MCCh 2014 (08) May 15

[Otisredding]

The best albums of 2014 (update May 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; Musikexpress; Nojesguiden; Ondarock; Plattentests; Playgroundmag; 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

Highlights: These are the top three songs from the album according to Allmusic, Consequence of Sound, Jenesaispop, Plattentests, The Irish Times, The Independent, Digital Spy, BostonGlobe, etc..

New entry or Re-entry

Out:
Polar Bear: In Each And Every One
Future: Honest

45 - Nickel Creek: A Dotted Line – 75,7 (7)
Highlights: Rest of My Life - Destination - Hayloft
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 714471.jpg[/imgsize]

44 - Temples: Sun Structures – 75,7 (26)
Highlights: Shelter Song - Mesmerise - Keep In The Dark
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 689061.jpg[/imgsize]

43 - Perfect Pussy: Say Yes To Love – 75,8 (20)
Highlights: Interference Fits - Driver - Work
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 697531.jpg[/imgsize]

42 - Douglas Dare: Whelm – 75,9 (7)
Highlights: London's Rose - Swim - Clockwork
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 741842.jpg[/imgsize]

41 - Kelis: Food - 76,1 (28)
Highlights: Jerk Ribs - Cobbler - Hooch
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 713885.jpg[/imgsize]

40 – The Afghan Whigs: Do to the Beast - 76,2 (27)
Highlights: The Lottery - Algiers - Parked Outside
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 729885.jpg[/imgsize]

39 - Sohn: Tremors - 76,3 (22)
Highlights: The Wheel - Tremors – Artifice
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 710309.jpg[/imgsize]

38 - Protomartyr: Under Color of Official Right - 76,4 (8)
Highlights: Come & See - Scum, Rise! - Want Remover
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 689541.jpg[/imgsize]

37 - Tinariwen: Emmaar – 76,6 (19)
Highlights: Imdiwanin Ahi Tifhamam - Toumast Tincha - Imidiwan Ahi Sigdim
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 686267.jpg[/imgsize]

36 - The Notwist: Close To The Glass – 76,9 (28)
Highlights: Kong - 7-Hour-Drive – Casino
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 686470.jpg[/imgsize]

35 - Stephen Malkmus And The Jicks: Wig Out at Jagbags – 77,0 (30)
Highlights: Lariat - Planetary Motion - J Smoov
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 675827.jpg[/imgsize]

34 - Marissa Nadler: July – 77,1 (21)
Highlights: Dead City Emily - 1923 - Drive
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 683401.jpg[/imgsize]

33 - Fear of Men: Loom – 77,2 (13)
Highlights: Waterfall - Luna - Descent
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 731317.jpg[/imgsize]

32 - Freddie Gibbs & Madlib: Piñata – 77,4 (17)
Highlights: Deeper - Thuggin' – Shitsville
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 718423.jpg[/imgsize]

31 - Warpaint: Warpaint – 77,5 (31)
Highlights: Love Is To Die – Hi - Keep It Healthy
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 676121.jpg[/imgsize]

30 - Against Me!: Transgender Dysphoria Blues – 77,5 (20)
Highlights: Transgender Dysphoria Blues - True Trans Soul Rebel - Two Coffins
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 680949.jpg[/imgsize]

29 - The Horrors: Luminous – 77,5 (23)
Highlights: I See You - In and Out of Sight - So Now You Know
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 722581.jpg[/imgsize]

28 - Sharon Jones And The Dap-Kings: Give the People What They Want – 77,7 (26)
Highlights: Retreat! - Making Up And Breaking Up (And Making Up And Breaking Up Over Again) - Stranger To My Happiness
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 683988.jpg[/imgsize]

27 - Fennesz: Bécs – 77,7 (7)
Highlights: Liminality - Static Kings - Bécs
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 716200.jpg[/imgsize]

26 - Young Fathers: Dead – 77,8 (16)
Highlights: War - Get Up - No Way
[imgsize 200x200]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 688073.jpg[/imgsize]

25 - Carla Bozulich: Boy – 77,9 (11)
Highlights: Lazy Crossbones - Deeper Than The Well - One Hard Man
[imgsize 220x220]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 686502.jpg[/imgsize]

24 - Timber Timbre: Hot Dreams - 77,9 (21)
Highlights: Hot Dreams - Beat the Drum Slowly - Curtains?!
[imgsize 220x220]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 714378.jpg[/imgsize]

23 - Todd Terje: It's Album Time - 78,5 (26)
Highlights: Inspector Norse - Delorean Dynamite - Strandbar
[imgsize 220x220]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 697888.jpg[/imgsize]

