The Best Albums of 2014
The end of the year is nigh! Jim and Greg look back at the Best Albums of 2014 and hear some picks from listeners.
The Best Albums of 2014
Greg’s Top Albums
- Kelis, Food
- Protomartyr, Under Color of Official Right
- Benjamin Booker, Benjamin Booker
- Mary J. Blige, The London Sessions
- Wussy, Attica!
- Run the Jewels, Run the Jewels 2
- FKA Twigs, LP1
- Lydia Loveless, Somewhere Else
- The Preatures, Blue Planet Eyes
- Warpaint, Warpaint
Greg's complete list
Jim’s Top Albums
- Against Me!, Transgender Dysphoria Blues
- Ex Hex, Rips
- Le Butcherettes, Cry is for the Flies
- Aphex Twin, Syro
- Shellac, Dude Incredible
- The Gotobeds, Poor People Are Revolting
- Fucked Up, Glass Boys
- Kelis, Food
- Parquet Courts, Sunbathing Animal
- Spoon, They Want My Soul
Jim's complete list
Listener Top Albums
- Will from St. Paul, MN: Ty Segall, Manipulator
- Siyabonga from Chicago: Spoon, They Want My Soul
- Kyle from Bowling Green, KY: Sturgill Simpson, Metamodern Sounds in Country Music
Featured Songs
- Joe Esposito, "You're the Best," The Karate Kid Soundtrack, Casablanca, 1984
- Shellac, "All the Surveyors," Dude Incredible, Touch and Go, 2014
- Wussy, "Teenage Wasteland," Attica!, Damnably, 2014
- Aphex Twin, "CIRCLONTA6A (syrobonkus mix)," Syro, Warp, 2014
- Mary J. Blige, "Therapy," The London Sessions, Capitol, 2014
- FKA Twigs, "Numbers," LP1, Young Turks, 2014
- Ty Segall, "Feel," Manipulator, Drag City, 2014
- Spoon, "Rainy Taxi," They Want My Soul, Loma Vista, 2014
- Sturgill Simpson, "Life of Sin," Metamodern Sounds in Country Music, High Top Mountain, 2014
- Le Butcherettes, "Burn the Scab," Cry is for the Flies, Nadie Sound Inc., 2014
- Benjamin Booker, "Have you Seen My Son," Benjamin Booker, ATO, 2014
- Ex Hex, "Don't Wanna Lose," Rips, Merge, 2014
- The War on Drugs, "Under the Pressure," Lost in the Dream, Secretly Canadian, 2014
- Gordon Lightfoot, "The List," Sundown, Reprise, 1974
- Protomartyr, "I Stare at Floors," Under Color of Official Right, Hardly Art, 2014
- Against Me!, "True Trans Soul Rebel," Transgender Dysphoria Blues, Total Treble and Xtra Mile, 2014
- Kelis, "Friday Fish Fry," Food, Ninja Tune, 2014
- Kraftwerk, "The Telephone Call," The Telephone Call (Single), Elektra, 1987
- Robert Plant, "Rainbow," Lullaby and…The Ceaseless Roar, Warner Bros., 2014
- The Go, "Hire a Navy," Fiesta, Burger Records, 2013
- The Kickstand Band, "Promenade," Summer Means Fun EP, N/A, 2013
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