Year-End Lists

NME: Top 50 Albums of 2014

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1. St. Vincent
   St. Vincent
2. Salad Days
   Mac DeMarco
3. Lost in the Dream
   The War on Drugs
4. Syro
   Aphex Twin
5. Our Love
   Caribou
6. Trouble in Paradise
   La Roux
7. After the End
   Merchandise
8. Carry On the Grudge
   Jamie T
9. Divide and Exit
   Sleaford Mods
10. Rips
    Ex Hex
11. Singles
    Future Islands
12. The Physical World
    Death from Above 1979
13. Everyday Robots
    Damon Albarn
14. Run the Jewels 2
    Run the Jewels
15. Eagulls
    Eagulls
16. Plowing Into the Field of Love
    Iceage
17. It’s Album Time
    Todd Terje
18. Everybody Down
    Kate Tempest
19. Royal Blood
    Royal Blood
20. Lazaretto
    Jack White
21. LP1
    FKA twigs
22. To Be Kind
    Swans
23. 13
    Black Sabbath
24. Burn Your Fire For No Witness
    Angel Olsen
25. Ultraviolence
    Lana Del Rey
26. Too Bright
    Perfume Genius
27. Jungle
    Jungle
28. World Peace Is None Of Your Business
    Morrissey
29. Alvvays
    Alvvays
30. Warpaint
    Warpaint
31. Are We There
    Sharon Van Etten
32. Lacuna
    Childhood
33. Present Tense
    Wild Beasts
34. Benji
    Sun Kil Moon
35. Sunbathing Animal
    Parquet Courts
36. Commune
    Goat
37. Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes
    Thom Yorke
38. This Is All Yours
    alt-J
39. Under Color of Official Right
    Protomartyr
40. So Long, See You Tomorrow
    Bombay Bicycle Club
41. Futurology
    Manic Street Preachers
42. The Hum
    Hookworms
43. Piñata
    Freddie Gibbs & Madlib
44. Say Yes To Love
    Perfect Pussy
45. Honeyblood
    Honeyblood
46. Wild Onion
    Twin Peaks
47. American Interior
    Gruff Rhys
48. Sun Structures
    Temples
49. El Pintor
    Interpol
50. Tyranny
    Julian Casablancas+The Voidz

Mojo Magazine: 50 Best Albums of 2014

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1. Morning Phase
   Beck
2. Lost in the Dream
   The War on Drugs
3. Divide and Exit
   Sleaford Mods
4. Lazaretto
   Jack White
5. St. Vincent
   St. Vincent
6. Way Out Weather
   Steve Gunn
7. Rooms With Walls And Windows
   Julie Byrne
8. Everyday Robots
   Damon Albarn
9. LP1
   FKA twigs
10. Angels & Devils
    The Bug
11. Are We There
    Sharon Van Etten
12. Our Love
    Caribou
13. Manipulator
    Ty Segall
14. The Take Off And Landing Of Everything
    Elbow
15. Metamodern Sounds In Country Music
    Sturgill Simpson
16. Present Tense
    Wild Beasts
17. Burn Your Fire For No Witness
    Angel Olsen
18. Everybody Down
    Kate Tempest
19. lullaby and… The Ceaseless Roar
    Robert Plant
20. Futurology
    Manic Street Preachers
21. Syro
    Aphex Twin
22. Singles
    Future Islands
23. Soused
    Scott Walker & Sunn O)))
24. When The Cellar Children See The Light Of Day
    Mirel Wagner
25. GIRL
    Pharrell Williams
26. Benji
    Sun Kil Moon
27. Total Strife Forever
    East India Youth
28. Atlas
    Real Estate
29. Beware The Fetish
    Kasai All Stars
30. Popular Problems
    Leonard Cohen
31. World Peace Is None Of Your Business
    Morrissey
32. Sun Structures
    Temples
33. Songs of Innocence
    U2
34. Turn Blue
    The Black Keys
35. First Mind
    Nick Mulvey
36. You’re Dead!
    Flying Lotus
37. Cold World
    Naomi Shelton & The Gospel Queens
38. A Turn Of Breath
    Ian William Craig
39. Salad Days
    Mac DeMarco
40. Ultraviolence
    Lana Del Rey
41. KOCH
    Lee Gamble
42. To Be Kind
    Swans
43. End Times Undone
    David Kilgour And The Heavy 8s
44. Going Back Home
    Wilko Johnson & Roger Daltrey
45. A Letter Home
    Neil Young
46. Tied To A Star
    J Mascis
47. Dead
    Young Fathers
48. Indie Cindy
    Pixies
49. From Scotland With Love
    King Creosote
50. Ske-Dat-De-Dat…The Spirit Of Satch
    Dr. John

