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[sharkmuncher]

http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/9558-the-50-best-albums-of-2014/

There it is. Fewer and fewer surprises each year.

Spoiler

RTJ2 takes it all.

 

[Servbot24]

Pretty much the safest list you're ever going to see.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

NeoGAF's will look mostly identical

HiResDes will front hard as fuck

 

[bobawesome]

No Hydra? Awful list.

 

[Imperial Hot]

Really happy for Run the Jewels.

 

[wenis]

Aw man where's my band camp artists at. Shit pitchfork just doesn't get it.

 

[kris.]

The Hotelier getting snubbed left and right. Damn shame.

 

[Vanillalite]

NeoGAF's will look mostly identical

HiResDes will front hard as fuck

So much real talk I find it hard to handle this early in the morning.

 

[tj hazuki]

Ha, no Ultraviolence or Tough Love..

 

[Simon Belmont]

I haven't even heard of any of the albums in the top ten. I'm officially old.

 

[crooked spin]

Pretty much the safest list you're ever going to see.

The alternative is them putting obscure stuff in the top 10-20 and people saying "wtf i've never heard of this they're trying sooo hard to be hip fuck Pfork", right?

 

[andymcc]

#1 was the most expected imho. Deserved it though.

the iceage record should have placed WAY higher.

 

[rmt92]

Glad to to see Future Islands's "Singles" on there. Lovely, lovely album. Probably will spend a lot of the day listening to the things I missed on this list.

 

[FUBAR McDangles]

I knew two artists on that entire list. No surprise.

 

[RangerX]

Wheres all the death metal?

 

[crooked spin]

Ha, no Ultraviolence or Tough Love..

Tough Love made their honorable mention list.

Lana, though, seems to have fallen straight off the culture radar. Like, I seriously forgot she put out an album until I read yr post.

 

[Freedom = $1.05]

I haven't even heard of any of the albums in the top ten. I'm officially old.

at some point, a top ten podcast list became more interesting than a top ten albums list. Embrace getting old, the music of your own time will be the only thing you can stand.

 

[J2d]

Some god albums there, I'm sad that I couldn't enjoy iceage's album though, had such high hopes.

 

[robotzombie]

dont see king animal

 

[andymcc]

Some god albums there, I'm sad that I couldn't enjoy iceage's album though, had such high hopes.

Really? I thought it was their best effort yet.

 

[Hasphat'sAnts]

I've listened to at least 30 of the listed albums.

New record.

You slippin', Pitchfork.

 

[Kusagari]

I find all their T-Swizzle love hilarious considering they didn't even review the damn album.

 

[Vanillalite]

Biggest problem I had this year is I like most of the artists on that list, but I feel like their newest output was a step down.

I thought Real Estate, Caribou, Flying Lotus, Ice Age etc... all had much better previous albums than this year's output.

Shoutout to Spoon bringing probably my favorite mainstream record, and Mac's Salad Days was album of the Summer for me!

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

I listened to RTJ2 and enjoyed a song or two, but I don't really care for those guys overall. Interesting pick.

 

[Yado]

Ha, no Ultraviolence or Tough Love..

Those aren't good albums.




I'm satisfied with the list, quite a few of a the albums I would have placed in my personal top 10 made the cut.

Tinashe - Aquarius
Azealia Banks - Broke With Expensive Taste
Lykke Li - I Never Learn
Arca - Zen
FKA twigs - LP1


Missing Little Dragon though.

 

[J2d]

Really? I thought it was their best effort yet.

I liked the first one the most, loved The lord's favourite as well as the video so I was pretty hyped but I don't think I've listened to the entire album more than two times =/

 

[andymcc]

I liked the first one the most, loved The lord's favourite as well as the video so I was pretty hyped but I don't think I've listened to the entire album more than two times =/

My girlfriend has listened to the record a good fifty times so I'm bound to hear it once or twice a week aha

Maybe it's a grower. Shrug

I find all their T-Swizzle love hilarious considering they didn't even review the damn album.

for it being so high on the list, i found this strange too.

 

[kitchenmotors]

Biggest problem I had this year is I like most of the artists on that list, but I feel like their newest output was a step down.

I thought Real Estate, Caribou, Flying Lotus, Ice Age etc... all had much better previous albums than this year's output.

Shoutout to Spoon bringing probably my favorite mainstream record, and Mac's Salad Days was album of the Summer for me!

Caribou? I felt Our Love was some of his best work in YEARS. Amazing album.

And the Pitchfork list isn't exactly "safe" imo, there are some artists on there that I enjoyed this year with excellent albums that didn't get props anywhere else, like Clark and Owen Pallett.

I listened to RTJ2 and enjoyed a song or two, but I don't really care for those guys overall. Interesting pick.

Same. It just didn't hold any weight for me compared to a ton of other albums this year.

 

[Hasphat'sAnts]

Those aren't good albums.

YOu take that back. Tough Love was great.

 

[Tapiozona]

Maybe I'm just a dope but here's an exert from the #1 album..

