My Album of the Year List: 2014
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Gonna keep it short and sweet. This is my album of the year list. They’re ranked as most favourite to least favourite and I know I’ve missed some pretty big releases but I didn’t have the time to listen to hundreds of albums and EPs. You probably won’t agree with the ranking but your faves ≠ my faves.
- D’Angelo – Black Messiah
- Black Milk – Glitches In The Break
- Black Milk – If There’s A Hell Below
- Flying Lotus – You’re Dead!
- Taylor McFerrin – Early Riser
- Hiatus Kaiyote – By Fire
- Toni Braxton – Love, Marriage & Divorce
- Michael Jackson – Xscape
- PRhyme – PRhyme
- Hozier – Hozier
- Run The Jewels – Run The Jewels 2
- Jonwayne – Cassette
- Joe Beck – Get On
- Abjo – The Art of Refixing 3.0
- Madlib – Rock Konducta
- George Michael – Symphonica
- Freddie Gibbs and Madlib – Piñata
- Gary Clark Jr– Gary Clark JrLive
- Bonobo – Flashlight EP
- Scott Xylo – Scott Pilgrim EP
- Homeboy Sandman – Hallways
- Your Old Droog – Your Old Droog
- Jessie Ware – Tough Love
- Stanton Moore – Conversations
- Tina Dico – Whispers
- Aphex Twin – Syro
- Scott Xylo – Ridley Scott
- Thelonious Martin – Wünderkid
- Andreya Triana – Everything You Never Had PtII
- Murs – Mursday
- Souls Of Mischief – There Is Only Now
- Blake Frederick – Rhythm N’ Beats Vol2
- Prince – Art Official Age
- Ka and Preservation – 1200 B.C.
- Teebs – E s t a r a
- Ben Khan – 1992 EP
- Zero Simple Science EP
- Bläp Dëli – Whispër.Më
- Jackson Valentine – Date Night
- Busta Rhymes & Q-Tip – The Abstract Dragon
- Little Dragon – Nabuma Rubberband
- Fink – Hard Believer
- Pharoahe Monch – PTSD – Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Deerhoof – La Isla Bonita
- AFTA-_UNDFND
- Knxwledge– Hexual.Sealings.PRT.7.5
- Satin Jackets – Foreign Affair EP
- Justin Faust – Spellbound
- Eric Lau & Tawiah – Love Call
- Röyksopp & Robyn – Do It Again
- Spoon – They Want My Soul
- Leonard Cohen – Popular Problems
- Gloam – ▲∴⦿∴▲
- Pyramid Vritra – Indra
- tay devenny – shrine
- Doc Heller – Good Little Automaton Droids
- Groove Armada – Love Lights the Undgeround
- 3rd Eye Girl – PLECTRUMELECTRUM
- Chet Faker – Built On Glass
- Bolts – Collecting Dust
- Ohbliv – Blk Love Frequency (b)
- Slum Village – Vintage
- Snarky Puppy – We Like It Here
- Caribou – Our Love
- Fitz Ambro$e & Ohbliv – Zen Vapors
- JMSN – JMSN (Blue Album)
- Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – Gone Girl OST
- Lonesome Shack – More Primitive
- Oh No & Prince Po – Animal Serum
- Kidkanevil x DZA – Kaiju
- Nu:Tone – Future History
- ewonee – rejekts
- J Cole – 2014 Forest Hills Drive
- Bossacucanova – Our Kind Of Bossa
- Seun Kuti & Egypt A Long Way To The Beginning
- Linda Perhacs – The Soul Of All Natural Things
- Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga – Cheek To Cheek
- Tycho – Awake
- Real Estate – Atlas
- Tarrus Riley – Love Situation
- Thievery Corporation – Saudade
- Prima Parte – vcr.plus
- Willow – III
- Todd Terje – It’s Album Time
- Nir Felder – Golden Age
- Chromeo – White Women
- Shaun Escoffery – In The Red Room
- Lenny Kravitz – Strut
- The Souljazz Orchestra – Inner Fire
- Nostalgia A Journey Too Far
- Takuya Kuroda – Rising Son
- Apollo Brown – Thirty Eight
- Bebel Gilberto – Tudo
- Jonas Bering – Regain
- Ryan Teague – Block Boundaries
- Julio Bashmore – Simple Love/Rhythm of Auld
- Young Fathers – DEAD
- Sophie Ellis Bextor – Wanderlust
- TV On The Radio – Seeds
- VHVL & Ras G – Seat Of The Soul
Honourable mentions: Mya- Sweet XVI, Clarice Assad – Imaginarium, Sia – 1000 Forms Of Fear, Jack White Lazaretto, Ólafur Arnalds – Gimme Shelter (OST), Ledisi – The Truth, FKA Twigs – LP1, Kelis – Food, Neneh Cherry – Blank Project
Dishonourable mentions: Soul. Chef – Long Hot Summer, Solex – Smooth Soul, Aer – Aer, Cazzette – Eject