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Highest Rated Alternative Rock Albums of 2014
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Thurston Moore - The Best Day
October 21, 2014
Score
90
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Bob Mould - Beauty & Ruin
June 3, 2014
Score
75
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Elbow - The Take Off and Landing of Everything
March 10, 2014
Score
75
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The Afghan Whigs - Do to the Beast
April 14, 2014
Score
70
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James - La Petite Mort
June 2, 2014
Score
70
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Melvins - Hold It In
October 14, 2014
Score
70
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Mark Lanegan Band - Phantom Radio
October 21, 2014
Score
70
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The Gaslight Anthem - Get Hurt
August 12, 2014
Score
70
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Against Me! - Transgender Dysphoria Blues
January 21, 2014
Score
70
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The Smashing Pumpkins - Monuments to an Elegy
December 9, 2014
Score
60
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Johnny Marr - Playland
October 6, 2014
Score
60
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Echo & the Bunnymen - Meteorites
May 26, 2014
Score
60
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Weezer - Everything Will Be Alright in the End
October 7, 2014
Score
60
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Manchester Orchestra - Cope
April 1, 2014
Score
60
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Foo Fighters - Sonic Highways
November 10, 2014
Score
50
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The Rentals - Lost in Alphaville
August 26, 2014
Score
50
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Morrissey - World Peace Is None of Your Business
July 15, 2014
Score
40
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Pixies - Indie Cindy
April 29, 2014
Score
30
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This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings awarded albums throughout 2014.
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