GREAT ALBUMS: Sadistik - Ultraviolet Sage Francis - Copper Gone Damon Albarn - Everyday Robots The Black Keys - Turn Blue The Roots - ...& Then You Shoot Your Cousin Broken Bells - After the Disco Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 2 GOOD/EH ALBUMS: BADBADNOTGOOD - III Philip Selway - Weatherhouse Diabolic - Fightin' Words Copywrite - Murderland Coldplay - Ghost Stories Grieves - Winter & the Wolves Army of the Pharaohs - In Death Reborn Linkin Park - The Hunting Party Apathy - Connecticut Casual Antemasque - Antemasque ANTICIPATING Imogen Heap - Sparks Lupe Fiasco - Lost in the Atlantic Tori Amos - Unrepentant Geraldines Buck 65 - Neverlove Moodie Black - Nausea Electric Youth - INNERWORLD TV on the Radio - Seeds Mute Math - TBA
Lists are in Alpahbetical order for now. GREAT Any Given Day- My Longest Way Home Ariana Grande- My Everything Blake Shelton- Bringing Back the Sunshine Dan+Shay- Where It All Began Ed Sheeran- X Free Throw- Those Days Are Gone Hunter Hayes- Storyline Isaiah Rashad- Cilvia Demo Kina Grannis- Elements Kenny Chesney- The Big Revival Lana Del Rey- Ultraviolence McCafferty- Beach Boy The Obsessives- Manners Royal Blood- Royal Blood Sadistik- Ultraviolet Sam Smith- In the Lonely Hour Schoolboy Q- Oxymoron SPORT- Bon Voyage Sports.- We'll Get to it Eventually 5 Seconds of Summer- 5 Seconds of Summer GOOD Crosses- +++ The Fray- Helios Gaslight Anthem- Get Hurt Lee Brice- I Don't Dance Me vs Hero- I'm Completely Fine The Script- No Sound Without Silence Spoon- They Want My Soul Good but disappointing The Griswolds- Be Impressive. [Compared to their previous work, "Heart of a Lion EP," it falls way short. The album starts off good then goes into a section of stereotypical, generic sounding songs until the end of the album picks it up again] Linkin Park- The Hunting Party. [I was debating what category to put this in, The reason it is here is because it is a good piece of work but lost replay value. Only listen to MTG constantly.] Modern Baseball- You're Going to Miss it All. [Good cd but compared to their first cd "Sports," which was insanely well done, it falls way short and therefore was disappointing when you know they can do much better.] Rise Against- The Black Market. [Good but not up to the quality Rise Against work I have come to know.] Disappointing Interpol- El Pintor Lecrae- Anomaly Panucci's Pizza- All of my Friends are Familiar and the Steps I Took to Realize This. [My friend hyped up this band for me. I listened to it and it wasn't that good. The thing why I was hyped is because practically every band this friend shows me, I end up liking. He has a really good music taste and this is only like the second band he's shown me that I haven't liked.] Still to listen to: Atmosphere- Outsiders Beck- Morning Phase Chiodos- Devil Death From Above 1979- The Physical World Freddie Gibs and Madlib- Pinata (yes, I've been pushing this off for a while, will get to it soon) Meg Myers- Make a Shadow MF Doom and Nehru- Nehruviandoom Pharoahe Monch- PSTD The Roots - ...& Then You Shoot Your Cousin Tim McGraw- Sundown Heaven Town Train- Bulletproof Picasso Vance Joy- Dream Your Life Away Vic Mensa- Street Lights Most Anticipated: Kendrick Lamar- TBA Angels and Airwaves- POET Blink-182- TBA [Not confirmed for 2014 or would be #1] Taylor Swift- 1989 Run the Jewels- Run the Jewels 2
TOP 10 ALBUMS OF 2014 BROKEN BELLS | After the Disco DEATH FROM ABOVE 1979 | The Physical World# FREDDIE GIBBS & MADLIB | Piñata GOT A GIRL | I Love You But I Must Drive Off This Cliff Now# KINA GRANNIS | Elements^ NINA PERSSON | Animal Heart THE ROOTS | ...And Then You Shoot Your Cousin SCHOOLBOY Q | Oxymoron TAKUYA KURODA | Rising Son THIEVERY CORPORATION | Saudade GREAT ALBUMS DAMON ALBARN | Everyday Robots# LINKIN PARK | The Hunting Party# PHANTOGRAM | Voicesv PHARRELL | G I R Lv RODRIGO Y GABRIELA | 9 Dead Alivev GOOD ALBUMS BECK | Morning Phase THE BLACK KEYS | Turn Blue# BREATHE CAROLINA | Savages CHUCK INGLISH | Convertibles DEVIN TOWNSEND | Casualties of Cool# FOSTER THE PEOPLE | Supermodel JOHN FRUSCIANTE | Enclosure KID CUDI | Satellite Flight: The Journey to Mother Moon LOST IN THE TREES | Past Life THE 1975 | The 1975 TYCHO | Awake [color=#7CFC]CURRENTLY LISTENING ANTEMASQUE[/color] | Antemasque [color=#7CFC]KAREN O[/color] | Crush Songs! [color=#7CFC]LIGHTS[/color] | Little Machines! [color=#7CFC]ROYAL BLOOD[/color] | Royal Blood! IN QUEUE ALT-J | This Is All Yours! APHEX TWIN | Syro! ATMOSPHERE | Southsiders BADBADNOTGOOD | III! CHIODOS | Devil ††† | †††! DEADMAU5 | while(1<2)! DELTA SPIRIT | Into the Wide! THE JUAN MACLEAN | In a Dream! MF DOOM & BISHOP NEHRU | Nehruviandoom! MOGWAI | Rave Tapes PHAROAHE MONCH | PTSD - Post Traumatic Stress Disorder SHINTARO SAKAMOTO | Let's Dance Raw! TRICKY | Adrian Thaws! ANTICIPATING COPELAND | Ixora FOO FIGHTERS | Sonic Highways! JOEY BADA$$ | B4.Da.$$! KENDRICK LAMAR | TBA! LUPE FIASCO | Tetsuo & Youth RUN THE JEWELS | Run the Jewels 2 TRENT REZNOR AND ATTICUS ROSS | Gone Girl: Soundtrack from the Motion Picture! Key ^ Moved up one or several categories v Moved down one or several categories # New entry to a "Judged" category (Top, Great, Good) ! New entry to an "Un-Judged" category (Currently Listening, In Queue, Anticipating) Considering I haven't posted in this thread in literally 1/3 of a year, I'm severely behind on my "to-do" list.
____________THE BEST ALBUMS OF 2014__________ †††: ††† Linkin Park: The Hunting Party Royal Blood: Royal Blood Coldplay: Ghost Stories Black Keys: Turn Blue ____________THE GOOD ALBUMS OF 2014_________ Animals As Leaders: Joy Of Motion Broken Bells: After The Disco U2: Songs Of Innocence Killer Be Killed: Killer Be Killed Damon Albarn: Everyday Robots ____________THE OKAY ALBUMS OF 2014_________ Meg Myers: Make A Shadow EP Darlia: Candyman EP Wolfmother: New Crown Temples: Sun Structures
Best: Behemoth- The Satanist Aborted- Necrotic Manifesto Linkin Park- The Hunting Party Goatwhore- Constricting Rage of the Merciless Misery Index- The Killing Gods Septicflesh- Titan Ringworm- Hammer of the Witch Fallujah- The flesh prevails Electric Wizard- Time to Die Good: Cannibal Corpse- A Skeletal Domain Inanimate Existence- Never Ending Cycle of Atonement Dark Tranquility- Construct Tryptikon- Melana Chasmata Animals as Leaders- Joy of Motion Allageaon- Elements of the Infinite Agalloch- The Serpent and The Sphere Epica- The Quantum Enigma Wolves in the Throne Room- Celestite Casualties of Cool- eponymous Killer be Killed- Eponymous Ok: Alcest- Shelter Down- The Purple EP part II Burzum- The Ways of Yore Anticipating: Devin Townsend/Devin Townsend Project- Z2/DTP Exodus- Blood in, Blood Out Slipknot- .5 The Gray Chapter Sleep- TBA
TOP 10 ALBUMS OF 2014 BROKEN BELLS | After the Disco DEATH FROM ABOVE 1979 | The Physical World FREDDIE GIBBS & MADLIB | Piñata GOT A GIRL | I Love You But I Must Drive Off This Cliff Now KINA GRANNIS | Elements THE ROOTS | ...And Then You Shoot Your Cousin SCHOOLBOY Q | Oxymoron TAKUYA KURODA | Rising Son THIEVERY CORPORATION | Saudade TRENT REZNOR AND ATTICUS ROSS | Gone Girl: Soundtrack from the Motion Picture# GREAT ALBUMS DAMON ALBARN | Everyday Robots LIGHTS | Little Machines# LINKIN PARK | The Hunting Party NINA PERSSON | Animal Heartv PHANTOGRAM | Voices PHARRELL | G I R L RODRIGO Y GABRIELA | 9 Dead Alive GOOD ALBUMS BECK | Morning Phase THE BLACK KEYS | Turn Blue BREATHE CAROLINA | Savages CHUCK INGLISH | Convertibles DEVIN TOWNSEND | Casualties of Cool FOSTER THE PEOPLE | Supermodel JOHN FRUSCIANTE | Enclosure KID CUDI | Satellite Flight: The Journey to Mother Moon LOST IN THE TREES | Past Life THE 1975 | The 1975 TYCHO | Awake CURRENTLY LISTENING ANTEMASQUE | Antemasque KAREN O | Crush Songs ROYAL BLOOD | Royal Blood SHINTARO SAKAMOTO | Let's Dance Raw IN QUEUE ALT-J | This Is All Yours APHEX TWIN | Syro ATMOSPHERE | Southsiders BADBADNOTGOOD | III CHIODOS | Devil ††† | ††† DEADMAU5 | while(1<2) DELTA SPIRIT | Into the Wide THE JUAN MACLEAN | In a Dream MF DOOM & BISHOP NEHRU | Nehruviandoom MOGWAI | Rave Tapes PHAROAHE MONCH | PTSD - Post Traumatic Stress Disorder TRICKY | Adrian Thaws ANTICIPATING COPELAND | Ixora FOO FIGHTERS | Sonic Highways JOEY BADA$$ | B4.Da.