Even though I barely scratched the surface of all of the music out there, here my top picks of 2014 with a Pitchfork rating out of 10.0:
Just missed the cut: G I R L - Pharrell Williams, Are We There? - Sharon Van Etten, Too Bright - Perfume Genius, Rips - Ex Hes, Pinata - Freddie Gibbs and Madlib
15. Tough Love - Jessie Ware 8.2
14. St Vincent - St Vincent 8.2
13. Syro - Aphex Twin 8.3
12. pom pom - Ariel Pink 8.4
11. Deep Fantasy - White Lung - 8.4
10. I Never Learn - Lykke Li 8.5
9. Sunbathing Animal - Parquet Courts 8.5
8. Ploughing into the Field of Love - Iceage 8.6
7. Atlas - Real Estate 8.6
6. Benji - Sun Kil Moon 8.8
5. They Want My Soul - Spoon 8.8
4. It's Album Time - Todd Terje 8.9
3. Lost in the Dream - The War on Drugs 9.1
2. Run the Jewels 2 - Run the Jewels 9.4
What are your favorite albums of the year?