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Highest Rated Albums of 2014

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2014

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

1. Warpaint - Warpaint

January 21, 2014

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2. Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire for No Witness

February 18, 2014

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3. The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream

March 18, 2014

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4. Wild Beasts - Present Tense

February 25, 2014

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5. Mac DeMarco - Salad Days

April 1, 2014

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6. Swans - To Be Kind

May 13, 2014

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7. Coves - Soft Friday

March 31, 2014

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8. Shamir - Northtown

June 10, 2014

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9. La Roux - Trouble in Paradise

July 21, 2014

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10. Morrissey - World Peace Is None of Your Business

July 15, 2014

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11. Merchandise - After the End

August 26, 2014

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12. Avi Buffalo - At Best Cuckold

September 9, 2014

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13. Caribou - Our Love

October 7, 2014

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14. My Brightest Diamond - This Is My Hand

September 16, 2014

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15. Hiss Golden Messenger - Lateness of Dancers

September 9, 2014

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16. Death From Above - The Physical World

September 9, 2014

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17. Twin Peaks - Wild Onion

August 5, 2014

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18. Honeyblood - Honeyblood

July 14, 2014

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19. Ex Hex - Rips

October 7, 2014

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20. Jamie T - Carry On The Grudge

September 29, 2014

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21. Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2

October 28, 2014

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22. Aphex Twin - Syro

September 23, 2014

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23. Hookworms - The Hum

November 10, 2014

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24. Dream Police - Hypnotized

November 11, 2014

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25. Dean Blunt - Black Metal

November 3, 2014

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

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