22 - Lykke Li - I Never Learn – 78,6 (25)
Highlights: I Never Learn - Gunshot - No Rest for the Wicked
[imgsize 220x220]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 731319.jpg[/imgsize]

21 - Liars: Mess – 78,9 (28)
Highlights: Mask Maker - Mess On A Mission - I’m No Gold
[imgsize 220x220]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 713853.jpg[/imgsize]

20 - Actress: Ghettoville – 78,9 (23)
Highlights: Gaze - Rap - Corner
[imgsize 240x240]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 693983.jpg[/imgsize]

19 - Damien Jurado: Brothers And Sisters Of The Eternal Son – 79,4 (23)
Highlights: Silver Katherine - Metallic Cloud - Silver Timothy
[imgsize 240x240]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 684970.jpg[/imgsize]

18 - Mogwai: Rave Tapes – 79,6 (31)
Highlights: Remurdered - The Lord Is Out Of Control - Hexon Bogon
[imgsize 240x240]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 680346.jpg[/imgsize]

17 - Tune-Yards: Nikki Nack - 79,6 (24)
Highlights: Wait for a Minute - Water Fountain - Time of Dark
[imgsize 240x240]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 731320.jpg[/imgsize]

16 - Cloud Nothings: Here And Nowhere Else – 79,9 (26)
Highlights: I'm Not Part Of Me - Psychic Trauma - Now Hear In
[imgsize 240x240]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 701948.jpg[/imgsize]

15 - Future Islands: Singles – 79,9 (27)
Highlights: Seasons (Waiting On You) - A Dream of You & Me - Light House
[imgsize 260x260]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 719440.jpg[/imgsize]

14 - East India Youth: Total Strife Forever – 80,0 (19)
Highlights: Hinterland - Heaven, How Long - Dripping Down
[imgsize 260x260]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 691390.jpg[/imgsize]

13 - Behemoth: The Satanist – 80,4 (12)
Highlights: Blow Your Trumpets Gabriel - O Father O Satan O Sun! - Ora Pro Nobis Lucifer
[imgsize 260x260]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 687441.jpg[/imgsize]

12 - Beck: Morning Phase – 80,8 (31)
Highlights: Blue Moon - Morning - Turn Away
[imgsize 260x260]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 694324.jpg[/imgsize]

11 - Mac DeMarco: Salad Days – 81,6 (25)
Highlights: Passing Out Pieces - Let Her Go - Treat Her Better
[imgsize 260x260]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 694237.jpg[/imgsize]

10 - EMA: The Future's Void – 81,6 (26)
Highlights: 3Jane - So Blonde - Solace
[imgsize 280x280]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 710763.jpg[/imgsize]

09 - Angel Olsen: Burn Your Fire for No Witness – 82,5 (27)
Highlights: White Fire - Forgiven/Forgotten – Windows
[imgsize 280x280]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 677187.jpg[/imgsize]

08 - Damon Albarn: Everyday Robots – 83,1 (30)
Highlights: Everyday Robots - Lonely Press Play - Heavy Seas of Love
[imgsize 280x280]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 718172.jpg[/imgsize]

07 - Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra: Fuck Off Get Free We Pour Light on Everything - 83,7 (22)
Highlights: What We Loved Was Not Enough - Fuck Off Get Free (For The Island Of Montreal) - Take Away These Early Grave Blues
[imgsize 280x280]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 683514.jpg[/imgsize]

06 - Neneh Cherry: Blank Project – 84,3 (29)
Highlights: Out Of The Black - Blank Project – Naked
[imgsize 280x280]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 680233.jpg[/imgsize]

05 - Wild Beasts: Present Tense – 84,6 (27)
Highlights: Wanderlust - A Simple Beautiful Truth – Mecca
[imgsize 300x300]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 687945.jpg[/imgsize]

04 - Sun Kil Moon: Benji – 84,9 (24)
Highlights: Carissa - Richard Ramirez Died Today of Natural Causes - Micheline
[imgsize 300x300]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 689105.jpg[/imgsize]

03 - Swans: To Be Kind – 86,1 (25)
Highlights: A Little God in My Hands - Oxygen - She Loves Us
[imgsize 300x300]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 736101.jpg[/imgsize]

02 - St Vincent: St Vincent – 86,5 (31)
Highlights: Digital Witness - Prince Johnny - Severed Crossed Fingers
[imgsize 300x300]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 698038.jpg[/imgsize]

01 - The War On Drugs: Lost In The Dream – 87,0 (30)
Highlights: Red Eyes - Under The Pressure - Eyes To The Wind
[imgsize 300x300]http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_50 ... 691014.jpg[/imgsize]

[Nassim]

Hehe... I see what you did there...

[Harold]

April 1 was last month, Otis...

