Sunday, November 30, 2014

Uncut Top 75 Albums of 2014


On January 2015 issue British monthly magazine Uncut presents its favourite 75 albums of 2014: #1 is Lost in the Dream by The War On Drugs, #2 Popular Problems by Leonard Cohen, #3 Syro by Aphex Twin. After this first week of critics' charts, Lost in the Dream looks like the strongest pretender to the ideal throne of best album of the year. Some missing records from Spotify are emerging, too: by Ty Segall, Robert Plant, Morrissey, The Black Keys, Thom Yorke.

Enjoy!

The Complete Spotirama EOY 2014 playlist series:
Decibel Top 40 Albums of 2014

Previous EOY series:
2013
2011
2010

UNCUT TOP 75 ALBUMS OF 2014
(from #1 to #75, full albums)

(from #1 to #75, 3 tracks each album)



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1. THE WAR ON DRUGS - Lost In The Dream
2. LEONARD COHEN - Popular Problems
3. APHEX TWIN - Syro
4. FKA TWIGS - LP1
5. SHARON VAN ETTEN - Are We There
6. ROBERT PLANT - Lullaby and… The Ceaseless Roar
7. HISS GOLDEN MESSENGER - Lateness Of Dancers
8. DAMON ALBARN - Everyday Robots
9. ST VINCENT - St Vincent
10. SUN KIL MOON - Benji
11. TOUMANI DIABATÉ & SIDIKI DIABATÉ - Toumani & Sidiki
12. CARIBOU - Our Love
13. TY SEGALL - Manipulator
14. REAL ESTATE - Atlas
15. ROSANNE CASH - The River & The Thread
16. GRUFF RHYS - American Interior
17. LUCINDA WILLIAMS - Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bone
18. SWANS - To Be Kind
19. HURRAY FOR THE RIFF RAFF - Small Town Heroes
20. STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS - Wig Out At Jagbags
21. EARTH - Primitive And Deadly
22. BECK - Morning Phase
23. ARIEL PINK - Pom Pom
24. TWEEDY - Sukierae
25. SLEAFORD MODS - Divide And Exit
26. STEVE GUNN - Way Out Weather
27. BEN WATT - Hendra
28. THE BLACK KEYS - Turn Blue
29. JACK WHITE - Lazaretto
30. SPOON - They Want My Soul
31. TUNE-YARDS - Nikki Nack
32. MERCHANDISE - After The End
33. STURGILL SIMPSON - Metamodern Sounds In Country Music
34. CHRIS FORSYTH & THE SOLAR MOTEL BAND - Intensity Ghost
35. DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS - English Oceans
36. LA ROUX - Trouble In Paradise
37. WILLIE NELSON - Band Of Brothers
38. FENNESZ - Bécs
39. FUTURE ISLANDS - Singles
40. LEE BAINS III & THE GLORY FIRES - Dereconstructed
41. MARK LANEGAN BAND - Phantom Radio
42. MOGWAI - Rave Tapes
43. EAST INDIA YOUTH - Total Strife Forever
44. THOM YORKE - Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes
45. KATE TEMPEST - Everybody Down
46. WILLIE WATSON - Folk Singer, Vol. 1
47. ALLAH-LAS - Worship The Sun
48. MORRISSEY - World Peace Is None Of Your Business
49. ROBYN HITCHCOCK - The Man Upstairs
50. WILD BEASTS - Present Tense
51. JENNY LEWIS - The Voyager
52. LIARS - Mess
53. GOAT - Commune
54. TOM PETTY - Hypnotic Eye
55. SCOTT WALKER AND SUNN O))) - Soused
56. ANGEL OLSEN - Burn Your Fire For No Witness
57. THE DELINES - Colfax
58. JAMIE T - Carry On The Grudge
59. RODDY FRAME - Seven Dials
60. FRAZEY FORD - Indian Ocean
61. AFGHAN WHIGS - Do To The Beast
62. PAOLO NUTINI - Caustic Love
63. GAZELLE TWIN - Unflesh
64. KING CREOSOTE - From Scotland With Love
65. THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS - Brill Bruisers
66. THURSTON MOORE - The Best Day
67. PERFUME GENIUS - Too Bright
68. LYDIA LOVELESS - Somewhere Else
69. GULP - Season Sun
70. FIRST AID KIT - Stay Gold
71. BOB MOULD - Beauty & Ruin
72. DAN MICHAELSON - Distance
73. DAVE & PHIL ALVIN - Common Ground
74. TEMPLES - Sun Structures
75. RICHARD THOMPSON - Acoustic Classics

