Album of The Year - Endgame

High Rant District said:
Top 10 Albums of 1985
Dead Milkmen - Big Lizard in my Backyard
Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy
The Replacements - The Shit Hits The Fans
Faith No More - We Care A Lot
Dead Kennedys - Frankenchrist
Descendants - I Don't Want To Grow Up
Husker Dü - Flip Your Wig
Smiths - Meat is Murder
Helios Creed - X-Rated Fairy Tales
Shriekback - Oil and Gold
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Nice list. I've got that Helios Creed lp but just could never get into it.

2014

1 Trans Am - Volume X
2 Floor - Oblation
3 Shellac - Dude Incredible
4 Slomatics - Estron
5 Conan - Blood Eagle
6 Bongripper - Miserable
7 The Austerity Program - Beyond Calculation
8 Watery Love - Decorative Feeding
 
wokeupnew said:
One of the best debut albums of this decade. Airy vocals over outrageous Shoegaze riffs that flow perfectly into each other from track to track.

It kinda sucks that both albums after this seem to be almost from a different band. This album was like lighting in a bottle, they couldn’t recapture that magic again if they tried.

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I saw Nothing open for AFI in 2017. Definitely a very interesting performance. They clearly had some dedicated fans in the house that night. I haven't actually listened to this album, but the album after this wasn't really for me. I should give this one a try 👍
 
A bit of a random year for me but some good records in there and happy to see plenty of female artists. (I'm assuming we're taking Beyoncé this year and couldn't see her in 2013 and I believe the physical release - at least my vinyl - was 2014).

1. Beyoncé - Beyoncé
2. Robert Plant - Lullaby And...The Ceaseless Roar
3. Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita – Clychau Dibon
4. Frazey Ford - Indian Ocean
5. First Aid Kit - Stay Gold
6. Alt-J - This Is All Yours
7. James Yorkston - The Cellardyke Recording and Wassailing Society
8. Element of Crime - Lieblingsfarben und Tiere
9. Highasakite - Silent Treatment
10. Neneh Cherry - Blank Project
 
Some real quality, number 1 is still my album of the decade.

1. The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream
2. St. Vincent
3. The Gloaming
4. Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire For No Witness
5. Damon Albarn - Everyday Robots
6. Manic Street Preachers - Futurology
7. Thom Yorke - Tomorrows Modern Boxes
8. FKA Twigs - LP1
9. Taylor Swift - 1989
10. Alt-J - This Is All Yours
 
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I'm not sure how you guys feel about including live albums, but this one is just too good not to include. Easily my most listened to and favorite album from 2014, though that Copeland album isn't too far behind. The top 4 are all albums I still go back and revisit frequently and that Bassnectar album has some of the best songs to run to during races so I listen to a handful of those pretty often. The rest of the list I don't go back to very often, not a great year in my opinion.

1. Gary Clark Jr. - Live
2. Copeland - Ixora
3. You + Me - Rose Ave.
4. Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2
5. Ed Sheeran - X
6. Sam Smith - In the Lonely Hour
7. St. Paul and the Broken Bones - Half the City
8. Bassnectar - Noise vs. Beauty
9. The Black Keys - Turn Blue
10. Taylor Swift - 1989

Honorable Mentions:
Anderson Paak. - Venice
Sylvan Esso - Sylvan Esso
Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness - Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness
Taking Back Sunday - Happiness Is
Glass Animals - ZABA
 
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Sanders said:
I saw Nothing open for AFI in 2017. Definitely a very interesting performance. They clearly had some dedicated fans in the house that night. I haven't actually listened to this album, but the album after this wasn't really for me. I should give this one a try 👍
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Absolutely you should. Tired of Tomorrow is like a solid 7/10. This album is perfect imo.
 
Do we count d'angelo as 2014?

Just some I can think of based off including that
1. D'angelo and the vanguard - black Messiah
2. St Vincent - S/T
3. Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2
4. Grouper - Ruins
5. Sun kil moon - Benji
6. Perfume genius - Too bright
7. Ariel pink - Pom Pom
8. FKA twigs - LP1
9. Aphex Twin - Syro
10. Taylor Swift - 1989
Honorable Mentions:
Weird Al - Mandatory Fun
Vince staples- Hell can Wait
Against Me! - Transgender dysphoria Blues
Swans To Be Kind (haven't finished)
Rich Gang - Tha Tour pt 1 (again haven't finished)

Tbh this was one of the weaker years this decade.. not many true masterpieces outside of the first 3.. and 2015 was just leagues better
 
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Top 10 - 2014
  1. Grouper - Ruins
  2. D’Angelo - Black Messiah
  3. FKA Twigs - LP1
  4. Aphex Twin - Syro
  5. Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 2
  6. Perfume Genius - Too Bright
  7. Taylor Swift - 1989
  8. Spoon - They Want My Soul
  9. Alvvays - S/T
  10. Cloud Nothings - Here And Nowhere Else
HMs:
Sharon Van Etten - Are We There
The War On Drugs - Lost In The Dream
Ariel Pink - Pom Pom
Caribou - Our Love
Owen Pallett - In Conflict
 
Sure, I'll submit a list.

1. Taylor Swift - 1989
2. Run the Mothereffing Jewels - 2
3. Beyonce - Beyonce
4. Ex Hex - Rips
5. Benjamin Booker - s/t
6. D'Angelo - Black Messiah
7. Perfume Genius - Too Bright
8. Hurray for the Riff Raff - Small Town Heroes
9. Against Me! - Transgender Dysphoria Blues
10. Sturgill Simpson - Metawhoseefaucet it's a long name.
 
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