The Best Music of 2014

Here is a selection of the best albums and songs from 2014. Hall of Famers are highlighted in orange.

For a list of the top artists who made their debut recording in 2014, check out this list.

Albums (?)		Wikipedia
Against Me!	Transgender Dysphoria Blues	☆
Ani DiFranco	Allergic to Water	☆
Aphex Twin	Syro	☆
Beck	Morning Phase	☆
Coldplay	Ghost Stories	☆
Counting Crows	Somewhere Under Wonderland	☆
D'Angelo and the Vanguard	Black Messiah	☆
Ed Sheeran	x	☆
First Aid Kit	Stay Gold	☆
Foo Fighters	Sonic Highways	☆
Future Islands	Singles	☆
Hozier	Hozier	☆
Jack White	Lazaretto	☆
Lana Del Rey	Ultraviolence	☆
Lucinda Williams	Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone	☆
Machine Head	Bloodstone & Diamonds	☆
Maroon 5	V	☆
Nicki Minaj	The Pinkprint	☆
Old 97's	Messed Up	☆
Run the Jewels	Run the Jewels 2	☆
Spoon	They Want My Soul	☆
St. Vincent	St. Vincent	☆
Sturgill Simpson	Metamodern Sounds in Country Music	☆
Swans	To Be Kind	☆
Taylor Swift	1989	☆
The Black Keys	Turn Blue	☆
The New Pornographers	Brill Bruisers	☆
The War on Drugs	Lost in the Dream	☆
Todd Terje	It's Album Time	☆
TV On The Radio	Seeds	☆
U2	Songs of Innocence	☆
Weezer	Everything Will Be Alright in the End	☆
Weird Al Yankovic	Mandatory Fun	☆

Songs (?)		Wikipedia
"Weird Al" Yankovic	Word Crimes	☆
Alvvays	Archie, Marry Me	☆
Beck	Blue Moon	☆
Belle & Sebastian	The Party Line	☆
Cold War Kids	First	☆
Coldplay	A Sky Full of Stars	☆
Common And John Legend	Glory	☆
Dierks Bentley	Drunk on a Plane	☆
Ed Sheeran	Thinking Out Loud	☆
Elle King	Ex's & Oh's	☆
Fall Out Boy	Centuries	☆
First Aid Kit	My Silver Lining	☆
FKA Twigs	Two Weeks	☆
Foo Fighters	Something from Nothing	☆
Future Islands	Seasons (Waiting On You)	☆
Glen Campbell and the Wrecking Crew	I'm Not Gonna Miss You	☆
Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX	Fancy	☆
Jack White	Lazaretto	☆
Kendrick Lamar	i	☆
Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars	Uptown Funk	☆
Maroon 5	Sugar	☆
Meghan Trainor	All About That Bass	☆
Nicki Minaj	Anaconda	☆
OK Go	The Writing's on the Wall	☆
Run the Jewels ft. Zack de la Rocha	Close Your Eyes (And Count to F***)	☆
Sam Smith	Stay With Me	☆
Sia	Chandelier	☆
Sia	Elastic Heart	☆
St Vincent	Birth In Reverse	☆
St. Vincent	Digital Witness	☆
Taylor Swift	Shake It Off	☆
Taylor Swift	Blank Space	☆
Taylor Swift & Kendrick Lamar	Bad Blood	☆
The Black Keys	Fever	☆
The Black Keys	Gotta Get Away	☆
The Brian Jonestown Massacre	What You Isn't	☆
The War On Drugs	Red Eyes	☆
TV On The Radio	Happy Idiot	☆
Vance Joy	Riptide	☆
Walk The Moon	Shut Up and Dance	☆
Weezer	Back to the Shack	☆

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