Thursday, November 27, 2014

NME Top 50 Albums & Top 50 Tracks of 2014


NME goes to Washington. American music dominates the Brit magazine end-of-year charts, with Baltimora Future Islands' Seasons gaining the top in tracks chart (Canadian Caribou at #2) and Oklahoma-born St.Vincent getting #1 in the albums chart (with Canadian Mac DeMarco at #2 and US The War on Drugs at #3).

Enjoy!

The Complete Spotirama EOY 2014 playlist series:
Decibel Top 40 Albums of 2014
Mojo Top 50 Albums of 2014
NME Top 50 Albums & Top 50 Tracks of 2014
Rough Trade Top 100 Albums of 2014

Previous EOY series:


NME TOP 50 TRACKS OF 2014
(from #1 to #50)


NME TOP 50 ALBUMS OF 2014
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NME TOP 50 ALBUMS OF 2014
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Top 50 Tracks

1. Future Islands - Seasons (Waiting On You)
2. Caribou - Can't Do Without You
3. Fat White Family - Touch the Leather
4. The War on Drugs - Red Eyes
5. Run the Jewels - Blockbuster Night Part 1
6. Kasabian - Eez-Eh
7. St. Vincent - Digital Witness
8. Jamie T - Zombie
9. Royal Blood - Little Monster
10. Mac DeMarco - Chamber of Reflection
11. Lana Del Rey - West Coast
12. Merchandise - Little Killer
13. Jungle - Busy Earnin'
14. Jack White - Lazaretto
15. Kate Tempest - Marshall Law
16. Shamir - I Know It's a Good Thing
17. Iceage - The Lord's Favourite
18. Aphex Twin - Mini Pops 67
19. Alvvays - Archie Mary Me
20. Honeyblood - Super Rat
21. Jamie T - Love Is Only a Heartbeat Away
22. Run the Jewels - Close Your Eyes (And Count to Fuck)
23. Damon Albarn - The Selfish Giant
24. St. Vincent - Prince Johnny
25. Warpaint - Disco//Very
26. Mac DeMarco - Passing Out Pieces
27. Taylor Swift - Shake It Off
28. Interpol - All the Rage Back Home
29. Slaves - Where's Your Car Debbie?
30. Perfume Genius - Queen
31. Cherry Glazerr - Had Ten Dollaz
32. Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence
33. Death From Above 1979 - White Is Red
34. The War on Drugs - Under the Pressure
35. Manic Street Preachers - Futurology
36. Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - In the Heat of the Moment
37. Sharon Van Etten - Every Time the Sun Comes Up
38. Morrissey - Kiss Me A Lot
39. Protomartyr - Scum Rise!
40. Sleater-Kinney - Bury Our Friends
41. La Roux - Uptight Downtown
42. Ex Hex - Hot and Cold
43. SBTRKT - New Dorp New York
44. Juce - Call You Out
45. Sun Kil Moon - Ben's My Friend
46. Flying Lotus - Never Catch Me
47. Gruff Rhys - American Interior
48. Ariel Pink - Put Your Number In My Phone
49. David Bowie - Sue (Or a Season of Crime)
50. alt-j - Hunger of the Pine

