MCCh 2014 (04) March 15

[Otisredding]

The best albums of 2014 (update March 15)

The numbers presented next to each album title are the weighted average rating and the number of reviews (out of 32 included sources). The weighted average is based on a formula that includes a) the average of ratings and b) the number of sources that have rated the album.

The magazines I used for the ratings were:
EUR + Australia: Gaffa-dk; Gaffa-sw; Jenesaispop; Laut; LesInrocks; Mondosonoro; Music-story; Nojesguiden; Ondarock; Plattentests; Playgroundmag; Rip It Up; Sentire Ascoltare; The Music.
UK: DIY; Drowned In Sound; The Guardian; Music OMH; NME; The Line Of Best Fit; The Skinny; The 405.
USA + Canada: Allmusic; AV Club; Consequence Of Sound; Exclaim!; Paste; Pitchfork; Popmatters; Rolling Stone; Spin; Tinymixtapes

New Entry or Re Entry

Out: none

25 - Temples: Sun Structures – 74,7 (26)
Highlights: Shelter Song - Mesmerise - Keep In The Dark
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24 - The Men: Tomorrow's Hits – 74,8 (20)
Highlights: Different Days - Another Night - Pearly Gates
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23 - Lydia Loveless: Somewhere Else – 74,9 (9)
Highlights: Head - Wine Lips - They Don't Know
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22 - The Notwist: Close To The Glass – 75,5 (25)
Highlights: Kong - 7-Hour-Drive - Run Run Run
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21 - Tinariwen: Emmaar - 76,4 (18)
Highlights: Imdiwanin Ahi Tifhamam - Toumast Tincha - Imidiwan Ahi Sigdim
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20 - Warpaint: Warpaint – 76,7 (30)
Highlights: Love Is To Die – Hi - Keep It Healthy
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19 - Stephen Malkmus And The Jicks: Wig Out at Jagbags – 77,0 (30)
Highlights: Lariat - Planetary Motion - J Smoov
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18 - Marissa Nadler: July – 77,1 (20)
Highlights: Dead City Emily - 1923 - Drive
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17 - Young Fathers: Dead – 77,6 (15)
Highlights: War - Get Up - No Way
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16 - Mogwai: Rave Tapes – 77,9 (30)
Highlights: Remurdered - The Lord Is Out Of Control - Hexon Bogon
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15 - Against Me!: Transgender Dysphoria Blues – 77,9 (19)
Highlights: Transgender Dysphoria Blues - True Trans Soul Rebel - Two Coffins
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14 - Sharon Jones And The Dap-Kings: Give the People What They Want – 78,1 (25)
Highlights: Retreat! - Making Up And Breaking Up (And Making Up And Breaking Up Over Again) - Stranger To My Happiness
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13 - Damien Jurado: Brothers And Sisters Of The Eternal Son - 78,5 (23)
Highlights: Silver Katherine - Metallic Cloud - Silver Timothy
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12 - Actress: Ghettoville – 78,5 (22)
Highlights: Gaze - Rap - Corner
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11 - Carla Bozulich: Boy – 79,5 (8)
Highlights: Lazy Crossbones - Deeper Than The Well - One Hard Man
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10 - East India Youth: Total Strife Forever – 80,2 (18)
Highlights: Heaven, How Long - Dripping Down – Hinterland
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09 - Beck: Morning Phase – 80,4 (30)
Highlights: Blue Moon - Morning - Turn Away
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08 - Behemoth: The Satanist – 80,9 (11)
Highlights: Blow Your Trumpets Gabriel - O Father O Satan O Sun! - Ora Pro Nobis Lucifer
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07 - Angel Olsen: Burn Your Fire for No Witness – 82,5 (27)
Highlights: Forgiven/Forgotten - White Fire – Windows
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06 - Sun Kil Moon: Benji – 82,7 (21)
Highlights: Carissa - Richard Ramirez Died Today of Natural Causes - Micheline
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05 - Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra: Fuck Off Get Free We Pour Light on Everything - 83,5 (21)
Highlights: What We Loved Was Not Enough - Fuck Off Get Free (For The Island Of Montreal) - Take Away These Early Grave Blues
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04 - Neneh Cherry: Blank Project – 83,8 (28)
Highlights: Out Of The Black - Blank Project – Naked
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03 - Wild Beasts: Present Tense – 84,6 (25)
Highlights: Wanderlust - A Simple Beautiful Truth – Mecca
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02 - The War On Drugs: Lost In The Dream – 86,0 (16)
Highlights: Red Eyes - Under The Pressure - Eyes To The Wind
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01 - St Vincent: St Vincent – 86,8 (31)
Highlights: Digital Witness - Prince Johnny - Severed Crossed Fingers
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[Otisredding]

