Newsweek's Top 10 Albums of 2014

You could say that 2014 has been a profoundly strange year for music, but even that would be something of an understatement.

Published: December 08, 2014 19:01 Source

Rank Album Artist Info
#1 Transgender Dysphoria Blues Against Me! Jan-21-2014, Punk Rock
#2 Love Amen Dunes May-13-2014, Psychedelic Folk
#3 Rips Ex Hex Oct-07-2014, Indie Rock
#4 LP1 FKA twigs Aug-12-2014, Art Pop
#5 Black Hours Hamilton Leithauser May-05-2014, Indie Pop
#6 Plowing Into the Field of Love Iceage Oct-06-2014, Post-Punk
#7 No Deal Melanie De Biasio Apr-28-2014, Vocal Jazz
#8 Run the Jewels 2 Run The Jewels, Killer Mike, EL-P Oct-27-2014, Hardcore Hip Hop
#9 Lese Majesty Shabazz Palaces Jul-29-2014, Experimental Hip Hop
#10 To Be Kind Swans May-13-2014, Experimental Rock
Markdown

| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Transgender Dysphoria Blues | Against Me! | Album, Jan-21-2014, Punk Rock |
| #2 | Love | Amen Dunes | Album, May-13-2014, Psychedelic Folk |
| #3 | Rips | Ex Hex | Album, Oct-07-2014, Indie Rock |
| #4 | LP1 | FKA twigs | Album, Aug-12-2014, Art Pop |
| #5 | Black Hours | Hamilton Leithauser | Album, May-05-2014, Indie Pop |
| #6 | Plowing Into the Field of Love | Iceage | Album, Oct-06-2014, Post-Punk |
| #7 | No Deal | Melanie De Biasio | Album, Apr-28-2014, Vocal Jazz |
| #8 | Run the Jewels 2 | Run The JewelsKiller MikeEL-P | Album, Oct-27-2014, Hardcore Hip Hop |
| #9 | Lese Majesty | Shabazz Palaces | Album, Jul-29-2014, Experimental Hip Hop |
| #10 | To Be Kind | Swans | Album, May-13-2014, Experimental Rock |