Top 50 Albums

1. St. Vincent - St. Vincent
2. Mac DeMarco - Salad Days
3. The War On Drugs - Lost In the Dream
4. Aphex Twin - Syro
5. Caribou - Our Love
6. La Roux - Trouble In Paradise
7. Merchandise - After The End
8. Jamie T - Carry On The Grudge
9. Sleaford Mods - Divide and Exit
10. Ex Hex - Rips
11. Future Islands - Singles
12. Death From Above 1979 - The Physical World
13. Damon Albarn - Everyday Robots
14. Run The Jewels - RTJ2
15. Eagulls - Eagulls
16. Iceage - Plowing Into The Field Of Love
17. Todd Terje - It's Album Time
18. Kate Tempest - Everybody Down
19. Royal Blood - Royal Blood
20. Jack White - Lazaretto
21. FKA Twigs - LP1
22. Swans - To be Kind
23. Kasabian - 48:13
24. Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire For No Witness
25. Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence
26. Perfume Genius - Too Bright
27. Jungle - Jungle
28. Morrissey - World Peace Is None Of Your Beeswax
29. Alvvays - Alvvays
30. Warpaint - Warpaint
31. Sharon Van Etten - Are We There
32. Childhood - Lacuna
33. Wild Beasts - Present Tense
34. Sun Kil Moon - Benji
35. Parquet Courts - Sunbathing Animal
36. Goat - Commune
37. Thom Yorke - Tomorrow's Modern Boxes
38. Alt-J - This Is All Yours
39. Protomartyr - Under Color of Offical Right
40. Bombay Bicylce Club - So Long, See You Tomorrow
41. Manic Street Preachers - Futurology
42. Hookworms - The Hum
43. Freddie Gibbs and Madlib - Pinata
44. Perfect Pussy - Say Yes To Love
45. Honeyblood - Honeyblood
46. Twin Peaks - Wild Onion
47. Gruff Rhys - American Interior
48. Temples - Sun Structure
49. Interpol - El Pintor
50. Julian Casablancas + The Voidz - Tyranny

Saturday, November 22, 2014

Mojo Top 50 Albums of 2014


Beck's Morning Phase is #1 album of 2014, according to Brit magazine Mojo. The War on Drugs got another second place (Lost in the Dream was #2 for Rough Trade, too). Sleaford Mods are #3.

Enjoy!

Previously on the Mojo side of Spotirama:

The Complete Spotirama EOY 2014 playlist series:
Mojo Top 50 Albums of 2014

Previous EOY series:
2013
2011
2010


MOJO TOP 50 ALBUMS OF 2014
(from #1 to #50, full albums)


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

Thursday, November 20, 2014

Decibel Top 40 Albums of 2014


Rough Trade was the first record shop to issue a 2014 chart, Decibel is the first influential magazine. The Top 40 comes from the January 2015 issue of the US metal publication. While Mastodon are on cover, Pallbearer lead the chart. 

Enjoy!

Previously on the Decibel side of Spotirama:

The Complete Spotirama EOY 2014 playlist series:

Previous EOY series:
2013
2011
2010


DECIBEL TOP 40 ALBUMS OF 2014
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1. Pallbearer – Foundations of Burden
2. At The Gates – At War With Reality
3. Horrendous – Ecdysis
4. Triptykon – Melana Chasmata
5. Godflesh – A World Lit Only By Fire
6. Thou – Heathen
7. YOB – Clearing the Path to Ascend
8. Vallenfyre – Splinters
9. Panopticon – Roads to the North
10. Morbus Chron – Sweven
11. Dead Congregation – Promulgation of the Fall
12. Machine Head – Bloodstone & Diamonds
13. Woods of Desolation – As The Stars
14. Tombs – Savage Gold
15. Krieg – Transient
16. Iron Reagan – The Tyranny of Will
17. Cult of Fire – मृत्यु का तापसी अनुध्यान
18. Gridlink – Longhenna
19. The Oath – The Oath
20. Behemoth – The Satanist
21. Agalloch – The Serpent & The Sphere
22. Autopsy – Tourniquets, Hacksaws and Graves
23. Primordial – Where Greater Men Have Fallen
24. Beyond Creation – Earthborn Evolution
25. Wreck & Reference – Want
26. Teitanblood – Death
27. Trap Them – Blissfucker
28. Young and in the Way – When Life Comes to Death
29. Mastodon – Once More ‘Round the Sun
30. Eyehategod – Eyehategod
31. Cretin – Stranger
32. Midnight – No Mercy for Mayhem
33. Thantifaxath – Sacred White Noise
34. Lord Mantis – Death Mask
35. Mayhem – Esoteric Warfare
36. Cannibal Corpse – A Skeletal Domain
37. Solstafir – Otta
38. Execration – Morbid Dimensions
39. Incantation – Dirges of Elysium
40. Floor – Oblation

Saturday, November 15, 2014

Rough Trade Top 100 Albums of 2014


Are you ready? Here it comes the long tide of the end-of-year charts, celebrating best tracks and albums of 2014. As usual, forty-five days before the real end-of-year, Rough Trade Records just shot the first albums list. #1 goes to UK neopsychedelic rockers Temples, with US The War On Drugs at #2 and norwegian Todd Terje at #3.

