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Bobby Wellins & Scottish National Jazz Orchestra - Culloden Moor Suite
September 15, 2014
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100
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Les Vents Français - French Music for Winds - 20th-Century Wind Quintets
January 14, 2014
Score
100
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3
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Flying Lotus - You're Dead!
October 7, 2014
Electronic
Score
100
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Shabazz Palaces - Lese Majesty
July 29, 2014
Hip Hop
Score
100
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Hurray For The Riff Raff - Small Town Heroes
February 11, 2014
Singer-Songwriter
Score
100
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6
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Emil Viklický / George Mraz - Together Again
February 28, 2014
Score
80
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Cloudmakers Trio - Abstract Forces
September 29, 2014
Score
80
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Maz O'Connor - This Willowed Light
July 7, 2014
Score
80
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9
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VEIN Trio - Jazz Talks
December 5, 2014
Score
80
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Julie Fowlis - Gach Sgeul: Every Story
February 24, 2014
Score
80
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11
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John Harle & Marc Almond - The Tyburn Tree (Dark London)
February 24, 2014
Score
80
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12
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The Robert Cray Band - In My Soul
April 1, 2014
Blues
Score
80
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Amazon
13
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John Sheppard - Sacred Choral Music
January 13, 2014
Score
80
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14
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Africa Express - Terry Riley's In C Mali
November 24, 2014
Score
80
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Amazon
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Peirani & Parisien - Belle Epoque
March 11, 2014
Score
80
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16
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Joyce DiDonato - Stella di Napoli
September 2, 2014
Score
80
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17
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Wild Billy Childish & CTMF - Acorn Man
December 8, 2014
Score
80
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Amazon
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We Are Shining - Kara
October 28, 2014
Score
80
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Dean Blunt - Black Metal
November 3, 2014
Alternative R&B
Score
80
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20
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Jerry Lee Lewis - Rock & Roll Time
October 28, 2014
Score
80
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21
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Angaleena Presley - American Middle Class
October 14, 2014
Country
Score
80
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22
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Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn - Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn
October 7, 2014
Score
80
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23
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Frazey Ford - Indian Ocean
October 14, 2014
Score
80
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24
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Mary J. Blige - The London Sessions
December 2, 2014
R&B
Score
80
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AC/DC - Rock or Bust
December 2, 2014
Hard Rock
Score
80
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This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings The Observer awarded albums throughout 2014.
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