slop101

I think it's digital release was 2013, and it's physical release was 2014.

Hiro11

Andy Stott- Faith in Strangers
Aphex Twin - Syro
Behemoth - The Satanist
Ex Hex - Rips
Fucked Up - Glass Boys
Pallbearer - Foundations of Burden
Protomartyr - Under Color of Official Right
Strand of Oak - Heal
A Sunny Day in Glasgow - Sea Went Absent
The War on Drugs - Lost In The Dream

Favorite Album of the Year was probably the Sunny Day in Glasgow one.

Throwing Copper

I'm still a huge fan of his, but I haven't cared for his last few albums at all. I listened to the new one maybe 3 times and kind of threw it in the corner. Ashes & Fire also bored the hell out of me.

asianxcore

My Favorite Albums of 2014:

(Non-Metal/Punk)

1. Jessica Hernandez & The Deltas- Secret Evil
2. Emma Ruth Rundle- Some Heavy Ocean
3. Candy Hearts- All The Ways You Let Me Down
4. Swans- To Be Kind
5. Pharmakon- Bestial Burden
6. Warpaint- Warpaint
7. Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings- Give The People What They Want
8. Wovenhand- Refractory Obdurate
9. Taylor Swift- 1989
10. Hurray For The Riff Raff- Small Town Heroes

(Metal/Punk)

1. Thou- Heathen
2. Dead Congregation- Promulgation of the Fall
3. Young & In The Way- When Life Comes To Death
4. Earth- Primitive & Deadly
5. Full of Hell & Merzbow- Full of Hell & Merzbow
6. Downfall of Gaia- Aeon Unveils The Thrones of Decay
7. Bongripper- Miserable
8. Incantation- Dirges of Elyzium
9. Misery Index- The Killing Gods
10. Hexis- Abalam

Rocketdog2000

Well, to each their own then. As again, I feel the opposite in regards to his "rock" stuff. Not that I don't like his acoustic work, I do. I can appreciate both.

I still can't recall a single track off of Ashes & Fire, but love "Gimmie Something Good" (even if Benmont Tench's appearance does make it sound like Tom Petty), and tracks like "Trouble", "Am I Safe", amd "Tired Of Giving Up" off the new album are all very memorable. "I Just Might" is probably my favorite cut, though. I also really liked the 1984 7" release.

Rocketdog2000

Now that I'm going to have to check out, as I'm a big fan of Doves. This completely managed to slip past me, so thanks for bringing it up.

Rocketdog2000

Nope. 2013 for both. It fell just shy of making my Top 20 last year.

Rocketdog2000

I've seen the albums from War On Drugs, Sun Kil Moon and Warpaint turning on on quite a few folks lists this year. While they didn't make my top 10, all of them are teetering around 11 - 20 on my list. The reason most of them didn't get higher, is that while all are strong-ish releases, they are also all records I have to be in a specific mood to want to listen to. As such, this limits playability for me, and I can't fairly rate them as high as I would other albums I listened to more.

pezsoup

Here's my ten (plus ten) (and ten more)

1. Wussy - Attica!
2. Lydia Loveless - Somewhere Else
3. The Afghan Whigs - Do To The Beast
4. Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds in Country Music
5. Bob Mould - Beauty and Ruin
6. The New Pornographers - Brill Bruisers
7. Caleb Caudle - Paint Another Layer on My Heart
8. Frontier Folk Nebraska - Frontier F**K Nebraska
9. Old Crow Medicine Show - Remedy
10. Chuck Ragan - Till Midnight
11. Nickel Creek - A Dotted Line
12. Ryan Adams - Ryan Adams
13. Drive By Truckers - English Oceans
14. John Fullbright - Songs
15. Dawn Landes - Bluebird
16. The Hold Steady - Teeth Dreams
17. Fucked Up - Glass Boys
18. Jenny Lewis - The Voyager
19. Justin Townes Earle - Single Mothers
20. Foo Fighters - Sonic Highways
21. Sweet Apple - The Golden Age of Glitter
22. Dum Dum Girls - Too True
23. J Mascis - Tied to a Star
24. Parker Millsap - Parker Millsap
25. Hurray for the Riff Raff - Small Town Heroes
26. Nikki Lane - All or Nothin'
27. The Gaslight Anthem - Get Hurt
28. Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers - The Independent
29. Lab Partners - Seven Seas
30. Mark Lanegan Band - Phantom Radio

