A.V. Club's 20 Best Albums of 2014

Every year, The A.V. Club invites our regular music writers and staff to pick their favorite albums of the past 12 months. This year, we asked writers to pick their 15 favorite albums, with no. 1 earning 15 points, no. 2 earning 14, and so on. We tallied up the results to arrive at our final best-of list. (In the…

Published: December 08, 2014 06:00 Source

# 1

Burn Your Fire For No Witness by Angel Olsen

Album • Feb 12 / 2014 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk

# 2

Run the Jewels 2 by Run The Jewels + Killer Mike + EL-P

Album • Oct 27 / 2014 Hardcore Hip Hop

# 3

St. Vincent by St. Vincent

Album • Feb 25 / 2014 Art Pop Art Rock

# 4

Lost In The Dream by The War on Drugs

Album • Mar 18 / 2014 Heartland Rock Indie Rock Neo-Psychedelia

# 5

Are We There by Sharon Van Etten

Album • May 27 / 2014 Singer-Songwriter

# 6

LP1 by FKA twigs

Album • Aug 12 / 2014 Art Pop Alternative R&B

# 7

Under Color of Official Right by Protomartyr

Album • Apr 08 / 2014 Post-Punk Garage Punk

# 8

Here And Nowhere Else by Cloud Nothings

Album • Apr 01 / 2014 Post-Hardcore Indie Rock

# 9

You're Dead! by Flying Lotus

Album • Oct 06 / 2014 Nu Jazz Wonky Jazz Fusion

# 10

Cilvia Demo by Isaiah Rashad

EP • Jan 28 / 2014 Southern Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop

# 11

HEAL by Strand of Oaks

Album • Jun 24 / 2014 Indie Rock

# 13

They Want My Soul by Spoon

Album • Aug 05 / 2014 Indie Rock

# 14

Morning Phase by Beck

Album • Jan 01 / 2014 Singer-Songwriter Chamber Folk

# 15

1989 by Taylor Swift

Album • Oct 27 / 2014 Synthpop Electropop Dance-Pop

# 16

Salad Days by Mac DeMarco

Album • Apr 01 / 2014 Jangle Pop Psychedelic Pop Bedroom Pop

# 17

Too Bright by Perfume Genius

Album • Sep 22 / 2014 Art Pop Singer-Songwriter

# 18

To Be Kind by Swans

Album • May 13 / 2014 Experimental Rock Post-Rock

# 19

Deep Fantasy by White Lung

Album • Jun 16 / 2014 Punk Rock Noise Rock

# 20

Faith in Strangers by Andy Stott

Album • Nov 17 / 2014 Deconstructed Club UK Bass