Gli album di Beck, St. Vincent e The War On Drugs sono i migliori del 2014 per Mojo, NME e Q
Stanno iniziando a fioccare le consuete poll di fine anno da parte dei vari magazine britannici (autorevoli e meno che siano), e per il momento il giudizio non è univoco, ma si possono individuare delle linee di tendenza.
Per il settimanale inglese NME il miglior album del 2014 è ‘St. Vincent’, l’eponimo quarto album dell’artista newyorkese registrata all’anagrafe come Annie Clark.
Sono emerse anche le Top 50 complete dei mensili Mojo e Q. Il primo ha incoronato, un po’ a sorpresa, l’ultimo album di Beck ‘Morning Phase’ (che Q dà al n.5 mentre è totalmente assente dalla lista di Mojo); più prevedibile invece il vincitore di Q, ‘Lost In The Dream’ dei War On Drugs che per Mojo è al n.2 e per l’NME al n.3, e in generale è destinato a trionfare su diverse altre poll. ‘St. Vincent’, invece, è al n.5 per Mojo e al n.6 per Q.
Di seguito, ad ogni modo, ecco le Top 50 complete di Mojo e Q:
MOJO Magazine – Top 50 LPs of 2014
1. Beck – Morning Phase
2. The War On Drugs – Lost In The Dream
3. Sleaford Mods – Divide And Exit
4. Jack White – Lazaretto
5. St. Vincent – St. Vincent
6. Steve Gunn – Way Out Weather
7. Julie Byrne – Rooms With Walls And Windows
8. Damon Albarn – Everyday Robots
9. FKA Twigs – LP1
10. The Bug – Angels & Devils
11. Sharon Van Etten – Are We There
12. Caribou – Our Love
13. Ty Segall – Manipulator
14. Elbow – The Take Off And Landing Of Everything
15. Sturgill Simpson – Metamodern Sounds In Country Music
16. Wild Beasts – Present Tense
17. Angel Olsen – Burn Your Fire For No Witness
18. Kate Tempest – Everybody Down
19. Robert Plant – Lullaby And… The Ceaseless Roar
20. Manic Street Preachers – Futurology
21. Aphex Twin – Syro
22. Future Islands – Singles
23. Scott Walker & Sunn O))) – Soused
24. Mirel Wagner – When The Cellar Children See The Light Of Day
25. Pharrell Williams – GIRL
26. Sun Kil Moon – Benji
27. East India Youth – Total Strife Forever
28. Real Estate – Atlas
29. Kasai All Stars – Beware The Fetish
30. Leonard Cohen – Popular Problems
31. Morrissey – World Peace Is None Of Your Business
32. Temples – Sun Structures
33. U2 – Songs Of Innocence
34. The Black Keys – Turn Blue
35. Nick Mulvey – First Mind
36. Flying Lotus – You’re Dead!
37. Naomi Shelton & The Gospel Queens – Cold World
38. Ian William Craig – A Turn Of Breath
39. Mac DeMarco – Salad Days
40. Lana Del Rey – Ultraviolence
41. Lee Gamble – KOCH
42. Swans – To Be Kind
43. David Kilgour & The Heavy 8s – End Times Undone
44. Wilko Johnson & Roger Daltrey – Going Back Home
45. Neil Young – A Letter Home
46. J Mascis – Tied To A Star
47. Young Fathers – Dead
48. Pixies – Indie Cindy
49. King Creosote – From Scotland With Love
50. Dr. John – Ske-Dat-De-Dat… The Spirit Of Satch
Q Magazine – Top 50 LPs of 2014
1. The War on Drugs – Lost in the Dream
2. Alt-J – This Is All Yours
3. Damon Albarn – Everyday Robots
4. Manic Street Preachers – Futurology
5. Beck – Morning Phase
6. St Vincent – St Vincent
7. Sharon Van Etten – Are We There
8. FKA twigs – LP1
9. Future Islands – Singles
10. Aphex Twin – Syro
11. Elbow – The Take Off and Landing of Everything
12. Interpol – El Pintor
13. Sam Smith – The Loneliest Hour
14. Hamilton Leithauser – Black Hours
15. The Horrors – Luminous
16. Royal Blood – Royal Blood
17. Mac De Marco – Salad Days
18. Paolo Nutini – Caustic Love
19. Lana Del Rey – Ultraviolence
20. Sleaford Mods – Divide and Exit
21. East India Youth – Total Strife Forever
22. Caribou – Our Love
23. Jack White – Lazaretto
24. Kate Tempest – Everybody Down
25. Ed Sheeran – X
26. Neneh Cherry – Blank Project
27. Morrissey – World Peace Is None Of Your Business
28. Kasabian – 48:13
29. Jamie T – Carry on the Grudge
30. Gruff Rhys – American Interior
31. Mogwai – The Rave Tapes
32. The Bug – Angels & Devils
33. Sky Ferreira Night Time, My Time
34. Wild Beasts – Present Tense
35. Real Estate – Atlas
36. Temples – Sun Structures
37. Baxter Dury – It’s a Pleasure
38. Johnny Marr – Playland