bootsy

Not a Top 10, just my favorites of the year in alphabetical order:
Ab-Soul - These Days
Aphex Twin - Syro
Andy Stott - Faith In Strangers
Arca - Xen
Bas - Last Winter
Beck - Morning Phase
Big K.R.I.T. - Cadillactica
The Black Keys - Turn Blue
Caribou - Our Love
Clark - Clark
FKA Twigs - LP1
Flying Lotus - You're Dead
Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Pinata
Future - Honest
Hans Zimmer - Interstellar Soundtrack
How To Dress Well - What Is This Heart?
Isaiah Rashad - Cilvia Demo
J. Cole - 2014 Forrest Hills Drive
Jack White - Lazaretto
Jesse Boykins III - Love Apparatus
Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence
Little Dragon - Nabuma Rubberband
Logic - Under Pressure
Mac DeMarco - Salad Days
Majid Jordan - A Place Like This
Mali Music - Mali Is...
Mary J. Blige - The London Sessions
Michael Jackson - Xscape
Neneh Cherry - Blank Project
Pharrell Williams - GIRL
Real Estate - Atlas
The Roots - ...And Then You Shoot Your Cousin
Royksopp & Robyn - Do It Again
Schoolboy Q - Oxymoron
Shabazz Palaces - Lese Majesty
Slakah The Beatchild - Soul Movement Vol. 2
St. Vincent - St. Vincent
Swans - To Be Kind
SZA - Z
Taylor McFerrin - Early Riser
Tinashe - Aquarius
Todd Terje - It's Album Time
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross - Gone Girl Soundtrack
The War On Drugs - Lost In The Dream
Wild Beasts - Present Tense

wendersfan

1. Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds in Country Music
2. The War On Drugs - Lost In the Dream
3. Eagulls - Eagulls
4. Warpaint - Warpaint
5. Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire For No Witness
6. Ty Segal - Manipulator
7. The Hotelier - Home, Like Noplace Is There
8. Against Me! - Transgender Dysphoria Blues
9. Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks - Wig Out At
10. Temples - Sun Structures

Rival11

I don't have a top 10 but here are mine:

Death From Above 1979 - they physical world
Jack White - Lazaretto
The black keys - Turn blue
Foo fighters - Sonic Highways

Mike86

I don't think I can even name ten albums this year I was interested in. I barely bought any new albums this year but enjoyed a couple from this year I did purchase. Those two are Foo Fighters- Sonic Highways and She & Him- Classics. I know that Classics isn't new material and a cover album but I'm still counting it.

I never got around to buying or listening to Jack White- Lazaretto. I still like him but for some reason I couldn't find the interest to pick it up. The only other one that came out this year that I got was Weezer- Everything Will Be Alright In The End which was just so-so.

CRM114

No love for the flat-out record of the year, Tweedy? Wow.

I believe Ashes and Fire was Adams highest charting record and the song "Lucky Now" was probably one of his most successful singles.

Rocketdog2000

Like the Ryan Adams debate we've been having, personally, the Tweedy record did nothing for me. Which isn't to say it's a bad record, just that there are numerous other albums I'd rather listen to.


And you'd be wrong, unless "was" was the operative word in that sentence. His latest charted higher, and Easy Tiger charted as high as Ashes & Fire did, too.

http://www.billboard.com/artist/3693...ms/chart?f=305

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Adams_discography

starseed1981

Seriously, the first two Doves albums are in my top 25 of last decade. Thanks for the heads up.

CRM114

Tweedy album is epic and needs to be listened to as a whole. It's quite great. (I suppose if you don't dig Wilco at all, you wouldn't be into this?)

By the way, coincidence?

CRM114

Someone gave me The Doves and Jimi Goodwin records to check out and I never did. I'll get on that as soon as I can.

slop101

I love Wilco, but I think the Tweedy album is a bit bloated. It would've been much better if instead of 20 songs, it were a leaner 12, ditching 8 of the more forgettable songs.

Probably not.
R.Adams does a good amount of B.Adams songs live, and they joke back and forth on Twitter.

The Cow

I just saw Ryan a few weeks ago in Columbus and he didn't do any B songs. I didn't think much of him as a live performer. The most interesting part of his set was an improv song about one of the exit signs in the venue.

Butch Walker opened, and I thought he was better.

Rocketdog2000

I like Wilco, but some of their albums do nothing for me, either. Again, not that I would consider them bad. I'm just indifferent to them.

Not at all. Clearly that was intentional. In his own weird way, I think it was him taking the piss out of all the times people have confused the two.

The Dude

Much like the baseball HoF voters, I'm taking my potential list of 10 and only nominating one.

Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds in Country Music

This is the best album I've heard in years. 'End of the Line' is an absolutely amazing track with some great, great slide work. Whole thing from top to bottom is quality. I've probably listened to it 20-30 times in the last 3 weeks.

Michael Corvin

Not sure about 10 but my two faves this year:

The Cow

^^ I'm also a big fan of the Tuomas album.

Dan

There's no way I can do a top ten this year, but if I have to pick just one that stood out for me, it's Familiars by The Antlers. Stand out tracks are Palace and Parade, but the whole thing is great.