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Highest Rated Albums of 2014

Year

2014
- - 2019
  - 2018
  - 2017
  - 2016
  - 2015
  - 2014
  - 2013
- - 2012
  - 2011
  - 2010
  - 2009
  - 2008
  - 2007
  - 2006
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  - 2004
  - 2003
  - 2002
  - 2001
  - 2000
  - All Time

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All
- - All
  - Alternative R&B
  - Alternative Rock
  - Ambient
  - Art Pop
  - Dream Pop
  - Electronic
  - Electropop
  - Folk
  - Hip Hop
  - House
  - Indie Pop
  - Indie Rock
- - Indietronica
  - Metal
  - Neo-Psychedelia
  - Pop
  - Post-Punk
  - Psychedelic
  - Psychedelic Rock
  - Punk
  - R&B
  - Rock
  - Singer-Songwriter
  - Synthpop
  - Techno

This is an ordered list of Pitchfork's highest rated albums of 2014. Check out Pitchfork's Year End List.

1. D'Angelo - Black Messiah

December 15, 2014

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2. Swans - To Be Kind

May 13, 2014

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3. Sun Kil Moon - Benji

February 11, 2014

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4. William Onyeabor - William Onyeabor

November 18, 2014

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5. Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2

October 28, 2014

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6. David Bowie - Nothing Has Changed

November 18, 2014

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7. Ariel Pink - pom pom

November 18, 2014

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8. Captain Beefheart - Sun Zoom Spark: 1970-1972

November 17, 2014

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9. Grouper - Ruins

October 31, 2014

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10. Sun Ra & His Arkestra - In the Orbit of Ra

September 23, 2014

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11. FKA twigs - LP1

August 12, 2014

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12. How to Dress Well - What Is This Heart?

June 24, 2014

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13. The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream

March 18, 2014

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14. Real Estate - Atlas

March 4, 2014

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15. Aphex Twin - Syro

September 23, 2014

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16. Todd Terje - It's Album Time

April 8, 2014

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17. Cloud Nothings - Here and Nowhere Else

April 1, 2014

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18. Unwound - No Energy

October 14, 2014

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19. Caribou - Our Love

October 7, 2014

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20. Pallbearer - Foundations of Burden

August 19, 2014

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21. Spoon - They Want My Soul

August 5, 2014

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22. White Lung - Deep Fantasy

June 17, 2014

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23. Parquet Courts - Sunbathing Animal

June 3, 2014

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24. Perfect Pussy - Say Yes to Love

March 18, 2014

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25. St. Vincent - St. Vincent

February 25, 2014

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NOTE: This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Pitchfork awarded albums throughout 2014.

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