[Romain]

Finally, a little hair in this ranking

[Otisredding]

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

46 - The Men: Tomorrow's Hits - 75,6 (23)
47 - Gruff Rhys: American Interior - 75,5 (11)
48 - Future: Honest - 75,5 (13)
49 - Frànçois & The Atlas Mountains: Piano Ombre - 74,9 (13)
50 - Ought: More Than Any Other Day - 74,8 (8)
51 - Ratking: So It Goes - 74,7 (15)
52 - MØ: No Mythologies to Follow - 74,6 (20)
53 - Eagulls: Eagulls - 74,5 (21)
54 - Chet Faker: Built On Glass - 74,4 (16)
55 - Elbow: The Take Off And Landing Of Everything - 73,9 (24)
56 - Lydia Loveless: Somewhere Else - 73,8 (10)
57 - Ásgeir: In the Silence - 73,8 (14)
58 - Real Estate: Atlas - 73,8 (28)
59 - Rosanne Cash: The River & The Thread - 73,8 (11)
60 - Polar Bear: In Each And Every One - 73,7 (8)
61 - La Dispute: Rooms of the House - 73,6 (7)
62 - Schoolboy Q: Oxymoron - 73,5 (22)
63 - Wye Oak: Shiriek - 73,5 (22)
64 - Trust: Joyland – 73,0 (18)
65 - Bombay Bicycle Club: So Long, See You Tomorrow - 72,7 (21)
66 - HTRK: Psychic 9-5 Club - 72,7 (11)
67 - Cheatahs: Cheatahs - 72,6 (19)
68 - Micah P Hinson: Micah P Hinson and The Nothing - 72,4 (11)
69 - Speedy Ortiz: Real Hair - 72,3 (7)
70 - Broken Bells: After the Disco - 72,3 (30)
71 - Paolo Nutini: Caustic Love - 72,3 (11)
72 - I Break Horses: Chiaroscuro - 72,2 (23)
73 - Broken Twin: May - 72,1 (12)
74 - James Vincent McMorrow: Post Tropical - 71,8 (24)
75 - Guided By Voices: Motivational Jumpsuit - 71,6 (13)
76 - Ray LaMontagne: Supernova - 71,5 (8)
77 - Arc Iris: Arc Iris - 71,5 (7)
78 - PUP: PUP - 71,5 (7)
79 - Robert Ellis: The Lights from the Chemical Plant - 71,4 (9)
80 - Katy B: Liitle Red - 71,4 (25)
81 - Bo Ningen: III - 71,3 (7)
82 - The Black Keys: Turn Blue - 71,3 (21)
83 - Hauschka: Abandoned City - 71,3 (15)
84 - Owls: Two - 71,3 (12)
85 - School of Language: Old Fears – 71,0 (10)
86 - Thug Entrancer: Death After Life – 71,0 (7)
87 - Thee Oh Sees: Drop – 71,0 (11)
88 - ceo: Wonderland – 71,0 (19)
89 - Illum Sphere: Ghosts of Then and Now - 70,9 (13)
90 - Death Vessel: Island Intervals - 70,8 (13)
91 - Tara Jane O'Neil: Where Shine New Lights - 70,8 (9)
92 - Hurray For The Riff Raff: Small Town Heroes - 70,7 (9)
93 - Dean Wareham: Dean Wareham - 70,6 (16)
94 - Cymbals: The Age of Fracture - 70,6 (12)
95 - Nick Waterhouse: Holly - 70,3 (8)
96 - Big Ups: Eighteen Hours of Static - 70,3 (8)

[Harold]

A little context for those who might be mystified by the three posts immediately following the chart: as a prank, Otis initially replaced the Swans album at #3 with Rise Like a Phoenix by Conchita Wurst, the bearded Austrian drag queen who just won the legendary Eurovision Song Contest.

[Otisredding]

Thanks Harold

That was:

03 – Conchita Wurst - Rise Like a Phoenix – 86,1 (25)
Highlights: Rise Like a Phoenix - This Joke Is Not Funny, Otis - This Is the Site of the Swans
[imgsize 300x300]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/e ... hoenix.jpg[/imgsize]

[Sketch]

Oh, man, I'm sorry I missed this.

For those not familiar with Eurovision, Buzzfeed wrote a great primer for it last year: http://www.buzzfeed.com/ellievhall/ever ... eurovision

Nothing will beat Greece's 2013. NOTHING!

[Otisredding]

MCCh recommends that you visit this thread

Week 15

Here you will find the best music of the moment time and you can decide with your vote what are the best songs of the week and suggest new songs for the next few weeks.

We have the best shows: yes, also the bearded lady.

[Otisredding]

MCCh 2014 (09) May 31