Top Albums of 2014
Rank▼ All Time Rank▼ Artist▼ Album▼ Genres▼
††† ††† Alternative Rock, Trip Hop
Sia 1000 Forms of Fear Electropop
6
657
 Taylor Swift 1989 Electropop, Synthpop
J. Cole 2014 Forest Hills Drive Conscious Hip Hop
Ian William Craig A Turn of Breath Ambient, Drone
Ben Frost A U R O R A Electronic, Industrial
Godflesh A World Lit Only by Fire Industrial Metal, Sludge Metal
Merchandise After the End Indie Rock
26
2013
 Alvvays Alvvays Twee Pop
Gruff Rhys American Interior Indie Pop
The Bug Angels & Devils Grime, UK Bass
Tinashe Aquarius Alternative R&B
9
876
 Sharon Van Etten Are We There Singer/Songwriter
Fatima Al Qadiri Asiatisch UK Bass, Weightless
Avi Buffalo At Best Cuckold Indie Folk, Indie Pop
34
2622
 Real Estate Atlas Jangle Pop
A Winged Victory for the Sullen Atomos Ambient, Modern Classical
Fennesz Becs Ambient, Electroacoustic, Glitch
Benjamin Booker Benjamin Booker Blues Rock, Garage Rock Revival
8
837
 Sun Kil Moon Benji Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter
Pharmakon Bestial Burden Death Industrial
Hamilton Leithauser Black Hours Indie Pop, Singer/Songwriter, Traditional Pop
2
264
 D'Angelo and The Vanguard Black Messiah Neo-Soul
Dean Blunt Black Metal Art Pop
Neneh Cherry Blank Project Art Pop
The New Pornographers Brill Bruisers Indie Pop, Power Pop
Azealia Banks Broke With Expensive Taste Hip House
Chet Faker Built on Glass Alternative R&B, Indietronica
7
723
 Angel Olsen Burn Your Fire for No Witness Indie Folk, Psychedelic Folk, Singer/Songwriter
Mitski Bury Me at Makeout Creek Indie Rock
Jamie T Carry on the Grudge Indie Pop, Indie Rock
32
2496
 Christine and The Queens Chaleur Humaine / Christine and The Queens Electropop, Nouvelle chanson franïŋ―aise
Isaiah Rashad Cilvia Demo Southern Hip Hop
Clark Clark IDM, Techno
YOB Clearing the Path to Ascend Doom Metal
The Notwist Close to the Glass Indietronica
clipping. CLPPNG Industrial Hip Hop
Goat Commune Psychedelic Rock
Young Fathers Dead Abstract Hip Hop, Experimental Hip Hop, UK Hip Hop
White Lung Deep Fantasy Noise Rock, Punk Rock
Sleaford Mods Divide and Exit Art Punk, Post-Punk, Synth Punk
Rïŋ―yksopp & Robyn Do It Again Electro House, Electropop
The Afghan Whigs Do to the Beast Alternative Rock
Lucinda Williams Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone Alt-Country, Americana, Roots Rock, Singer/Songwriter
Alex G DSU Lo-Fi / Slacker Rock
Shellac Dude Incredible Math Rock, Noise Rock, Post-Hardcore
Interpol El Pintor Post-Punk Revival
Tinariwen Emmaar Tishoumaren
Kate Tempest Everybody Down UK Hip Hop
21
1716
 Damon Albarn Everyday Robots Art Pop, Downtempo
Weezer Everything Will Be Alright in the End Alternative Rock, Power Pop
Andy Stott Faith in Strangers Deconstructed Club, UK Bass
The Antlers Familiars Art Pop, Dream Pop
Objekt Flatland IDM
Kelis Food Neo-Soul
Pallbearer Foundations of Burden Doom Metal
King Creosote From Scotland With Love Indie Folk
Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra Fuck Off Get Free We Pour Light on Everything Art Rock, Post-Rock
Manic Street Preachers Futurology Alternative Rock
Pharrell Williams G I R L Contemporary R&B, Pop Soul
Actress Ghettoville IDM
Adult Jazz Gist Is Art Pop, Art Rock
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings Give the People What They Want Funk, Southern Soul
Banks Goddess Alternative R&B
