Year-End Lists

AllMusic: 50 Best Albums of 2014 presented alphabetically

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• Freeman
  Aaron Freeman
• Alvvays
  Alvvays
• Vengo
  Ana Tijoux
• American Middle Class
  Angaleena Presley
• Syro
  Aphex Twin
• Xen
  Arca
• A U R O R A
  Ben Frost
• Here and Nowhere Else
  Cloud Nothings
• Craig Handy & 2nd Line Smith
  Craig Handy
• Run the Jewels 2
  Run the Jewels
• The Future’s Void
  EMA
• Rips
  Ex Hex
• LP1
  FKA twigs
• You’re Dead!
  Flying Lotus
• Singles
  Future Islands
• Mahler: Symphony No. 7
  Gustavo Dudamel & Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela
• The Voyager
  Jenny Lewis
• Love Apparatus
  Jesse Boykins III
• Never Hungover Again
  Joyce Manor
• Anybody Wanna Buy a Heart?
  K. Michelle
• Food
  Kelis
• The Golden Echo
  Kimbra
• Ultraviolence
  Lana Del Rey
• The Way I’m Livin’
  Lee Ann Womack
• Mess
  Liars
• Nabuma Rubberband
  Little Dragon
• Salad Days
  Mac DeMarco
• Rameau: Pièces de clavecin
  Mahan Esfahani
• Platinum
  Miranda Lambert
• Coisa Boa
  Moreno Veloso
• Guilty of Everything
  Nothing
• The Thought of You
  Otis Brown III
• Too Bright
  Perfume Genius
• Under Color of Official Right
  Protomartyr
• Atlas
  Real Estate
• lullaby and… The Ceaseless Roar
  Robert Plant
• Lese Majesty
  Shabazz Palaces
• Toumani & Sidiki
  Toumani Diabaté & Sidiki Diabaté
• Divide and Exit
  Sleaford Mods
• St. Vincent
  St. Vincent
• Wig Out At Jagbags
  Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks
• Metamodern Sounds In Country Music
  Sturgill Simpson
• Rising Son
  Takuya Kuroda
• Sun Structures
  Temples
• VII
  Teyana Taylor
• Angels & Devils
  The Bug
• Lost in the Dream
  The War on Drugs
• AfroPhysicist
  Theo Croker
• Songs By Richard Strauss – Notturno
  Thomas Hampson & Wolfram Rieger
• Nikki Nack
  Tune-Yards

Resident Advisor: Top 20 Albums of 2014

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1. Faith In Strangers
   Andy Stott
2. Psychic 9-5 Club
   HTRK
3. Submit X
   Gesloten Cirkel
4. Syro
   Aphex Twin
5. Flatland
   Objekt
6. Angels & Devils
   The Bug
7. Minutes of Sleep
   Francis Harris
8. Workshop 19
   Kassem Mosse
9. After Forever
   Joey Anderson
10. Moodymann
    Moodymann
11. Megatrap
    Head High
12. It’s Album Time
    Todd Terje
13. Black Metal
    Dean Blunt
14. Code
    Answer Code Request
15. LP1
    FKA twigs
16. Suzi Ecto
    Call Super
17. Rivers of the Red Planet
    Max Graef
18. Into A Better Future
    Edward
19. Yellow Memories
    Fatima
20. Signals
    Wen

Les Inrockuptibles: Top 20 Films of 2014

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1. Saint Laurent
   Bertrand Bonello
2. Goodbye to Language
   Jean-Luc Godard
3. Under the Skin
   Jonathan Glazer
4. Only Lovers Left Alive
   Jim Jarmusch
5. Clouds of Sils Maria
   Olivier Assayas
6. The Grand Budapest Hotel
   Wes Anderson
7. Eden
   Mia Hansen-Løve
8. Maps to the Stars
   David Cronenberg
9. Edge of Tomorrow
   Doug Liman
10. A Thousand Suns
    Mati Diop
11. Her
    Spike Jonze
12. The Wind Rises
    Hayao Miyazaki
13. Girlhood
    Céline Sciamma
14. Pasolini
    Abel Ferrara
15. Interstellar
    Christopher Nolan
16. The Kindergarten Teacher
    Nadav Lapid
17. Abuse of Weakness
    Catherine Breillat
18. Love at First Fight
    Thomas Cailley
19. The Canyons
    Paul Schrader
20. Gone Girl
    David Fincher

