Here we are yet again. The year has come to an end and music has been released, now on Fridays, for me to rank as my favorite.
As I said in July, I’ve been making Album of The Year lists for around 5 years. The first 3 that were written for publications. This is the second of such description for this very blog. Without the pressure of a deadline and a half dozen similar lists to edit off of my brain, I find making these much more enjoyable.
Even if they don’t serve as a taste-making tool like they once did, AOTY lists hold their utility as reminders of what I once loved. My next project will be rounding up lists of years past and adding them to this blog. [1] Here are this year’s picks.
LP
- Old Best Friend - Living Alone - iTunes
- Noah Gundersen - Carry The Ghost - iTunes
- Hop Along - Painted Shut - iTunes
- CHVRCHES - Every Open Eye - iTunes
- Lydia - Run Wild - iTunes
- Selena Gomez - Revival - iTunes
- Tori Kelly - Unbreakable Smile - iTunes
- Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly - iTunes
- Purity Ring - Another Eternity - iTunes
- Runaway Brother - Mother - iTunes
- Tilian Pearson - Perfect Enemy - iTunes
- Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment - Surf - iTunes
- Wolf Alice - My Love Is Cool - iTunes
- Tommy Boys - Tommy Boys - iTunes
- The Maine - American Candy - iTunes
- Death Cab For Cutie - Kintsugi - iTunes
- Punchline - Thrilled - iTunes
- The Money Pit - The Money Pit - iTunes
- The Early November - Imbue - iTunes
- The Dear Hunter - Act VI: Rebirth in Reprise - iTunes
- Owl City - Mobile Orchestra - iTunes
- The Weeknd - Beauty Behind The Madness - iTunes
- Smallpools - LOVETAP! - iTunes
- The Wombats - Glitterbug - iTunes
- Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit and Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit - iTunes
- Leon Bridges - Coming Home - iTunes
- Breaking Benjamin - Dark Before Dawn - iTunes
EP
- The Japanese House - Pools To Bathe In - iTunes
- The Japanese House - Clean - iTunes
- Shapes & Colors - On Display - iTunes
- Vallis Alps - Vallis Alps - iTunes
- Wlfpck - Vol. 1 - iTunes
- YMAEWK - Dogged - iTunes
- Owel - Every Good Boy - iTunes
- Aquilo - Calling Me - iTunes
- Anthony Raneri - Sorry State Of Mind - iTunes
- Jane Decker - 55 - iTunes
- JoJo - III. - iTunes
There you have it. That’s what I loved this year. [2] I hope you take a listen and find something you’ll love too. If you do, please consider purchasing via the iTunes links above to support the bands and this blog.
Related:
My Favorite Things 2014: Music
Don’t hold me to it. ↩
It’s incredible to me that some of these came out this same year. This has been one of the most eventful years of my life. ↩