Every year, at the end of the year, I scour Spotify to review the year’s releases and decide which of them deserve to claim rank in my annual Best Albums list.
The only thing that goes with good coffee better than good conversation, is a good book; the only thing that goes with good coffee better than a good book..?
Good music.
So, here we go! The Table presents:
MUSIC TO BREW TO: THE BEST ALBUMS OF 2014
50. Ultimate Painting – Ultimate Painting
49. Hozier – Hozier
48. Andrew Bird – Things Are Really Great Here, Sort Of…
47. Jack White – Lazaretto
46. Ought – More Than Any Other Day
45. Warpaint – Warpaint
44. Robert Ellis – The Lights from the Chemical Plant
43. Protomartyr – Under Color of Official Right
42. A Sunny Day in Glasgow – Sea When Absent
41. Benjamin Booker – Benjamin Booker
40. Wussy – Attica!
39. Alt-J – This Is All Yours
38. Against Me! – Transgender Dysphoria Blues
38. Sinead O’Connor – I’m Not Bossy, I’m the Boss
37. Merchandise – After the End
36. Thom Yorke – Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes
35. Sturgill Simpson – Metamodern Sounds in Country Music
34. Hiss Golden Messenger – Lateness of Dancers
33. Owen Pallett – In Conflict
32. Ryan Adams – Ryan Adams
31. First Aid Kit – Stay Gold
30. Kishi Bashi – Lighght
29. Ages and Ages – Divisionary
28. The Preatures – Blue Planet Eyes
27. Goat – Commune
26. Reigning Sound – Shattered
25. Sharon Van Etten – Are We There
24. Mac Demarco – Salad Days
23. Angel Olsen – Burn Your Fire For No Witness
22. St. Paul and the Broken Bones – Half the City
21. Drive-By Truckers – English Oceans
20. Lykke Li – I Never Learn
19. Smashing Pumpkins – Monuments to an Elegy
18. Shellac – Dude Incredible
17. Tinariwen – Emmaar
16. Coldplay – Ghost Stories
15. TV on the Radio – Seeds
14. Mary J. Blige – The London Sessions
13. Fink – Hard Believer
12. Tweedy – Sukierae
11. Jenny Lewis – The Voyager
10. Spoon – They Want My Soul
09. U2 – Songs of Innocence
08. Damien Rice – My Favourite Faded Fantasy
07. Tycho – Awake
06. St. Vincent – St. Vincent
05. Beck – Morning Phase
04. Real Estate – Atlas
03. D’Angelo – Black Messiah
02. Kelis – Food
01. The War on Drugs – Lost in the Dream
Andrew is a husband, father, dog lover, craft beverage enthusiast, content creator, and niche market Internet celebrity. Formerly of A Table in the Corner of the Cafe and The Pulitzer Project and contributor to Barista Magazine and Mental Floss, he’s been writing on the Internet for years.