American Songwriter: Top 50 Albums of 2014

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1. Metamodern Sounds In Country Music
   Sturgill Simpson
2. Lost in the Dream
   The War on Drugs
3. HEAL
   Strand of Oaks
4. 1989
   Taylor Swift
5. Ryan Adams
   Ryan Adams
6. Small Town Heroes
   Hurray for the Riff Raff
7. Burn Your Fire For No Witness
   Angel Olsen
8. Lateness of Dancers
   Hiss Golden Messenger
9. Songs
   John Fullbright
10. Stay Gold
    First Aid Kit
11. Give My Love to London
    Marianne Faithfull
12. Manipulator
    Ty Segall
13. The Lights from the Chemical Plant
    Robert Ellis
14. The Avenues
    Lera Lynn
15. Upside Down Mountain
    Conor Oberst
16. Too Bright
    Perfume Genius
17. Favorite Waitress
    The Felice Brothers
18. The Way I’m Livin’
    Lee Ann Womack
19. Salad Days
    Mac DeMarco
20. Transgender Dysphoria Blues
    Against Me!
21. St. Vincent
    St. Vincent
22. Rips
    Ex Hex
23. Boxers
    Matthew Ryan
24. Popular Problems
    Leonard Cohen
25. The Voyager
    Jenny Lewis
26. The River & the Thread
    Rosanne Cash
27. Sukierae
    Tweedy
28. Wig Out At Jagbags
    Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks
29. Single Mothers
    Justin Townes Earle
30. American Middle Class
    Angaleena Presley
31. They Want My Soul
    Spoon
32. Platinum
    Miranda Lambert
33. Lazaretto
    Jack White
34. Blind Water Finds Blind Water
    Adam Faucett
35. The Outsiders
    Eric Church
36. Hypnotic Eye
    Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
37. Bahamas Is Afie
    Bahamas
38. Most Messed Up
    Old 97’s
39. Warpaint
    Warpaint
40. Hozier
    Hozier
41. Strong Feelings
    Doug Paisley
42. Atlas
    Real Estate
43. Remedy
    Old Crow Medicine Show
44. Tarpaper Sky
    Rodney Crowell
45. A Reasonable Amount of Trouble
    Jesse Winchester
46. Morning Phase
    Beck
47. Brill Bruisers
    The New Pornographers
48. Make My Head Sing…
    Jessica Lea Mayfield
49. English Oceans
    Drive-By Truckers
50. Are We There
    Sharon Van Etten

