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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 and The Vanguard - Black Messiah

December 15, 2014

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2. Swans - To Be Kind

May 13, 2014

Experimental Rock, Post-Rock, Noise Rock, Totalism

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3. Sun Kil Moon - Benji

February 11, 2014

Singer-Songwriter, Contemporary Folk, Americana

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4. Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2

October 28, 2014

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5. Ariel Pink - pom pom

November 18, 2014

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6. Grouper - Ruins

October 31, 2014

Ambient, Singer-Songwriter

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7. FKA twigs - LP1

August 12, 2014

Alternative R&B, Art Pop, Wonky, Trip Hop

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

June 24, 2014

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9. The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream

March 18, 2014

Heartland Rock, Indie Rock, Neo-Psychedelia

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10. Real Estate - Atlas

March 4, 2014

Indie Rock, Jangle Pop

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11. Aphex Twin - Syro

September 23, 2014

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12. Todd Terje - It's Album Time

April 8, 2014

Nu-Disco, Electro-Disco

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13. Cloud Nothings - Here and Nowhere Else

April 1, 2014

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14. Caribou - Our Love

October 7, 2014

Electronic, Deep House

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15. Pallbearer - Foundations of Burden

August 19, 2014

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16. Spoon - They Want My Soul

August 5, 2014

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17. White Lung - Deep Fantasy

June 17, 2014

Noise Rock, Punk Rock

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18. Parquet Courts - Sunbathing Animal

June 3, 2014

Garage Rock, Indie Rock, Post-Punk

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19. Perfect Pussy - Say Yes to Love

March 18, 2014

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20. St. Vincent - St. Vincent

February 25, 2014

Art Pop, Indie Rock, Art Rock

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21. Vince Staples - Hell Can Wait

October 7, 2014

Gangsta Rap, West Coast Hip Hop

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22. Iceage - Plowing Into the Field of Love

October 7, 2014

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23. Perfume Genius - Too Bright

September 23, 2014

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24. Eno • Hyde - High Life

June 30, 2014

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25. A Sunny Day in Glasgow - Sea When Absent

June 24, 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.