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Your favorite albums of 2014


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Ya, December isn't over yet, I don't care, I am in new music discovery mode. I have looked at a few lists online and don't really dig what the masses are enjoying. Here are the albums I have been enjoying this year.

Trampled by Turtles - Wild Animals
Railroad Earth - Last of the Outlaws
Umphrey's McGee - Similar Skin
Chris Robinson Brotherhood - Phosphorescent Harvest
Old Crow Medicine Show - Remedy
Hard Working Americans - Hard Working Americans

Albums I still want to check out include;

Greensky Bluegrass - If Sorrows Swim
Trigger Hippy - Trigger Hippy
Conor Oberst - Upside Down Mountain
Delta Spirit - Into the Wild

Chatham County Line - Tightrope



 

 

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Zeus - Classic Zeus

War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream

Barr Brothers - Sleeping Operator

Drive by Truckers - English Oceans

Mac DeMarco - Salad Days

Justin Townes Earle - Single Mothers

Donny Hathaway - Live at the Bitter End (although I presume this is a reissue of some sort)

 

 

 

And while they are not on my list of top albums of the year, The Hold Steady - Teeth Dreams and Phish - Fuego share the crown for the 'Return to Form' albums of the year. 

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In no particular order (in sort of a particular order)...

 

Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds In Country Music

Wooden Sky - Let's Be Ready

Lydia Loveless - Somewhere Else

Run The Jewels 2

Spoon

The War on Drugs

surprise new Kanye album

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Top 10 albums released in 2014 that made it into my regular rotation, In alphabetical order: 

 

Aphex Twin- Syro

Black Keys- Turn Blue

Boy & Bear- Harlequin Dream

Broken Bells- After the Disco

Hiss Golden Messenger- Lateness of Dancers

Jenny Lewis- The Voyager

Spoon- The Want My Soul

War on Drugs- Lost in the Dream

Warpaint- s/t

Wooden Sky-  Let's Be Ready

 

 

Out of those, War on Drugs probably wins out as my album of the year.

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My favourites from this year in order;

 

1) Jack White - Lazaretto

2) Jonathan Wilson - Fanfare (released in 2013, but I didn't discover it until this year) * thanks c-towns

3) Morrissey - World Peace is None of Your Business

4) Sam Smith - In the Lonely Hour

5) Chris Robinson Brotherhood - Phosphorescent Harvest

 

Thanks for posting this thread.  

I often buy $100 worth of iTunes albums on weekends with my work entertainment allowance, so now I have some new music to consider.

cheers

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Out of those, War on Drugs probably wins out as my album of the year.

 

 

I'd like to reset on this choice. After two perfect music listening experiences over the past week, nothing that was released this year moves me the way The Barr Brothers release does. It is both delicate and powerful, familiar and challenging, mournful and triumphant. Fuckin eh!!

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This morning (I'm in the Philippines, so about 12 hours ago), I bought Spoon, Foxygen, Barr Brothers, The War on Drugs & the latest Leonard Cohen album on iTunes.

Thank you to all for posting in this thread.

I've already listened to most of them (except Leonard) and they are all GREAT albums.

I can spend another $50 bucks tomorrow, so I'm going to look into more of the suggestions posted.

Keep them coming !

Thanks a bunch

 

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There are a few here I agree with, many I havent heard so thank you for that. One of my favorites just came my way and I am amazed DaveO didnt list it simply because he sent that suggestion along my way and I think it would trump his Wooden Sky call

 

Elijah Ocean - Bring It All In

 

I fucking immediately fell in love with that one but War On Drugs wins in my books. That came strong into my 2014 early enough that no one was going to come close. I find it amazing someone could put Fuego in their BEST list while someone else could put it in their WORST. Phish dont put out great albums but that was easily the best thing they released since Round Room. For my money its not even close. I am happy enough they are back to writing that inspires the rest of their material.

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