Criteria: hese music albums from the year 2014 were chosen for their immediate and lasting popularity, impact, influence, and acclaim from critics and musicians. This list does not include 'Greatest Hits' albums.
Edited By: Ryan
1. 1989 - Taylor Swift 2. Black Messiah - D'Angelo & The Vanguard 3. Run the Jewels II - Run the Jewels 4. Lost in the Dream - The War on Drugs 5. Morning Phase - Beck 6. Lazaretto - Jack White 7. x - Ed Sheeran 8. High Hopes - Bruce Springsteen 9. St. Vincent - St. Vincent 10. Benji - Sun Kil Moon 11. In the Lonely Hour - Sam Smith 12. To Be Kind - Swans 13. 1000 Forms of Fear - Sia 14. Sonic Highways - Foo Fighters 15. Burn Your Fire for No Witness - Angel Olsen 16. Hypnotic Eye - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 17. 2014 Forest Hills Drive - J. Cole 18. The Outsiders - Eric Church 19. Transgender Dysphoria Blues - Against Me! 20. Atlas - Real Estate 21. Hozier - Hozier 22. This is All Yours - Alt-J 23. They Want My Soul - Spoon 24. Lese Majesty - Shabazz Palaces 25. Oxymoron - Schoolboy Q 26. The Voyager - Jenny Lewis 27. Turn Blue - The Black Keys 28. Syro - Aphex Twin 29. Are We There - Sharon Von Etten 30. What is This Heart? - How to Dress Well 31. Metamodern Sounds in Country Music - Sturgill Simpson 32. Sunbathing Animal - Parquet Courts 33. You're Dead! - Flying Lotus 34. Nikki Nack - Tune-Yards 35. Popular Problems - Leonard Cohen 36. It's Album Time - Todd Terje 37. And Then You Shoot Your Cousin - The Roots 38. Here and Nowhere Else - Cloud Nothings 39. I Never Learn - Lykke Li 40. LP1 - FKA Twigs 41. The Endless River - Pink Floyd 42. Seeds - TV on the Radio 43. The Future Void - EMA 44. In Conflict - Owen Pallett 45. Everyday Robots - Damon Albarn 46. Too Bright - Perfume Genius 47. Salad Days - Mac Demarco 48. Ultraviolence - Lana Del Rey 49. Ruins - Grouper 50. Tweedy - Sukierae 51. Everybody Down - Kate Tempest 52. Songs of Innocence - U2 53. G I R L - Pharrell Williams 54. Singles - Future Islands 55. My Krazy Life - YG 56. Ryan Adams - Ryan Adams 57. Ghost Stories - Coldplay 58. Art Official Age - Prince 59. Unrepentant Geraldines - Tori Amos 60. Mess - Liars 61. Plowing into the Field of Love - Iceage 62. Say Yes to Love - Perfect Pussy 63. Strange Desire - Bleachers 64. Everything Will Be Alright in the End - Weezer 65. World Peace is None of Your Business - Morrissey 66. Brill Bruisers - The New Pornographers 67. Give the People What They Want - Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings 68. The Pinkprint - Nicki Minaj 69. Fuego - Phish 70. Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone - Lucinda Williams 71. Sucker - Charli XCX 72. V - Maroon 5 73. Bad Self Portiats - Lake Street Dive 74. Pinata - Freddie Gibbs & Madlib 75. Pom Pom - Ariel Pink 76. Voices - Phantogram 77. Playland - Johnny Marr 78. Tomorrow's Modern Boxes - Thom Yorke 79. Talking is Hard - Walk the Moon 80. Heartleap - Vashti Bunyan 81. El Pinitor - Interpol 82. Broke with Expensive Taste - Azealia Banks 83. Hesitant Alien - Gerard Way 84. Shriek - Wye Oak 85. Nobody's Smiling - Common 86. Wanted on Voyage - George Ezra 87. Lights Out - Ingrid Michelson 88. The Hunting Party - Linkin Park 89. Rips - Ex Hex 90. The Golden Echo - Kimbra 91. Dude Incredible - Shellac 92. The Take Off and Landing of Everything - Elbow 93. My Everything - Ariana Grande 94. Manipulator - Ty Segall 95. Alvvays - Alvvays 96. Our Love - Caribou 97. Fuck Off Get Free We Pour Light on Everything - Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra 98. Four - One Direction 99. Guilty of Everything - Nothing 100. Queen of the Clouds - Tove Lo
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DigitalDreamDoor Editor Picks for 2014
Ryan's choice - An unheralded great album from 2014
• NVM - Tacocat
Brett's choice:
• Ray Elementary - Mulatto Patriot & Simeon Viltz
Lew's choice:
• Stay Gold - First Aid Kit
Note: Yearly album lists go by earliest 'release date'. Not necessarily the year an album peaked in the U.S. charts.
