Well this was the most painstaking thing we’ve had to do in a long while. In no particular order, here are the Howl & Echoes Contributors Top Ten Albums 2014. Singles to come!
Lauren Ziegler
Run The Jewels, Run The Jewels 2
SZA, Z
Kelis, Food
Jack White, Lazaretto
Tricky, Adrian Thaws
Royal Blood Royal Blood
Zhu, The Nightday
Odesza, In Return
Raury, Indigo Child
The War On Drugs, Lost In The Dream
Emma Jones
The War On Drugs, Lost In The Dream
BANKS – Goddess
Flight Facilities – Down To Earth
Caribou, Our Love
Run The Jewels, Run The Jewels 2
St Vincent, St Vincent
Todd Terje, It’s Album Time
FKA twigs, LP1
Seekae, The Worry
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, I’m In Your Mind Fuzz
Sam Weston
Iceage, Plowing Into the Field of Love
Swans,To Be Kind
Alt-J, This Is All Yours
Cloud Nothings, Here and Nowhere Else
Wild Beasts, Present Tense
Sharon Van Etten, Are We There
The Antlers, Familiars
Low Roar, 0
The War on Drugs, Lost In The Dream
Sun Kil Moon, Benji
Andrew Adrian
SKATERS, Manhattan
Jungle, Jungle
Foster the People, Supermodel
Bombay Bicycle Club, So Long, See You Tomorrow
Temples, Sun Structures
Mac DeMarco, Salad Days
Porter Robinson, Worlds
Sticky Fingers, Land of Pleasure
Metronomy, Love Letters
Future Islands, Singles
James Tait
ScHoolboy Q, Oxymoron
Velociraptor, Velociraptor
DZ Deathrays, Black Rat
Hozier, Hozier
Sticky Fingers, Land Of Pleasure
Stalley, Ohio
DMA’s, DMA’s
Childish Gambino, Because The Internet
Rick Ross, Mastermind
Future Islands, Singles
Claudia Middleton
Bombay Bicycle Club, So long, See You Tomorrow
The War on Drugs, Lost in the Dream
Mac Demarco, Salad Days
Glass Animals, Zaba
Zhu,The Nightday
Milky Chance, Sadneccessary
SKATERS, Manhattan
Future Islands Singles
Seekae, The Worry
Perfume Genius, Too Bright
Dean Robb
Nun, Self Titled
Bombay Royale, Island of Dr Electro
First Aid Kit, Stay Gold
St Vincent, St Vincent
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Oddments
Christian Fitness, I am scared of everything that isn’t me
Mogwai, Rave Tapes
Beck, Morning Phase
Ausmuteants, Order of Operation
HTRK, Psychic 9-5 Club
Georgia Bell
Odesza, In Return
Tycho, Awake
Röyksopp, The Inevitable End
Chrome Sparks, Goddess
Kilter, Shades
Chet Faker, Built on Glass
Childish Gambino, Because the Internet
Caribou, Our Love
Lana Del Rey, Ultraviolence
Broods, Evergreen
Ruby-Rose Pivet
Against Me!, Transgender Dysphoria Blues
Benjamin Booker, Benjamin Booker
Caribou, Our Love
FKA Twigs, LP 1
Jack White, Lazeretto
Jamie T, Carry on the Grudge
ODESZA, In Return
St Vincent, St Vincent
The Smith Street Band, Throw Me In The River
The War On Drugs, Lost In The Dream
Sam Groth
Adult Jazz, Gist Is
Mac DeMarco, Salad Days
Bombay Bicycle Club – So Long, See You Tomorrow
#1 Dads, About Face
The War On Drugs, Lost In The Dream
Warpaint- Self Titled,
Future Islands, Singles
Seekae, The Worry
Woods, With Light And With Love
Fishing, Shy Glow
Joshua Seaegg
Chet Faker, Built on Glass
Royal Blood, Royal Blood
Jack White, Lazaretto
Spookyland, Rock ‘N Roll Weakling
alt J, Is this all yours?
Raury, Indigo Child
MONO, The Last Dawn/Rays of Darkness
The Basics, The Lucky Country
Run The jewels, Run The Jewels 2
Antemasque, Antemasque
Alex Langlands
The Smith Street Band, Throw Me In The River
Run The Jewels, Run The Jewels 2
Taylor Swift, 1989
Royal Blood Royal Blood
Against Me!, Transgender Dysphoria Blues
Modern Baseball, You’re Gonna Miss It All
Zhu, The Nightday
DMA’s, DMA’s
Chet Faker, Built On Glass
J Cole, 2014 Forest Hills Drive
Jack Boronovskis
alt-J, This Is All Yours
Chet Faker, Built On Glass
Flight Facilities, Down To Earth
Husky, Rucker’s Hill
Interpol, El Pintor
Jack White, Lazaretto
Paolo Nutini, Caustic Love
The Preatures, Blue Planet Eyes
Royal Blood, Royal Blood
The Smith Street Band, Throw Me In The River
Cameron Nicholls
SBTRKT, Wonder Where We Land
ODESZA, In Return
First Aid Kit, Stay Gold
Asgeir, In The Silence
Ball Park Music, Puddinghead
alt-J, This Is All Yours
Flight Facilities, Down to Earth
Bombay Bicycle Club, So Long, See You Tomorrow
Chet Faker, Built on Glass
Sia, 1000 Forms of Fear
All in all, here’s our total top rankings:
The War on Drugs: 6
Chet Faker: 5
Odesza: 4
Run The Jewels: 4
Royal Blood: 4
Alt-J: 4
Bombay Bicycle Club: 4
Jack White: 4
Future Islands: 4
Caribou: 3
St Vincent: 3
Caribou: 3
Flight Facilities: 3
Zhu: 3
Smith Street: 3
Mac Demarco: 3
Seekae: 3