Village Voice Film Poll: Best Films of 2014 as published by The Village Voice, compiled from the votes of 85 critics

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1. Boyhood
   Richard Linklater
2. Under the Skin
   Jonathan Glazer
3. The Grand Budapest Hotel
   Wes Anderson
4. Only Lovers Left Alive
   Jim Jarmusch
5. Goodbye to Language
   Jean-Luc Godard
6. Two Days, One Night
   Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
7. The Immigrant
   James Gray
8. Inherent Vice
   Paul Thomas Anderson
9. Whiplash
   Damien Chazelle
10. Gone Girl
    David Fincher

Les Inrockuptibles: 100 Best Albums of 2014

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1. Chaleur Humaine
   Christine and the Queens
2. Everyday Robots
   Damon Albarn
3. Salad Days
   Mac DeMarco
4. LP1
   FKA twigs
5. Piano ombre
   François & the Atlas Mountains
6. Bambi Galaxy
   Florent Marchet
7. Love Letters
   Metronomy
8. Our Love
   Caribou
9. Jungle
   Jungle
10. At Best Cuckold
    Avi Buffalo
11. Manipulator
    Ty Segall
12. You’re Dead!
    Flying Lotus
13. Pom Pom
    Ariel Pink
14. It’s a Pleasure
    Baxter Dury
15. Too Bright
    Perfume Genius
16. It’s Album Time
    Todd Terje
17. Wonder Where We Land
    SBTRKT
18. Ultraviolence
    Lana Del Rey
19. World Peace Is None Of Your Business
    Morrissey
20. L’Aventura
    Sébastien Tellier
21. This Is All Yours
    alt-J
22. Sunbathing Animal
    Parquet Courts
23. Tyranny
    Julian Casablancas+The Voidz
24. Shake, Shook, Shaken
    The Do
25. VIEUX FRÈRES – Partie 1
    Fauve
26. Lazaretto
    Jack White
27. Hot Dreams
    Timber Timbre
28. Complètement Fou
    Yelle
29. Turn Blue
    The Black Keys
30. “What Is This Heart?”
    How to Dress Well
31. Ateyaba
    Joke
32. Le Monde Möö
    Moodoid
33. Lost in the Dream
    The War on Drugs
34. Benjamin Booker
    Benjamin Booker
35. Mess
    Liars
36. American Interior
    Gruff Rhys
37. Popular Problems
    Leonard Cohen
38. Atlas
    Real Estate
39. Ballroom
    Tahiti 80
40. Everything’s a Thread
    The John Steel Singers
41. St. Vincent
    St. Vincent
42. Vélo va
    Dick Annegarn
43. Rave tapes
    Mogwai
44. Ici-bas, ici même
    Miossec
45. In the Silence
    Ásgeir
46. Ghettoville
    Actress
47. Royal Blood
    Royal Blood
48. Sun Structures
    Temples
49. First Mind
    Nick Mulvey
50. Babel
    Jean-Louis Murat
51. Commune
    Goat
52. Revolution Son
    Fredo Viola
53. The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas
    Courtney Barnett
54. Liminal
    The Acid
55. À bouche que veux-tu
    Brigitte
56. Worship the Sun
    Allah-Lahs
57. Lese Majesty
    Shabazz Palaces
58. To Be Kind
    Swans
59. Cavalo
    Rodrigo Amarante
60. A l’amitié
    Aquaserge
61. Songs
    Deptford Goth
62. Brill Bruisers
    The New Pornographers
63. Morning Phase
    Beck
64. Audiorama
    Mermonte
65. Moan Snake Moan
    Bror Gunnar Jansson
66. Parades
    Mina Tindle
67. Burn Your Fire For No Witness
    Angel Olsen
68. Angels & Devils
    The Bug
69. Histoire de J.
    Jeanne Cherhal
70. Arcadia
    Ramona Lisa
71. L’anguille
    Mocke
72. Dans la peau
    Camélia Jordana
73. Everybody Down
    Kate Tempest
74. My Friend
    C.A.R.
75. Built on Glass
    Chet Faker
76. Patine
    BRNS
77. Tremors
    SOHN
78. GIRL
    Pharrell Williams
79. Amphetamine Ballads
    The Amazing Snakeheads
80. Ghost Surfer
    Cascadeur
81. The Green Tiger’s Alibi
    Bosco Delrey
82. Allombon
    Dorian Pimpernel
83. Asiatisch
    Fatima Al Qadiri
84. Rise
    Jessica93
85. The Best Day
    Thurston Moore
86. La Isla Bonita
    Deerhoof
87. Lacuna
    Childhood
88. Someday World
    Eno • Hyde
89. Syro
    Aphex Twin
90. Soused
    Scott Walker & Sunn O)))
91. Bum
    Cheveu
92. Why?
    Ginger Baker
93. Tzenni
    Noura Mint Seymali
94. Twice
    Hollie Cook
95. …And Then You Shoot Your Cousin
    The Roots
96. From Scotland With Love
    King Creosote
97. Close To the Glass
    The Notwist
98. July
    Marissa Nadler
99. V
    JJ
100. Madman
     Sean Rowe

