Top 50 Albums of 2014

TOP 50 ALB 14These lists are everywhere, so you’ll be excused if you just roll your eyes and skip on. But, that being said, we always seem to be way off the mark when it comes to our Top 50 Albums of the Year.  Sure, we have some of the sure fire hits on this list like Angel Olsen and Sharon Van Etten, but don’t even read on if you’re look ing to see where Run the Jewels made it…they’re not there. Sorry not sorry.  So, if you’re into arbitrary lists by people who like to push their own agenda, then this list is for you!

  1. Pains Of Being Pure At HeartDays of Abandon
  2. The CoathangersSuck My Shirt
  3. Angel OlsenBurn Your Fire For No Witness
  4. Sharon Van EttenAre We There
  5. The War On DrugsLost in the Dream
  6. PapercutsLife Among the Savages
  7. Dylan ShearerGaragearray
  8. Greg AshleyAnother Generation of Slaves
  9. SpoonThey Want My Soul
  10. LiteratureChorus
  11. St. Vincent Digital Witness
  12.  Mac DemarcoSalad Days
  13.  Sea Pinks Dreaming Tracks
  14.  Kevin Morby Still Life
  15.  Ty SegallManipulator
  16.  Protomartyr Under Color of Official Right
  17.  Eternal SummersThe Drop Beneath
  18.  OughtMore Than Any Other Day
  19.  Allo Darlin’We Come From the Same Place
  20.  The Twilght SadNobody Wants to Be Here and Nobody Wants to Leave
  21.  Real EstateAtlas
  22.  Sun Kil MoonBenji
  23.  Fresh & Onlys House of Spirits
  24.  Withered Hand New Gods
  25.  Gold BearsDalliance
  26.  Cloud NothingsHere and Nowhere Else
  27.  Liam Betson The Cover of Hunter
  28.  QuiltHeld in Splendor
  29.  Woods With Light and With Love
  30.  Pale Lights Before There Were Pictures
  31.  Future Islands Singles
  32.  Comet Gain Paperback Ghosts
  33.  Alvvayss/t
  34.  Parquet Courts Sunbathing Animal
  35.  The Dead SpaceFaker
  36.  Amen DunesLove
  37.  Warm SodaYoung Reckless Hearts
  38.  Purling Hiss Weirdon
  39.  Jesse Marchant s/t
  40.  Hamilton Leithauser Black Hours
  41.  Angelo de Augustine Spirals of Silence
  42.  Andrew St. JamesThe Shakes
  43.  Lost in the TreesPast Life
  44.  SnowmineDialects
  45.  Foxes in FictionOntario Gothic
  46.  The RentalsLost in Alphaville
  47.  Avi Buffalo At Best Cuckoo
  48.  Flesh LightsFree Yourself
  49.  LiarsMess
  50.  Dead StarsSlumber

For those that love the bleeps and bloops, be ready for an ATH IT Department list and jams for year holiday party shens. Sincerely, bgray

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