THIS IS IT! It's time to wrap this thing up. My top 10 albums of 2014. Here. NOW.
RECAP
SINGLES (WINTER)
Clean Bandit f/ Jess Glynne - "Rather Be"
Idina Menzel - "Let It Go"
Pure Bathing Culture - "Pendulum"
Cage The Elephant - "Come A Little Closer"
Pharrell Williams - "Happy"
NONONO - "Pumpin' Blood"
Foxes - "Youth"
RAC f/ Kele and MNDR - "Let Go"
Disclosure f/ Sam Smith - "Latch"
Natalia Kills - "Problem"
Glenn Morrison f/ Islove - "Goodbye"
Lea Michele - "Cannonball"
N.A.S.A. f/ Karen O - "I Shot The Sheriff"
Bruce Springsteen - "High Hopes"
Shakira f/ Rihanna - "Can't Remember To Forget You"
Zendaya - "Replay"
Tokyo Police Club - "Hot Tonight"
Little Mix - "Move"
Ingrid Michaelson - "Girls Chase Boys"
St. Vincent - "Digital Witness"
Ferry Corsten f/ Jenny Wahlström - "Many Ways"
Milky Chance - "Stolen Dance"
U2 - "Invisible"
Jimmy Fallon f/ The Muppets - "The Weight"
SINGLES (SUMMER)
Demi Lovato f/ Cher Lloyd - "Really Don't Care"
Katy Perry - "This Is How We Do"
Lindsey Stirling f/ Lzzy Hale - "Shatter Me"
Grimes - "Go"
The War On Drugs - "Red Eyes"
MKTO - "American Dream"
Owl Eyes - "Jewels & Sapphires"
Peter Thomas f/ Betty Who - "All Of You"
La Roux - "Uptight Downtown"
Lady Antebellum - "Bartender"
Deers - "Bamboo"
Chet Faker - "Gold"
Young The Giant - "Mind Over Matter"
Echosmith - "Cool Kids"
Icona Pop - "Get Lost"
Broods - "Mother & Father"
Sigma f/ Paloma Faith - "Changing"
Mary Lambert - "Secrets"
DJ Fresh f/ Ellie Goulding - "Flashlight"
Foxygen - "How Can You Really"
Ed Sheeran - "Don't"
Jessie J f/ Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj - "Bang Bang"
Meghan Trainor - "All About That Bass"
The Madden Brothers - "We Are Done"
SINGLES (SPRING)
DJ Snake f/ Lil Jon - "Turn Down For What"
The Chainsmokers - "Selfie"
Chromeo - "Jealous (I Ain't With It)"
Allie X - "Prime"
Betty Who - "Somebody Loves You"
Sam Smith - "Stay With Me"
Halsey - "Ghost"
Disclosure f/ Eliza Doolittle - "You & Me"
Sam Roberts Band - "Shapeshifters"
Kelis - "Jerk Ribs"
Arctic Monkeys - "Do I Wanna Know?"
Karmin - "I Want It All"
Coldplay - "Magic"
Oh Honey - "Be Okay"
Bleachers - "I Wanna Get Better"
Cascada - "Blink"
Sarah McLachlan - "In Your Shoes"
Wye Oak - "Shriek"
The Black Keys - "Fever"
Honeyblood - "Killer Bangs"
Kongos - "Come With Me Now"
Lana Del Rey - "West Coast"
Rita Ora - "I Will Never Let You Down"
Becky G - "Shower"
SINGLES (FALL)
Jasmine Thompson - "I See Fire"
Ryn Weaver - "OctaHate"
Death From Above 1979 - "Trainwreck 1979"
Vance Joy - "Riptide"
Hilary Duff - "All About You"
Jack Ü f/ Kiesza - "Take Ü There"
Bear Hands - "Agora"
Stella Ella Ola - "Hypersleep"
Sam Smith - "I'm Not The Only One"
MisterWives - "Reflections"
Nicole Sabouné - "Crazy People"
Cold War Kids - "All This Could Be Yours"
Walk The Moon - "Shut Up & Dance"
BBC Music - "God Only Knows"
Jessie J f/ 2 Chainz - "Burnin' Up"
Zella Day - "Hypnotic"
Nicki Minaj f/ Skylar Grey - "Bed Of Lies"
Chvrches - "Get Away"
Sleater-Kinney - "Bury Our Friends"
The Decemberists - "Make You Better"
Purity Ring - "Push Pull"
Lorde - "Yellow Flicker Beat"
Tove Lo - "Scream My Name"
Mark Ronson f/ Bruno Mars - "Uptown Funk"
TOP 40 ALBUMS
40. Weird Al Yankovic - Mandatory Fun
39. Brody Dalle - Diploid Love
38. Warpaint - Warpaint
37. La Sera - Hour Of The Dawn
36. Lily Allen - Sheezus
35. Sharon Van Etten - Are We There
34. Beck - Morning Phase
33. Royal Blood - Royal Blood
32. Lykke Li - I Never Learn
31. EMA - The Future's Void
30. Sleeper Agent - About Last Night
29. Hozier - Hozier
28. Nikki Lane - All Or Nothin'
27. FKA Twigs - LP1
26. Dum Dum Girls - Too True
25. Weezer - Everything Will Be Alright In The End
24. Cher Lloyd - Sorry I'm Late
23. Blondfire - Young Heart
22. Leighton Meester - Heartstrings
21. Charli XCX - Sucker
20. Kyla La Grange -
Cut Your Teeth
19. Jenny Lewis -
The Voyager
18. Röyksopp and Robyn -
Do It Again
17. Christina Perri -
Head Or Heart
16. Ella Henderson -
Chapter One
15. Iggy Azalea -
The New Classic
14. Courtney Barnett -
How To Carve A Carrot Into A Rose
13. The Pretty Reckless -
Going To Hell
12. Jack White -
Lazaretto
11. Sylvan Esso -
Sylvan Esso
10. Ariana Grande -
My Everything
9. Taylor Swift -
1989
8. Foo Fighters -
Sonic Highways
7. Kiesza -
Sound Of A Woman
6. Banks -
Goddess
5. Tove Lo -
Queen Of The Clouds
4. Phantogram -
Voices
3. Lowell -
We Loved Her Dearly
2. Sia -
1,000 Forms Of Fear
1. Lights -
Little Machines
THE END
It's amazing to think about the sheer amount of music that gets created in just a year. Many of these artists weren't even on anybody's radar a year ago, which is even more incredible. But as things change around us so quickly, one thing stays the same: I love discovering, listening to, and writing about all of this music.
I've said for a long time that music is life. These aren't just sounds that we enjoy hearing; this is art that means so much to us on a personal level and shapes our lives. The process of writing these reviews makes me so proud of what these artists have accomplished and excited for what the next year of music will bring us. That's it for TC's top 40 albums of 2014.
You can read everything in its intended format here:
http://tylerc.com/2015/01/tcs-top-40-albums-of-2014/
It's been fun as always, ATRL. Thanks for reading and thanks for your comments!