would it be too much effort to list the albums up to the 70,0 score

26 - Ásgeir: In the Silence - 74,4 (13)
27 - Hiss Golden Messenger: Bad Debt - 74,1 (7)
28 - Bombay Bicycle Club: So Long, See You Tomorrow - 74 (21)
29 - Real State: Atlas - 74 (26)
30 - MØ: No Mythologies to Follow - 73,8 (16)
31 - Schoolboy Q: Oxymoron - 73,7 (17)
32 - Elbow: The Take Off And Landing Of Everything - 73,7 (21)
33 - James Vincent McMorrow: Post Tropical - 73,6 (24)
34 - Rosanne Cash: The River & The Thread - 73,4 (10)
35 - Cheatahs: Cheatahs - 73,3 (18)
36 - Speedy Ortiz: Real Hair - 72,6 (8)
37 - Guided By Voices: Motivational Jumpsuit - 72,5 (11)
38 - I Break Horses: Chiaroscuro - 72,5 (22)
39 - Tara Jane O'Neil: Where Shine New Lights - 72,4 (7)
40 - Hauschka: Abandoned City - 72,1 (7)
41 - Thug Entrancer: Death After Life - 71,8 (7)
42 - Broken Bells: After the Disco - 71,7 (29)
43 - Big Ups: Eighteen Hours of Static - 71,5 (7)
44 - Cymbals: The Age of Fracture - 71,4 (11)
45 - Illum Sphere: Ghosts of Then and Now - 71,1 (11)
46 - Eagulls: Eagulls - 71 (14)
47 - Death Vessel: Island Intervals - 70,9 (11)
48 - Trust: Joyland - 70,6 (11)
49 - ceo: Wonderland - 70,5 (18)
50 - Gem Club: In Roses - 70,5 (9)
51 - Alcest: Shelter - 70,2 (12)
52 - Katy B: Liitle Red - 70,2 (23)

[irreduciblekoan]

The War on Drugs album is astonishing. It's gonna be a classic. Thanks Otis!

In case you missed my comment on last update's thread, would you be willing to calculate Beyonce's current score? As I said, she has gained a fair share of reviews in 2014. If not, it's fine. You do enough work as is!

[Otisredding]

In case you missed my comment on last update's thread, would you be willing to calculate Beyonce's current score? As I said, she has gained a fair share of reviews in 2014. If not, it's fine. You do enough work as is!

Sorry, I have not read that comment.

This would be his final ranking in 2013

08 - Beyoncé: Beyoncé – 83,0 (27)
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[irreduciblekoan]

Thank you! Good to know that she would be solidly in the top 10.

[Harold]

Thank you! Good to know that she would be solidly in the top 10.

If I'm reading Otisredding's post correctly, that #8 would be the album's rank for last year. The news is even better for 2014, if you look at the current list - it looks like Beyonce would be #6 right now.

[Jirin]

The #8 album from last year would be the #6 album from the first fifth of this year.

Mathematically, this bodes well.

[Otisredding]

MCCh 2014 (05) March 31