$$ KENDRICK LAMAR | TBA LUPE FIASCO | Tetsuo & Youth RUN THE JEWELS | Run the Jewels 2 Key ^ Moved up one or several categories v Moved down one or several categories # New entry to a "Judged" category (Top, Great, Good) ! New entry to an "Un-Judged" category (Currently Listening, In Queue, Anticipating)
GREAT ALBUMS ††† - ††† (Crosses) Mogwai - Rave Tapes Timber Timbre - Hot Dreams Damon Albarn - Everyday Robots The Black Keys - Turn Blue Novastar - Inside Outside Linkin Park - The Hunting Party Royal Blood - Royal Blood Death from Above 1979 - The Physical World Alt J - This Is All Yours Thom Yorke - Tomorrow's Modern Boxes Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross - Gone Girl OST GOOD ALBUMS Liars - Mess Foster The People - Supermodel Tycho - Awake Haywire - Two Fold Pt. 1 Pharrell - Girl The Roots - …And Then You Shoot Your Cousin Mø - No Mythologies To Follow Phantogram - Voices Jack White - Lazaretto Philip Selway - Weatherhouse ANTICIPATING Foo Fighters - Sonic Highways Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 2 Pink Floyd - The Endless River Kanye West - TBA (?) Gerard Way - Hesitant Alien SBTRKT - Wonder Where We Land Flying Lotus - You're Dead! Linys Young - Category 5
i. oxymoron ii. neon icon iii. indigo child iv. k a u a i i. down on my luck ii. anna's lament iii. so high, remix iv. wimme nah v. (untitled) vi. candler road vii. armor/amor viii. cigarette song ix. under pressure x. pop thieves (make it feel good) xi. retro xii. blue ocean xiii. 3005 (beach picnic version) [secret track]
Abel's Current Top/Favorite Albums of 2014 Coldplay "Ghost Stories" Linkin Park "The Hunting Party" LIGHTS "Little Machines" Kina Grannis "Elements" Got a Girl "I Love You But I Must Drive Off This Cliff Now" Honorable Mentions/Near the List Christina Perri "head or heart" Pharrell Williams "G I R L" Childish Gambino "Because the Internet" Good/OK Albums KONGOS "Lunatic" U2 "Songs of Innocence"
The five: Linkin Park - The Hunting Party Coldplay - Ghost Stories Royal Blood - Royal Blood '68 - In Humor and Sadness Möngöl Hörde - Möngöl Hörde The below: Banks - Goddess Of Mice & Men - Restoring Force John Frusciante - Enclosure Trent Reznor & Aticuss Ross - Gone Girl OST The Black Keys - Turn Blue The coming: Slipknot - .5 - The Gray Chapter Run The Jewels - RTJ2 Kendrick Lamar - TBA
GREAT ALBUMS ††† - ††† (Crosses) Mogwai - Rave Tapes Timber Timbre - Hot Dreams Damon Albarn - Everyday Robots The Black Keys - Turn Blue Novastar - Inside Outside Linkin Park - The Hunting Party Royal Blood - Royal Blood Death from Above 1979 - The Physical World Alt J - This Is All Yours Thom Yorke - Tomorrow's Modern Boxes Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross - Gone Girl OST Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 2 Linus Young - Category 5 Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 2 Kele - Trick Moth Equals - Sick Puppy GOOD ALBUMS Liars - Mess Foster The People - Supermodel Tycho - Awake Haywire - Two Fold Pt. 1 Pharrell - Girl The Roots - …And Then You Shoot Your Cousin Mø - No Mythologies To Follow Phantogram - Voices Jack White - Lazaretto Gerard Way - Hesitant Alien SBTRKT - Wonder Where We Land Flying Lotus - You're Dead! ANTICIPATING Foo Fighters - Sonic Highways Pink Floyd - The Endless River Kanye West - TBA (?)
