End Of The Year Top Albums of 2014 List-A-Palooza

[StuntGranny®]

This year is almost over, so let's hop aboard that grand old cliche train and post our year's end lists.
Here's mine:

My Top 10 Albums of 2014:

10. Mastodon - Once More 'Round the Sun
9. OFF! - Wasted Years
8. Those Poor Bastards - Vicious Losers
7. Tami Neilson - DYNAMITE!
6. Jason Eady - Daylight & Dark
5. Marty Stuart and the Fabulous Superlatives - Saturday Night/Sunday Morning
4. Weezer - Everything Will Be Alright in the End
3. AC/DC - Rock or Bust
2. Judas Priest - Redeemer of Souls
1. Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds of Country Music

[4real]

1. Royal Blood - Royal Blood
2. Slipknot - 5: The Grey Chapter
3. Alt-J - This Is All Yours
4. Coldplay - Ghost Stories
5. Machine Head - Bloodstones & Diamonds
6. Marmozets - The Weird and Wonderful Marmozets
7. Twin Atlantic - Great Divide
8. Mastodon - Once More Around The Sun
9. AC/DC - Rock or Bust
10. Kasabian - 48:13

[adamclark52]

I can't really see anything making a run this late.


1. thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra – f*** Off Get Free We Pour Light on Everything
2. Babymetal
3. Unearth – Watchers in Rule
4. Machine Head – Bloodstones & Diamonds
5. Travesura
6. Death Grips – n***as on the Moon
7. Misery Index – the Killing Gods
8. Alcest – Shelter
9. Belphegor – Conjuring the Dead
10. Triptykon – Melana Chasmata

[Tarik Dee]

Not a top ten, because I couldn't decide which one was better, so, here's a list of every album I heard and like it this year:

30 Broken Bells - After The Disco
29 "Weird Al" Yankovic - Mandatory Fun
28 Foxy Shazam - GONZO
27 Julian Casablancas + The Voidz - Tyranny
26 Mac DeMarco - Salad Days
25 Howler - World Of Joy
24 Wampire - Baazar
23 The Voyeurs - Rhubarb Rhubarb
22 SKATERS - Manhattan
21 The Orwells - Disgraceland
20 Klaxons - Love Frequency
19 Bass Drum Of Death - Rip This
18 The Wytches - Annabel Dream Reader
17 The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - Days Of Abandon
16 The Drums - Encyclopedia
15 The Family Rain - Under The Volcano
14 Alt-J - This Is All Yours
13 The Amazing Snakeheads - Amphetamine Ballads
12 Superfood - Don't Say That
11 Reptile Youth - Rivers That Run For A Sea That Is Gone
10 The Horrors - Luminous
09 Royal Blood - Royal Blood
08 Death From Above 1979 - The Physical World
07 Pulled Apart By Horses - Blood
06 Velociraptor - Velociraptor
05 Weezer - Everything Will Be Alright In The End
04 St. Vincent - St. Vincent
03 DZ Deathrays - Black Rat
02 Gerard Way - Hesitant Alien
01 Andrew Jackson Jihad - Christmas Island

[BK From WV]

10. Finch - Back To Oblivion
9. The Gaslight Anthem - Get Hurt
8. Atmosphere - Southsiders
7. Taking Back Sunday - Happiness Is
6. Weezer - Everything Will Be Alright In The End
5. Anberlin - Lowborn
4. Foo Fighters - Sonic Highways
3. Every Time I Die - From Parts Unknown
2. Switchfoot - Fading West
1. Eels - The Cautionary Tales Of Mark Oliver Everett

Honorable Mentions:
Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun
Boy Hits Car - All That Led Us Here

[chazraps]

1) Open Mike Eagle's 'Dark Comedy'
2) Speak's 'Summertime Radness EP'

The rate at which I loved and played these two releases kind of dwarves everything else that came out this year for me.

