100 Greatest Albums of 2014

  1. 1989 - Taylor Swift
  2. Black Messiah - D'Angelo & The Vanguard
  3. Run the Jewels II - Run the Jewels
  4. Lost in the Dream - The War on Drugs
  5. Morning Phase - Beck
  6. Lazaretto - Jack White
  7. x - Ed Sheeran
  8. High Hopes - Bruce Springsteen
  9. St. Vincent - St. Vincent
10. Benji - Sun Kil Moon
11. In the Lonely Hour - Sam Smith
12. To Be Kind - Swans
13. 1000 Forms of Fear - Sia
14. Sonic Highways - Foo Fighters
15. Burn Your Fire for No Witness - Angel Olsen
16. Hypnotic Eye - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
17. 2014 Forest Hills Drive - J. Cole
18. The Outsiders - Eric Church
19. Transgender Dysphoria Blues - Against Me!
20. Atlas - Real Estate
21. Hozier - Hozier
22. This is All Yours - Alt-J
23. They Want My Soul - Spoon
24. Lese Majesty - Shabazz Palaces
25. Oxymoron - Schoolboy Q
26. The Voyager - Jenny Lewis
27. Turn Blue - The Black Keys
28. Syro - Aphex Twin
29. Are We There - Sharon Von Etten
30. What is This Heart? - How to Dress Well
31. Metamodern Sounds in Country Music - Sturgill Simpson
32. Sunbathing Animal - Parquet Courts
33. You're Dead! - Flying Lotus
34. Nikki Nack - Tune-Yards
35. Popular Problems - Leonard Cohen
36. It's Album Time - Todd Terje
37. And Then You Shoot Your Cousin - The Roots
38. Here and Nowhere Else - Cloud Nothings
39. I Never Learn - Lykke Li
40. LP1 - FKA Twigs
41. The Endless River - Pink Floyd
42. Seeds - TV on the Radio
43. The Future Void - EMA
44. In Conflict - Owen Pallett
45. Everyday Robots - Damon Albarn
46. Too Bright - Perfume Genius
47. Salad Days - Mac Demarco
48. Ultraviolence - Lana Del Rey
49. Ruins - Grouper
50. Tweedy - Sukierae
51. Everybody Down - Kate Tempest
52. Songs of Innocence - U2
53. G I R L - Pharrell Williams
54. Singles - Future Islands
55. My Krazy Life - YG
56. Ryan Adams - Ryan Adams
57. Ghost Stories - Coldplay
58. Art Official Age - Prince
59. Unrepentant Geraldines - Tori Amos
60. Mess - Liars
61. Plowing into the Field of Love - Iceage
62. Say Yes to Love - Perfect Pussy
63. Strange Desire - Bleachers
64. Everything Will Be Alright in the End - Weezer
65. World Peace is None of Your Business - Morrissey
66. Brill Bruisers - The New Pornographers
67. Give the People What They Want - Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
68. The Pinkprint - Nicki Minaj
69. Fuego - Phish
70. Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone - Lucinda Williams
71. Sucker - Charli XCX
72. V - Maroon 5
73. Bad Self Portiats - Lake Street Dive
74. Pinata - Freddie Gibbs & Madlib
75. Pom Pom - Ariel Pink
76. Voices - Phantogram
77. Playland - Johnny Marr
78. Tomorrow's Modern Boxes - Thom Yorke
79. Talking is Hard - Walk the Moon
80. Heartleap - Vashti Bunyan
81. El Pinitor - Interpol
82. Broke with Expensive Taste - Azealia Banks
83. Hesitant Alien - Gerard Way
84. Shriek - Wye Oak
85. Nobody's Smiling - Common
86. Wanted on Voyage - George Ezra
87. Lights Out - Ingrid Michelson
88. The Hunting Party - Linkin Park
89. Rips - Ex Hex
90. The Golden Echo - Kimbra
91. Dude Incredible - Shellac
92. The Take Off and Landing of Everything - Elbow
93. My Everything - Ariana Grande
94. Manipulator - Ty Segall
95. Alvvays - Alvvays
96. Our Love - Caribou
97. Fuck Off Get Free We Pour Light on Everything - Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra
98. Four - One Direction
99. Guilty of Everything - Nothing
100. Queen of the Clouds - Tove Lo