MOJO Magazine – Top 50 Albums of 2014
1. Beck – Morning Phase
2. The War On Drugs – Lost In The Dream
3. Sleaford Mods – Divide And Exit
4. Jack White – Lazaretto
5. St. Vincent – St. Vincent
6. Steve Gunn – Way Out Weather
7. Julie Byrne – Rooms With Walls And Windows
8. Damon Albarn – Everyday Robots
9. FKA Twigs – LP1
10. The Bug – Angels & Devils
11. Sharon Van Etten – Are We There
12. Caribou – Our Love
13. Ty Segall – Manipulator
14. Elbow – The Take Off And Landing Of Everything
15. Sturgill Simpson – Metamodern Sounds In Country Music
16. Wild Beasts – Present Tense
17. Angel Olsen – Burn Your Fire For No Witness
18. Kate Tempest – Everybody Down
19. Robert Plant – Lullaby And… The Ceaseless Roar
20. Manic Street Preachers – Futurology
21. Aphex Twin – Syro
22. Future Islands – Singles
23. Scott Walker & Sunn O))) – Soused
24. Mirel Wagner – When The Cellar Children See The Light Of Day
25. Pharrell Williams – GIRL
26. Sun Kil Moon – Benji
27. East India Youth – Total Strife Forever
28. Real Estate – Atlas
29. Kasai All Stars – Beware The Fetish
30. Leonard Cohen – Popular Problems
31. Morrissey – World Peace Is None Of Your Business
32. Temples – Sun Structures
33. U2 – Songs Of Innocence
34. The Black Keys – Turn Blue
35. Nick Mulvey – First Mind
36. Flying Lotus – You’re Dead!
37. Naomi Shelton & The Gospel Queens – Cold World
38. Ian William Craig – A Turn Of Breath
39. Mac DeMarco – Salad Days
40. Lana Del Rey – Ultraviolence
41. Lee Gamble – KOCH
42. Swans – To Be Kind
43. David Kilgour & The Heavy 8s – End Times Undone
44. Wilko Johnson & Roger Daltrey – Going Back Home
45. Neil Young – A Letter Home
46. J Mascis – Tied To A Star
47. Young Fathers – Dead
48. Pixies – Indie Cindy
49. King Creosote – From Scotland With Love
50. Dr. John – Ske-Dat-De-Dat… The Spirit Of Satch
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Uncut’s Top 75 Albums of 2014
01 THE WAR ON DRUGS : Lost In The Dream
02 LEONARD COHEN : Popular Problems
03 APHEX TWIN : Syro
04 FKA TWIGS : LP1
05 SHARON VAN ETTEN : Are We There
06 ROBERT PLANT : lullaby and… The Ceaseless Roar
07 HISS GOLDEN MESSENGER : Lateness Of Dancers
08 DAMON ALBARN : Everyday Robots
09 ST VINCENT : St Vincent
10 SUN KIL MOON : Benji
11 TOUMANI DIABATÉ & SIDIKI DIABATÉ : Toumani & Sidiki
12 CARIBOU : Our Love
13 TY SEGALL : Manipulator
14 REAL ESTATE : Atlas
15 ROSANNE CASH : The River & The Thread
16 GRUFF RHYS : American Interior
17 LUCINDA WILLIAMS : Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bone
18 SWANS : To Be Kind
19 HURRAY FOR THE RIFF RAFF : Small Town Heroes
20 STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS : Wig Out At Jagbags
21 EARTH : Primitive And Deadly
22 BECK : Morning Phase
23 ARIEL PINK : Pom Pom
24 TWEEDY : Sukierae
25 SLEAFORD MODS : Divide And Exit
26 STEVE GUNN : Way Out Weather
27 BEN WATT : Hendra
28 THE BLACK KEYS : Turn Blue
29 JACK WHITE : Lazaretto
30 SPOON : They Want My Soul
31 TUNE-YARDS : Nikki Nack
32 MERCHANDISE : After The End
33 STURGILL SIMPSON : Metamodern Sounds In Country Music
34 CHRIS FORSYTH & THE SOLAR MOTEL BAND : Intensity Ghost
35 DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS : English Oceans
36 LA ROUX : Trouble In Paradise
37 WILLIE NELSON : Band Of Brothers
38 FENNESZ : Bécs
39 FUTURE ISLANDS : Singles
40 LEE BAINS III & THE GLORY FIRES : Dereconstructed
41 MARK LANEGAN BAND : Phantom Radio
42 MOGWAI : Rave Tapes
43 EAST INDIA YOUTH : Total Strife Forever
44 THOM YORKE : Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes
45 KATE TEMPEST : Everybody Down
46 WILLIE WATSON : Folk Singer, Vol. 1
47 ALLAH-LAS : Worship The Sun
48 MORRISSEY : World Peace Is None Of Your Business