[Clash, Never a Meter Maid]

Albums:
TV On The Radio- Seeds
Michael Jackson- Xscape
"Weird Al" Yankovic- Mandatory Fun
La Roux- Trouble In Paradise
Future Islands- Singles
Coldplay- Ghost Stories
St. Vincent- St. Vincent
Death From Above 1979- The Physical World
Ray LaMontagne- Supernova
Theophilus London- Vibes
Lady Gaga & Tony Bennett- Cheek To Cheek
The Gaslight Anthem- Get Hurt

Random songs:
2 Chainz- Freebase
Empires- How Good Does It Feel
Fall Out Boy- Centuries
Drake- 0 To 100/The Catch Up
Basement Jaxx- Never Say Never
Taylor Swift- Shake It Off
George Michael- Let Her Down Easy
Kendrick Lamar- I
Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars- Uptown Funk
The New Pornographers- Brill Bruisers

[Renslayer]

For me, Run the Jewels & Cadillactica were the standouts. As for favorite song...

[Digital Witness]

Edited because A. 10 albums isn't enough. B. One large glaring omission.

Favorite albums of 2014:

01. St. Vincent - St. Vincent
02. The New Pornographers - Brill Bruisers
03. The War On Drugs - Lost In the Dream
04. TV On the Radio - Seeds
05. Cloud Nothings - Here and Nowhere Else
06. Spoon - They Want My Soul
07. Perfume Genius - Too Bright
08. Braid - No Coast
09. A Sunny Day In Glasgow - Sea When Absent
10. ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead - IX
11. Sharon Van Ettin - Are We There
12. Death From Above 1979 - The Physical World
13. FKA Twigs - LP1
14. Future Islands - Singles
15. Jack White - Lazaretto
16. Barr Brothers - Static Operator
17. Tune-Yards - Nikki Nack
18. First Aid Kit - Stay Gold
19. Crosses - Crosses
20. Royal Blood - Royal Blood

[revolver86]

There was a lot of really good stuff, but I kind of stopped making lists, at this point, and just think about what I jammed out the most, this year. Surprisingly, it ended up being Death From Above 1979's "The Physical World". I had never listened to these guys before and now I'm pretty obsessed. I may have jammed out "You're A Woman, I'm A Machine" even more so due to discovering them. Also major props to Royal Blood, Ariel Pink's "Pom Pom", and "Once More Round The Sun" by Mastodon.

[Waffel113]

Don't really have ten per-se, just gonna go with a few I really enjoyed:

Sturgill Simpson- Metamodern Sounds in Country Music
alt-J- This Is All Yours
Beck- Morning Phase
Weezer- Everything Will Be Alright In the End
Flying Lotus- You're Dead!
The Black Keys- Turn Blue

And as a bonus, top five songs:

Kendrick Lamar- i
Flying Lotus ft. Kendrick Lamar- Never Catch Me
Sturgill Simpson- Turtles All the Way Down
alt-J- Left Hand Free
The Black Keys- Fever

[Deleted]

Some albums I really liked and also some songs. Still going through a few of these:


Broken Bells - After the Disco; "Perfect World", "Holding on for Life", "Medicine"
Johnny Cash - Out Among the Stars; "Out Among the Stars", "She Used to Love Me a Lot"
Drowners - Drowners; "Ways to Phrase a Rejection", "Luv, Hold Me Down"
Dum Dum Girls - Too True; "Rimbaud Eyes"
Robert Ellis - The Lights from the Chemical Plant

Got a Girl - I Love You But I Must Drive Off This Cliff Now; "Did We Live Too Fast?"
Interpol - El Pintor; "All the Rage Back Home", "Breaker 1", "Ancient Ways", "Tidal Wave"
Kimbra - The Golden Echo
La Roux - Trouble in Paradise; "Uptight Downtown", "Kiss and Not Tell", "Let Me Down Gently"
Lykke Li - I Never Learn; "No Rest for the Wicked", "Gunshot", "Love Me Like I'm Not Made of Stone"

Ingrid Michaelson - Lights Out; "Girls Chase Boys"
Doug Paisley - Strong Feelings; "Radio Girl", "To and Fro", "Where the Light Takes You"
Jaco Pastorius - Modern American Music...Period! The Criteria Sessions
Rodrigo y Gabriela - 9 Dead Alive; "The Soundmaker", "Megalopolis"
Royal Blood - Royal Blood; "Out of the Black", "Figure it Out"

Spoon - They Want My Soul; "Rent I Pay", "Rainy Taxi", "Do You", "New York Kiss"
St. Vincent - St. Vincent; "Digital Witness"
Steelism - 9:15 to Fame; "Marfa Lights"
Tennis - Ritual in Repeat
Tove Lo - Queen of the Clouds; "Not on Drugs", "Habits (Stay High)"