Crack Magazine: Albums of the Year 2014

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1. Black Metal
   Dean Blunt
2. Angels & Devils
   The Bug
3. Plowing Into the Field of Love
   Iceage
4. Present Tense
   Wild Beasts
5. Soused
   Scott Walker & Sunn O)))
6. Tha Tour Part 1
   Rich Gang
7. LP1
   FKA twigs
8. It’s Album Time
   Todd Terje
9. More Than Any Other Day
   Ought
10. Ultraviolence
    Lana Del Rey
11. Run the Jewels 2
    Run the Jewels
12. To Be Kind
    Swans
13. Bestial Burden
    Pharmakon
14. Workshop 19
    Kassem Mosse
15. Where We Come From
    Popcaan
16. Black Light Spiral
    Untold
17. Are We There
    Sharon Van Etten
18. So It Goes
    Ratking
19. Ruins
    Grouper
20. Wildest Dreams
    DJ Harvey's Wildest Dreams
21. Faith In Strangers
    Andy Stott
22. Burn Your Fire For No Witness
    Angel Olsen
23. Eagulls
    Eagulls
24. Happiness Is Happening
    Roman Flügel
25. Divide and Exit
    Sleaford Mods
26. The Satanist
    Behemoth
27. That’s Harakiri
    Sd Laika
28. Ghettoville
    Actress
29. Piñata
    Freddie Gibbs & Madlib
30. Singles
    Future Islands
31. The Power and the Glory
    Perc
32. Here and Nowhere Else
    Cloud Nothings
33. Da Mind Of Traxman Vol. 2
    Traxman
34. My Krazy Life
    YG
35. American Intelligence
    Theo Parrish
36. DSU
    (Sandy) Alex G
37. Drop The Vowels
    Millie & Andrea
38. High Life
    Eno • Hyde
39. Benji
    Sun Kil Moon
40. Asiatisch
    Fatima Al Qadiri
41. A U R O R A
    Ben Frost
42. Commune
    Goat
43. Through Force Of Will
    Torn Hawk
44. International
    Lust For Youth
45. Submit X
    Gesloten Cirkel
46. Say Yes To Love
    Perfect Pussy
47. Aquarius
    Tinashe
48. Our Love
    Caribou
49. Moodymann
    Moodymann
50. Syro
    Aphex Twin
51. Familiars
    The Antlers
52. Tied To A Star
    J Mascis
53. Biology
    Young Marco
54. Luck
    Tom Vek
55. Annabel Dream Reader
    The Wytches
56. Seek Warmer Climes
    Lower
57. Flatland
    Objekt
58. If Anything
    Greys
59. Salad Days
    Mac DeMarco
60. Love Letters
    Metronomy
61. The Hum
    Hookworms
62. You’re Dead!
    Flying Lotus
63. Oxymoron
    Schoolboy Q
64. See You When You Get There
    Session Victim
65. Nabuma Rubberband
    Little Dragon
66. Lost in the Dream
    The War on Drugs
67. Yellow Memories
    Fatima
68. Mess
    Liars
69. Nothing Important
    Richard Dawson
70. Atlas
    Real Estate
71. St. Vincent
    St. Vincent
72. Gay Dog Food
    Mykki Blanco
73. Total Strife Forever
    East India Youth
74. Dude Incredible
    Shellac
75. Xen
    Arca
76. Snakes & Ladders
    Wiley
77. Welcome to Fazoland
    Lil Herb
78. Celestite
    Wolves in the Throne Room
79. Blank Project
    Neneh Cherry
80. Full Time Freaks
    White Fang
81. Rave tapes
    Mogwai
82. Deep Fantasy
    White Lung
83. After Forever
    Joey Anderson
84. Warpaint
    Warpaint
85. Futurology
    Manic Street Preachers
86. Silver Album
    Philipp Gorbachev
87. Psychic 9-5 Club
    HTRK
88. After the End
    Merchandise
89. Red Tide Opal In The Loose End Womb
    Olivia Wilde
90. El Pintor
    Interpol
91. Niggas on the Moon
    Death Grips
92. Alternate / Endings
    Lee Bannon
93. Picture You Staring
    TOPS
94. NehruvianDoom
    NehruvianDoom
95. Rivers of the Red Planet
    Max Graef
96. Revelation
    The Brian Jonestown Massacre
97. Diploid Love
    Brody Dalle
98. Kiasmos
    Kiasmos
99. Black Silk
    Spooky Black
100. Me. I Am Mariah... The Elusive Chanteuse
     Mariah Carey

The Washington Post: The Ten Best Books of 2014

[see also The 10 Best Books of 2023 • 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction in 2023 • 50 Notable Works of Fiction in 2023 • 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction in 2022 • 50 Notable Works of Fiction in 2022 • The 10 Best Books of 2022 • 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction in 2021 • 50 Notable Works of Fiction in 2021 • The 10 Best Books of 2021 • 10 Best Books of 2020 • 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction in 2020 • 50 Notable Works of Fiction in 2020 • Best Books of 2019 • 10 Best Books of 2018 • 100 Notable Books of 2018 • 10 Best Books of 2017 • The 10 Best Books of 2016 • 10 Best Books of 2015 • Top 10 Books of 2013 • The 10 Best Books of 2012]

