Our Top 40 Albums of 2014!

It's that time of year again where we reflect on the musical gems that have made 2014 such a sparkly musical year. 2014 hasn't disappointed, it's been such a big year for music with many new artists paving themselves a path and old artists showing they've still got what it takes to stay on top. With the last 12 months being so massive for music we've decided to share our top 40 albums with you guys. As hard as it was to whittle it down, we think we've managed to come up with a dazzling concoction of this years greatest albums.

So without further ado, in no particular order, here's our take on 2014's finest musical offerings. 


1. Flying Lotus - You're Dead!




2. Caribou - Our Love



3. FKA Twigs - LP1



4. Young Fathers - Dead




5. Alt J - This Is All Yours




6. Bombay Bicycle Club - So Long, See You Tomorrow




7. Kaiser Chiefs - Education, Education, Education & War




8. Temples - Sun Structures



9. Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 2



10. The Horrors - Luminous




11. Elbow - The Take Off And Landing Of Everything


12. Kasabian - 48:13



13. Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott - What Have We Become



14. The Courteneers - Concrete Love



15. Nick Mulvey - First Mind




16. Manic Street Preachers - Futurology




17. Morrissey - World Peace Is None Of Your Business




18. Black Keys - Turn Blue



19. Aphex Twin - Syro



20. Royal Blood - Royal Blood



21. Interpol - El Pintor



22. Death From Above 1979 - The Physical World



23. Hozier - Hozier




24. Ben Howard - I Forgot Where We Were




25. Paolo Nutini - Caustic Love




26. TV On The Radio - Seeds




27. Foo Fighters - Sonic Highways




28. Freddie Gibbs/Madlib - Pinata




29. Future Islands - Singles




30. St. Vincent - St. Vincent




31. Todd Terje - It's Album Time




32. Little Dragon - Nabuma Rubberband




33. Women's Hour - Conversations




34. Alvvays - Alvvays

 



35. War On Drugs - Lost In The Dream




36. Jessie Ware - Tough Love




37. SBTRKT - Wonder Where We Land




38. Banks - Goddess




39. Jungle - Jungle




40. Kate Tempest - Everybody Down


Here's some tracks taken from our top 40 albums  to listen to over the New Year too: