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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Gangsta rap
light - decent 9 [First added to this chart: 01/12/2019]
light - decent 9 [First added to this chart: 01/12/2019]
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2014
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3,506
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Cloud rap, jazz rap, abstract hip-hop
light 9 [First added to this chart: 01/17/2019]
light 9 [First added to this chart: 01/17/2019]
Outlaw country, psychedelic (country) rock
light 9 [First added to this chart: 01/25/2019]
light 9 [First added to this chart: 01/25/2019]
Year of Release:
2014
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825
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Hardcore hip-hop, experimental hip-hop
light 9 [First added to this chart: 01/10/2019]
light 9 [First added to this chart: 01/10/2019]
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2014
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3,895
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Jazz Fusion, Instrumental Hip Hop
light 9 [First added to this chart: 01/12/2019]
light 9 [First added to this chart: 01/12/2019]
Contemporary folk, singer/songwriter
strong 8 [First added to this chart: 01/09/2019]
strong 8 [First added to this chart: 01/09/2019]
Year of Release:
2014
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4,264
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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]
Secondary: Alt-country, ambient/(pop), blues rock, gothic country, space rock
strong 8 [First added to this chart: 04/10/2019]
Neo-soul, funk rock, psychedelic soul
strong 8 [First added to this chart: 01/10/2019]
strong 8 [First added to this chart: 01/10/2019]
Year of Release:
2014
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3,337
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Conscious hip-hop, chicago, abstract hip-hop
strong 8 [First added to this chart: 01/23/2019]
strong 8 [First added to this chart: 01/23/2019]
Art Pop, minimal wave
decent - strong 8 [First added to this chart: 02/02/2019]
decent - strong 8 [First added to this chart: 02/02/2019]
Total albums: 100. Page 1 of 10
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Top 100 Music Albums of 2014 composition
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| Shabazz Palaces | 1 | 1% | |
| Ricky Eat Acid | 1 | 1% | |
| Wiz Khalifa | 1 | 1% | |
| Open Mike Eagle | 1 | 1% | |
| PRhyme | 1 | 1% | |
| Coldplay | 1 | 1% | |
| Goat (SE) | 1 | 1% | |
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65 | 65% | |
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15 | 15% | |
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6 | 6% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of 2014 chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 39th to 40thToo Bright by Perfume Genius |
| Down 1 from 40th to 41stSyro by Aphex Twin |
| Down 1 from 41st to 42ndAtlas by Real Estate |
| New entries |
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| 49 Winchester by 49 Winchester |
| Leavers |
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| Familiars by The Antlers |
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From buzzdainer 03/19/2019 18:38 | #233753
buzzdainer 03/19/2019 18:38 | #233753
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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