Sílvia Pérez Cruz & Raül Fernández Miró Granada Contemporary Folk
Rival Sons Great Western Valkyrie Blues Rock, Hard Rock
Strand of Oaks Heal Indie Rock
Vince Staples Hell Can Wait EP Gangsta Rap
25
1966
 Cloud Nothings Here and Nowhere Else Indie Rock, Post-Hardcore
31
2486
 The Hotelier Home, Like Noplace is There Emo, Pop Punk
Future Honest Pop Rap, Trap
Timber Timbre Hot Dreams Contemporary Folk
Hozier Hozier Pop Soul
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers Hypnotic Eye Heartland Rock
Lykke Li I Never Learn Indie Pop
BADBADNOTGOOD III Jazz Fusion
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard I'm in Your Mind Fuzz Garage Rock, Psychedelic Rock
Owen Pallett In Conflict Art Pop, Chamber Pop
Sam Smith In the Lonely Hour Pop Soul
15
1488
 Todd Terje It's Album Time Electro-Disco, Nu-Disco
Marissa Nadler July Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter
Jungle Jungle Funktronica, Smooth Soul, Synth Funk
Lee Gamble KOCH Ambient Techno, Outsider House
Hiss Golden Messenger Lateness of Dancers Americana
Jack White Lazaretto Blues Rock, Singer/Songwriter
29
2400
 Shabazz Palaces Lese Majesty Abstract Hip Hop, Experimental Hip Hop
Ja, Panik Libertatia Indie Rock
Fear of Men Loom Indie Pop
Cymbals Eat Guitars LOSE Indie Rock
1
230
 The War on Drugs Lost in the Dream Heartland Rock, Indie Rock
Amen Dunes Love Psychedelic Folk
Metronomy Love Letters Art Pop, Indietronica
3
327
 FKA twigs LP1 Alternative R&B, Art Pop
Robert Plant Lullaby and... The Ceaseless Roar Folk Rock, Progressive Folk
The Horrors Luminous Neo-Psychedelia
27
2098
 Ty Segall Manipulator Psychedelic Rock
Triptykon Melana Chasmata Doom Metal
Jenny Hval & Susanna Meshes of Voice Art Pop
Liars Mess Alternative Dance, Electro-Industrial
24
1894
 Sturgill Simpson Metamodern Sounds in Country Music Outlaw Country
Moodymann Moodymann Deep House
Ought More Than Any Other Day Art Punk, Post-Punk
28
2325
 Beck Morning Phase Chamber Folk, Singer/Songwriter
Leon Vynehall Music for the Uninvited Deep House
Damien Rice My Favourite Faded Fantasy Chamber Folk, Singer/Songwriter
YG My Krazy Life Gangsta Rap
Little Dragon Nabuma Rubberband Alternative R&B, Synthpop
Joyce Manor Never Hungover Again Indie Rock, Pop Punk
tUnE-yArDs Nikki Nack Art Pop
MØ No Mythologies to Follow Alternative R&B, Electropop
The Twilight Sad Nobody Wants to Be Here and Nobody Wants to Leave Indie Rock, Post-Punk
Richard Dawson Nothing Important Avant-Folk, Singer/Songwriter
Mastodon Once More 'Round the Sun Progressive Metal, Stoner Metal
Kindness Otherness Sophisti-Pop
Javiera Mena Otra era Dance-Pop, Synthpop
10
923
 Caribou Our Love Deep House
Schoolboy Q Oxymoron Gangsta Rap
Opeth Pale Communion Progressive Rock
Frànçois & The Atlas Mountains Piano Ombre Indie Pop
22
1758
 Freddie Gibbs & Madlib Piïŋ―ata Gangsta Rap
Miranda Lambert Platinum Contemporary Country
Iceage Plowing Into the Field of Love Post-Punk
30
2406
 Ariel Pink Pom Pom Hypnagogic Pop, Psychedelic Pop
Leonard Cohen Popular Problems Singer/Songwriter
33
2590
 Wild Beasts Present Tense Art Pop
Vessel Punish, Honey Electronic, Industrial
Mogwai Rave Tapes Post-Rock
Wovenhand Refractory Obdurate Folk Rock, Psychedelic Rock
Young Thug, Birdman & Rich Homie Quan Rich Gang: Tha Tour Part 1 Pop Rap, Southern Hip Hop, Trap
Ex Hex Rips Indie Rock, Power Pop
