It appears that NPR has gone a little crazy this year with the year-end stuff. They've posted (and created a shuffling playlist for) their unranked "302 favorite songs of the year."
http://www.npr.org/2014/12/10/369652480 ... gs-of-2014
The 302 songs are divided in categories based on genre:
== Classical ==
A Far Cry - "Hearne: Palindrome for Andrew Norman"
Bang on a Can All-Stars & Trio Mediaeval - "Wolfe: Some Say (from 'Steel Hammer')"
Cameron Carpenter - "Bernstein: Candide Overture"
Conspirare - "Kyr: Transcending: And Love Remains"
Girma Yifrashewa - "Sememen"
The Hilliard Ensemble - "Lullay, I Saw"
Jacaszek - "Kingdom (Les Chênes, Les Bouleaux)"
Jeffrey Zeigler - "Perez Santiago: Glaub"
Jonas Kaufmann - "Schubert: Der Leiermann"
Joyce DiDonato - "Bellini: Dopo l'oscuro nembo"
Latvian Radio Choir - "Falik: Your Temple, Lord"
Leon Fleisher - "Gershwin: The Man I Love"
Nathalie Stutzmann - "Handel: Son qual stanco pellegrino"
Pavel Kolesnikov - "Tchaikovsky: June"
YMusic - "Turner: The Bear & The Squirrel"
== Country / Americana ==
Adia Victoria - "Stuck in the South"
Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn - "Shotgun Blues"
David Nail - "The Secret"
Doug Seegers - "Going Down To The River"
Drive-By Truckers - "Grand Canyon"
Eric Church - "Give Me Back My Hometown"
Hurray For The Riff Raff - "The Body Electric"
Jason Eady - "One, Two ... Many"
Kira Isabella - "Quarterback"
Lee Ann Womack - "All His Saints"
Lucinda Williams - "Stand Right By Each Other"
Lydia Loveless - "Wine Lips"
Miranda Lambert - "Bathroom Sink"
Parker Millsap - "Truck Stop Gospel"
Robert Ellis - "Chemical Plant"
Rosanne Cash - "Night School"
Sam Hunt - "House Party"
St. Paul & The Broken Bones - "Call Me"
Sturgill Simpson - "Turtles All The Way Down"
Sunny Sweeney - "Second Guessing"
Willie Nelson - "The Wall"
== Electronic ==
A Winged Victory For The Sullen - "ATOMOS IX"
Afterhours - "Defragment #2"
Andre Laos - "Yield"
Aphex Twin - "minipops 67 [120.2][source field mix]"
Ben Frost - "Venter"
Bing & Ruth - "The Towns We Love is Our Town"
Caribou - "Our Love"
Ela Stiles - "Drone Transitions"
Factory Floor - "How You Say (Redux)"
Fennesz - "The Liar"
Floating Points - "King Bromeliad"
Gui Boratto - "Joker"
Hudson Mohawke - "Chimes"
Jack J - "Something (On My Mind)"
Kölsch feat. Gregor Schwellenbach - "Cassiopeia"
Moodymann - "Sunday Hotel"
Porter Robinson feat. Amy Millan - "Divinity"
Protect-U - "Time 2 Technique"
Todd Terje feat. Bryan Ferry - "Johnny and Mary"
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross - "The Way He Looks At Me"
Ulf Lohmann - "PCC"
== Hip-Hop ==
100s (feat. Redinho) - "Ten Freaky Hoes"
2 Chainz - "Trap Back"
Amber London - "Hard 2 Find"
Azealia Banks - "Idle Delilah"
Baby Ace feat. Rob Gullatte - "I'm Talkin' Bout"
Big K.R.I.T. - "Mt. Olympus"
Bobby Shmurda - "Hot Nigga"
Cam'ron & A-Trak - "Dipshits"
Chance The Rapper & The Social Experiment - "Wonderful Everyday: Arthur"
Cormega - "Honorable (feat. Raekwon)"
DJ Quik - "Pet Sematary"
Flying Lotus feat. Kendrick Lamar - "Never Catch Me"
Freddie Gibbs & Madlib feat. BJ the Chicago Kid - "Shame"
Future feat. Andre 3000 - "Benz Friendz (Whatchutola)"
GoldLink - "CNTRL"
ILOVEMAKONNEN - "Club Goin' Up On A Tuesday"
Jay Electronica x Jay Z - "We Made It (Remix)"
Jean Grae - "ARME (take it to the wall.)"
