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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 | ☆ |
| Andy Stott | Faith in Strangers | ☆ |
| 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 | ☆ |
| Emma Ruth Rundle | Some Heavy Ocean | ☆ |
| First Aid Kit | Stay Gold | ☆ |
| Foo Fighters | Sonic Highways | ☆ |
| Future Islands | Singles | ☆ |
| Hozier | Hozier | ☆ |
| Jack White | Lazaretto | ☆ |
| Judas Priest | Redeemer of Souls | ☆ |
| Lana Del Rey | Ultraviolence | ☆ |
| LCD Soundsystem | The Long Goodbye: LCD Soundsystem Live at Madison Square Garden | ☆ |
| Lucinda Williams | Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone | ☆ |
| Mac DeMarco | Salad Days | ☆ |
| Machine Head | Bloodstone & Diamonds | ☆ |
| Maroon 5 | V | ☆ |
| Nicki Minaj | The Pinkprint | ☆ |
| Old 97's | Messed Up | ☆ |
| Porter Robinson | Worlds | ☆ |
| Run the Jewels | Run the Jewels 2 | ☆ |
| Sam Smith | In the Lonely Hour | ☆ |
| 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 | ☆ |
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