Every year,
my friend and Adam and I rank and review our top 20 studio albums of the year.
To qualify, an album needs to be full-length, studio and released in
2014. This is my list.
This year, I have also dug out my lists for ‘the early years’, before these started going up online in 2005.
The tradition itself started in 2000, although initially just consisted of a literal list of the top 8 records that year. These early lists are now online for the first time. Those for 2000-2003 are accessible as a single entry, and the more extensive
materials I have found for 2004 have now been given their own (cyber)space.
Anyway,
below is my list for 2014. Each entry
has a link to a sample track on YouTube for easy further investigation. I do hope you enjoy. Happy Christmas.