Top 100 Music Albums of 2014 by buzzdainer

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.

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Although I loved the predecessor to this album, The Lion's Roar, particularly the song "Emmylou," which is in my pantheon of best-written songs ever, I nevertheless had my doubts about the staying power of First Aid Kit. I needn't have worried, though, as this follow-up cemented their place as one of the best acts of the 2010s Americana movement, and the fact that these sisters are from Sweden and not Eastern Tennessee only makes them that much more intriguing. What this album lacks in a single transcendent track is more than compensated for by its consistency and maturity. [First added to this chart: 06/12/2016]
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I Never Learn is the resulting album from a painful breakup that led Lykke Li to move from her native Sweden halfway around the world to Los Angeles. While I've never done anything as extreme as that, I did move up 4,000 feet in elevation and into an 1880s mining cabin soon after a similarly painful 2014 breakup. So the themes in songs like “Love Me Like I’m Not Made of Stone," “Never Gonna Love Again," “Heart of Steel," and “Sleeping Alone” are all too familiar to me. This ballad-heavy, highly theatrical album hits hard, and makes effective use of Lykke Li's considerable talents as both singer and songwriter. [First added to this chart: 06/21/2016]
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Top 100 Music Albums of 2014 composition

Country Albums %


United States 78 78%
Canada 8 8%
United Kingdom 6 6%
Ireland 2 2%
Australia 2 2%
Sweden 2 2%
Norway 1 1%
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Top 100 Music Albums of 2014 chart changes

Biggest climbers
Climber Up 3 from 4th to 1st
Sylvan Esso
by Sylvan Esso
Biggest fallers
Faller Down 1 from 1st to 2nd
After The Disco
by Broken Bells
Faller Down 1 from 2nd to 3rd
1989
by Taylor Swift
Faller Down 1 from 3rd to 4th
This Is All Yours
by alt-J

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From 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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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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