Jeezy feat. Jay Z - "Seen It All"
Kendrick Lamar - "i"
Kevin Gates - "Homicide"
Lil Herb - "4 Minutes of Hell, Part 3"
Logic - "I'm Gone"
Migos - "Fight Night"
OG Maco - "U Guessed It"
Pusha T - "Lunch Money"
Rae Sremmurd - "No Flex Zone"
Rich Gang feat. Young Thug and Rich Homie Quan - "Lifestyle"
Rick Ross feat. Kanye West and Big Sean - "Sanctified"
Run The Jewels - "Close Your Eyes (And Count To Fuck)"
Schoolboy Q - "Man Of The Year"
Shabazz Palaces - "Ishmael"
The Underachievers - "Quiescent"
Vic Mensa - "Down On My Luck"
Vince Staples - "Nate"
Your Old Droog - "Loosey In the Store With Pennies"
== Jazz ==
Ambrose Akinmusire feat. Becca Stevens - "Our Basement (Ed)"
Brian Blade & the Fellowship Band - "Ark.La.Tex"
James Brandon Lewis - "Wading Child In The Motherless Water"
James Farm - "Two Steps"
Jason Moran - "Ain't Misbehavin'"
Jeff Ballard Trio - "Beat Street"
Paul Bley - "Pent-Up House"
Zara McFarlane - "Police & Thieves"
== Latin ==
AJ Davila feat. Selma Oxor - "Dura Como Piedra"
Alika Y Nueva Alianza - "Big Up"
Ana Tijoux - "Vengo"
Calle 13 - "Asi De Grande Son Las Ideas"
Ceci Bastida - "Cuando Te Tenga"
Chingo Bling - "Cerveza"
Cilantro Boombox - "Fears Away"
David Lindes - "Caminante Caminando"
Gina Chavez - "Miles De Millas"
Jarina De Marco - "El Venao"
Kali Uchis - "Real"
Karol Conka - "Boa Noite"
La Dame Blanche - "Overdosi"
La Santa Cecilia - "Strawberry Fields Forever"
Las Acevedo - "She Bangs"
Viento Callejero feat. Eddika Organista - "La Burrita"
== Pop ==
The 2 Bears - "Not This Time"
5 Seconds Of Summer - "She Looks So Perfect"
Adanowsky - "Dancing To The Radio"
Ariana Grande (feat. Zedd) - "Break Free"
Beyonce feat. Nicki Minaj - "Flawless (Remix)"
Charli XCX - "Boom Clap"
Chris Brown feat. Usher - "New Flame"
Clean Bandit - "Rather Be"
FKA twigs - "Two Weeks"
Ingrid Michaelson - "Girls Chase Boys"
Jeremih - "Don't Tell 'Em"
Jessie Ware - "Tough Love"
Jungle - "Busy Earnin'"
Michael Jackson - "A Place with No Name"
Nick Jonas - "Jealous"
Nico & Vinz - "Am I Wrong"
Pharrell Williams - "Gush"
Popcaan - "Everything Nice"
QT - "Hey QT"
Röyksopp & Robyn - "Do It Again"
Sam Smith - "Leave Your Lover"
Sam Smith - "Stay With Me"
Shash'U - "Loyal (PWRFNK Remix)"
Sia - "Chandelier"
Taylor Swift - "Blank Space"
Taylor Swift - "Out Of The Woods"
Tove Lo - "Habits (Stay High)"
Usher - "Good Kisser"
Zeds Dead feat. Twin Shadow & D'Angelo Lacy - "Lost You"
== R&B ==
ALTA - "Wash It Down"
Andrew Ashong - "Love The Way"
Ben Khan - "Youth"
Bernhoft - "Come Around With Me"
BJ The Chicago Kid - "Soul Of A Woman"
Christian Rich feat. Angela McCluskey - "Real Love"
Disclosure feat. Mary J Blige - "F For You"
FYFE - "For You"
Gordon Voidwell - "GF Jeans"
J. Cole - "Be Free"
Kelis - "Bless The Telephone"
Kelis - "Breakfast"
Little Dragon - "Pretty Girls"
Low Leaf - "Set Me Free"
Mary J. Blige - "Therapy"
Meshell Ndegeocello - "Comet, Come To Me"
Mick Jenkins feat. NoName Gypsy - "Comfortable"
Mélat x Jansport J - "L.I.P.S."
Nick Hakim - "I Don't Know"
Niia - "Body"
Prince feat. Lianne La Havas - "Clouds"
Shamir - "On The Regular"
Tiffany Gouché - "Fantasy"
Ty Dolla $ign feat. French Montana & Trey Songz - "Paranoid (Remix)"
== Rock ==
The #1s - "Heartsmash"
Afternoons - "Say Yes"
alt-J - "Hunger Of The Pine"
alt-J - "Left Hand Free"
Alvvays - "Archie, Marry Me"
Amen Dunes - "Lonely Richard"
Angel Olsen - "Forgiven/Forgotten"
Angel Olsen - "Unfucktheworld"
The Antlers - "Palace"
Ausmuteants - "Bad Day"
Beach Slang - "Dirty Cigarettes"
Beck - "Morning"
Benjamin Booker - "Have You Seen My Son"
The Black Keys - "Weight Of Love"
The Both - "Milwaukee"
BRONCHO - "Class Historian"
Cayetana - "Scott Get The Van, I'm Moving"
Chet Faker - "1998"
Chris Staples - "Dark Side Of The Moon"
Chumped - "Hot 97 Summer Jam"
Conor Oberst - "Hundreds of Ways"
Damien Jurado - "Silver Timothy"
Damien Rice - "My Favourite Faded Fantasy"
David Bowie - "Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime)"
Death Vessel - "Ilsa Drown"
Deerhoof - "Paradise Girls"
Dylan Shearer - "Meadow Mines (Fort Polio)"
EMA - "So Blonde"
Eno-Hyde - "DBF"
Ex Hex - "Don't Wanna Lose"
The Family Crest - "Beneath The Brine"
Father John Misty - "Bored In The USA"
First Aid Kit - "Shattered & Hollow"
Future Islands - "Seasons (Waiting On You)"
Gabriel Kahane - "Empire Liquor Mart (9127 S. Figueroa St.)"