49 ROBYN HITCHCOCK : The Man Upstairs
50 WILD BEASTS : Present Tense
51 JENNY LEWIS : The Voyager
52 LIARS : Mess
53 GOAT : Commune
54 TOM PETTY : Hypnotic Eye
55 SCOTT WALKER AND SUNN O))) : Soused
56 ANGEL OLSEN : Burn Your Fire For No Witness
57 THE DELINES : Colfax
58 JAMIE T : Carry On The Grudge
59 RODDY FRAME : Seven Dials
60 FRAZEY FORD : Indian Ocean
61 AFGHAN WHIGS : Do To The Beast
62 PAOLO NUTINI : Caustic Love
63 GAZELLE TWIN : Unflesh
64 KING CREOSOTE : From Scotland With Love
65 THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS : Brill Bruisers
66 THURSTON MOORE : The Best Day
67 PERFUME GENIUS : Too Bright
68 LYDIA LOVELESS : Somewhere Else
69 GULP : Season Sun
70 FIRST AID KIT : Stay Gold
71 BOB MOULD : Beauty & Ruin
72 DAN MICHAELSON : Distance
73 DAVE & PHIL ALVIN : Common Ground
74 TEMPLES : Sun Structures
75 RICHARD THOMPSON : Acoustic Classics

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NME – TOP 50 LPs OF 2014
01 | St. Vincent | St. Vincent
02 | Mac DeMarco | Salad Days
03 | The War On Drugs | Lost In the Dream
04 | Aphex Twin | Syro
05 | Caribou | Our Love
06 | La Roux | Trouble In Paradise
07 | Merchandise | After The End
08 | Jamie T | Carry On The Grudge
09 | Sleaford Mods | Divide and Exit
10 | Ex Hex | Rips
11 | Future Islands | Singles
12 | DFA 1979 | The Physical World
13 | Damon Albarn | Everyday Robots
14 | Run The Jewels | RTJ2
15 | Eagulls | Eagulls
16 | Iceage | Plowing Into The Field Of Love
17 | Todd Terje | It’s Album Time
18 | Kate Tempest | Everybody Down
19 | Royal Blood | Royal Blood
20 | Jack White | Lazaretto
21 | FKA Twigs | LP1
22 | Swans | To be Kind
23 | Kasabian | 48:13
24 | Angel Olsen | Burn Your Fire For No Witness
25 | Lana Del Rey | Ultraviolence
26 | Perfume Genuis | Too Bright
27 | Jungle | Jungle
28 | Morrissey | World Peace Is None Of Your Beeswax
29 | Alvvays | Alvvays
30 | Warpaint | Warpaint
31 | Sharon Van Etten | Are We There
32 | Childhood | Lacuna
33 | Wild Beasts | Present Tense
34 | Sun Kil Moon | Benji
35 | Parquet Courts | Sunbathing Animal
36 | Goat | Commune
37 | Thom Yorke | Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes
38 | Alt-J | This Is All Yours
39 | Protomartyr | Under Color of Offical Right
40 | Bombay Bicylce Club | So Long, See You Tomorrow
41 | Manic Street Preachers | Futurology
42 | Hookworms | The Hum
43 | Freddie Gibbs and Madlib | Pinata
44 | Perfect Pussy | Say Yes To Love
45 | Honeyblood | Honeyblood
46 | Twin Peaks | Wild Onion
47 | Gruff Rhys | American Interior
48 | Temples | Sun Structure
49 | Interpol | El Pintor
50 | Julian Casablancas + The Voidz | Tyranny

NME – TOP 50 TRACKS OF 2014
01 | Future Islands | Seasons (Waiting On You)
02 | Caribou | Can’t Do Without You
03 | Fat White Family | Touch The Leather
04 | The War On Drugs | Red Eyes
05 | Run The Jewels | Blockbuster Night Pt. 1
06 | Kasabian | Eez-eh
07 | St. Vincent | Digital Witness
08 | Jamie T | Zombie
09 | Royal Blood | Little Monster
10 | Mac DeMarco | Chamber of Reflection
11 | Lana Del Rey | West Coast
12 | Merchandise | Little Killer
13 | Jungle | Busy Earnin’
14 | Jack White | Lazaretto
15 | Kate Tempest | Marshall Law
16 | Shamir | I Know It’s A Good Thing
17 | Iceage | The Lord’s Favourite
18 | Aphex Twin | minipops 67 (Source field remix)
19 | Alvvays | Archie, Marry Me
20 | Honeyblood | Super Rat
21 | Jamie T | Love Is Only A Heartbeat Away
22 | Run The Jewels | Close Your Eyes (And Count To Fuck)
23 | Damon Albarn | The Selfish Giant
24 | St. Vincent | Prince Johnny
25 | Warpaint | Disco//Very
26 | Mac DeMarco | Passing Out Pieces
27 | Taylor Swift | Shake It Off
28 | Interpol | All The Rage Back Home
29 | Slaves | Where’s Your Car Debbie?
