Best Albums of 2014
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"I'm going to admit it: I'm not a fan of Springsteen or Dylan, yet I love this. A wonderful mix of singer-songwriter folk with a dreamy, ambient background that I fell in love with immediately a couple of months ago, and it has been my number one album of the year ever since. Great album." Reply
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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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"For an album that consists mostly of rambling on with singing that verges on just talking, this album is awesome. It's got really nice instrumentation and extremely personal lyrics, and I really dig it. It's already one of my favorites this year" Reply
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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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"Laid back indie/psychedelic rock. Its not exactly reinventing the wheel, but its still a well written and well produced set of songs." Reply
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"The problem is not so much that there's something inherently flawed about the album, it's just that it's an album that's so... expected... of Annie Clark at this stage. It doesn't really take any wild chances or really delve fully into the darker or stranger or less easily defineable aspects of h..." Reply
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"The beginning of this album has a really interesting dynamic. Madlib's productions and Gibbs's rapping seems to be fighting for airtime, like Gibbs is just trying to tell it like it is and make himself be heard over Madlib being all artsy. But as the album goes on it's like they find ways to work..." Reply
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babyBlueSedan | Helpful? (Log in to vote) · 5
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"gritty but sensual. somehow the world is falling apart and everyone is dying but d'angelo is seducing me at the same time. i'm slightly unsettled, but very impressed. bravo." Reply
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jeremih724 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) · 5
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"I get a bit sad listening to her music, because - well, in the first place because of her music of course, but also because I notice I will never feel the full extent of her music, because her music is mostly made for and from the perspective of women. I'll never experience putting up her music i..." Reply
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"I've loved Spoon for years. Definitely their best since Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga." Reply
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HoldenM | Helpful? (Log in to vote) · 5
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 1 of 100
Best Albums of 2014 composition
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| Various Artists | 7 | 1% | |
| Death's Dynamic Shroud | 3 | 0% | |
| King Crimson | 2 | 0% | |
| Röyksopp | 2 | 0% | |
| Queen | 2 | 0% | |
| John Coltrane | 2 | 0% | |
| Mono | 2 | 0% | |
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473 | 47% | |
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192 | 19% | |
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49 | 5% | |
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46 | 5% | |
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35 | 4% | |
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26 | 3% | |
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25 | 3% | |
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Best Albums of 2014 chart changes
| Biggest climbers Biggest climbers in top 100 since last month |
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Up 20 from 101st to 81st |
Up 4 from 76th to 72nd |
Up 3 from 51st to 48th |
| Biggest fallers Biggest fallers in top 100 since last month |
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Down 3 from 27th to 30th |
Down 2 from 49th to 51st |
Down 2 from 72nd to 74th |
| New entries New entries in top 100 since last month |
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Up 20 from 101st to 81st |
| Leavers Leavers from top 100 since last month |
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Down 1 from 100th to 101st |
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