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Highest Rated Albums of 2014

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Genre

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- All
- Alternative R&B
- Alternative Rock
- Americana
- Art Pop
- Electronic
- Electropop
- Folk
- Garage Rock
- Hip Hop
- House
- Indie Folk
- Indie Pop
- Indie Rock
- Metal
- Pop
- Pop Rock
- Psychedelic
- Psychedelic Rock
- R&B
- Rock
- Singer-Songwriter
- Soul
- Synthpop

2014

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

1. St. Vincent - St. Vincent

February 25, 2014

Art Pop

Score

100

2. Timber Timbre - Hot Dreams

April 1, 2014

Folk

Score

100

3. Behemoth - The Satanist

February 3, 2014

Death Metal

Score

100

4. Polar Bear - In Each and Every One

March 24, 2014

Jazz

Score

100

5. Gruff Rhys - American Interior

May 5, 2014

Indie Pop

Score

100

6. Opeth - Pale Communion

August 26, 2014

Progressive Rock

Score

100

7. Total Control - Typical System

June 24, 2014

Post-Punk

Score

100

8. La Roux - Trouble in Paradise

July 21, 2014

Synthpop

Score

100

9. Anathema - Distant Satellites

June 10, 2014

Art Rock

Score

100

10. Caribou - Our Love

October 7, 2014

Electronic

Score

100

11. Sinkane - Mean Love

September 2, 2014

Art Pop

Score

100

12. Christine and the Queens - Chaleur Humaine

May 19, 2014

Electropop

Score

100

13. Keaton Henson - Romantic Works

June 16, 2014

Modern Classical

Score

100

14. Ex Hex - Rips

October 7, 2014

Indie Rock

Score

100

15. Knifeworld - The Unravelling

July 21, 2014

Progressive Rock

Score

100

16. Scott Walker & Sunn O))) - Soused

October 21, 2014

Experimental Rock

Score

100

17. Flying Lotus - You're Dead!

October 7, 2014

Electronic

Score

100

18. Angus & Julia Stone - Angus & Julia Stone

August 5, 2014

Indie Pop

Score

100

19. Ultimate Painting - Ultimate Painting

October 28, 2014

Indie Rock

Score

100

20. Jason Moran - All Rise: A Joyful Elegy for Fats Waller

September 16, 2014

Score

100

21. Machine Head - Bloodstone & Diamonds

November 10, 2014

Groove Metal

Score

100

22. Masters At Work - House Masters

September 21, 2014

Score

100

23. Richard Dawson - Nothing Important

November 3, 2014

Singer-Songwriter

Score

100

24. Peggy Seeger - Everything Changes

September 1, 2014

Score

100

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25. Childhood - Lacuna

August 11, 2014

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

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