Best: Behemoth- The Satanist Aborted- Necrotic Manifesto Linkin Park- The Hunting Party Goatwhore- Constricting Rage of the Merciless Misery Index- The Killing Gods Septicflesh- Titan Ringworm- Hammer of the Witch Fallujah- The flesh prevails Electric Wizard- Time to Die Slipknot- .5 The Gray Chapter Good: Inferi- The Path of Apotheosis Cannibal Corpse- A Skeletal Domain Inanimate Existence- Never Ending Cycle of Atonement Dark Tranquility- Construct Tryptikon- Melana Chasmata Animals as Leaders- Joy of Motion Allageaon- Elements of the Infinite Agalloch- The Serpent and The Sphere Epica- The Quantum Enigma Wolves in the Throne Room- Celestite Casualties of Cool- eponymous Killer be Killed- Eponymous Ok: Alcest- Shelter Down- The Purple EP part II Burzum- The Ways of Yore Exodus- Blood In, Blood Out Anticipating: Devin Townsend/Devin Townsend Project- Z2/DTP
BEST ALBUMS OF 2014 Death From Above 1979- The Physical World Taylor Swift- 1989 You+Me- Rose Ave. Linus Young- Category 5 Run the Jewels- Run the Jewels 2 Finch- Back to Oblivion Ed Sheeran- X Order could change GOOD Any Given Day- My Longest Way Home Ariana Grande- My Everything Blake Shelton- Bringing Back the Sunshine Crosses- +++ Dan+Shay- Where It All Began The Fray- Helios Free Throw- Those Days Are Gone Gaslight Anthem- Get Hurt Hunter Hayes- Storyline Isaiah Rashad- Cilvia Demo Kina Grannis- Elements Kenny Chesney- The Big Revival Lana Del Rey- Ultraviolence Lee Brice- I Don't Dance McCafferty- Beach Boy Me vs Hero- I'm Completely Fine The Obsessives- Manners Royal Blood- Royal Blood Sadistik- Ultraviolet Sam Smith- In the Lonely Hour Schoolboy Q- Oxymoron The Script- No Sound Without Silence Sppon- They Want My Soul SPORT- Bon Voyage Sports.- We'll Get to it Eventually 5 Seconds of Summer- 5 Seconds of Summer Good but disappointing The Griswolds- Be Impressive Linkin Park- The Hunting Party Modern Baseball- You're Going to Miss it All Rise Against- The Black Market Disappointing Interpol- El Pintor Lecrae- Anomaly Meg Myers- Make a Shadow Panucci's Pizza- All of my Friends are Familiar and the Steps I Took to Realize This. Still to listen to: Ariel Pink- Pom Pom Atmosphere- Outsiders Beck- Morning Phase Chiodos- Devil Freddie Gibs and Madlib- Pinata (yes, I've been pushing this off for a while, will get to it soon) MF Doom and Nehru- Nehruviandoom Panda Bear- Mr. Noah Pharoahe Monch- PSTD The Roots - ...& Then You Shoot Your Cousin Tim McGraw- Sundown Heaven Town Train- Bulletproof Picasso Vance Joy- Dream Your Life Away Vic Mensa- Street Lights Yellowcard- Lift a Sail Most Anticipated: Kendrick Lamar- TBA Angels and Airwaves- The Dream Walker Foo Fighters- Sonic Highways
The Best Behemoth – The Satanist Coldplay – Ghost Stories Guardians of the Galaxy – Awesome Mix Vol. 1 Killer Be Killed – Killer Be Killed Run the Jewels – Run the Jewels 2 U2 – Songs of Innocence The Good Angel Vivaldi - Away With Words, Pt. 1 Animals as Leaders – The Joy of Motion The Contortionist – Language ††† - ††† Deadmau5 – While(1<2) Hozier - Hozier Julian Casablancas+The Voidz – Tyranny Royal Blood - Out of the Black Thom Yorke – Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes Transatlantic – Kaleidoscope Wolves in the Throne Room – Celestite The Disappointing Linkin Park – The Hunting Party Opeth – Pale Communion Slipknot - .5: The Gray Chapter Anticipating Dave Kerzner - New World The Devin Townsend Project - Sky Blue / Dark Matters Bloodbath - Grand Morbid Funeral Haken - Restoration Hans Zimmer - Interstellar OST Ne Obliviscaris - Citadel Pink Floyd - The Endless River Stuff I Still Need to Check Out Anathema - Distant Satelites Black Crown Initiate - The Wreckage of Stars Casualties of Cool - Casualties of Cool Fallujah - The Flesh Prevails Flying Lotus - You're Dead! Jack White - Lazzareto Logic - Under Pressure Royal Blood - Royal Blood Swans - To Be Kind Tempel - On the Steps of the Temple Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross - Gone Girl OST
[table="Width: 350"] ARTIST TITLE Albums - Tier 1: FKA twigs "LP1" Stwo "Ninety Two" Albums - Tier 2: Banks "Goddess" Deadmau5 "while(1<2)" Foxes "Glorious" The Glitch Mob "Love Death Immortality" Linkin Park "The Hunting Party" EPs: Kid Smpl "Silo Tear" Shlohmo & Jeremih "No More" [/table]
TOP 10 ALBUMS OF 2014 BADBADNOTGOOD | III# BROKEN BELLS | After the Disco DEATH FROM ABOVE 1979 | The Physical World FREDDIE GIBBS & MADLIB | Piñata LIGHTS | Little Machines^ THE ROOTS | ...And Then You Shoot Your Cousin RUN THE JEWELS | Run the Jewels 2# SCHOOLBOY Q | Oxymoron THIEVERY CORPORATION | Saudade TRENT REZNOR AND ATTICUS ROSS | Gone Girl: Soundtrack from the Motion Picture GREAT ALBUMS APHEX TWIN | Syro# DAMON ALBARN | Everyday Robots GOT A GIRL | I Love You But I Must Drive Off This Cliff Nowv KINA GRANNIS | Elementsv NINA PERSSON | Animal Heart PHANTOGRAM | Voices PHARRELL | G I R L RODRIGO Y GABRIELA | 9 Dead Alive TAKUYA KURODA | Rising Sonv GOOD ALBUMS BECK | Morning Phase THE BLACK KEYS | Turn Blue BREATHE CAROLINA | Savages CHUCK INGLISH | Convertibles ††† | †††# DEVIN TOWNSEND | Casualties of Cool FOSTER THE PEOPLE | Supermodel JOHN FRUSCIANTE | Enclosure KAREN O | Crush Songs# KID CUDI | Satellite Flight: The Journey to Mother Moon LINKIN PARK | The Hunting Partyv LOST IN THE TREES | Past Life THE 1975 | The 1975 TYCHO | Awake CURRENTLY LISTENING ROYAL BLOOD | Royal Blood SHINTARO SAKAMOTO | Let's Dance Raw IN QUEUE ALT-J | This Is All Yours ANTEMASQUE | Antemasque ATMOSPHERE | Southsiders CHIODOS | Devil DEADMAU5 | while(1<2) DELTA SPIRIT | Into the Wide ED SHEERAN | X! IMOGEN HEAP | Sparks! THE JUAN MACLEAN | In a Dream MF DOOM & BISHOP NEHRU | Nehruviandoom MOGWAI | Rave Tapes PHAROAHE MONCH | PTSD - Post Traumatic Stress Disorder TRICKY | Adrian Thaws SHINTARO SAKAMOTO | Let's Dance Raw YELLOWCARD | Lift A Sail! ANTICIPATING COPELAND | Ixora FOO FIGHTERS | Sonic Highways JOEY BADA$$ | B4.Da.$$ KENDRICK LAMAR | TBA Key ^ Moved up one or several categories v Moved down one or several categories # New entry to a "Judged" category (Top, Great, Good) ! New entry to an "Un-Judged" category (Currently Listening, In Queue, Anticipating)
I'm not anticipating a lot of albums this year. But next year, there will be new Death Cab for Cutie, new Enter Shikari, new Red Hot Chili Peppers, new Muse and hopefully new Tool!