Nick Waterhouse - Holly; "This is a Game"



Songs aside from those above:

Echosmith - "Cool Kids
Ariana Grande - "Problem" Iggy's verse was shit though
Marina and the Diamonds - "Froot", "Happy"
She & Him - "Stay Awhile"
Taylor Swift - "Shake it Off", "Blank Space"


Only albums I haven't checked out yet are trail of dead's IX and She & Him's Classics

Favorite album is a toss-up between They Want My Soul and I Never Learn

[Evilution E5150]

www.freakinawesomenetwork.net/2014/12/evilutione5150-top-10-albums-of-2014/
10. The German PANZER – “Send Them All To Hell”
9. OVERKILL – “White Devil Armory”
8. IRON REAGAN – “Spoiled Identity E.P.”
7. BODY COUNT – “Manslaughter”
6. SEGGRESSION – “Painted In Blood”
5. OBITUARY – “Inked In Blood”
4. ALKIRA – “Juggernaut”
3. KILLER BE KILLED – “Self Titled”
2. EXODUS – “Blood In Blood Out”
1 .TRIPTYKON – “Melana Chasmata”

Honorable mentions go to:

Below – “Across The Dark River”
Ace Frehley – “Space Invader”
Eyehategod – “Eyehategod”
Autopsy – ‘Tourniquets, Hacksaws and Graves”
Lost Society – “Terror Hungry”
NE OBLIVISCARIS – “Citadel”
In Malice’s Wake – “Visions of live destruction”
Envenomed – “Evil Unseen”
HADAL MAW – “SENIUM”

[metylerca]

10. Weird Al - "Mandatory Fun" -- Easy choice. Weird Al almost gets an automatic mention because he rarely misses.

9. The Drums - "Encyclopedia" -- Just discovered these guys this year, am loving their sound.

8. Allah-Las - "Worship the Sun" -- Some awesome psychedelic tunes, authentic to the genre that influenced them.

7. Weezer - "Everything Will Be Alright in the End" -- It's no Blue Album, but that's impossible to match. Their best work since the Red Album.

6. Faith No More - "Motherf***er" -- It's only an EP, but I love it.

5. Together Pangea - "Badillac" -- Seek out the tracks 'River', 'Badillac', and 'Why'

4. Wax Witches - "Center of Your Universe" -- Saw them open for Orwells and Spotify'd them. Great decision.

3. Tijuana Panthers - "Wayne Interest" -- Love these guys. Their LBC sound keeps improving. The song 'Cherry Street' is probably their best.

2. The Orwells - "Disgraceland" -- They improved over their first effort. Their live show is insanity. They're only getting better from here. 'Blood Bubbles', 'The Righteous One', 'Let it Burn'

1. The Growlers - "Chinese Fountain" -- Beach Goth. Their sound has changed from a gothic country beach punk to a little more produced, but it's very evident that they've matured as songwriters. Look up 'Dull Boy', 'Rare Hearts' and 'Magnificent Sadness', you won't regret it.

[StuntGranny®]

Dec 19, 2014 22:20:05 GMT -5 Evilution E5150 said:

www.freakinawesomenetwork.net/2014/12/evilutione5150-top-10-albums-of-2014/
10. The German PANZER – “Send Them All To Hell”
9. OVERKILL – “White Devil Armory”
8. IRON REAGAN – “Spoiled Identity E.P.”
7. BODY COUNT – “Manslaughter”
6. SEGGRESSION – “Painted In Blood”
5. OBITUARY – “Inked In Blood”
4. ALKIRA – “Juggernaut”
3. KILLER BE KILLED – “Self Titled”
2. EXODUS – “Blood In Blood Out”
1 .TRIPTYKON – “Melana Chasmata”

Honorable mentions go to:

Below – “Across The Dark River”
Ace Frehley – “Space Invader”

Eyehategod – “Eyehategod”
Autopsy – ‘Tourniquets, Hacksaws and Graves”
Lost Society – “Terror Hungry”
NE OBLIVISCARIS – “Citadel”
In Malice’s Wake – “Visions of live destruction”
Envenomed – “Evil Unseen”
HADAL MAW – “SENIUM”

Dammit, my list has issues now. I thought that Eyehategod album was last year.