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Peggy Seeger - Everything Changes
September 1, 2014
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100
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Richard Dawson - Nothing Important
November 3, 2014
Singer-Songwriter
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100
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Masters At Work - House Masters
September 21, 2014
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100
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Machine Head - Bloodstone & Diamonds
November 10, 2014
Groove Metal
Score
100
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Jason Moran - All Rise: A Joyful Elegy for Fats Waller
September 16, 2014
Score
100
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Ultimate Painting - Ultimate Painting
October 28, 2014
Indie Rock
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100
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Angus & Julia Stone - Angus & Julia Stone
August 5, 2014
Indie Pop
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100
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Flying Lotus - You're Dead!
October 7, 2014
Electronic
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100
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Scott Walker & Sunn O))) - Soused
October 21, 2014
Experimental Rock
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100
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Knifeworld - The Unravelling
July 21, 2014
Progressive Rock
Score
100
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Ex Hex - Rips
October 7, 2014
Indie Rock
Score
100
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12
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Keaton Henson - Romantic Works
June 16, 2014
Modern Classical
Score
100
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Christine and the Queens - Chaleur Humaine
May 19, 2014
Electropop
Score
100
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14
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Sinkane - Mean Love
September 2, 2014
Art Pop
Score
100
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15
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Caribou - Our Love
October 7, 2014
Electronic
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100
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Anathema - Distant Satellites
June 10, 2014
Art Rock
Score
100
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La Roux - Trouble in Paradise
July 21, 2014
Synthpop
Score
100
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Total Control - Typical System
June 24, 2014
Post-Punk
Score
100
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Opeth - Pale Communion
August 26, 2014
Progressive Rock
Score
100
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20
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Gruff Rhys - American Interior
May 5, 2014
Indie Pop
Score
100
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21
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Polar Bear - In Each and Every One
March 24, 2014
Jazz
Score
100
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Behemoth - The Satanist
February 3, 2014
Death Metal
Score
100
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Timber Timbre - Hot Dreams
April 1, 2014
Folk
Score
100
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St. Vincent - St. Vincent
February 25, 2014
Art Pop
Score
100
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Jacob Young - Forever Young
May 16, 2014
Score
80
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This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings The Guardian awarded albums throughout 2014.
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