Stereogum's 50 Best Albums of 2014 So Far

Great music has come from just about every corner of the musical map this year, and on this list of our favorites of the year’s first half, there’s no real connecting thread. An ambitious all-over-the-place album from a big-money Nashville country mainstay is just as likely to rule as, say, a mixtape from a pair […]

Published: June 17, 2014 14:39 Source

# 1
Album • Aug 19 / 2014 Contemporary Folk Singer-Songwriter
# 2
Album • Mar 18 / 2014 Heartland Rock Indie Rock Neo-Psychedelia
# 3
Album • May 13 / 2014 Experimental Rock Post-Rock
# 4
Album • Apr 01 / 2014 Crust Punk Atmospheric Sludge Metal Neocrust
# 5
Album • Mar 03 / 2014 Jangle Pop
# 6
Album • Jun 23 / 2014 Alternative R&B
# 7
Album • Mar 18 / 2014 Gangsta Rap West Coast Hip Hop Ratchet Music
# 8
Album • Jan 21 / 2014 Punk Rock
# 9
Album • Jun 16 / 2014 Punk Rock Noise Rock
# 10
Album • Jun 02 / 2014 Post-Hardcore
# 11
Album • Jan 01 / 2014 Contemporary Country Country Rock
# 12
Album • Apr 08 / 2014 Art Pop Indie Rock
# 13
Album • Mar 25 / 2014 Sludge Metal Doom Metal
# 14
Album • Apr 08 / 2014 Nu-Disco Electro-Disco
# 15
Album • Jan 01 / 2014 Dream Pop Art Pop Neo-Psychedelia
# 16
Album • Jan 01 / 2014 Blackgaze
# 18
Album • May 13 / 2014 Atmospheric Black Metal Post-Metal
# 19
Album • May 27 / 2014 Electronic Post-Industrial
# 20
Album • Mar 04 / 2014 Death Metal Psychedelic Rock
# 21
Album • Apr 29 / 2014 Indie Pop
# 22
Album • Jan 14 / 2014 Midwest Emo
# 23
Album • Apr 01 / 2014 Post-Hardcore Indie Rock
# 24
Album • Feb 12 / 2014 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk
# 25
Album • Jun 03 / 2014 Indie Rock Post-Punk
# 26
Album • Feb 04 / 2014 Death Metal Black Metal
# 27
Album • May 13 / 2014 Indie Pop
# 28
Album • Mar 24 / 2014 Synthpop
# 29
Album • May 27 / 2014 Singer-Songwriter
# 30
Album • Jun 10 / 2014 Sludge Metal Black Metal
# 31
Album • Apr 14 / 2014 Funky House
# 32
Album • Jun 25 / 2022 Post-Punk Synth Punk
# 33
Album • Apr 22 / 2014 Trap Pop Rap Southern Hip Hop
# 34
Album • Mar 18 / 2014 Noise Rock Post-Hardcore
# 35
Album • May 19 / 2014 Ambient Pop Alt-Pop
# 36
Album • Apr 15 / 2014 Doom Metal
# 37
Album • Dec 01 / 2016 Dream Pop
# 38
Album • Mar 25 / 2014 Indie Rock
# 39
Album • May 13 / 2014 Outlaw Country
# 40
Album • Apr 01 / 2014 Indie Folk
# 41
Album • Jan 17 / 2014
# 42
Album • Apr 28 / 2014 Ambient Glitch Electroacoustic
# 43
Album • Apr 08 / 2014 Post-Punk Garage Punk
# 44
Album • Jan 27 / 2014 IDM
# 45
Album • Jan 01 / 2014 Singer-Songwriter Chamber Folk
# 46
Album • Feb 25 / 2014 Art Pop Art Rock
# 47
Album • May 06 / 2014 Art Pop Progressive Pop
# 48
Album • Jun 10 / 2014 Industrial Hip Hop Experimental Hip Hop West Coast Hip Hop
# 49
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EP • Sep 01 / 2018 West Coast Hip Hop
# 50
Album • Jun 24 / 2014 Indie Rock