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100 Greatest Albums of 2014

Criteria: These music albums from the year 2014 were chosen for their initial and lasting popularity and their influence and impact on rock music in general. Also considered is critical acclaim. The list includes rock and roll and related genres that were influential on rock music.
Newly added names: **
Top 100 Albums by Year:
Note: Yearly album lists go by earliest 'release date'.
Not necessarily the year an album peaked in the U.S. charts.
  1. 1989 - Taylor Swift
  2. Black Messiah - D'Angelo & The Vanguard
  3. x - Ed Sheeran
  4. Run the Jewels II - Run the Jewels
  5. Lost in the Dream - The War on Drugs
  6. In the Lonely Hour - Sam Smith
  7. LP1 - FKA Twigs
  8. Ultraviolence - Lana Del Rey
  9. Hozier - Hozier
10. The Pinkprint - Nicki Minaj
11. St. Vincent - St. Vincent
12. 1000 Forms of Fear - Sia
13. 2014 Forest Hills Drive - J. Cole
14. Salad Days - Mac Demarco
15. Morning Phase - Beck
16. The Outsiders - Eric Church
17. Lazaretto - Jack White
18. Metamodern Sounds in Country Music - Sturgill Simpson
19. My Everything - Ariana Grande
20. Atlas - Real Estate
21. Alvvays - Alvvays
22. Burn Your Fire for No Witness - Angel Olsen
23. It's Album Time - Todd Terje
24. Are We There - Sharon Von Etten
25. Syro - Aphex Twin
26. Transgender Dysphoria Blues - Against Me!
27. Lese Majesty - Shabazz Palaces
28. They Want My Soul- Spoon
29. This is All Yours - Alt-J
30. Oxymoron - Schoolboy Q
31. High Hopes - Bruce Springsteen
32. Ruins - Grouper
33. Benji - Sun Kil Moon
34. Sunbathing Animal - Parquet Courts
35. Here and Nowhere Else - Cloud Nothings
36. Singles - Future Islands
37. Venice ** - Anderson .Paak
38. Pinata - Freddie Gibbs & Madlib
39. The Voyager - Jenny Lewis
40. You're Dead! - Flying Lotus
41. To Be Kind - Swans
42. Cheek to Cheek ** - Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga
43. Manipulator - Ty Segall
44. Strange Desire - Bleachers
45. I Never Learn - Lykke Li
46. Bury Me at Makeout Creek ** - Mitski
47. Popular Problems - Leonard Cohen
48. Sylvan Esso ** - Sylvan Esso
49. Nikki Nack - Tune-Yards
50. What is This Heart? - How to Dress Well
51. Hypnotic Eye - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
52. Platinum ** - Miranda Lambert
53. And Then You Shoot Your Cousin - The Roots
54. Everybody Down - Kae Tempest
55. In Conflict - Owen Pallett
56. Brill Bruisers - The New Pornographers
57. Everything Will Be Alright in the End - Weezer
58. Too Bright - Perfume Genius
59. My Krazy Life - YG
60. Sonic Highways - Foo Fighters
61. Seeds - TV on the Radio
62. ZABA ** - Glass Animals
63. Turn Blue - The Black Keys
64. Sukierae - Tweedy
65. I'm In Your Mind Fuzz ** - King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
66. Home, Like Noplace is There ** - The Hotelier
67. Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone - Lucinda Williams
68. Voices - Phantogram
69. Give the People What They Want - Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
70. Sucker - Charli XCX
71. Tomorrow's Modern Boxes - Thom Yorke
72. Plowing into the Field of Love - Iceage
73. Bad Self Portiats - Lake Street Dive
74. Our Love - Caribou
75. Mandatory Fun ** - "Weird Al" Yankovic
76. Wanted on Voyage - George Ezra
77. The Future Void - EMA
78. Everyday Robots - Damon Albarn
79. Aquarius ** - Tinashe
80. Somewhere Else ** - Lydia Loveless
81. Four - One Direction
82. Mess - Liars
83. El Pinitor - Interpol
84. Rips - Ex Hex
85. Dude Incredible - Shellac
86. Art Official Age - Prince
87. Motion ** - Calvin Harris
88. Hesitant Alien - Gerard Way
89. Guilty of Everything - Nothing
90. .5: The Gray Chapter ** - Slipknot
91. Talking is Hard - Walk the Moon
92. Shriek - Wye Oak
93. Unrepentant Geraldines - Tori Amos
94. The Hunting Party - Linkin Park
95. Ghost Stories - Coldplay
96. Fuego - Phish
97. III ** - BADBADNOTGOOD
98. 5 Seconds of Summer ** - 5 Seconds of Summer
99. Dream Your Life Away ** - Vance Joy
100. V - Maroon 5
1989 album cover by Taylor Swift
Black Messiah album cover by D'Angelo and The Vanguard
x album cover by Ed Sheeran
Run the Jewels II album cover by Run the Jewels
Lost in the Dream album cover by The War on Drugs
In the Lonely Hour album cover by Sam Smith
 DigitalDreamDoor Editor Picks for 2014
An unheralded great album from 2014
  Ryan's choice:
 •  NVM - Tacocat
  Brett's choice:
 •  Ray Elementary - Mulatto Patriot & Simeon Viltz
  Lew's choice:
 •  Stay Gold - First Aid Kit




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