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Highest Rated Albums of 2014

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2014

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. Sun Kil Moon - Benji

February 11, 2014

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3. Swans - To Be Kind

May 13, 2014

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4. Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2

October 28, 2014

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5. Real Estate - Atlas

March 4, 2014

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

June 24, 2014

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7. FKA twigs - LP1

August 12, 2014

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8. Grouper - Ruins

October 31, 2014

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9. Ariel Pink - pom pom

November 18, 2014

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10. The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream

March 18, 2014

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11. Cloud Nothings - Here and Nowhere Else

April 1, 2014

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12. Todd Terje - It's Album Time

April 8, 2014

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13. Aphex Twin - Syro

September 23, 2014

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14. Perfect Pussy - Say Yes to Love

March 18, 2014

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15. White Lung - Deep Fantasy

June 17, 2014

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16. Parquet Courts - Sunbathing Animal

June 3, 2014

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17. Caribou - Our Love

October 7, 2014

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18. Pallbearer - Foundations of Burden

August 19, 2014

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19. Spoon - They Want My Soul

August 5, 2014

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20. St. Vincent - St. Vincent

February 25, 2014

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21. Mac DeMarco - Salad Days

April 1, 2014

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22. A Sunny Day in Glasgow - Sea When Absent

June 24, 2014

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23. Ben Frost - A U R O R A

May 26, 2014

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24. Eno • Hyde - High Life

June 30, 2014

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25. Perfume Genius - Too Bright

September 23, 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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