The Best Albums of 2014

It’s that time of year, and Emacs has decreed (based on how many times I played each album) what the best ones are. I’ve played a lot of old, old music this year, so the recent purchases haven’t gotten that much play…

But these are the 15 bestest albums released in 2014.

Neneh CherryBlank Project
Laetitia SadierSomething Shines
Meat Beat ManifestoAnswers Come In Dreams
Róisin MurphyMi Senti
VariousElectroconvulsive Therapy Vol One
Xiu XiuAngel Guts: The Red Classroom
Arthur’s LandingMiracle 2
CleftBosh!
David GrubbsBorough of Broken Umbrellas
HerbertOne Two Three
Purity SupremeAlways Already
The NotwistClose to the Glass
VariousMusic from the Mountain Provinces
Thee Oh SeesSingles Vol. 1+2
Aphex TwinSyro

And these are the 15 bestest albums that I bought in 2014, never mind what year they were released:

MachinedrumVapor City
VariousFour Songs by Arthur Russell
ColourboxColourbox [MAD315]
irr.app.(ext.)Neognathae Portentosus
Neil Young & Crazy HorseRust Never Sleeps
Neneh CherryBlank Project
The Birthday PartyThe Friend Catcher EP
VariousThe Clock Machine Turns You On: Volume 2: Tick (1)
Jonas Kullhammar QuarterLåt det vara
Laetitia SadierSomething Shines
Meat Beat ManifestoAnswers Come In Dreams
Next LifeArtificial Divinity
NisennenmondaiN
René Halkett, David JayNothing, Armour
ShearwaterFellow Travelers

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