Panopticon Roads to the North Atmospheric Black Metal
Royal Blood Royal Blood Alternative Rock, Hard Rock
13
1183
 Grouper Ruins Ambient, Singer/Songwriter
4
457
 Run the Jewels Run the Jewels 2 Hardcore Hip Hop
Ryan Adams Ryan Adams Pop Rock, Singer/Songwriter
14
1327
 Mac DeMarco Salad Days Jangle Pop, Psychedelic Pop
Perfect Pussy Say Yes to Love Noise Rock, Post-Hardcore
A Sunny Day in Glasgow Sea When Absent Dream Pop, Shoegaze
TV on the Radio Seeds Indie Rock
Reigning Sound Shattered Garage Rock, Pop Rock, Soul
Wye Oak Shriek Indie Pop
19
1674
 Future Islands Singles Synthpop
Hurray for the Riff Raff Small Town Heroes Alt-Country, Americana, Contemporary Folk
Ratking So It Goes Abstract Hip Hop, Experimental Hip Hop
Bombay Bicycle Club So Long, See You Tomorrow Indie Pop
Foo Fighters Sonic Highways Alternative Rock
Scott Walker & Sunn O))) Soused Drone Metal, Experimental Rock
5
523
 St. Vincent St. Vincent Art Pop
First Aid Kit Stay Gold Folk Pop, Indie Folk
Charli XCX Sucker Electropop, Pop Rock
Tweedy Sukierae Alt-Country, Singer/Songwriter
Temples Sun Structures Neo-Psychedelia, Psychedelic Pop
36
2815
 Parquet Courts Sunbathing Animal Indie Rock
Sylvan Esso Sylvan Esso Electropop
12
1169
 Aphex Twin Syro IDM
Thurston Moore The Best Day Alternative Rock
EMA The Future's Void Art Pop, Indie Rock
Hookworms The Hum Psychedelic Rock
Hundred Waters The Moon Rang Like a Bell Art Pop, Downtempo, Folktronica
Death from Above 1979 The Physical World Dance-Punk
Nicki Minaj The Pinkprint Pop Rap
Rosanne Cash The River & The Thread Americana, Contemporary Country
35
2761
 Behemoth The Satanist Death Metal
Elbow The Take Off and Landing of Everything Art Rock, Indie Rock
Have a Nice Life The Unnatural World Post-Punk, Shoegaze
Jenny Lewis The Voyager Pop Rock
18
1614
 Spoon They Want My Soul Indie Rock
alt-J This is All Yours Art Pop, Indietronica
11
1004
 Swans To Be Kind Experimental Rock, Post-Rock
Thom Yorke Tomorrow's Modern Boxes Glitch Pop
20
1713
 Perfume Genius Too Bright Art Pop
East India Youth Total Strife Forever Art Pop, Synthpop
Jessie Ware Tough Love Contemporary R&B, Smooth Soul
Toumani Diabaté & Sidiki Diabaté Toumani & Sidiki Mande Music
23
1778
 Against Me! Transgender Dysphoria Blues Punk Rock
SOHN Tremors Alternative R&B, Art Pop
La Roux Trouble in Paradise Synthpop
The Black Keys Turn Blue Alternative Rock, Garage Rock
Total Control Typical System Post-Punk, Synth Punk
16
1600
 Lana Del Rey Ultraviolence Art Pop, Dream Pop
Protomartyr Under Color of Official Right Garage Punk, Post-Punk
Mica Levi Under the Skin [Original Soundtrack] Drone, Film Score
Gazelle Twin Unflesh Art Pop, Electronic, Industrial
Conor Oberst Upside Down Mountain Indie Folk, Singer/Songwriter
Warpaint Warpaint Dream Pop
Steve Gunn Way Out Weather Folk Rock
How to Dress Well "What is This Heart?" Alternative R&B
Popcaan Where We Come From Dancehall
Lawrence English Wilderness of Mirrors Ambient, Drone
Woods With Light and With Love Folk Rock
SBTRKT Wonder Where We Land Future Garage
Kassem Mosse Workshop 19 Outsider House
Morrissey World Peace is None of Your Business Alternative Rock, Pop Rock
Ed Sheeran X Folk Pop, Singer/Songwriter
Arca Xen Glitch Hop, Wonky
Gwenno Y Dydd Olaf Indie Pop
17
1607
 Flying Lotus You're Dead! Jazz Fusion, Nu Jazz, Wonky
Glass Animals ZABA Downtempo, Indietronica