Year-End Lists

Jim DeRogatis: Top 40 Albums of 2014, as published by WBEZ and aired on Sound Opinions

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1. Transgender Dysphoria Blues
   Against Me!
2. Rips
   Ex Hex
3. Cry is for the Flies
   Le Butcherettes
4. Syro
   Aphex Twin
5. Dude Incredible
   Shellac
6. Poor People Are Revolting
   The Gotobeds
7. Glass Boys
   Fucked Up
8. Food
   Kelis
9. Sunbathing Animal
   Parquet Courts
10. They Want My Soul
    Spoon
11. Seeds
    TV on the Radio
12. Tweens
    Tweens
13. Just Be Free
    Big Freedia
14. Everyday Robots
    Damon Albarn
15. Brill Bruisers
    The New Pornographers
16. Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone
    Lucinda Williams
17. Manipulator
    Ty Segall
18. The Breaks
    Martin Carr
19. I’m Not Bossy, I’m the Boss
    Sinead O’Connor
20. Run the Jewels 2
    Run the Jewels
21. Nikki Nack
    Tune-Yards
22. Burn Your Fire For No Witness
    Angel Olsen
23. Whoop Dee Doo
    The Muffs
24. Lost In Alphaville
    The Rentals
25. Lazaretto
    Jack White
26. Blue Planet Eyes
    Preatures
27. V for Vaselines
    Vaselines
28. Sound Mirror
    Syd Arthur
29. Someday World
    Eno • Hyde
30. All Under
    Edvard Graham Lewis
31. I Love You But I Must Drive Off This Cliff Now
    Got A Girl
32. Everything Will Be Alright In the End
    Weezer
33. Bathtub Love Killings
    Olivia Jean
34. Beauty & Ruin
    Bob Mould
35. Somewhere Else
    Lydia Loveless
36. After the Disco
    Broken Bells
37. Underneath the Rainbow
    Black Lips
38. I Never Learn
    Lykke Li
39. Are We There
    Sharon Van Etten
40. Popular Problems
    Leonard Cohen