Year-End Lists

Pretty Much Amazing: 60 Best Albums of 2014

[see also 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Beyoncé
   Beyoncé
2. Lost in the Dream
   The War on Drugs
3. St. Vincent
   St. Vincent
4. Benji
   Sun Kil Moon
5. Run the Jewels 2
   Run the Jewels
6. LP1
   FKA twigs
7. Too Bright
   Perfume Genius
8. To Be Kind
   Swans
9. Syro
   Aphex Twin
10. Ultraviolence
    Lana Del Rey
11. Are We There
    Sharon Van Etten
12. You’re Dead!
    Flying Lotus
13. They Want My Soul
    Spoon
14. Salad Days
    Mac DeMarco
15. It’s Album Time
    Todd Terje
16. Piñata
    Freddie Gibbs & Madlib
17. 1989
    Taylor Swift
18. Lese Majesty
    Shabazz Palaces
19. Plowing Into the Field of Love
    Iceage
20. Present Tense
    Wild Beasts
21. Singles
    Future Islands
22. Here and Nowhere Else
    Cloud Nothings
23. Burn Your Fire For No Witness
    Angel Olsen
24. Nikki Nack
    Tune-Yards
25. Mr Twin Sister
    Mr Twin Sister
26. Familiars
    The Antlers
27. Manipulator
    Ty Segall
28. More Than Any Other Day
    Ought
29. Blank Project
    Neneh Cherry
30. Morning Phase
    Beck
31. HEAL
    Strand of Oaks
32. In Conflict
    Owen Pallett
33. A U R O R A
    Ben Frost
34. “What Is This Heart?”
    How to Dress Well
35. Sunbathing Animal
    Parquet Courts
36. Ruins
    Grouper
37. Our Love
    Caribou
38. Broke With Expensive Taste
    Azealia Banks
39. III
    BADBADNOTGOOD
40. Transgender Dysphoria Blues
    Against Me!
41. Do It Again
    Röyksopp & Robyn
42. Deep Fantasy
    White Lung
43. Atlas
    Real Estate
44. The Moon Rang Like a Bell
    Hundred Waters
45. Fuck Off Get Free We Pour Light on Everything
    Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra
46. Northtown – EP
    Shamir
47. Brill Bruisers
    The New Pornographers
48. No Mythologies to Follow
    MØ
49. Pom Pom
    Ariel Pink
50. 1000 Forms of Fear
    Sia
51. So It Goes
    Ratking
52. Mess
    Liars
53. My Krazy Life
    YG
54. Say Yes To Love
    Perfect Pussy
55. The Physical World
    Death from Above 1979
56. My Everything
    Ariana Grande
57. I Never Learn
    Lykke Li
58. Joyland
    Trust
59. White Women
    Chromeo
60. Oxymoron
    Schoolboy Q