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1.

D'Angelo and The Vanguard - Black Messiah
December 15, 2014
Neo-Soul
Critic Score
92
31 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

2.

Swans - To Be Kind
May 13, 2014
Experimental Rock
Critic Score
88
35 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

3.

Jason Moran - All Rise: A Joyful Elegy for Fats Waller
September 16, 2014
Jazz
Critic Score
88
5 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

4.

St. Vincent - St. Vincent
February 25, 2014
Art Pop
Critic Score
88
43 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

5.

Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2
October 28, 2014
Hardcore Hip Hop
Critic Score
87
32 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

6.

Lee Ann Womack - The Way I'm Livin'
September 23, 2014
Country
Critic Score
86
5 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

7.

FKA twigs - LP1
August 12, 2014
Alternative R&B
Critic Score
86
44 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

8.

Aphex Twin - Syro
September 23, 2014
IDM
Critic Score
85
43 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

9.

Machine Head - Bloodstone & Diamonds
November 10, 2014
Groove Metal
Critic Score
85
6 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music

10.

The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream
March 18, 2014
Heartland Rock
Critic Score
85
40 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

11.

Sharon Van Etten - Are We There
May 27, 2014
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
85
36 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

12.

Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds in Country Music
May 13, 2014
Country
Critic Score
85
11 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

13.

The Gloaming - The Gloaming
January 20, 2014
Folk
Critic Score
85
7 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

14.

Behemoth - The Satanist
February 3, 2014
Death Metal
Critic Score
85
11 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

15.

Flying Lotus - You're Dead!
October 7, 2014
Electronic
Critic Score
85
38 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

16.

Jane Weaver - The Silver Globe
October 20, 2014
Art Pop
Critic Score
85
7 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

17.

Perfume Genius - Too Bright
September 23, 2014
Art Pop
Critic Score
84
33 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

18.

Autopsy - Tourniquets, Hacksaws and Graves
April 21, 2014
Death Metal
Critic Score
84
5 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

19.

Sun Kil Moon - Benji
February 11, 2014
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
84
25 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

20.

Toumani Diabaté & Sidiki Diabaté - Toumani & Sidiki
May 5, 2014
Critic Score
84
7 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music

21.

Leonard Cohen - Popular Problems
September 23, 2014
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
84
27 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

22.

Call Super - Suzi Ecto
September 15, 2014
IDM
Critic Score
84
5 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

23.

Jennifer Castle - Pink City
September 2, 2014
Singer-Songwriter
Critic Score
83
6 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

24.

Triptykon - Melana Chasmata
April 15, 2014
Doom Metal
Critic Score
83
7 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

25.

Angaleena Presley - American Middle Class
October 14, 2014
Country
Critic Score
83
8 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
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