Favorite Albums of 2014
An annual collection of my most favoritest records.
20
Little Dragon
Nabuma Rubberband
19
Deerhoof
La Isla Bonita
18
King Tuff
Black Moon Spell
17
Wampire
Bazaar
16
Caribou
Our Love
15
Tycho
Awake
14
Manchester Orchestra
Cope
13
St. Vincent
St. Vincent
12
Painted Palms
Forever
11
The War On Drugs
Lost In The Dream
10
Spoon
They Want My Soul
  1. The Rent I Pay
  2. Inside Out
  3. Rainy Taxi
  4. Do You
  5. Knock Knock Knock
  6. Outlier
  7. They Want My Soul
  8. I Just Don’t Understand
  9. Let Me Be Mine
  10. New York Kiss
Released
August 5, 2014
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Favoritest track: Rainy Taxi
9
Sohn
Tremors
  1. Tempest
  2. The Wheel
  3. Artfice
  4. Bloodflows
  5. Ransom Notes
  6. Paralysed
  7. Fool
  8. Lights
  9. Veto
  10. Lessons
  11. Tremors
Released
April 8, 2014
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Favoritest track: Artfice
8
Warpaint
Warpaint
  1. Intro
  2. Keep It Healthy
  3. Love Is To Die
  4. Hi
  5. Biggy
  6. Tease
  7. Disco//very
  8. Go In
  9. Feeling Alright
  10. CC
  11. Drive
  12. Son
Released
January 20, 2014
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Favoritest track: Feeling Alright
7
Mac Demarco
Salad Days
  1. Salad Days
  2. Blue Boy
  3. Brother
  4. Let Her Go
  5. Goodbye Weekend
  6. Let My Baby Stay
  7. Passing Out Pieces
  8. Treat Her Better
  9. Chamber of Reflection
  10. Go Easy
  11. Jonny’s Odyssey
Released
March 31, 2014
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Favoritest track: Goodbye Weekend
6
The Hotelier
Home, Like Noplace Is There
  1. An Introduction to the Album
  2. The Scope of All This Rebuilding
  3. In Framing
  4. Your Deep Rest
  5. Among the Wildflowers
  6. Life in Drag
  7. Housebroken
  8. Discomfort Revisited
  9. Dendron
Released
March 3, 2014
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Favoritest track: The Scope of All This Rebuilding
5
alt-J
This Is All Yours
  1. Intro
  2. Arrival In Nara
  3. Nara
  4. Every Other Freckle
  5. Left Hand Free
  6. Garden of England - Interlude
  7. Choice Kingdom
  8. Hunger of the Pine
  9. Warm Foothills
  10. Warm Foothills
  11. The Gospel of John Hurt
  12. Bloodflood pt. II
  13. Leaving Nara
  14. Lovely Day
Released
September 22, 2014
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Favoritest track: Bloodflood pt. II
4
Cloud Nothings
Here And Nowhere Else
  1. Now Hear In
  2. Quieter Today
  3. Psychic Trauma
  4. Just See Fear
  5. Giving Into Seeing
  6. No Thoughts
  7. Pattern Walks
  8. I’m Not Part of Me
Released
April 1, 2014
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Favoritest track: Pattern Walks
3
Run The Jewels
Run The Jewels 2
  1. Jeopardy
  2. Oh My Darling Don’t Cry
  3. Blockbuster Night Part 1
  4. Close Your Eyes (And Count to Fuck)
  5. All My Life
  6. Lie, Cheat, Steal
  7. Early
  8. All Due Respect
  9. Love Again
  10. Crown
  11. Angel Duster
Released
October 23, 2014
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Favoritest track: Oh My Darling Don’t Cry
2
Jungle
Jungle
  1. The Heat
  2. Accelerate
  3. Busy Earnin’
  4. Platoon
  5. Drops
  6. Time
  7. Smoking Pixels
  8. Julia
  9. Crumbler
  10. Son of a Gun
  11. Lucky I Got What I Want
  12. Lemonade Lake
Released
July 15, 2014
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Favoritest track: Time
1
Sylvan Esso
Sylvan Esso
  1. Hey Mami
  2. Dreamy Bruises
  3. Could I Be
  4. Wolf
  5. Dress
  6. H.S.K.T.
  7. Coffee
  8. Uncatena
  9. Play It Right
  10. Come Down
Released
May 13, 2014
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Favoritest track: Dress