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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"Love it, great pop songs, heartwarming lyrics and awesome production. Plus it's loaded with reverb, which I am a total sucker for. In Love With Useless is currently my favourite song of the year."  Reply
- vinnid127 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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"As far as mixtape go, it's a classic, maybe top 5 of all time. Lyrically, it isn't fantastic, but the superb production compensates for this. Each song in general has a unique feel that is incredible. Standouts are "Mamacita", "Don't Play", and "Drugs You Should It"."  Reply
- FijiWater | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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"Thankfully sounds a lot more like James Blake from Overgrown than say...The Weeknd. The ending of Precious Love is pretty corny, but I think Face Again and Repeat Pleasure make up for it. I enjoyed this overall, but I don't know when I'll come back to it."  Reply
- ShaneSpear | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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"This is one of the better neo-progressive rock albums I've listened to lately. The songs are immediately accessible and reveal a lot more upon repeated listens. I really liked "The Road of Bones" and "Ocean". progarchives rates this album very highly as well which probably means that any one into..."  [+]  Reply
- anandrajan | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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"Best album of the year already?! I can see why that is. This is soaring contemporary music from a soothing voice. It can be a bit samey at times but damn this is some kind of majestic wonderment, and I'm sure I'll discover more on future listens. I'm not yet eligible to make year charts, but when..."  [+]  Reply
- HazeyTwilight | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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"With each passing album, The Jicks are remind me more & more of Junta-era Phish and less & less of my beloved Pavement. edit: What am I talking about. I'm always going love Malkmus. The boy can't help it. :)"  Reply
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