 06:49 | #250405
desh79 04/23/2020 06:49 | #250405
Songs of Innocence? Really? REALLY?
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From Bussochris 08/05/2019 05:09 | #240755
Wasn't much of a year!
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From FloydMJ 07/09/2019 21:50 | #239229
Am I out of touch?
No, it's the children who are wrong.
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Paule 03/09/2019 08:57 | #233258
Paule 03/09/2019 08:57 | #233258
Oh boy U2....
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From NSPE 02/10/2019 01:37 | #231704
27/50: BEA 2014 Top 50
5/50: HOFRNR Acts
2/50: Just US 2014 Top 50
16/50: Variety
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From hailey 12/10/2018 21:26 | #226699
yikes, i don't agree with 99% of this list
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From JuanLuisGG14 08/03/2018 15:06 | #219133
This magazine overhypes Springsteen and U2 to an extent they shouldn't... joke of a list
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From Johnnyo 07/18/2018 06:26 | #218427
Usual Rolling Stone chart. In other words, pretty rubbish.
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From tk421ucopy 05/08/2018 20:36 | #214446
Hahaahahahaha
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thirstyDog 03/13/2018 20:54 | #210848
thirstyDog 03/13/2018 20:54 | #210848
Hahaha wow this list sucks. Top spots to Songs of Innocence and some guy who had some hits in the 80s? And who tf is Miranda Lambert? There is some great music deeper down in the list tho
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