Clash's Top 40 Albums of 2014

Clash's Fuss-Free Top 40 Albums Of 2014. No messing about, no overlong intros or silly "how we did it" guff. 40 albums. 40 great albums. Here you go...

Published: December 11, 2014 19:02 Source

# 1

LP1 by FKA twigs

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

# 2

You're Dead! by Flying Lotus

Album • Oct 06 / 2014 Nu Jazz Wonky Jazz Fusion

# 3

DEAD by Young Fathers

Album • Feb 03 / 2014 Abstract Hip Hop UK Hip Hop Experimental Hip Hop Art Pop

# 4

Angels & Devils by The Bug

Album • Aug 25 / 2014 UK Bass Grime

# 5

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

Album • Oct 27 / 2014 Hardcore Hip Hop

# 6

St. Vincent by St. Vincent

Album • Feb 25 / 2014 Art Pop Art Rock

# 7

Piñata by Freddie Gibbs + Madlib

Album • Mar 18 / 2014 Gangsta Rap

# 8

Syro by Aphex Twin

Album • Sep 22 / 2014 IDM

# 9

Love Letters by Metronomy

Album • Mar 10 / 2014 Art Pop Indietronica

# 10

Total Strife Forever by East India Youth

Album • Feb 24 / 2014 Art Pop Synthpop

# 11

A U R O R A by Ben Frost

Album • May 27 / 2014 Electronic Post-Industrial

# 12

Soused by Scott Walker + sunn O)))

Album • Oct 20 / 2014 Drone Metal Experimental Rock

# 13

Hozier by Hozier

Album • Sep 19 / 2014 Pop Soul Blues Rock

# 14

Jungle by Jungle

Album • Jul 15 / 2014 Synth Funk Funktronica Smooth Soul

# 15

Our Love by Caribou

Album • Oct 07 / 2014 Deep House

# 16

Tremors by SOHN

Album • Apr 07 / 2014 Alternative R&B Art Pop Alt-Pop

# 17

Are We There by Sharon Van Etten

Album • May 27 / 2014 Singer-Songwriter

# 18

III by BADBADNOTGOOD

Album • May 05 / 2014 Jazz Fusion

# 19

Built On Glass by Chet Faker

Album • Apr 01 / 2014 Alternative R&B Indietronica

# 20

CLPPNG by clipping.

Album • Jun 10 / 2014 Industrial Hip Hop Experimental Hip Hop West Coast Hip Hop

# 21

Islands by LV + Joshua Idehen

Album • Sep 15 / 2014

# 22

More Than Any Other Day by Ought

EP • Apr 25 / 2014 Post-Punk Art Punk

# 23

To Be Kind by Swans

Album • May 13 / 2014 Experimental Rock Post-Rock

# 24

Lazaretto by Jack White

Album • Jun 10 / 2014 Blues Rock Singer-Songwriter Art Rock

# 25

Nikki Nack by Tune-Yards

Album • May 06 / 2014 Art Pop Progressive Pop

# 26

Snakes & Ladders by Wiley

Album • Nov 03 / 2014 Grime UK Hip Hop

# 27

Ruins by Grouper

Album • Oct 28 / 2014 Singer-Songwriter Ambient

# 28

lullaby and... The Ceaseless Roar by Robert Plant

Album • Sep 05 / 2014 Folk Rock Progressive Folk

# 29

Stay Gold by First Aid Kit

Album • Jun 06 / 2014 Indie Folk Folk Pop

# 30

Dude Incredible by Shellac

Album • Sep 16 / 2014 Math Rock Noise Rock Post-Hardcore

# 31

Petals Have Fallen by DELS

Album • Nov 03 / 2014 UK Hip Hop

# 32

Sun Structures by Temples

Album • Feb 11 / 2014 Neo-Psychedelia Psychedelic Pop Psychedelic Rock

# 33

Mess by Liars

Album • Mar 25 / 2014 Electro-Industrial Electroclash New Rave

# 34

My Krazy Life by YG

Album • Mar 18 / 2014 Gangsta Rap West Coast Hip Hop Ratchet Music

# 35

Kiasmos by Kiasmos

Album • Oct 27 / 2014 Microhouse

# 36

Rave Tapes by Mogwai

Album • Jan 21 / 2014 Post-Rock

# 37

Strange Friend by The Phantom Band

Album • May 26 / 2014 Neo-Psychedelia

# 38

Lese Majesty by Shabazz Palaces

Album • Jul 29 / 2014 Experimental Hip Hop Abstract Hip Hop

# 39

Ultraviolence by Lana Del Rey

Album • Jan 01 / 2014 Dream Pop Art Pop Neo-Psychedelia

# 40

Present Tense by Wild Beasts

Album • Feb 24 / 2014 Art Pop