Best Albums of 2014

Listed below are the best albums of 2014 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 58,000 greatest album charts. (Chart last updated: 2 hours ago).
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2014 year summaryThe best artists of 2014 were The War On Drugs, Swans, Mark Kozelek, Sun Kil Moon, Run The Jewels, Mac DeMarco, Freddie Gibbs & Madlib, St. Vincent, D'Angelo and D'Angelo And The Vanguard.
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"Another quality Eels album containing quite probably my favourite Eels track of the moment - Parallels. Well worth getting the deluxe version with additional disc of tracks with the equally splendid 'Thanks I Guess'!"  Reply
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"Sylvan Esso's fusion of quirky folk and earnest electropop is instantly charming, at least to me, because it feels like the most natural outgrowth of North Carolina's divergent yet complimentary music scenes: the folky LEAF festival scene, which is really a celebration of the natural beauty of th..."  [+]  Reply
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"As a longtime Liars fan, Mess just sounds like the natural evolution of the band. Following the wonderfully atmospheric WIXIW, they've returned to their more wildly absurdist roots while maintaining their adventure into electronics. It's not perfect, but it's good to see a band who's unafraid to ..."  [+]  Reply
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"Quivering in the dark, gasping for oxygen, Xiu Xiu's latest appears to be less frantic than recent releases but just as desperate and haunted. "Black Dick" may be the band's own "Frankie Teardrop," a song whose tension can a listener to pure panic. And isn't that what Xiu Xiu is all about. Nothin..."  [+]  Reply
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"Super sonic sounds delivered perfectly in a noisy, industrial and aggressive outfit from the Iceland-based Australian musician Ben Frost. The sweaty club-version of Tim Hecker's Virgins from last year. Whereas Tim Hecker's album was the lucid mist before the storm, this is the roaring storm. Lovi..."  [+]  Reply
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"This album was my first encounter with Busdriver's music, so maybe with a few more listenings and a bit more exploring of the rest of his oeuvre, I'd like his style more. But the thing is I just don't like his vocal, or vocals - as he goes through many different vocal ranges. His flow is at times..."  [+]  Reply
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