Year-End Lists

Pitchfork: Top 50 Albums of 2014

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1. Run the Jewels 2
   Run the Jewels
2. LP1
   FKA twigs
3. Lost in the Dream
   The War on Drugs
4. Syro
   Aphex Twin
5. Ruins
   Grouper
6. To Be Kind
   Swans
7. Benji
   Sun Kil Moon
8. It’s Album Time
   Todd Terje
9. Pom Pom
   Ariel Pink
10. Our Love
    Caribou
11. Too Bright
    Perfume Genius
12. Salad Days
    Mac DeMarco
13. They Want My Soul
    Spoon
14. Atlas
    Real Estate
15. Burn Your Fire For No Witness
    Angel Olsen
16. St. Vincent
    St. Vincent
17. You’re Dead!
    Flying Lotus
18. Xen
    Arca
19. Are We There
    Sharon Van Etten
20. Hell Can Wait
    Vince Staples
21. High Life
    Eno • Hyde
22. Singles
    Future Islands
23. I Never Learn
    Lykke Li
24. Sunbathing Animal
    Parquet Courts
25. Broke With Expensive Taste
    Azealia Banks
26. Rips
    Ex Hex
27. My Krazy Life
    YG
28. Bestial Burden
    Pharmakon
29. “What Is This Heart?”
    How to Dress Well
30. Plowing Into the Field of Love
    Iceage
31. 1989
    Taylor Swift
32. Deep Fantasy
    White Lung
33. Tha Tour Part 1
    Rich Gang
34. Here and Nowhere Else
    Cloud Nothings
35. Lese Majesty
    Shabazz Palaces
36. Aquarius
    Tinashe
37. Say Yes To Love
    Perfect Pussy
38. The Moon Rang Like a Bell
    Hundred Waters
39. More Than Any Other Day
    Ought
40. Manipulator
    Ty Segall
41. Music for the Uninvited
    Leon Vynehall
42. In Conflict
    Owen Pallett
43. Piñata
    Freddie Gibbs & Madlib
44. Sea When Absent
    A Sunny Day In Glasgow
45. Faith In Strangers
    Andy Stott
46. My Everything
    Ariana Grande
47. Dude Incredible
    Shellac
48. Clark
    Clark
49. Mr Twin Sister
    Mr Twin Sister
50. A U R O R A
    Ben Frost