Stephanie Zacharek: 28 Top Movies of 2014, as published by The Village Voice

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1. Under the Skin
   Jonathan Glazer
2. Boyhood
   Richard Linklater
3. Only Lovers Left Alive
   Jim Jarmusch
4. Mr. Turner
   Mike Leigh
5. The Immigrant
   James Gray
6. Revenge of the Mekons
   Joe Angio
6. Pulp
   Florian Habicht
6. 20,000 Days On Earth
   Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard
7. Love is Strange
   Ira Sachs
8. The Missing Picture
   Rithy Panh
9. John Wick
   Chad Stahelski
10. Top Five
    Chris Rock

And don’t forget

• Two Days, One Night
  Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
• A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
  Ana Lily Amirpour
• Goodbye to Language
  Jean-Luc Godard
• Get on Up
  Tate Taylor
• Fading Gigolo
  John Turturro
• Lucy
  Luc Besson
• Beyond the Lights
  Gina Prince-Bythewood
• We Are the Best!
  Lukas Moodysson
• Dear White People
  Justin Simien
• Selma
  Ava DuVernay
• Dormant Beauty
  Marco Bellocchio
• Bird People
  Pascale Ferran
• Force Majeure
  Ruben Östlund
• Adult World
  Scott Coffey
• Finding Vivian Maier
  John Maloof & Charlie Siskel
• Moebius
  Kim Ki-duk

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

Matt Singer: The Best Movies of 2014, as published by ScreenCrush

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1. Boyhood
   Richard Linklater
2. The Grand Budapest Hotel
   Wes Anderson
3. Whiplash
   Damien Chazelle
4. Under the Skin
   Jonathan Glazer
5. Jodorowsky’s Dune
   Frank Pavich
6. Force Majeure
   Ruben Östlund
7. Selma
   Ava DuVernay
8. The Trip to Italy
   Michael Winterbottom
9. We Are the Best!
   Lukas Moodysson
10. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
    Matt Reeves

Honorable Mentions (In Alphabetical Order)

• Blue Ruin
  Jeremy Saulnier
• Citizenfour
  Laura Poitras
• Gone Girl
  David Fincher
• The Immigrant
  James Gray
• Life Itself
  Steve James
• Listen Up Philip
  Alex Ross Perry
• Nightcrawler
  Dan Gilroy
• The Overnighters
  Jesse Moss
• Snowpiercer
  Bong Joon-ho
• Wild
  Jean-Marc Vallée

Aquarium Drunkard: 2014 Year in Review, an "unranked list of albums that caught, and kept, our attention"

