Not sure why the older thread was closed for new replies. This is the previous thread: Favorite album of 2014 so far? --39 pages, lots of good recommendations Anyway, so here's a new thread for 2014 favorites
Other notable mentions: A Great Big World & Christina Aguilera - Say Something OneRepublic - Counting Stars Paramore - Ain't It Fun Sara Bareilles - Brave
1) ROSANNE CASH ~ "The River & The Thread" 2) LOUISE GOFFIN ~ "Songs From The Mine" 3) THE BOTH ~ "The Both" 4) TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS ~ "Hypnotic Eye" 5) CHRISSIE HYNDE ~ "Stockholm" 6) BENMONT TENCH ~ "You Should Be So Lucky" 7) MELISSA ETHERIDGE ~ "This Is M.E." 8) STEVIE NICKS ~ "24 Karat Gold: Songs From The Vault" 9) JACKSON BROWNE ~ "Standing In The Breach" 10) MIRANDA LAMBERT ~ "Platinum" Honorable Mention ~ JORDIS UNGA ~ "A Letter From Home"
...More: Ones I shouldn't have forgotten: Played most - Himalayan - Band of Skulls The Balcony - Catfish and The Bottlemen Probably didn't realize released '14, b/c I'd bought in either '16 or '17: St. Vincent - Self titled Helios - The Fray Too True - Dum Dum Girls
Jack White - Lazaretto Brian Setzer - Rockabilly Riot Robert Plant - Lullaby and the Ceaseless Roar Prince - Art Official Age Prince & 3rd Eye Girl - Plectrumelectrum
Here are the albums from 2014 that I rate at 5/5: The Dead South - Good Company Magic Bus - Transmission's From Socmore's Garden Black Hawk - Brothers Of The Southland Seven - S/T Yes - Heaven & Earth Asia - Gravitas Mike Oldfield - Man On The Rocks Goodnight Lenin - In The Fullness Of Time Ellis Paul - Chasing Beauty Lindisfarne - Live At Newcastle City Hall Passenger - Whispers
So Long See You Tomorrow By Bombay Bicycle Club was on heavy rotation here. They appear to have disappeared completely since.
An Ocean In Between The Waves - War On Drugs Daddy - Casualties Of Cool Mountaintop - Casualties Of Cool The Code - Casualties Of Cool Space Invader - Ace Frehley Slippery Slopes - Jenny Lewis Palisades Park - Counting Crows Embrace Another Fall - Robert Plant Peaceful Harbor - Flying Colors Delirious - The Church Rejoice - Devin Townsend Universal Flame - Devin Townsend War Princess - Devin Townsend Deathray - Devin Townsend March Of The Poozers - Devin Townsend Wandering Eye - Devin Townsend Things Left Unsaid - Pink Floyd Breakfast At Sweethearts (live) - Cold Chisel Lay Down your Guns - Jimmy Barnes with The Living End
The Wistman Tales, by Napier's Bones Altough at their Bandcamp page as the year of releasing they put "2015", the original release was in 2014 when I suggested Napier's Bones for Progarchives database: Napier's Bones (UK) for Crossover Prog
Not the best year of the decade, but still plenty of good releases: 01. Run The Jewels - RTJ2 02. Perfume Genius - Too Bright 03. St. Paul & The Broken Bones - Half The City 04. Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra - F*** Off Get Free We Pour Light On Everything 05. Sun Kil Moon - Benji 06. Young Thug & Bloody Jay - Black Portland 07. Swans - To Be Kind 08. Hail Mary Mallon - Bestiary 09. Earth - Primitive And Deadly 10. Pharmakon - Bestial Burden 11. Temples - Sun Structures 12. Dean Blunt - Black Metal 13. Damaged Bug - Hubba Bubba 14. Ariel Pink - Pom Pom 15. Donchristian - Renzo Piano 16. Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence 17. The Acid - Liminal 18. Marianne Faithfull - Give My Love To London 19. Each Other - Being Elastic 20. Sharon Van Etten - Are We There 21. Kairon; Irse! - Ujubasajuba 22. FKA Twigs - LP1 23. Babymetal - Babymetal 24. Jolie Holland - Wine Dark Sea 25. Brian Eno & Karl Hyde - High Life 26. Goat - Commune 27. Isaiha Rashad - Cilvia Demo 28. Miraculous Mule - Blues Uzi 29. Cold Specks - Neuroplasticity 30. Mark Lanegan - Phantom Radio 31. L.V. & Joshua Idehen - Islands 32. Innercity Ensemble - II 33. Azealia Banks - Broke With Expensive Taste 34. Woven Hand - Refractory Obdurate 35. Mirel Wagner - When The Cellar Children See The Light Of Day 36. Camera - Remember I Was Carbon Dioxide 37. Madlib & Freddie Gibbs - Piñata 38. Musk Ox - Woodfall 39. Ian William Craig - A Turn Of Breath 40. Ty Segall - Manipulator 41. Wand - Ganglion Reef 42. Sólstafir - Ótta 43. Big K.R.I.T. - Cadillactica 44. Sleaford Mods - Divide And Exit 45. Tinashe - Aquarius 46. Andy Stott - Faith In Strangers 47. Jungle - Jungle 48. Young Fathers - Dead 49. Jack White - Lazaretto 50. Fire! Orchestra - Enter
Jack White - Lazaretto St. Vincent - S/T The Black Keys - Turn Blue Swans - To Be Kind King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - I’m in Your Mind Fuzz David Crosby - Croz Opeth - Pale Communion Behemoth - The Satanist
Sharon Van Etten - Are We There Hozier S/T Islands - Ski Mask The Decemberists - Make You Better (single release)
