Top 100 Music Albums of 2014 by 
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The juxtaposition of light and dark is the metaphor that makes the most sense of my 2014. On the light side, I relocated from North Carolina to Colorado to live with my then-partner. It was a purposeful and beautiful time in my life, when I finally quit a tenure-track academic job to be with the person I loved most in the world. We spent a magical summer and fall exploring together the trails in the Flatirons, Indian Peaks, and James Peak Wilderness. We went to farmer's markets together, listened to podcasts, cooked tasty and nutritious meals, and played at the dog park. But like most things in life of such otherworldly splendor, it didn't last. Hence, darkness. To my good fortune, though, I was returned to the West, the place where, turns out, I believe I was meant to end up. The Rocky Mountains took hold of me, and much of the music I listened to that year reflects the feelings of majesty and grandeur that I felt about those mountains. 2014 wasn't quite as strong a year, musically, as 2013, but it contained at least as much depth. And the quality 2014 did provide was perhaps even more rewarding because it could often be found in surprising and unexpected places.
- Chart updated: 11/27/2022 18:45
- (Created: 02/19/2016 19:25).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Brother-and-sister duo Angus & Julia Stone haven't made a bad album yet, and that's thanks to their consistently solid songwriting and their genuinely emotional and heartfelt vocal performances. This self-titled album, their third full-length release together, is probably the closest they've done to a full-on rock and roll album. In my estimation the best track here is the slow burner "Crash + Burn," which resonated for me in 2014 in large part because I could, from personal experience, identify with the feeling of watching one's own life crash and burn and feeling entirely helpless to change it. The song, in fact, feels like an anthem to crashing and burning.
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Top 100 Music Albums of 2014 composition
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| Merchandise | 1 | 1% | |
| Damien Jurado | 1 | 1% | |
| Jack White | 1 | 1% | |
| James Armstrong | 1 | 1% | |
| Willie Watson | 1 | 1% | |
| alt-J | 1 | 1% | |
| Ryley Walker | 1 | 1% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of 2014 chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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 Up 3 from 4th to 1stSylvan Esso by Sylvan Esso |
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| Down 1 from 1st to 2nd After The Disco by Broken Bells |
| Down 1 from 2nd to 3rd 1989 by Taylor Swift |
| Down 1 from 3rd to 4th This Is All Yours by alt-J |
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 100/100  | 11/12/2019 01:40 | DJENNY | | 100/100 |
| 100/100 | 04/29/2019 02:48 |  NickVolos | | 92/100 |
| 80/100 | 03/19/2019 23:31 |  mickilennial | | 77/100 |
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From buzzdainer 09/28/2019 19:03
buzzdainer 09/28/2019 19:03
Thanks for that kind comment, NickVolos! Glad to see we're aligned on Metamodern Sounds in Country Music, among many others. I'm pretty excited to hear Sturgill Simpson's new album, which just dropped yesterday.
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From NickVolos 04/29/2019 02:54
NickVolos 04/29/2019 02:54
Thank you for commenting on my chart! You've got a great chart going here as well. Yes, we've got some selections in common for the year. But you've also got a lot more here that I haven't heard yet. Will certainly use your chart as an inspiration when revisiting 2014.
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