Gem Club - "Michael"
The Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger - "Too Deep"
Greylag - "Yours To Shake"
Grouper - "Clearing"
Herzog - "Full Stick"
Highasakite - "Since Last Wednesday"
Hiss Golden Messenger - "Saturday's Song"
Hospitality - "I Miss Your Bones"
Hozier - "Jackie and Wilson"
Hozier - "Take Me To Church"
Hundred Waters - "Down From The Rafters"
Jack White - "High Ball Stepper"
Jack White - "Lazaretto"
Jenny Lewis - "Slippery Slopes"
Jessica Lea Mayfield - "Do I Have The Time"
Jon Sebastian - "Nightmare Sisters"
Joyce Manor - "Schley"
Kishi Bashi - "Philosophize In It! Chemicalize With It!"
Lake Street Dive - "You Go Down Smooth"
Leonard Cohen - "Born in Chains"
Lost In The Trees - "Past Life"
Luluc - "Small Window"
Martha - "Dust, Juice, Bones and Hair"
Matt Kivel - "The First Time"
Mimicking Birds - "Bloodlines"
My Brightest Diamond - "Pressure"
The New Basement Tapes - "When I Get My Hands On You"
The New Pornographers - "Brill Bruisers"
The Notwist - "Kong"
Owen Pallett - "The Riverbed"
Parquet Courts - "Bodies Made Of"
Perfume Genius - "Queen"
PHOX - "Slow Motion"
Radiator Hospital - "Cut Your Bangs"
Ray LaMontagne - "Ojai"
Real Estate - "Had To Hear"
Restorations - "Separate Songs"
Robert Plant - "Little Maggie"
Rodrigo Amarante - "Nada Em Vão"
Rubblebucket - "Carousel Ride"
Saintseneca - "Happy Alone"
Samaris - "Lífsins ólgusjór"
Sarah Jaffe - "Some People Will Tell You"
Shakey Graves feat. Esmé Patterson - "Dearly Departed"
Sharon Van Etten - "Every Time The Sun Comes Up"
Sharon Van Etten - "Taking Chances"
Sheer Mag - "What You Want"
Sinkane - "How We Be"
Sleater-Kinney - "Bury Our Friends"
Son Little - "The River"
Spoon - "Do You"
Spoon - "Rent I Pay"
St. Vincent - "Digital Witness"
Steve Gunn - "Milly's Garden"
Strand of Oaks - "JM"
Sufjan Stevens - "A Little Lost"
Sun Kil Moon - "Carissa"
Sylvan Esso - "Coffee"
Temples - "Shelter Song"
Thee Oh Sees - "Encrypted Bounce"
Tiny Ruins - "Me At The Museum, You In The Wintergardens"
Tori Amos - "Wild Way"
TV On The Radio - "Seeds"
Tweedy - "High As Hello"
Ty Segall - "Feel"
The War On Drugs - "Under the Pressure"
Weezer - "Cleopatra"
White Lung - "Wrong Star"
Wild Beasts - "Wanderlust"
Woods - "With Light And With Love"
Zammuto - "Hegemony"
Ásgeir - "King and Cross"
== World ==
Danish String Quartet - "Sonderho Bridal Trilogy Pt. II"
Ibeyi - "River"
Indila - "Dernière Danse"
Kerwin Du Bois - "Too Real"
Majid Bekkas - "Choroq"
Noura Mint Seymali - "Tzenni"
Seun Kuti - "I.M.F."
Stromae - "Sommeil"
Susheela Raman - "Sharabi"
Yasmine Hamdan - "Deny"
== \m/ >_< \m/ == (Metal)
Against Me - "Transgender Dysphoria Blues"
Audrey Horne - "Out of the City"
Godflesh - "New Dark Ages"
Have A Nice Life - "Defenestration Song"
High Spirits - "I Will Run"
Obnox - "Molecule"
Perfect Pussy - "Interference Fits"
Priests - "And Breeding"
Protomartyr - "Come & See"
Scott Walker + Sun O))) - "Brando"
Skull Fist - "Chasing The Dream"
The Soft Pink Truth - "Black Metal"
Vanishing Point - "Distant Is The Sun"
Witch Mountain - "Psycho Animundi"
YOB - "Marrow"