• A Brief History of Seven Killings
  Marlon James
• Fourth of July Creek
  Smith Henderson
• The Narrow Road to the Deep North
  Richard Flanagan
• The Paying Guests
  Sarah Waters
• Station Eleven
  Emily St. John Mandel
• Being Mortal

  Medicine and What Matters in the End
  Atul Gawande
• Berlin

  Portrait of a City Through the Centuries
  Rory MacLean
• Empire of Sin

  A Story of Sex, Jazz, Murder, and the Battle for Modern New Orleans
  Gary Krist
• The Sixth Extinction

  An Unnatural History
  Elizabeth Kolbert
• Tennessee Williams

  Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh
  John Lahr

Kirkus Prize: Nonfiction 2014, awarded by Kirkus Reviews

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Winner

• Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant?
  Roz Chast

Finalists

• Jonathan Swift

  His Life and His World
  Leo Damrosch
• The Sixth Extinction

  An Unnatural History
  Elizabeth Kolbert
• The Lagoon

  How Aristotle Invented Science
  Armand Marie Leroi
• Capital in the Twenty-First Century
  Thomas Piketty
• Just Mercy

  A Story of Justice and Redemption
  Bryan Stevenson

Kirkus Prize: Fiction 2014, awarded by Kirkus Reviews

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Winner

• Euphoria
  Lily King

Finalists

• The Blazing World
  Siri Hustvedt
• All Our Names
  Dinaw Mengestu
• Florence Gordon
  Brian Morton
• The Remedy for Love
  Bill Roorbach
• The Paying Guests
  Sarah Waters

The Booker Prize: Best Fiction of 2014

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Winner

• The Narrow Road to the Deep North
  Richard Flanagan

Shortlist

• To Rise Again at a Decent Hour
  Joshua Ferris
• We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
  Karen Joy Fowler
• J
  Howard Jacobson
• The Lives of Others
  Neel Mukherjee
• How to Be Both
  Ali Smith

Longlist

• The Blazing World
  Siri Hustvedt
• The Wake
  Paul Kingsnorth
• Us
  David Nicholls
• The Dog
  Joseph O'Neill
• The Bone Clocks
  David Mitchell
• History of the Rain
  Niall Williams
• Orfeo
  Richard Powers

Women's Prize for Fiction: 2014

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Winner

• A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing
  Eimear McBride

Shortlist

• Americanah
  Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
• Burial Rites
  Hannah Kent
• The Undertaking
  Audrey Magee
• The Goldfinch
  Donna Tartt
• The Lowland
  Jhumpa Lahiri

Longlist

• All the Birds, Singing
  Evie Wyld
• The Burgess Boys
  Elizabeth Strout
• Still Life with Bread Crumbs
  Anna Quindlen
• Almost English
  Charlotte Mendelson
• The Flamethrowers
  Rachel Kushner
• The Signature of All Things
  Elizabeth Gilbert
• Reasons She Goes to the Woods
  Deborah Kay Davies
• The Luminaries
  Eleanor Catton
• The Strangler Vine
  M.J. Carter
• The Bear
  Claire Cameron
• The Shadow of the Crescent Moon
  Fatima Bhutto
• The Dogs of Littlefield
  Suzanne Berne
• MaddAddam
  Margaret Atwood
• Eleven Days
  Lea Carpenter

Cinema Scope: Top 15 Films of 2013

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1. Stranger by the Lake
   Alain Guiraudie
2. Norte, the End of History
   Lav Diaz
3. A Touch of Sin
   Jia Zhang-ke
4. What Now? Remind Me
   Joaquim Pinto
5. The Strange Little Cat
   Ramon Zürcher
6. Stray Dogs
   Tsai Ming-liang
7. Inside Llewyn Davis
   Joel & Ethan Coen
8. The Story of My Death
   Albert Serra
9. The Wolf of Wall Street
   Martin Scorsese
10. Computer Chess
    Andrew Bujalski

Special Mentions

• MANAKAMANA
  Stephanie Spray and Pacho Velez
• The Missing Picture
  Rithy Panh
• Les trois désastres
  Jean-Luc Godard
• Jealousy
  Philippe Garrel
• Redemption
  Miguel Gomes