30 | Perfume Genuis | Queen
31 | Cherry Glazerr | Had Ten Dollaz
32 | Lana Del Rey | Ultraviolence
33 | Death From Above 1979 | White Is Red
34 | The War On Drugs | Under The Pressure
35 | Manic Street Preachers | Futurology
36 | Noel Gallagher’s Flying Birds | In The Heat of The Moment
37 | Sharon Van Etten | Every Time The Sun Comes Up
38 | Morrissey | Kiss Me A Lot
39 | Protomartyr | Scum, Rise!
40 | Sleater-Kinney | Bury Our Friends
41 | La Roux | Uptight Downtown
42 | Ex Hex | Hot and Cold
43 | SBTRKT | New Dorp New York (feat. Erza Koenig)
44 | Juce | Call You Out
45 | Sun Kil Moon | Ben’s My Friend
46 | Flying Lotus | Never Catch Me (feat. Kendrick Lamar)
47 | Gruff Rhys | American Interior
48 | Ariel Pink | Put Your Number In My Phone
49 | David Bowie | Sue (Or In A Season of Crime)
50 | Alt-J | Hunger Of The Pine
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Q Magazine – Top 50 Albums of 2014
1. The War on Drugs – Lost in the Dream
2. Alt-J – This Is All Yours
3. Damon Albarn – Everyday Robots
4. Manic Street Preachers – Futurology
5. Beck – Morning Phase
6. St Vincent – St Vincent
7. Sharon Van Etten – Are We There
8. FKA twigs – LP1
9. Future Islands – Singles
10. Aphex Twin – Syro
11. Elbow – The Take Off and Landing of Everything
12. Interpol – El Pintor
13. Sam Smith – The Loneliest Hour
14. Hamilton Leithauser – Black Hours
15. The Horrors – Luminous
16. Royal Blood – Royal Blood
17. Mac De Marco – Salad Days
18. Paolo Nutini – Caustic Love
19. Lana Del Rey – Ultraviolence
20. Sleaford Mods – Divide and Exit
21. East India Youth – Total Strife Forever
22. Caribou – Our Love
23. Jack White – Lazaretto
24. Kate Tempest – Everybody Down
25. Ed Sheeran – X
26. Neneh Cherry – Blank Project
27. Morrissey – World Peace Is None Of Your Business
28. Kasabian – 48:13
29. Jamie T – Carry on the Grudge
30. Gruff Rhys – American Interior
31. Mogwai – The Rave Tapes
32. The Bug – Angels & Devils
33. Sky Ferreira Night Time, My Time
34. Wild Beasts – Present Tense
35. Real Estate – Atlas
36. Temples – Sun Structures
37. Baxter Dury – It’s a Pleasure
38. Johnny Marr – Playland
39. Ty Segall – Manipulator
40. Grumbling Fur – Preternaturals
41. The Black Keys – Turn Blue
42. Robert Plant – Lullaby and… The Ceaseless Roar
43. Leonard Cohen – Popular Problems
44. U2 – Songs of Innocence
45. Warpaint – Warpaint
46. Thom Yorke – Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes
47. Spoon – They Want My Soul
48. La Roux – Trouble in Paradise
49. Shabazz Palaces – Lese Majesty
50. Jungle – Jungle

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Rough Trade’s Top Albums of 2014
1. Temples – Sun Structres
2. The War on Drugs – Lost in the Dream
3. Todd Terje – It’s Album Time
4. Metronomy – Love Letters
5. Little Dragon – Nabuma Rubberband
6. Angel Olsen – Burn Your Fire For No Witness
7. Liars – Mess
8. Millie and Andrea – Drop the Vowels
9. The Delines – Colfax
10. Sun Kil Moon – Benji
11. Total Control – Typical System
12. Caribou – Our Love
13. Goat – Commune
14. WIldest Dreams – Wildest Dreams
