- Mojo: 50 Best Albums of 2014
- Paste: 50 Best Albums of 2014
- Entertainment Weekly: 10 Best Albums of 2014
- Guardian: 40 Best Albums of 2014
- A.V. Club: 20 Best Albums of 2014
- Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2014
- Uncut: 75 Best Albums of 2014
- Time Out London: 30 Best Albums of 2014
- Pretty Much Amazing: 60 Best Albums of 2014
- Les Inrocks: 100 Best Albums of 2014
Year-End Lists
Notable, browsable lists of the year's best music, movies, books, and TV shows. Year-end lists are fingerprints; aggregate statistics are smudges. Therefore, we make no tallies. Follow the link for each list to see essential commentary from its authors, at the source.