Enjoy!

Previously on the EOY side of Spotirama:


ROUGH TRADE TOP 100 ALBUMS OF 2014
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1. Temples - Sun Structures
2. The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream
3. Todd Terje - It's Album Time
4. Metronomy - Love Letters
5. Little Dragon - Nabuma Rubberband
6. Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire For No Witness
7. Liars - Mess
8. Millie and Andrea - Drop the Vowels
9. The Delines - Colfax
10. Sun Kil Moon - Benji
11. Total Control - Typical System
12. Caribou - Our Love
13. Goat - Commune
14. Wildest Dreams - Wildest Dreams
15. Alvvays - Alvvays
16. Royal Blood - Royal Blood
17. Honeyblood - Honeyblood
18. Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings -  Give the People What They Want
19. Ty Segall - Manipulator
20. Jack White - Lazaretto
21. Mac De Marco - Salad Days
22. Neneh Cherry - Blank Project
23. Warpaint - Warpaint
24. Tom the Lion - Sleep
25. Freddie Gibbs and Madlib - Pinata
26. Arca - Xen
27. Avi Buffalo - At Best Cuckold
28. Ultimate Painting - Ultimate Painting
29. Jungle - Jungle
30. The Wytches - Annabel Dream Reader
31. Hookworms - The Hum
32. Benjamin Booker - Benjamin Booker
33. Future Islands - Singles
34. The Amazing Snakeheads - Amphetamine Ballads
35. Aphex Twin - Syro
36. Swans - To Be Kind
37. FKA Twigs - LP1
38. Sleaford Mods - Divide and Exit
39. Sturgill Simspon - Metamodern Sounds in Country Music
40. Sharon Van Etten - Are We There
41. The Rails - Fair Warning
42. Allah-Las - Worship the Sun
43. Protomartyr - Under Color of Official Right
44. Beck - Morning Phase
45. Real Estate - Atlas
46. Parquet Courts - Sunbathing Animal
47. First Aid Kit - Stay Gold
48. We Are Shining - Kara
49. Gruff Rhys - American Interior
50. Eno and Hyde - Someday World
51. A Winged Victory For The Sullen - Atomos
52. Damon Albarn - Everyday Robots
53. Lucinda Williams - Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone
54. Ratking - So It Goes
55. Allo Darlin - We Come From the Same Place
56. Childhood - Lacuna
57. Adult Jazz - Gist Is
58. Keaton Henson (feat. Ren Ford) - Romantic Works
59. Lone - Reality Testing
60. Jamie T - Carry on the Grudge
61. St. Vincent - St. Vincent
62. Happyness - Weird Little Birthday
63. Diamond Version - Ci
64. Owen Pallett - In Conflict
65. Alex G - DSU
66. Scott Walker and Sunn O))) - Soused
67. Haley Bonar - Last War
68. Badbadnotgood - 111
69. Smoke Fairies - Smoke Fairies
70. Vikesh Kapoor - The Ballad of Willy Robbins
71. Lyla Foy - Mirrors the Sky
72. The Bug - Angels and Devils
73. Withered Hand - New Gods
74. Asgeir - In the Silence
75. Actress - Ghettoville
76. Elephant - Sky Swimming
77. East India Youth - Total Strife Forever
78. September Girls - Cursing the Sea
79. Merchandise - After the End
80. Lee Gamble - Koch
81. Damaged Bug - Hubba Bubba
82. Brian Jonestown Massacre - Revelation
83. Neil Young - A Letter Home
84. Shit and Shine - Powder Horn
85. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - I'm In Your Mind Fuzz
86. Doug Paisley - Strong Feelings
87. Shabazz Palaces - Lese Majesty
88. Lykke Li - I Never Learn
89. Glass Animals - Zaba
90. Reigning Sound - Shattered
91. Dean Blunt - Black Metal
92. Flying Lotus - You're Dead!
93. Earth - Primitive and Deadly
94. Sinkane - Mean Love
95. The Black Keys - Turn Blue
96. EMA - The Future's Void
97. Hurray For the Riff Raff - Small Town Heroes
98. Wild Beats - Present Tense
99. Foxygen - Foxygen
100. Sohn - Tremors

