Year-End Lists

Pazz & Jop: Top 100 Albums of 2014 (an annual poll of critics, published by The Village Voice)

[see also 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Black Messiah
   D’Angelo and The Vanguard
2. Run the Jewels 2
   Run the Jewels
3. Lost in the Dream
   The War on Drugs
4. St. Vincent
   St. Vincent
5. LP1
   FKA twigs
6. Metamodern Sounds In Country Music
   Sturgill Simpson
7. 1989
   Taylor Swift
8. Burn Your Fire For No Witness
   Angel Olsen
9. They Want My Soul
   Spoon
10. Transgender Dysphoria Blues
    Against Me!
11. Rips
    Ex Hex
12. Platinum
    Miranda Lambert
13. You’re Dead!
    Flying Lotus
14. Broke With Expensive Taste
    Azealia Banks
15. Are We There
    Sharon Van Etten
16. Morning Phase
    Beck
17. Syro
    Aphex Twin
18. Benji
    Sun Kil Moon
19. To Be Kind
    Swans
20. Sunbathing Animal
    Parquet Courts
21. Our Love
    Caribou
22. Ultraviolence
    Lana Del Rey
23. Brill Bruisers
    The New Pornographers
24. Attica!
    Wussy
25. My Krazy Life
    YG
26. The Voyager
    Jenny Lewis
27. Manipulator
    Ty Segall
28. Too Bright
    Perfume Genius
29. Nikki Nack
    Tune-Yards
30. Singles
    Future Islands
31. Popular Problems
    Leonard Cohen
32. It’s Album Time
    Todd Terje
33. The River & the Thread
    Rosanne Cash
34. SUCKER
    Charli XCX
35. Piñata
    Freddie Gibbs & Madlib
36. Under Color of Official Right
    Protomartyr
37. Here and Nowhere Else
    Cloud Nothings
38. Somewhere Else
    Lydia Loveless
39. Seeds
    TV on the Radio
40. Ruins
    Grouper
41. The Future’s Void
    EMA
42. Atlas
    Real Estate
43. The Bootleg Series, Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete
    Bob Dylan & The Band
44. Lazaretto
    Jack White
45. Tha Tour Part 1
    Rich Gang
46. In Conflict
    Owen Pallett
47. The Pinkprint
    Nicki Minaj
48. Alvvays
    Alvvays
49. Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone
    Lucinda Williams
50. Deep Fantasy
    White Lung
51. Lese Majesty
    Shabazz Palaces
52. Pom Pom
    Ariel Pink
53. Beyoncé
    Beyoncé
54. Salad Days
    Mac DeMarco
55. Ryan Adams
    Ryan Adams
56. Foundations of Burden
    Pallbearer
57. Say Yes To Love
    Perfect Pussy
58. Soused
    Scott Walker & Sunn O)))
59. The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas
    Courtney Barnett
60. Sylvan Esso
    Sylvan Esso
61. lullaby and… The Ceaseless Roar
    Robert Plant
62. Blank Project
    Neneh Cherry
63. Most Messed Up
    Old 97’s
64. Small Town Heroes
    Hurray for the Riff Raff
65. Turn Blue
    The Black Keys
66. Bestial Burden
    Pharmakon
67. 1000 Forms of Fear
    Sia
68. Love, Marriage & Divorce
    Toni Braxton & Babyface
69. American Middle Class
    Angaleena Presley
70. Songs of Innocence
    U2
71. Honest
    Future
72. Dark Comedy
    Open Mike Eagle
73. Aquarius
    Tinashe
74. The London Sessions
    Mary J. Blige
75. I Never Learn
    Lykke Li
76. Lateness of Dancers
    Hiss Golden Messenger
77. In the Lonely Hour
    Sam Smith
78. Faith In Strangers
    Andy Stott
79. Hypnotic Eye
    Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
80. Typical System
    Total Control
81. Way Out Weather
    Steve Gunn
82. Do to the Beast
    The Afghan Whigs
83. English Oceans
    Drive-By Truckers
84. Black Metal
    Dean Blunt
85. Black Portland
    Young Thug & Bloody Jay
86. Everyday Robots
    Damon Albarn
87. Clearing the Path to Ascend
    YOB
88. Food
    Kelis
89. Benjamin Booker
    Benjamin Booker
90. Warpaint
    Warpaint
91. Give the People What They Want
    Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
92. New Gods
    Withered Hand
93. Everything Will Be Alright In the End
    Weezer
94. Beauty & Ruin
    Bob Mould
95. The Outsiders
    Eric Church
96. Stay Gold
    First Aid Kit
97. Cilvia Demo
    Isaiah Rashad
98. GIRL
    Pharrell Williams
99. Dude Incredible
    Shellac
100. Hell Can Wait
     Vince Staples