39. Ty Segall – Manipulator
40. Grumbling Fur – Preternaturals
41. The Black Keys – Turn Blue
42. Robert Plant – Lullaby and… The Ceaseless Roar
43. Leonard Cohen – Popular Problems
44. U2 – Songs of Innocence
45. Warpaint – Warpaint
46. Thom Yorke – Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes
47. Spoon – They Want My Soul
48. La Roux – Trouble in Paradise
49. Shabazz Palaces – Lese Majesty
50. Jungle – Jungle
NME – TOP 50 LPs OF 2014
01 | St. Vincent | St. Vincent
02 | Mac DeMarco | Salad Days
03 | The War On Drugs | Lost In the Dream
04 | Aphex Twin | Syro
05 | Caribou | Our Love
06 | La Roux | Trouble In Paradise
07 | Merchandise | After The End
08 | Jamie T | Carry On The Grudge
09 | Sleaford Mods | Divide and Exit
10 | Ex Hex | Rips
11 | Future Islands | Singles
12 | DFA 1979 | The Physical World
13 | Damon Albarn | Everyday Robots
14 | Run The Jewels | RTJ2
15 | Eagulls | Eagulls
16 | Iceage | Plowing Into The Field Of Love
17 | Todd Terje | It’s Album Time
18 | Kate Tempest | Everybody Down
19 | Royal Blood | Royal Blood
20 | Jack White | Lazaretto
21 | FKA Twigs | LP1
22 | Swans | To be Kind
23 | Kasabian | 48:13
24 | Angel Olsen | Burn Your Fire For No Witness
25 | Lana Del Rey | Ultraviolence
26 | Perfume Genuis | Too Bright
27 | Jungle | Jungle
28 | Morrissey | World Peace Is None Of Your Beeswax
29 | Alvvays | Alvvays
30 | Warpaint | Warpaint
31 | Sharon Van Etten | Are We There
32 | Childhood | Lacuna
33 | Wild Beasts | Present Tense
34 | Sun Kil Moon | Benji
35 | Parquet Courts | Sunbathing Animal
36 | Goat | Commune
37 | Thom Yorke | Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes
38 | Alt-J | This Is All Yours
39 | Protomartyr | Under Color of Offical Right
40 | Bombay Bicylce Club | So Long, See You Tomorrow
41 | Manic Street Preachers | Futurology
42 | Hookworms | The Hum
43 | Freddie Gibbs and Madlib | Pinata
44 | Perfect Pussy | Say Yes To Love
45 | Honeyblood | Honeyblood
46 | Twin Peaks | Wild Onion
47 | Gruff Rhys | American Interior
48 | Temples | Sun Structure
49 | Interpol | El Pintor
50 | Julian Casablancas + The Voidz | Tyranny
NME – TOP 50 TRACKS OF 2014:
01 | Future Islands | Seasons (Waiting On You)
02 | Caribou | Can’t Do Without You
03 | Fat White Family | Touch The Leather
04 | The War On Drugs | Red Eyes
05 | Run The Jewels | Blockbuster Night Pt. 1
06 | Kasabian | Eez-eh
07 | St. Vincent | Digital Witness
08 | Jamie T | Zombie
09 | Royal Blood | Little Monster
10 | Mac DeMarco | Chamber of Reflection
11 | Lana Del Rey | West Coast
12 | Merchandise | Little Killer
13 | Jungle | Busy Earnin’
14 | Jack White | Lazaretto
15 | Kate Tempest | Marshall Law
16 | Shamir | I Know It’s A Good Thing
17 | Iceage | The Lord’s Favourite
18 | Aphex Twin | minipops 67 (Source field remix)
19 | Alvvays | Archie, Marry Me
20 | Honeyblood | Super Rat
21 | Jamie T | Love Is Only A Heartbeat Away
22 | Run The Jewels | Close Your Eyes (And Count To Fuck)
23 | Damon Albarn | The Selfish Giant
24 | St. Vincent | Prince Johnny
25 | Warpaint | Disco//Very
26 | Mac DeMarco | Passing Out Pieces
27 | Taylor Swift | Shake It Off
28 | Interpol | All The Rage Back Home
29 | Slaves | Where’s Your Car Debbie?
30 | Perfume Genuis | Queen
31 | Cherry Glazerr | Had Ten Dollaz
32 | Lana Del Rey | Ultraviolence
33 | Death From Above 1979 | White Is Red
34 | The War On Drugs | Under The Pressure
35 | Manic Street Preachers | Futurology
36 | Noel Gallagher’s Flying Birds | In The Heat of The Moment
37 | Sharon Van Etten | Every Time The Sun Comes Up
38 | Morrissey | Kiss Me A Lot
39 | Protomartyr | Scum, Rise!
40 | Sleater-Kinney | Bury Our Friends
41 | La Roux | Uptight Downtown
42 | Ex Hex | Hot and Cold
43 | SBTRKT | New Dorp New York (feat. Erza Koenig)
44 | Juce | Call You Out
45 | Sun Kil Moon | Ben’s My Friend
46 | Flying Lotus | Never Catch Me (feat. Kendrick Lamar)
47 | Gruff Rhys | American Interior
48 | Ariel Pink | Put Your Number In My Phone
49 | David Bowie | Sue (Or In A Season of Crime)
50 | Alt-J | Hunger Of The Pine
