Best Albums
Discover
New Releases
Lists
Genres
News
Community
Sign In
Overview
Best Albums
Worst Albums
Reviews
Lists
Perfect Scores
NME
Follow
www.nme.com
@
NME
Highest Rated Albums of 2014
Decade
2010s
All Time
2020s
2010s
2000s
1990s
Source
NME
All
A.V. Club
AllHipHop
AllMusic
Alternative Press
American Songwriter
Beats Per Minute
Billboard
Clash
Complex
Consequence of Sound
Crack Magazine
DIY
Drowned in Sound
Earmilk
Entertainment Weekly
Evening Standard
Exclaim!
FACT Magazine
FasterLouder
FLOOD Magazine
Gigwise
God Is in the TV
HipHopDX
Loud and Quiet
Louder Than War
Metal Hammer
Metal Injection
Metal Sucks
Mixmag
Mojo
musicOMH
NME
No Ripcord
Northern Transmissions
NOW Magazine
Paste
Pitchfork
PopMatters
Prefix
Pretty Much Amazing
Record Collector
Resident Advisor
Rolling Stone
Slant Magazine
Spectrum Culture
Spin
Sputnikmusic
The 405
The Arts Desk
The Fly
The Guardian
The Independent
The Irish Times
The Line of Best Fit
The Needle Drop
The Observer
The Skinny
The Sydney Morning Herald
The Telegraph
The Young Folks
Time Out London
Tiny Mix Tapes
Uncut
Under The Radar
Wondering Sound
XLR8R
XXL
Genre
All
All
Alternative Rock
Art Pop
Dream Pop
Electronic
Electropop
Folk
Garage Rock
Hip Hop
House
Indie Pop
Indie Rock
Indietronica
Neo-Psychedelia
Pop
Pop Rock
Post-Punk
Psychedelic
Psychedelic Rock
Punk
R&B
Rock
Singer-Songwriter
Synthpop
2010s
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
This is an ordered list of NME's highest rated albums of 2014. Check out
NME's Year End List
.
1
.
D'Angelo and The Vanguard - Black Messiah
December 15, 2014
Neo-Soul
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
2
.
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - I'm In Your Mind Fuzz
October 31, 2014
Garage Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
3
.
Dean Blunt - Black Metal
November 3, 2014
Alternative R&B
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
4
.
Dream Police - Hypnotized
November 11, 2014
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
5
.
Hookworms - The Hum
November 10, 2014
Psychedelic Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
6
.
Aphex Twin - Syro
September 23, 2014
IDM
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
7
.
Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2
October 28, 2014
Hip Hop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
8
.
Jamie T - Carry On The Grudge
September 29, 2014
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
9
.
Ex Hex - Rips
October 7, 2014
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
10
.
Honeyblood - Honeyblood
July 14, 2014
Indie Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
11
.
Twin Peaks - Wild Onion
August 5, 2014
Garage Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
12
.
Death From Above 1979 - The Physical World
September 9, 2014
Dance Punk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
13
.
Hiss Golden Messenger - Lateness of Dancers
September 9, 2014
Americana
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
14
.
My Brightest Diamond - This Is My Hand
September 16, 2014
Chamber Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
15
.
Caribou - Our Love
October 7, 2014
Electronic
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
16
.
Avi Buffalo - At Best Cuckold
September 9, 2014
Indie Folk
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
17
.
Merchandise - After the End
August 26, 2014
Indie Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
18
.
Morrissey - World Peace Is None of Your Business
July 15, 2014
Pop Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
19
.
La Roux - Trouble in Paradise
July 21, 2014
Synthpop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
20
.
Shamir - Northtown
June 10, 2014
Synthpop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
21
.
Coves - Soft Friday
March 31, 2014
Neo-Psychedelia
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
22
.
Swans - To Be Kind
May 13, 2014
Experimental Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
23
.
Mac DeMarco - Salad Days
April 1, 2014
Singer-Songwriter
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
24
.
Wild Beasts - Present Tense
February 25, 2014
Art Pop
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
25
.
The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream
March 18, 2014
Heartland Rock
Score
90
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
1
2
3
4
...
25
NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings NME awarded albums throughout 2014.
NME'S HIGHEST RATED ALBUMS OF ...
2021
2020
2015
2013
You May Also Like
The Needle Drop's Highest Rated Albums of 2014
Pitchfork's Highest Rated Albums of 2014
AllMusic's Highest Rated Albums of 2014
Consequence of Sound's Highest Rated Albums of 2014
Rolling Stone's Highest Rated Albums of 2014
Connect with AOTY
Like Us
Follow Us
Become a Donor
Donor badge, no ads + more benefits.
Advertisement
New Album Releases
78
MARINA
Ancient Dreams In A Modern Land
93
Lorde
Solar Power
79
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
Butterfly 3000
80
Migos
Culture III
80
Slayyyter
Troubled Paradise
More Releases
Advertisement
