Американский музыкальный онлайн-журнал Pitchfork опубликовал свой список лучших альбомов и песен 2014 года.
Любимыми пластинками редакции Pitchfork стали Run the Jewels («Run the Jewels 2»), FKA twigs («LP1») и The War on Drugs («Lost in the Dream»).
Что касается лучших треков уходящего года, то первое место заняли американцы Future Islands («Seasons (Waiting on You)»).
PITCHFORK: ЛУЧШИЕ АЛЬБОМЫ 2014
01. Run the Jewels — Run the Jewels 2
02. FKA twigs — LP1
03. The War on Drugs — Lost in the Dream
04. Aphex Twin — Syro
05. Grouper — Ruins
06. Swans — To Be Kind
07. Sun Kil Moon — Benji
08. Todd Terje — It’s Album Time
09. Ariel Pink — Pom Pom
10. Caribou — Our Love
11. Perfume Genius — Too Bright
12. Mac Demarco — Salad Days
13. Spoon — They Want My Soul
14. Real Estate — Atlas
15. Angel Olsen — Burn Your Fire for No Witness
16. St. Vincent — St. Vincent
17. Flying Lotus — You’re Dead!
18. Arca — Xen
19. Sharon Van Etten — Are We There
20. Vince Staples — Hell Can Wait EP
21. Brian Eno / Karl Hyde — High Life
22. Future Islands — Singles
23. Lykke Li — I Never Learn
24. Parquet Courts — Sunbathing Animal
25. Azealea Banks — Broke With Expensive Taste
26. Ex Hex — Rips
27. YG — My Krazy Life
28. Pharmakon — Bestial Burden
29. How to Dress Well — «What Is This Heart?»
30. Iceage — Plowing Into the Field of Love
31. Taylor Swift — 1989
32. White Lung — Deep Fantasy
33. Rich Gang — Tha Tour Part 1
34. Cloud Nothings — Here and Nowhere Else
35. Shabazz Palaces — Lese Majesty
36. Tinashe — Aquarius
37. Perfect Pussy — Say Yes to Love
38. Hundred Waters — The Moon Rang Like A Bell
39. Ought — More Than Any Other Day
40. Ty Segall — Manipulator
41. Leon Vynehall — Music for the Uninvited
42. Owen Pallett — In Conflict
43. Madlib / Freddie Gibbs — Piñata
44. A Sunny Day in Glasgow — Sea When Absent
45. Andy Stott — Faith in Strangers
46. Ariana Grande — My Everything
47. Shellac — Dude Incredible
48. Clark — Clark
49. Mr Twin Sister — Mr Twin Sister
50. Ben Frost — A U R O R A
PITCHFORK: ЛУЧШИЕ ПЕСНИ 2014
01. Future Islands — Seasons (Waiting on You)
02. iLoveMakonnen — Club Goin Up on a Tuesday [ft. Drake]
03. FKA twigs — Two Weeks
04. Caribou — Can’t Do Without You
05. The War on Drugs — Red Eyes
06. Run the Jewels — Close Your Eyes (And Count to Fuck) [ft. Zack De La Rocha]
07. Beyonce — ***Flawless [ft. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie]
08. Perfume Genius — Queen
09. Future — Move That Dope [ft. Pharrell, Pusha T, and Casino]
10. Michael Jackson — Love Never Felt So Good (Original Version)
11. Shamir — On the Regular
12. Drake — 0 to 100 / The Catch Up
13. Todd Terje — Johnny and Mary [ft. Bryan Ferry] (Robert Palmer cover)
14. QT — Hey QT
15. Lil B — No Black Person Is Ugly
16. Young Thug — Stoner
17. Tinashe — 2 On [ft. Schoolboy Q]
18. Panda Bear — Mr Noah
19. Sun Kil Moon — Carissa
20. Nicki Minaj — Boss Ass Bitch (Remix) [ft. PTAF]
21. Sophie — Lemonade / Hard
22. Ex Hex — Don’t Wanna Lose
23. Flying Lotus — Never Catch Me [ft. Kendrick Lamar]
24. St. Vincent — Digital Witness
25. Vic Mensa — Down on My Luck
26. Beyonce — Partition
27. Sharon Van Etten — Your Love Is Killing Me
28. Grouper — Holding
29. Spoon — Do You
30. A.G. Cook — Beautiful
31. Aphex Twin — minipops 67 [120.2][source field mix]
32. Swans — Oxygen
33. Ariana Grande — Problem [ft. Iggy Azalea]
34. Tobias Jesso Jr — True Love
35. FKA twigs — Pendulum
36. Mac DeMarco — Passing Out Pieces
37. Charli XCX — Boom Clap
38. Bobby Shmurda — Hot Nigga
39. Real Estate — Talking Backwards
40. Jessie Ware — Tough Love
41. The War on Drugs — An Ocean in Between the Waves
42. St. Vincent — Prince Johnny
43. Ariana Grande — Love Me Harder [ft. The Weeknd]
44. Angel Olsen — Lights Out
45. Ariel Pink — Put Your Number in My Phone
46. Mr Twin Sister — In the House of Yes
47. Nils Frahm — Says
48. Lykke Li — Gunshot
49. Run the Jewels — Blockbuster Night Pt. 1
50. Taylor Swift — Style
51. Owen Pallett — I Am Not Afraid
52. Todd Terje — Delorean Dynamite
53. Perfect Pussy — Interference Fits
54. Spoon — Inside Out
55. Kendrick Lamar — i
56. Migos — Fight Night
57. Dej Loaf — Try Me
58. Against Me! — Transgender Dysphoria Blues
59. Alvvays — Archie, Marry Me
60. Ariel Pink — Picture Me Gone
61. Perfume Genius — Fool
62. YG — Left, Right
63. Eno/Hyde — Return
64. Leon Vynehall — Goodthing
65. Iceage — The Lord’s Favorite
66. How to Dress Well — Words I Don’t Remember
67. White Lung — Face Down
68. Grouper — Clearing
69. Rich Gang — Lifestyle
70. Azealia Banks — Chasing Time
71. Parquet Courts — Sunbathing Animal
72. Ty Segall — The Singer
73. Makthaverskan — Asleep
74. Holly Herndon — Chorus
75. Pharmakon — Bestial Burden
76. Royksopp / Robyn — Do It Again
77. Rae Sremmurd — No Flex Zone
78. Rustie — Attak [ft. Danny Brown]
79. A Sunny Day In Glasgow — In Love With Useless (The Timeless Geometry In The Tradition Of Passing)
80. Shellac — Dude Incredible
81. Andy Stott — Faith in Strangers
82. Jessica Pratt — Back, Baby
83. Ought — Habit
84. Father John Misty — Bored in the USA
85. Arca — Thievery
86. Vince Staples — Blue Suede
87. Viet Cong — Continental Shelf
88. Lauryn Hill — Black Rage (Sketch)
89. Cloud Nothings — I’m Not Part of Me
90. Protomartyr — Scum, Rise!
91. Hundred Waters — Murmurs
92. iLoveMakonnen — I Don’t Sell Molly No More
93. The New Pornographers — War on the East Coast
94. Taylor Swift — Out of the Woods
95. Cymbals Eat Guitars — Jackson
96. DJ Quik — Pet Sematary
97. Copeland — Advice to Young Girls [ft. Actress]
98. Merchandise — Green Lady
99. Steve Gunn — Milly’s Garden
100. Elisa Ambrogio — Superstitious
