Year-End Lists

American Songwriter: Top 50 Albums of 2014

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1. Metamodern Sounds In Country Music
   Sturgill Simpson
2. Lost in the Dream
   The War on Drugs
3. HEAL
   Strand of Oaks
4. 1989
   Taylor Swift
5. Ryan Adams
   Ryan Adams
6. Small Town Heroes
   Hurray for the Riff Raff
7. Burn Your Fire For No Witness
   Angel Olsen
8. Lateness of Dancers
   Hiss Golden Messenger
9. Songs
   John Fullbright
10. Stay Gold
    First Aid Kit
11. Give My Love to London
    Marianne Faithfull
12. Manipulator
    Ty Segall
13. The Lights from the Chemical Plant
    Robert Ellis
14. The Avenues
    Lera Lynn
15. Upside Down Mountain
    Conor Oberst
16. Too Bright
    Perfume Genius
17. Favorite Waitress
    The Felice Brothers
18. The Way I’m Livin’
    Lee Ann Womack
19. Salad Days
    Mac DeMarco
20. Transgender Dysphoria Blues
    Against Me!
21. St. Vincent
    St. Vincent
22. Rips
    Ex Hex
23. Boxers
    Matthew Ryan
24. Popular Problems
    Leonard Cohen
25. The Voyager
    Jenny Lewis
26. The River & the Thread
    Rosanne Cash
27. Sukierae
    Tweedy
28. Wig Out At Jagbags
    Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks
29. Single Mothers
    Justin Townes Earle
30. American Middle Class
    Angaleena Presley
31. They Want My Soul
    Spoon
32. Platinum
    Miranda Lambert
33. Lazaretto
    Jack White
34. Blind Water Finds Blind Water
    Adam Faucett
35. The Outsiders
    Eric Church
36. Hypnotic Eye
    Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
37. Bahamas Is Afie
    Bahamas
38. Most Messed Up
    Old 97’s
39. Warpaint
    Warpaint
40. Hozier
    Hozier
41. Strong Feelings
    Doug Paisley
42. Atlas
    Real Estate
43. Remedy
    Old Crow Medicine Show
44. Tarpaper Sky
    Rodney Crowell
45. A Reasonable Amount of Trouble
    Jesse Winchester
46. Morning Phase
    Beck
47. Brill Bruisers
    The New Pornographers
48. Make My Head Sing…
    Jessica Lea Mayfield
49. English Oceans
    Drive-By Truckers
50. Are We There
    Sharon Van Etten