Top 100 Music Albums of 2014 by travelful

2014 snapshot. another amazing year.

Every album I listen to will be included on here, even if I hated it. You may also notice some higher rated albums in the comments, while some albums I hated are still featured in the chart. This is because I create my yearly charts as "snapshots" of the music scene from that year. From these I create my decade charts, where you will find no filler. Basically anything rated 60% or higher I recommend depending on your tastes.

other albums heard in 2014:

Alex G's 'DSU' - light 6
Angel Olsen's 'Burn Your Fire for No Witness' - light 6
Angus & Julia Stone, self titled - light - decent 6
The Antlers - Familiars - light 4
Black Milk's 'If There's A Hell Below' - strong 5
Buffalo Sunn's 'By The Ocean, By The Sea' - light 7
Cheatahs, self titled - strong 6 - light 7
Childish Gambino's 'STN MTN' - light 7
DARKPYRAMID's 'A Heart Full Of Love' - strong 7
Hippie Sabotage's 'The Sunny Album' - decent 6
Hong Kong Express's '2047' - decent - strong 7
How To Dress Well's 'What Is This Heart?' - decent 3
Interpol -'El Pintor' - light 7
Ka & Preservation - '1200 B.C.' - strong 7
Kairon; IRSE!'s 'Ujubasajuba' - decent 6
Kaytranada's 'Whatever' - light 6
King Gizzard's 'Oddments' - strong 7
Leon Vynehall's 'Music For The Uninvited' - decent 5
Little Dragon's 'Nabuma Rubberband' - light - decent 7
Modern Baseball's 'You're Gonna Miss It All' - decent 5
Parquet Courts' 'Sunbathing Animal' - light 5
Richard Dawson's 'Nothing Important' - decent 6
Saba's 'Comfort Zone' - strong 6 - light 7
SZA's 'Z' - decent 6
The Walters' 'Songs For Dads' - decent 5
Todd Terje's 'It's Album Time' - light - decent 6
Tycho's 'Awake' - decent - strong 7
Vaperror's 'Mana Pool' - decent 6
Warpaint, self titled - decent 6
Weezer's 'Everything Will Be Alright In The End' - meh/10
Wild Beasts' 'Present Tense' - decent 6
Woodsman's self-titled - decent 6
Young Thug & Bloody Jay's 'Black Portland' - light 6

• Chart updated: 01/08/2025 13:15
• (Created: 12/14/2018 17:13).
• Chart size: 100 albums.

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Piñata 

 Freddie Gibbs & Madlib

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Gangsta rap

light - decent 9 [First added to this chart: 01/12/2019]

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

413 charts

Rank Score:

3,470

Rank in 2014:

7

Rank in 2010s:

70

Overall Rank:

511

Average Rating:

 80 (496 votes)

Comments:

37

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Faces 

 Mac Miller

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Cloud rap, jazz rap, abstract hip-hop

light 9 [First added to this chart: 01/17/2019]

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

64 charts

Rank Score:

552

Rank in 2014:

49

Rank in 2010s:

464

Overall Rank:

2,805

Average Rating:

 79 (92 votes)

Comments:

4

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Metamodern Sounds In Country Music 

 Sturgill Simpson

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Outlaw country, psychedelic (country) rock

light 9 [First added to this chart: 01/25/2019]

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

165 charts

Rank Score:

774

Rank in 2014:

39

Rank in 2010s:

346

Overall Rank:

2,133

Average Rating:

 77 (143 votes)

Comments:

8

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Run The Jewels 2 

 Run The Jewels

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Hardcore hip-hop, experimental hip-hop

light 9 [First added to this chart: 01/10/2019]

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

588 charts

Rank Score:

4,054

Rank in 2014:

4

Rank in 2010s:

57

Overall Rank:

431

Average Rating:

 82 (766 votes)

Comments:

41

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III 

 BadBadNotGood

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Jazz Fusion, Instrumental Hip Hop

light 9 [First added to this chart: 01/12/2019]

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

65 charts

Rank Score:

207

Rank in 2014:

119

Rank in 2010s:

1,204

Overall Rank:

6,293

Average Rating:

 77 (86 votes)

Comments:

4

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Benji 

 Sun Kil Moon

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Contemporary folk, singer/songwriter

strong 8 [First added to this chart: 01/09/2019]

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

570 charts

Rank Score:

4,547

Rank in 2014:

3

Rank in 2010s:

48

Overall Rank:

381

Average Rating:

 80 (777 votes)

Comments:

88

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Casualties Of Cool 

 Casualties Of Cool

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Primary: Folk Rock
Secondary: Alt-country, ambient/(pop), blues rock, gothic country, space rock

strong 8 [First added to this chart: 04/10/2019]

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

11 charts

Rank Score:

38

Rank in 2014:

594

Rank in 2010s:

5,656

Overall Rank:

24,512

Average Rating:

 78 (20 votes)

Comments:

3

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Black Messiah 

 D'Angelo And The Vanguard

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Neo-soul, funk rock, psychedelic soul

strong 8 [First added to this chart: 01/10/2019]

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

455 charts

Rank Score:

3,391

Rank in 2014:

8

Rank in 2010s:

72

Overall Rank:

520

Average Rating:

 81 (505 votes)

Comments:

24

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The Water[s] 

 Mick Jenkins

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Conscious hip-hop, chicago, abstract hip-hop

strong 8 [First added to this chart: 01/23/2019]

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

41 charts

Rank Score:

238

Rank in 2014:

105

Rank in 2010s:

1,054

Overall Rank:

5,617

Average Rating:

 76 (37 votes)

Comments:

2

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Black Metal 

 Dean Blunt

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Art Pop, minimal wave

decent - strong 8 [First added to this chart: 02/02/2019]

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

69 charts

Rank Score:

388

Rank in 2014:

63

Rank in 2010s:

655

Overall Rank:

3,758

Average Rating:

 74 (66 votes)

Comments:

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Top 100 Music Albums of 2014 composition

Artist	Albums	%
alt-J	1	1%
Glass Animals	1	1%
Swans	1	1%
BadBadNotGood	1	1%
Pink Floyd	1	1%
Azealia Banks	1	1%
Kill Bill: The Rapper	1	1%
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Country	Albums	%
	65	65%
	15	15%
	6	6%
	4	4%
	3	3%
	2	2%
	1	1%
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Top 100 Music Albums of 2014 chart changes

Biggest fallers
Down 1 from 39th to 40th Too Bright by Perfume Genius
Down 1 from 40th to 41st Syro by Aphex Twin
Down 1 from 41st to 42nd Atlas by Real Estate

New entries
49 Winchester by 49 Winchester

Leavers
Familiars by The Antlers

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From buzzdainer 03/19/2019 18:38

I enjoy your style of assembling year charts, and I appreciate your listing some of the other 2014 albums you've heard and digested but that didn't make your top 100. I've been rating and sometimes reviewing those, but not listing them alongside the top 100.

On this chart I'd like to single out St. Vincent's self-titled album for special attention, as I think it beautifully encapsulates what makes her great: she's one of those rare artists who's both a virtuoso on the guitar and a terrific songwriter. Her electric playing on St. Vincent is some of the best she's done, and I could see that one rising higher in my top ten at some point.

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