Best Albums of 2014
Explore the best albums of 2014, based on over 2 million album rankings across 60,000 charts.
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"Well played, well crafted and well produced. For sure this is a great album, as melancholic and dreamy as it is hopeful and heartfelt, this is THE car-journey album, since it is perfect when you're driving your car in the night with some friends who appreciate good music. What keeps me from sayin..." [+] Reply
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Socipluco | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +5 votes (5 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"As massive as The Seer is, To Be Kind somehow feels bigger. Songs are heavy as all hell and absolutely terrific. Definitely not for everyone, though." Reply
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"Wait, what happened to the 2014 chart!?!?" Reply
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makerofbuckets | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +11 votes (11 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"Definitely the best hip-hop album of the year, El-P and Killer Mike can do no wrong right now. This album goes so hard!" Reply
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"Pfff the seemingly effortless ease with which DeMarco launches laidback classic after laidback classic puts a lot of less modest songwriters to shame. Great record." Reply
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Norman Bates | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +8 votes (9 helpful | 1 unhelpful)
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"It's very early, but currently the placeholder for my favorite album of the year so far" Reply
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"One of my favorite producers, Madlib, and one of the best gangsta rappers of his generation, Freddie Gibbs, collaborate on one of the best old school albums of the decade. We agree, "Piñata" does not represent a revolution in rap, we can even call this album nostalgic. Nostalgic of the time when ..." [+] Reply
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"This album in my opinion is one of the most present and attentive records of all time in terms of sound, themes and production. Great tracks with a lot of experimentation, and truly a great follow-up for Voodoo - an album that in itself changed soul and R&B. Here, D'Angelo has not revolutionized ..." [+] Reply
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calsper | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +5 votes (5 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"The first 5 songs of this album are absolutely mesmerizing! The backing instruments are more pronounced and the entire structure for these songs are a vast improvement from her Born To Die debut. Unfortunately, the back half of this album is very bland in comparison. Sad Girl is a good song if no..." [+] Reply
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"Rent I Pay is a relatively unimaginative opener but then this gets re-eally greasy with Knock Knock Knock (a real knockout, ha), goes in breezy new directions like Outlier then rolls right on with the title track through the acoustic-tinged Let Me Be Mine and the closer. Britt seems influenced ve..." [+] Reply
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jhuik | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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Best Albums of 2014 composition
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| Various Artists | 7 | 1% | |
| Death's Dynamic Shroud | 3 | 0% | |
| Gov't Mule | 2 | 0% | |
| The Flaming Lips | 2 | 0% | |
| Eno • Hyde | 2 | 0% | |
| Future (Rap) | 2 | 0% | |
| Parquet Courts | 2 | 0% | |
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471 | 47% | |
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195 | 19% | |
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45 | 4% | |
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35 | 3% | |
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