Thursday, November 6, 2014

35 Best Rock Albums of the '90s (SentireAscoltare)


This chart has been published on July 2014 on the Italian music website SentireAscoltare
It includes many of the first and best music experiences of my life.

Enjoy!

Previously on the 1990s side of Spotirama:


35 BEST ROCK ALBUMS OF THE '90s
(SentireAscoltare, from #1 to #35, full albums)



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1. My Bloody Valentine – Loveless (1991)
2. Slint – Spiderland (1991)
3. Pavement – Slanted And Enchanted (1992)
4. Nirvana – Nevermind (1991)
5. Primal Scream – Screamadelica (1991)
6. Radiohead – OK Computer (1997)
7. Beck – Mellow Gold (1994)
8. P.J. Harvey – To Bring You My Love (1995)
9. Oasis – Definitely, Maybe (1994)
10. Fugazi – Repeater (1990)
11. Rage Against The Machine – Rage Against The Machine (1992)
12. Smashing Pumpkins – Siamese Dream (1993)
13. Bonnie Prince Billy – I See A Darkness (1999)
14. Neutral Milk Hotel – In The Aeroplane Over The Sea (1998)
15. Nine Inch Nails – The Downward Spiral (1994)
16. Mercury Rev – Deserter’s Songs (1998)
17. R.E.M. – Automatic For The People (1992)
18. Yo La Tengo – I Can Hear Your Heart Beating As One (1997)
19. Jesus Lizard – Goat (1991)
20. Jeff Buckley – Grace (1994)
21. Primus – Sailing The Seas Of Cheese (1991)
22. Shellac – At Action Park (1994)
23. Mogwai – Young Team (1998)
24. U2 – Achtung Baby (1991)
25. Björk – Post (1995)
26. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991)
27. Blur – Parklife (1994)
28. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Orange (1994)
29. Elliot Smith – Either/Or (1997)
30. Motorpsycho – Timothy’s Monster (1994)
31. Kyuss – Blues For The Red Sun (1992)
32. Slowdive – Souvlaki (1993)
33. Sepultura – Roots (1996)
34. Flaming Lips – The Soft Bulletin (1999)
35. Metallica – Metallica (Black Album, 1991)

Saturday, November 1, 2014

Mercury Prize Winners (1992-2014)


Even if in the picture they don't look very happy, Edinburgh alternative hip hop group Young Fathers won the Mercury Prize 2014 for their album Dead. I updated the Mercury Prize Winners Spotify playlist. It now includes all winning albums from 1992 to 2004.

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(and if you want more, don't forget the mammoth playlist with all shortlisted albums from 1992 to 2014)

MERCURY PRIZE WINNERS
(from 1992 to 2014)
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1992 Primal Scream - Screamadelica
1993 Suede - Suede
1994 M People - Elegant Slumming
1995 Portishead - Dummy
1996 Pulp - Different Class
1997 Roni Size/Reprazent - New Forms
1998 Gomez - Bring It On
1999 Talvin Singh - Ok
2000 Badly Drawn Boy - The Hour of Bewilderbeast
2001 PJ Harvey - Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
2002 Ms. Dynamite - A Little Deeper
2003 Dizzee Rascal - Boy in Da Corner
2004 Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
2005 Antony and the Johnsons - I Am a Bird Now
2006 Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
2007 Klaxons - Myths of the Near Future
2008 Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
2009 Speech Debelle - Speech Therapy
2010 The xx - The xx
2011 PJ Harvey - Let England Shake
2012 Alt-J - An Awesome Wave
2013 James Blake - Overgrown
2014 Young Fathers - Dead