Fopp's Top 50 Albums of 2014

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Published: December 03, 2014 15:47 Source

# 1

Commune by Goat

Album • Sep 23 / 2014 Psychedelic Rock

# 2

Lost In The Dream by The War on Drugs

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

# 3

To Be Kind by Swans

Album • May 13 / 2014 Experimental Rock Post-Rock

# 4

Dude Incredible by Shellac

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

# 5

Stay Gold by First Aid Kit

Album • Jun 06 / 2014 Indie Folk Folk Pop

# 6

St. Vincent by St. Vincent

Album • Feb 25 / 2014 Art Pop Art Rock

# 7

Jungle by Jungle

Album • Jul 15 / 2014 Synth Funk Funktronica Smooth Soul

# 8

I Never Learn by Lykke Li

Album • Apr 25 / 2014 Indie Pop Singer-Songwriter

# 9

Royal Blood by Royal Blood

Album • Aug 25 / 2014 Hard Rock Alternative Rock

# 10

Our Love by Caribou

Album • Oct 07 / 2014 Deep House

# 11

Atomos by A Winged Victory For The Sullen

Album • Oct 06 / 2014 Ambient Modern Classical

# 12

Lacuna by Childhood

Album • Dec 15 / 2022 Indie Rock Neo-Psychedelia

# 13

Tremors by SOHN

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

# 14

Present Tense by Wild Beasts

Album • Feb 24 / 2014 Art Pop

# 15

Honeyblood by Honeyblood

Album • Jul 14 / 2014 Indie Pop Noise Pop

# 16

ZABA by Glass Animals

Album • Jun 03 / 2014 Indietronica Downtempo Alt-Pop

# 17

Mess by Liars

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

# 18

Soused by Scott Walker + sunn O)))

Album • Oct 20 / 2014 Drone Metal Experimental Rock

# 19

Alvvays by Alvvays

Album • Jul 22 / 2014 Twee Pop Indie Pop Jangle Pop

# 20

Everyday Robots by Damon Albarn

Album • Apr 22 / 2014 Art Pop Downtempo

# 21

Rave Tapes by Mogwai

Album • Jan 21 / 2014 Post-Rock

# 22

Syro by Aphex Twin

Album • Sep 22 / 2014 IDM

# 23

lullaby and... The Ceaseless Roar by Robert Plant

Album • Sep 05 / 2014 Folk Rock Progressive Folk

# 24

Blank Project by Neneh Cherry

Album • Feb 07 / 2014 Art Pop Downtempo

# 25

LP1 by FKA twigs

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

# 26

You're Dead! by Flying Lotus

Album • Oct 06 / 2014 Nu Jazz Wonky Jazz Fusion

# 27

Divide and Exit by Sleaford Mods

Album • Nov 24 / 2014 Post-Punk Art Punk

# 28

Are We There by Sharon Van Etten

Album • May 27 / 2014 Singer-Songwriter

# 29

Warpaint by Warpaint

Album • Jan 17 / 2014 Dream Pop

# 30

Popular Problems by Leonard Cohen

Album • Sep 19 / 2014 Singer-Songwriter

# 31

Morning Phase by Beck

Album • Jan 01 / 2014 Singer-Songwriter Chamber Folk

# 32

Lazaretto by Jack White

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

# 33

Indie Cindy by Pixies

Album • Apr 29 / 2014 Alternative Rock

# 34

From Scotland With Love by King Creosote

Album • Jul 21 / 2014 Indie Folk

# 35

The Voyager by Jenny Lewis

Album • Jul 25 / 2014 Pop Rock

# 36

Hypnotic Eye by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Album • Jul 28 / 2014 Heartland Rock

# 37

Going Back Home by Wilko Johnson + Roger Daltrey

Album • Jan 01 / 2014

# 38

American Interior by Gruff Rhys

Album • May 05 / 2013 Indie Pop

# 39

Ryan Adams by Ryan Adams

Album • Sep 09 / 2014 Singer-Songwriter Pop Rock

# 40

Luminous by The Horrors

Album • May 06 / 2014 Neo-Psychedelia Synthpop

# 41

Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone by Lucinda Williams

Album • Sep 30 / 2014 Americana Alt-Country Singer-Songwriter

# 42

Love Letters by Metronomy

Album • Mar 10 / 2014 Art Pop Indietronica

# 43

pom pom by Ariel Pink

Album • Nov 17 / 2014 Hypnagogic Pop Psychedelic Pop

# 44

Turn Blue by The Black Keys

Album • May 09 / 2014 Alternative Rock

# 45

Futurology (Deluxe Version) by Manic Street Preachers

Album • Jul 04 / 2014

# 46

The Take Off And Landing Of Everything by Elbow

Album • Jan 01 / 2014 Art Rock Indie Rock

# 47

The Cautionary Tales of Mark Oliver Everett by Eels

Album • Apr 21 / 2014 Singer-Songwriter Folk Pop Indie Pop

# 48

This Is All Yours by alt-J

Album • Sep 22 / 2014 Art Pop Indietronica

# 49

Singles by Future Islands

Album • Mar 24 / 2014 Synthpop

# 50

Caustic Love by Paolo Nutini

Album • Apr 14 / 2014 Pop Rock Blue-Eyed Soul Pop Soul