This is volume for the voiceless, a silver bullet for the wolves, and a redistribution of sovereignty. It’s venom to immobilize cheaply uniformed imposters, flatulent greedheads, and cynical buffoons perverting the truth on cable news. When institutions lacked authority and insurrection seemed permanently imminent, El-P and Killer Mike hurled 11 grenades, offering redemption through untrammeled rage. If justice remained elusive, retaliation could be had as fast as closing your eyes and counting to fuck.

What does that even mean? Seriously..no idea. Do people enjoy reading this style of writing?

 

[El Topo]

I've listened to at least 30 of the listed albums.

New record.

You slippin', Pitchfork.

That's about fifteen times as many as I've listened to. Most just doesn't appeal to me.

 

[Simon Belmont]

at some point, a top ten podcast list became more interesting than a top ten albums list. Embrace getting old, the music of your own time will be the only thing you can stand.

Haha, thanks. I do try and stay somewhat current, but I'm a guitar player at heart and these are unfriendly times.

I'm going to make an effort to check some of this out. So far I've listened to some Perfume Genius and I'm digging it.

 

[andymcc]

Maybe I'm just a dope but here's an exert from the #1 album..



What does that even mean? Seriously..no idea. Do people enjoy reading this style of writing?

Lots of that is referencing the record itself.

Haha, thanks. I do try and stay somewhat current, but I'm a guitar player at heart and these are unfriendly times.

try the Cloud Nothings record. it's really reminiscent of the heavy guitar driven 80's alt stuff like Dino Jr. and Sister-era Sonic Youth.

 

[crooked spin]

Really glad Mr Twin Sister made this list but I think that album should be in the top 20 at least.

Check it out if you haven't heard it, think they're gonna put another out next year.

 

[Cymbal Head]

Jesus, I have no idea what's going on in music anymore, I guess St. Vincent. I didn't even know there was a new Eno collaboration.

I guess I'll just be old and resign myself to the NPR best-of list.

Edit: actually I know most of the artists in the top ten. Score. I'm not super old yet.

 

[Hasphat'sAnts]

That's about fifteen times as many as I've listened to.

Some of them are super accessible and easy to listen to. Check them out on Spotify.

 

[hidys]

No totally surprised to see RTJ2 win. It is a fantastic album. Also glad to see Benji hit the top 10. That album is stunning.

 

[Lambtron]

Genuinely surprised that Cymbals Eat Guitars isn't on the list. Not surprised at Run the Jewels taking it. Still don't get the praise for that album and I have loved both of those dudes for years.

 

[afternoon delight]

What does that even mean? Seriously..no idea. Do people enjoy reading this style of writing?

It's Pitchfork's "thing" square-sauce, git gud wit dat speak.

 

[alr1ght]

I've heard of like two of those people. I'm so cool.

 

[kiguel182]

The Hotelier getting snubbed left and right. Damn shame.

They didn't make the list?


EDIT: Just saw they didn't. Ridiculous.

 

[Arthr2ShdsJcksn]

Nice of them to put 1989 on that list even though they never reviewed it. Pretentious wankers.

 

[El Topo]

Some of them are super accessible and easy to listen to. Check them out on Spotify.

I tried to listen to LP1, but I just couldn't stomach it. I'll probably give some of these albums a try, maybe one of them will appeal to me.

 

[crooked spin]

They didn't make the list?

Not familiar with this band but they are on the AOTY honorable mention list: http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/9559-albums-of-the-year-2014-honorable-mention/

 

[Freedom = $1.05]

Maybe I'm just a dope but here's an exert from the #1 album..



What does that even mean? Seriously..no idea. Do people enjoy reading this style of writing?

must be the first time you've read pitchfork. Every review and article requires that they rip up a thesaurus and then play darts with the pages, pulling the darts out and using whatever words they landed on to tell us why the latest single is better than sex.

 

[Camp Lo]

Fucking click through, next.

 

[Simon Belmont]

try the Cloud Nothings record. it's really reminiscent of the heavy guitar driven 80's alt stuff like Dino Jr. and Sister-era Sonic Youth.

No kitten? That'll be my next stop for sure.

Genuinely surprised that Cymbals Eat Guitars isn't on the list. Not surprised at Run the Jewels taking it. Still don't get the praise for that album and I have loved both of those dudes for years.

That's a great name

 

[wenis]

at some point, a top ten podcast list became more interesting than a top ten albums list. Embrace getting old, the music of your own time will be the only thing you can stand.

How sad.

 

[Battersea Power Station]

Did they manage to put D'Angelo's album on there? Probably not, in which case they should re-do it and put Black Messiah in the top 5.

 

[Renzoku]

This is volume for the voiceless, a silver bullet for the wolves, and a redistribution of sovereignty. It’s venom to immobilize cheaply uniformed imposters, flatulent greedheads, and cynical buffoons perverting the truth on cable news. When institutions lacked authority and insurrection seemed permanently imminent, El-P and Killer Mike hurled 11 grenades, offering redemption through untrammeled rage. If justice remained elusive, retaliation could be had as fast as closing your eyes and counting to fuck.

Oh, ok.

This is a site for stupid people, right?