Pitchfork Top 50 Albums of 2014

Run the Jewels #1, FKA Twigs #2, The War on Drugs #3. And Aphex Twin, Swans, Sun Kil Moon and Caribou in the Top 10. In its albums chart Pitchfork somehow summarizes the "canon" of 2014, as it has been already celebrated by critics, magazines and websites around the world. Few surprises, notably Grouper at #5. Personally I'm happy to find in the chart the band who recorded my favourite album of the year (Spoon, #13) and the one who played my favourite concert (Cloud Nothings, #34: literally explosive - pure Bleach-period Nirvana - at Primavera Sound Festival in Barcelona). Check Pitchfork for full notes about each album and/or listen to the forty-six I found on Spotify in the playlists below. 

Enjoy!

The Complete Spotirama EOY 2014 Spotify playlist series:
1. Decibel (US) Top 40 Albums of 2014
2. Fact (UK) Top 50 Songs of 2014
3. Fact (UK) Top 50 Albums of 2014
4. Intro (Germany) Top 50 Songs of 2014
5. Intro (Germany) Top 50 Albums of 2014
6. Les Inrockuptibles (France) Top 60 Songs of 2014
7. Les Inrockuptibles (France) Top 100 Albums of 2014
8. Mojo (UK) Top 50 Albums of 2014
9. NME (UK) Top 50 Songs of 2014
10. NME (UK) Top 50 Albums of 2014
11. NPR (US) 50 Favourite Albums of 2014
12. Pitchfork (US) Top 100 Songs of 2014
13. Pitchfork (US) Top 50 Albums of 2014
14. Rolling Stone (US) Top 50 Albums of 2014
15. Rough Trade (UK) Top 100 Albums of 2014
16. Uncut (UK) Top 75 Albums of 2014
17. The Wire (UK) Top 50 Albums of 2014

Previous EOY series:
2013
2011
2010

PITCHFORK TOP 50 ALBUMS OF 2014

(from #1 to #50, full albums)

(from #1 to #50, 3 tracks each album)

Full list

Strikethrough albums (4/50) are not available on Spotify. Some albums may be not available in all countries.

1. Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2
2. FKA Twigs - LP1
3. The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream
4. Aphex Twin - Syro
5. Grouper - Ruins
6. Swans - To Be Kind
7. Sun Kil Moon - Benji
8. Todd Terje - It’s Album Time
9. Ariel Pink - Pom Pom
10. Caribou - Our Love
11. Perfume Genius - Too Bright
12. Mac DeMarco - Salad Days
13. Spoon - They Want My Soul
14. Real Estate - Atlas
15. Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire for No Witness
16. St. Vincent - St. Vincent
17. Flying Lotus - You’re Dead!
18. Arca - Xen
19. Sharon Van Etten - Are We There
20. Vince Staples - Hell Can Wait EP
21. Brian Eno/Karl Hyde - High Life
22. Future Islands - Singles
23. Lykke Li - I Never Learn
24. Parquet Courts - Sunbathing Animal
25. Azealia Banks - Broke With Expensive Taste
26. Ex Hex - Rips
27. YG - My Krazy Life
28. Pharmakon - Bestial Burden
29. How to Dress Well - “What Is This Heart?”
30. Iceage - Plowing Into the Field of Love
31. Taylor Swift - 1989
32. White Lung - Deep Fantasy
33. Rich Gang - Tha Tour Part 1
34. Cloud Nothings - Here and Nowhere Else
35. Shabazz Palaces - Lese Majesty
36. Tinashe - Aquarius
37. Perfect Pussy - Say Yes to Love
38. Hundred Waters - The Moon Rang Like A Bell
39. Ought - More Than Any Other Day
40. Ty Segall - Manipulator
41. Leon Vynehall - Music for the Uninvited
42. Owen Pallett - In Conflict
43. Madlib/Freddie Gibbs - Piñata
44. A Sunny Day in Glasgow - Sea When Absent
45. Andy Stott - Faith in Strangers
46. Ariana Grande - My Everything
47. Shellac - Dude Incredible
48. Clark - Clark
49. Mr Twin Sister - Mr Twin Sister

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