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• The Velvet Underground - 45th Anniversary (Super Deluxe Edition)
  Velvet Underground
• Native North America, Vol. 1: Aboriginal Folk, Rock, and Country 1966–1985
  various artists
• Offering: Live at Temple University
  John Coltrane
• Love
  Amen Dunes
• Burn Your Fire For No Witness
  Angel Olsen
• Way Out Weather
  Steve Gunn
• Pink City
  Jennifer Castle
• Orange County Serenade
  Daniel Bachman
• Emmaar
  Tinariwen
• Lateness of Dancers
  Hiss Golden Messenger
• Metamodern Sounds In Country Music
  Sturgill Simpson
• Electric Ursa
  Joan Shelley
• All Kinds of You
  Ryley Walker
• Didn't It Rain
  Songs: Ohia
• HEAL
  Strand of Oaks
• Get In Union
  Bessie Jones and the Georgia Sea Island Singers
• When I Reach that Heavenly Shore: Unearthly Black Gospel 1926-1936
  various artists
• A Lament for Epirus, 1926-1928
  Alexis Zoumbas
• Voices in a Rented Room
  New Bums
• Singer's Grave A Sea of Tongues
  Bonnie “Prince” Billy
• Separate Oceans
  Ned Doheny
• High Life
  Eno • Hyde
• Gymnosphere: Song of the Rose
  Jordan De La Sierra
• Tzenni
  Noura Mint Seymali
• Sunbathing Animal
  Parquet Courts
• Content Nausea
  Parquet Courts
• Held in Splendor
  Quilt
• Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Son
  Damien Jurado
• Music And Dreams
  Robert Lester Folsom
• Ode To A Rainy Day: Archives 1972-1975
  Robert Lester Folsom
• Places I Know​/​The Machine Gun Co.
  Mike Cooper
• Trout Steel
  Mike Cooper
• Under Color of Official Right
  Protomartyr
• Lost in the Dream
  The War on Drugs
• The Immoralist
  Elisa Ambrogio
• Still Life
  Kevin Morby
• Ultimate Painting
  Ultimate Painting
• Cassette
  Viet Cong
• Manipulator
  Ty Segall
• With Light and with Love
  Woods
• To Be Kind
  Swans
• "Second Poem to Karmela" or Gypsies Are Important
  Peter Walker
• The Bootleg Series, Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete
  Bob Dylan & The Band
• Borders of My Mind
  Jim Woehrle and Michael Yonkers
• Lost Colony
  William Tyler
• Dylan's Gospel
  The Brothers & Sisters of L.A.
• Tashi Dorji
  Tashi Dorji
• More Than Any Other Day
  Ought
• The Best Day
  Thurston Moore
• Atlas
  Real Estate
• Intensity Ghost
  Chris Forsyth & The Solar Motel Band
• Are We There
  Sharon Van Etten
• St. Vincent
  St. Vincent
• Sylvie
  Sylvie Simmons
• Souffrances Et Extases Du Jeune Amour
  Don Muro
• Black Ribbon of Death, Silver Thread of Life
  Mike & Cara Gangloff
• A Period of Review (Original Recordings: 1975-1983)
  K. Leimer
• Springtime Carnivore
  Springtime Carnivore
• You’re Dead!
  Flying Lotus
• The Invention of Animals
  The John Lurie National Orchestra
• The Drop Beneath
  Eternal Summers
• Bitchin Bajas
  Bitchin Bajas
• Follow the Music
  Alice Gerrard
• Sha-Boom Bang/Vintage Arizona Music 1956-1971
  various artists
• Popular Problems
  Leonard Cohen
• Rips
  Ex Hex
• Champagne Holocaust
  The Fat White Family
• End Times Undone
  David Kilgour And The Heavy 8s
• Strong Feelings
  Doug Paisley
• Somewhere Else
  Lydia Loveless
• Heigh Ho
  Blake Mills
• Modern Vices
  Modern Vices
• Hot Dreams
  Timber Timbre
• Island Intervals
  Death Vessel
• LP1
  FKA twigs
• Pom Pom
  Ariel Pink
• Mean Love
  Sinkane
• Never Really Been Into It
  Ashrae Fax
• …And Star Power
  Foxygen
• It’s Album Time
  Todd Terje
• The Air Between Words
  Martyn
• Our Love
  Caribou
• Clark
  Clark

Carl Wilson: Top 14 Albums of 2014, in alphabetical order by artist, published by Slate in their 2014 edition of The Music Club

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• Transgender Dysphoria Blues
  Against Me!
• The River & the Thread
  Rosanne Cash
• Pink City
  Jennifer Castle
• Platinum
  Miranda Lambert
• The Voyager
  Jenny Lewis
• Burn Your Fire For No Witness
  Angel Olsen
• In Conflict
  Owen Pallett
• Too Bright
  Perfume Genius
• Shattered
  Reigning Sound
• Run the Jewels 2
  Run the Jewels
• 1989
  Taylor Swift
• Animism
  Tanya Tagaq
• Nikki Nack
  Tune-Yards
• Attica!
  Wussy