Year-End Lists

American Songwriter: Top 50 Albums of 2014

1. Sturgill Simpson
   Metamodern Sounds In Country Music
2. The War on Drugs
   Lost in the Dream
3. Strand of Oaks
   HEAL
4. Taylor Swift
   1989
5. Ryan Adams
   Ryan Adams
6. Hurray for the Riff Raff
   Small Town Heroes
7. Angel Olsen
   Burn Your Fire For No Witness
8. Hiss Golden Messenger
   Lateness of Dancers
9. John Fullbright
   Songs
10. First Aid Kit
    Stay Gold
11. Marianne Faithfull
    Give My Love to London
12. Ty Segall
    Manipulator
13. Robert Ellis
    The Lights from the Chemical Plant
14. Lera Lynn
    The Avenues
15. Conor Oberst
    Upside Down Mountain
16. Perfume Genius
    Too Bright
17. The Felice Brothers
    Favorite Waitress
18. Lee Ann Womack
    The Way I’m Livin’
19. Mac DeMarco
    Salad Days
20. Against Me!
    Transgender Dysphoria Blues
21. St. Vincent
    St. Vincent
22. Ex Hex
    Rips
23. Matthew Ryan
    Boxers
24. Leonard Cohen
    Popular Problems
25. Jenny Lewis
    The Voyager
26. Rosanne Cash
    The River & the Thread
27. Tweedy
    Sukierae
28. Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks
    Wig Out At Jagbags
29. Justin Townes Earle
    Single Mothers
30. Angaleena Presley
    American Middle Class
31. Spoon
    They Want My Soul
32. Miranda Lambert
    Platinum
33. Jack White
    Lazaretto
34. Adam Faucett
    Blind Water Finds Blind Water
35. Eric Church
    The Outsiders
36. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
    Hypnotic Eye
37. Bahamas
    Bahamas Is Afie
38. Old 97’s
    Most Messed Up
39. Warpaint
    Warpaint
40. Hozier
    Hozier
41. Doug Paisley
    Strong Feelings
42. Real Estate
    Atlas
43. Old Crow Medicine Show
    Remedy
44. Rodney Crowell
    Tarpaper Sky
45. Jesse Winchester
    A Reasonable Amount of Trouble
46. Beck
    Morning Phase
47. The New Pornographers
    Brill Bruisers
48. Jessica Lea Mayfield
    Make My Head Sing…
49. Drive-By Truckers
    English Oceans
50. Sharon Van Etten
    Are We There