Vulture's 32 Best Pop Albums of 2014

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Published: December 08, 2014 20:00 Source

# 1

Zentropy by Frankie Cosmos

Album • Mar 04 / 2014 Twee Pop Bedroom Pop

# 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

Burn Your Fire For No Witness by Angel Olsen

Album • Feb 12 / 2014 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk

# 5

Too Bright by Perfume Genius

Album • Sep 22 / 2014 Art Pop Singer-Songwriter

# 6

Ultraviolence by Lana Del Rey

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

# 7

It's Album Time by Todd Terje

Album • Apr 08 / 2014 Nu-Disco Electro-Disco

# 8

Say Yes To Love by Perfect Pussy

Album • Mar 18 / 2014 Noise Rock Post-Hardcore

# 9

Tough Love by Jessie Ware

Album • Aug 04 / 2014 Contemporary R&B Smooth Soul

# 10

Syro by Aphex Twin

Album • Sep 22 / 2014 IDM

# 11

The Voyager by Jenny Lewis

Album • Jul 25 / 2014 Pop Rock

# 12

FOUR (Deluxe) by One Direction

Album • Nov 17 / 2014

# 13

The London Sessions by Mary J. Blige

Album • Dec 02 / 2014 Contemporary R&B

# 14

Home, Like Noplace Is There by The Hotelier

Album • Feb 25 / 2014 Emo Midwest Emo

# 15

LP1 by FKA twigs

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

# 16

Sea When Absent by A Sunny Day In Glasgow

Album • Jan 01 / 2014 Shoegaze Dream Pop

# 18

Are We There by Sharon Van Etten

Album • May 27 / 2014 Singer-Songwriter

# 19

They Want My Soul by Spoon

Album • Aug 05 / 2014 Indie Rock

# 20

Sunbathing Animal by Parquet Courts

Album • Jun 03 / 2014 Indie Rock Post-Punk

# 21

Broke with Expensive Taste by Azealia Banks

Album • Nov 07 / 2014 Hip House East Coast Hip Hop

# 22

My Everything by Ariana Grande

Album • Aug 25 / 2014 Contemporary R&B Pop

# 23

Bitchin Bajas by Bitchin Bajas

Album • Aug 26 / 2014 Ambient Drone Progressive Electronic

# 24

My Krazy Life by YG

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

# 25

Rips by Ex Hex

Album • Oct 07 / 2014 Indie Rock Power Pop

# 26

Mr Twin Sister by Mr Twin Sister

Album • Sep 23 / 2014 Downtempo Dream Pop Alternative Dance

# 27

Aquarius by Tinashe

Album • Oct 01 / 2014 Alternative R&B

# 28

Ruins by Grouper

Album • Oct 28 / 2014 Singer-Songwriter Ambient

# 29

I Never Learn by Lykke Li

Album • Apr 25 / 2014 Indie Pop Singer-Songwriter

# 30

Girlpool by Girlpool

EP • Nov 18 / 2014 Lo-Fi / Slacker Rock Bedroom Pop

# 31

Cilvia Demo by Isaiah Rashad

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

# 32

Teenage Retirement by Chumped

Album • Nov 18 / 2014 Pop Punk Emo