Music Albums of the Year 2014

[dAVe80]

OK guys and gals, I'm tired of waiting for someone to start this thread. Let's have them...

 

Gonna have a think about mine, when I go do my big shop in a bit,

 

 

[CarewsEyebrowDesigner]

Top 10.

 

10. Strand of Oaks - Heal

9. Sharon Van Etten – Are We There

8. Grouper – Ruins

7. Flying Lotus – You're Dead

6. Aphex Twin - Syro

5. FKA Twigs – LP1

4. Taylor Swift - 1989

3. Run the Jewells - RTJ2

2. Sun Kil Moon – Benji

1. Swans – To Be Kind

 

Honourable mentions:

 

Wild Beasts – Present Tense

Caribou – Our Love

Cloud Nothings – Here and Nowhere Else

The War On Drugs – Lost in the Dream

Angel Olsen – Burn Your Fire No Witness

Leonard Cohen – Popular Problems

Todd Terje – It's Album Time.

Edited December 15, 2014 by CarewsEyebrowDesigner

[mjmooney]

In no particular order -

The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream.

Steve Rothery - The Ghosts of Pripyat.

Jackson Browne - Standing in the Breach.

Steven Wilson - Cover Version.

Neil Young - Storytone.

Starry Eyed and Laughing - Forever Young.

Israel Nash - Rain Plans.

Pink Floyd - The Endless River.

EDIT: I struggled to come up with a list. Pretty poor year.

Edited December 15, 2014 by mjmooney

[Designer1]

Top of the pile by the proverbial mile:

Other notables:

Beck - Morning Phase

FKA Twigs - LP1

Behemoth - The Satanist

St Vincent - St Vincent

Cymbals Eat Guitars - Lose

Clark - Clark

Pallbearer - Foundation of Burden

Against Me - Transgender Dysphoria Blues

Edited December 16, 2014 by Designer1

[Ingram85]

Slipknot - The Gray Chapter.

A relentless, brutal return. Nothing else I've heard this year even comes close.

Edited December 15, 2014 by Ingram85

[villa4europe]

probably say this every year but i think its been a poor year

 

the black keys, kasabian, calvin harris, were all a bit disappointing

 

interpol, war on drugs, were good but not great IMO

 

still havent picked up jamie t, royal blood or noel gallagher, alt-j still has the wrapper on...

 

best songs id go for 

 

all the rage back home - interpol

bow - kasabian

take shelter - years and years 

cucuracu - nick mulvey 

iron sky - paulo nutini (by a distance, what a voice)

[dAVe80]

I actually think it's been a very good year. Not sure I've parted with cash for an album I've not liked this year. Top choices In no particular order:

 

Half Man Half Biscuit - Urge For Offal. 

Earth - Primitive and Deadly

Mogwai - Rave Tapes

The Roots - ...And Then You Shoot Your Cousin

Dilated Peoples.- Directors of Photography

Aphex Twin - Syro

Goat - Commune

Thurston Moore - The Best Day

TV on the Radio - Seeds

Bob Mould - Beauty & Ruin

The Melvins - Hold It In

Scott Walker & SunnO))) - Soused

 

More will come to me I'm sure. Will need to have a look at my records.

Edited December 16, 2014 by dAVe80

[Designer1]

Forgot about Bob Mould, that would be another for my list.

[Xann]

Everything new I've picked up has been old.

 

Well surprised by new stuff in 2013, pretty disappointed in 2014.

 

Will buy the Aphex Twin, Temples and Flying Lotus from Fopp when they're cheap.

[Rodders]

Can't remember if these are all 2014 but here we go: no real order. Though I did **** love the John Grant one in particular moreso than any other album I've heard. 

 

1. John Grant - Pale Green Ghosts

2. War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream

3. Cloud Nothings - Here and Nowhere Else

4. The Hotelier - Home, Like No Place There Is

4. Sharon Van Etten - Are We There

5. Todd Terje - It's Album Time

6. King Creosote - From Scotland with Love

7. Mutual Benefit - Love's Crushing Diamond

8. Eagulls - Eagulls

9. Dum Dum Girlst - Too True

10. Future Islands - Singles

[Ingram85]

These all sound like mighty boosh episodes

[Meath_Villan]

gemma hayes bones and longing > all

[dAVe80]

I've still not got around to hearing, Sharon Van Etten - Are We There. I really liked Tramp, so need to get my finger out. Think she's playing the Sage early next year too, so may have to go see her show. 

[Ingram85]

I've just had a little listen to The War on Drugs, may pick that album up. I got the sense of trying to be Dylan, Boss, Young etc... but I worry that's all I will hear, a no sense of identity type thing. Do you forget about it the more you listen?

[dAVe80]

My mate has been raving about The War on Drugs album, but I've been a bit resistant to it (mainly as it really pisses him off that I've not listened to it, and that makes me laugh). I think I'd probably like it. Another friend described it as, like Dylan singing the songs of Tom Petty. Is it worth risking having to admit to my mate, I listened to it, and liked it? 

[mjmooney]

Yep, it's basically Dylan/Petty/Springsteen/Dire Straits/Fleetwood Mac, all circa 1979/80. The production and the drumming spoil it for me, but still one of the best of a bad bunch if you like the sort of stuff that I do.

[bickster]

1. John Grant - Pale Green Ghosts

2013 would like its excellent album back

[Rodders]

fair enough, It was one I bought very early on this year so I wasn't sure on that one. Still, I listened to it first in 2014 so I'm counting it  

[chrisp65]

I know it's a slight obsession, but I can't see any further than...

 

[theboyangel]

1) Mark Lanegan - Phantom Radio (so looking forward to seeing him live in January!)
2) Gruff Rhys - American Interior.
3) Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds in Country Music
4) Budos Band - Burnt Offering
5) Timber Timbre - Hot Dreams
6) Todd Terje - It's Album Time
7) Ty Segall - Manipulator
8) Sylvan Esso - Sylvan Esso
9) Temples - Sun Structures
10) Jungle - Jungle

 

Notable mentions:
Parquet Courts - Content Nausea
Foxygen - And Star Power
Wytches - Annabel Dream Reader
Axxa/Abraxas - Axxa/Abbraxas
Wampire - Bazaar
Damien Jurado - Brothers & Sisters...
Phantogram - Voices
Sharon Van Etten - Are We There Yet
Beck - Morning Phase
Royal Blood - Royal Blood
(there are more.....)