RollingStone's Best 50 Albums of 2014 revealed (Charli XCX, FKA twigs included)

[Skins 40]

 

2014 was another phenomenal year for music, illuminating darkness when it often seemed that the only light was from buildings burning in Ferguson, Missouri. Veterans like U2, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, Jackson Browne and Leonard Cohen were showing the youngsters how it's done, but classic rock was being revived in more unlikely ways too: the Eighties impressionist guitar choogle of the War on Drugs, Ought's word-drunk post-punk, Perfume Genius' arty glam rock and Eric Church's country arena-rock.

The year was dominated on nearly every other front by young women: Charli XCX's reinvention of punk-pop, Miranda Lambert's Nashville platinum-blonde ambition, St. Vincent's indie-rock apotheosis, FKA Twigs' haunting avant-R&B and, above all, Taylor Swift's unstoppable pop juggernaut. The politically charged hip-hop of Public Enemy found a new-school parallel in Run the Jewels, the storytelling Los Angeles breeze of Dr. Dre found new life in YG and Flying Lotus took rhymes and beats into spectacularly abstract territory. Here's 50 albums that we wouldn't turn down.

 
 
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/50-best-albums-of-2014-20141201/

16. FKA twigs - LP1
10. Taylor Swift - 1989
7. Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence
6. Charli XCX - Sucker

1. U2 - Songs of Innocence

Tragic list. Rolling Stone losing credibility as always

[Staryu 6,162]

That list is tragic.

 

I mean, the chosen albums are fine in general, but the ranking... did they use coin flipping to decide? :santaney:

[Tove Lo 2,481]

This is just a bad list.

Only thing worth being on there is Ultraviolence.

[Bloody 64,631]

7.Lana Del Rey, 'Ultraviolence'  

[Vernier 3,786]

St. Vincent. Yasssssssssssssssssss

Basically the only good thing about that was that it was listed in one page and I didn't have to go through a slideshow :madge:

[scrappy 302]

this is hillarious!

Sucker isn't even out yet

1989 in top 10?!

Ghost Stories, Skrillex? Seriously?

U2 at #1?!

Where's Sia? Where's Azealia?

 

I agree about UV though...

[JEWRJEWR 5,663]

no BWET?  

 

 

 

[Nazgul 186]

LP1 should've been #1 :madge:

[Harry 26,836]

Wow @ them putting an album in the top ten that hasn't even been released yet

 

Glad to see Lana, Twigs, Flying Lotus, Aphex Twin & Damon Albarn on there tho

[Ladey Gagz 2,512]

1989 should've been top 5 :madge:

Sucker isn't even out yet :koons:

[SIRE 75]

Songs of Innocence @1

[Joaco95 1,631]

still dont get the vibe for uv. its worse than paradise

[creeves 245]

Where is C2C tho 

[Skins 40]

They should've included PARTYNEXTDOOR Two and Yung Lean's new album. Cannot fathom 1989 being above LP1.

[Spock 20,290]

1989 should have been higher :madge: Still, Taylor always makes the RS list, bless her.

But this year it's such a flop list. Ultraviolence at #7 and Songs of Innocence #1