15. Alvvays – Alvvays
16. Royal Blood – Royal Blood
17. Honeyblood – Honeyblood
18. Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings – Give the People What They Want
19. Ty Segall – Manipulator
20. Jack White – Lazaretto
21. Mac DeMarco – Salad Days
22. Neneh Cherry – Blank Project
23. Warpaint – Warpaint
24. Tom the Lion – Sleep
25. Fredie Gibbs & Madlib – Pinata
26. Arca – Xen
27. Avi Buffalo – At Best Cuckold
28. Ultimate Painting – Ultimate Painting
29. Jungle – Jungle
30. The Wytches – Annabel Dream Reader
31. Hookworms – The Hum
32. Benjamin Booker – Benjamin Booker
33. Future Islands – Singles
34. The Amazing Snakeheads – Amphetamine Ballads
35. Aphex Twin – Syro
36. Swans – To Be Kind
37. FKA twigs – LP1
38. Sleaford Mods – Divide and Exit
39. Sturgill Simpson – Metamodern Sounds in Country Music
40. Sharon Van Etten – Are We There
41. The Rails – Fair Warning
42. Allah-Las – Worship the Sun
43. Protomartyr – Under Color of Official Right
44. Beck – Morning Phase
45. Real Estate – Atlas
46. Parquet Courts – Sunbathing Animal
47. First Aid Kit – Stay Gold
48. We Are Shining – Kara
49. Gruff Rhys – American Interior
50. Eno and Hyde – Someday World
51. A Winged Victory for the Sullen – Atomos
52. Damon Albarn – Everyday Robots
53. Lucinda Williams – Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone
54. Ratking – So It Goes
55. Allo Darlin’ – We Come From the Same Place
56. Childhood – Lacuna
57. Adult Jazz – Gist Is
58. Keaton Henson – Romantic Works
59. Lone – Reality Testing
60. Jamie T – Carry on the Grudge
61. St. Vincent – St. Vincent
62. Happyness – Weird Little Birthday
63. Diamond Version – CI
64. Owen Pallett – In Conflict
65. Alex G – DSU
66. Scott Walker and Sunn 0))) – Soused
67. Haley Bonar – Last War
68. Badbadnotgood – III
69. Smoke Fairies – Smoke Fairies
70. Vikesh Kapoor – The Ballad of Willy Robbins
71. Lyla Foy – Mirrors the Sky
72. The Bug – Angels and Devils
73. Withered Hand – New Gods
74. Asgeir – In the Silence
75. Actress – Ghettoville
76. Ariel Pink – Pom Pom
77. Fugazi – First Demo
78. Andy Stott – Faith In Strangers
79. Captain Beefheart – Sun Zoom Spark
80. Lost on the River – The New Basement Tapes
81. Girlpool – Girlpool
82. Ty Segall – Singles 2
83. Bo Ningen and Savages – Words to the Blind
84. Mark Kozelek – Sings Christmas Carols
85. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Give Us a Kiss
86. Dans Dans – III
87. TV on the Radio – Seeds
88. Thompson – Family
89. David J Roch – A Cynic, A Realist, An Undertaker
90. Robert Wyatt – Different Every Time – Ex Machina – Benign Dictatorships
91. Bryan Ferry – Avonmore
92. David Bowie – Nothing Has Changed
93. Einsturzende Neubauten – Lament
94. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard – Cellophane
95. Machinedrum – Vapor City Archives
96. David Bowie – “Sue (Or In A Season of Crime)” single
97. Various Artists – Slowly Exploding 10 Years of Perc Trax
98. Jason McNiff and the Lone Malones – God Knows Why We Dream
99. Shit – Feeding Time
100. Adrian Younge – Black Dynamite OST