Category Top 25 Albums of 2014
TOP 25 ALBUMS OF 2014 – #1: PRINCE – ART OFFICIAL AGE…
Finally… the top of the list! This year it wasn’t easy. In fact there were easily over 50 albums this year that I really liked and had to choose from. There were even a couple that I hadn’t even heard until I had the list completed. But there was one album that topped my favorites, […]
TOP 25 ALBUMS OF 2014 – #2: FOO FIGHTERS – SONIC HIGHWAYS…
Sonic Highways is the most ambitious project the Foo Fighters have pulled off yet. Rather than just repeat what they know, the band set out to do a documentary series about making an album in eight cities. An album fueled by the stories and interviews collected for the documentary. A documentary that ties the rich […]
TOP 25 ALBUMS OF 2014 – #3: PINK FLOYD – THE ENDLESS RIVER…
I had to think long and hard about this one. Pink Floyd is a band that is way up at the top of the list in many respects for me. Yes, The Endless River is essentially a collection of outtakes from The Division Bell that have been embellished with better sounding guitar and drums, and […]
TOP 25 ALBUMS OF 2014 – #4: U2 – SONGS OF INNOCENCE…
Hopefully now that the frenzy over the iTunes fiasco has died down, people can appreciate Songs of Innocence for what it is: one of the best albums U2 has recorded in a long time. All OF those things that make U2 great are here. They are tight still as a four piece. They use atmosphere, […]
TOP 25 ALBUMS OF 2014 – #5: PHARRELL WILLIAMS – G I R L…
Pharrell was certainly everywhere this year wasn’t he? From the unexplained monstrous success of his little tune called “Happy”, to being just about everywhere on TV, producing some great songs by Ed Sheeran and Paloma Faith, and staying busy as ever. But in there he finally released a solo album worthy of the weight his […]
TOP 25 ALBUMS OF 2014 – #6: WEEZER – EVERYTHING WILL BE ALRIGHT IN THE END…
2014 brought the triumphant return of Weezer! Their new album Everything Will Be Alright In The End is a return to all the things I love about Weezer. The most important of these is their tightness as a rock & roll band. Sure when you are this far into your career, you are allowed to […]
TOP 25 ALBUMS OF 2014 – #7: LILY ALLEN – SHEEZUS…
Lily Allen’s return to pop music, after nearly calling it quits, was one of the most exciting pieces of news to me in 2013. She had hinted about being apprehensive about a return, but there was no need to worry at all. Rather than repeat what she did on her first two albums, Lily moves […]
TOP 25 ALBUMS OF 2014 – #8: SAM SMITH – IN THE LONELY HOUR…
Last year, while most of us in the U.S. were oblivious, an up and coming singer named Sam Smith was breaking through in a big way in the UK, as a guest vocalist on Naughty Boy’s “La La La”, and also on Disclosure’s “Latch”. It wasn’t until I watched the last BRITs awards that I […]
TOP 25 ALBUMS OF 2014 – #9: PIXIES – INDIE CINDY…
After a 20+ year wait, the Pixies came stomping back this year with a brand new album. Even though founding member Kim Deal is missing this time around, the band rock as loud and as crazy as ever. Songs like “Blue Eyed Hexe”, “Bagboy” and “Another Toe In The Ocean” haven’t left my playlists all […]
TOP 25 ALBUMS OF 2014 – #10: SEMI PRECIOUS WEAPONS – AVIATION…
This year put an end to a long wait to hearing new music from what has been one of my favorite “best kept secret” bands, Semi Precious Weapons. In 2007, this band released one of my favorite albums of the entire decade, We Love You. With only one album between then and now, it was […]
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