Year-End Critics' Polls 2014

also i'm not perplexed by crosses appearing on lists, it's an okay record that skates by on a ton of atmosphere, plus most of the tracks have been available for 3+ years so it's just sorta weird that people like it so much but i ain't mad

Code Orange is great. Also, one of the most intense live shows I've seen the past few years.

3 good albums on that list. A lot of it is laughable
--Cosmic Slop

which 3 ones would you call good?

The ones I liked were Electric Wizard, Alcest and Mastodon. Dont really have an opinion on Crosses. Dont like the "heritage" black metal of Winterfylleth

Issues are dreadful

yeah issues is the fuckin worst that's true

wow one hell of a lot of rock bands i didn't know existed still making records - machine head?? i knew LP and slipknot put ones out, i tried a bit and they were both p wack

slop i'm a fall out boy/mcr fan who also loves metal and would prob hate half of these things (and can verify that i hate much of the other half)

nice of them to rank hesitant alien and against me! so high, those are good.

i can't understand why a lot of the stuff that gets play in revolver/kerrang/even AP is popular. like i understand why a band like the pretty reckless is popular, and it's a hell of a lot more than their frontwoman, even tho i don't rlly dig them. but who da fuq is listening to suicide silence and current new found glory albums

AP magazine is in it's own universe

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the R&B run on My Krazy Life rules. it lends color to the album while staying within its character in a way that a lot of Mustard R&B hits wouldn't if they were on the album instead.

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yes

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can't believe we still have to explain this

the album im about to post next in metal poll might do well in the big poll but Kerrang ignored it i forget if it made the rolling stone poll

2014 POLL RESULTS COUNTDOWN - ILM Metal Albums of the Year

Lots of crap on the Kerrang list but that Marmozets album is fucking fantastic, should have been #1.

xxp jordan i'm well aware of the reason for its placement from a thematic/sequencing standpoint i just can't stand the hook singer on "do it to ya"

humorist what do marmozets sound like? their name is terrible, not that that means the music will be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGSWfuiO0Ps

Marmozets are a cross between Paramore and Dillinger Escape Plan but better than either.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8ZPrdAwg3M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afX5kz9hfHI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGSWfuiO0Ps

Marmozets are a cross between Paramore and Dillinger Escape Plan but better than either.

didn't even have to scroll all the way down

the marmozets track that the kerrang list linked too was awesome! not better than paramore though lol

Pitchfork Contributors Top 10s

Black Messiah on 4 lists (1 at #1, 1 at #5 and 2 at #10).

kerrang's no. 1 (architects' lost forever // lost together) is probably the most technical metalcore i've heard in forever. down

bollocks to metalcore

i know that's how you feel!

Good to see someone finally rates Hesitant Alien. Guess I should start reading Kerrang.

black messiah will prob not be on p4k's albums list next year since they omitted beyoncé from this year's

foolish consistency is the hobgoblin etc

holy shit this marmozets record rules

this is great, this is the exact same feeling i had when i first heard that blood command record. thanks again kerrang!

so much love for this grouper album. i admire it but i find it very difficult to listen to

i have her first album, felt the same way about it

it seemed v odds & sods when i listened to it (the newest grouper), not exactly bad but yeah it's def no masterwork

I was listening to Ruins again during my commute this morning. It wasn't an appropriate setting but I like the album a lot. I LOVE "Clearing" though. That's one of my favorite songs of the year for sure.

I kind of wonder whether it would have made any lists without Clearing, despite how good the other songs on the album are.

Guitar World's 50 Best Albums of 2014
http://www.guitarworld.com/guitar-worlds-50-best-albums-2014

51. Mogwai — Rave Tapes
50. Phish — Fuego
49. Nick Moss Band — Time Ain't Free
48. Parquet Courts — Sunbathing Animal
47. John 5 — Careful with that Axe
46. Arch Enemy — War Eternal
45. Michael Angelo Batio — Intermezzo
44. Reverend Horton Heat — Rev
43. Weezer — Everything Will Be Alright in the End
42. Rings of Saturn — Lugal Ki En
41. Brad Paisley — Moonshine in the Trunk
40. Entombed AD — Back to the Front
39. Brian Setzer — Rockabilly Riot! All Original
38. Steel Panther — All You Can Eat
37. Johnny Winter — Step Back
36. Eric Clapton & Friends — The Breeze: An Appreciation of JJ Cale
35. Smashing Pumpkins — Monuments to an Elegy
34. Alex Skolnick’s Planetary Coalition — Planetary Coalition
33. Beck — Morning Phase
32. Black Label Society — Catacombs of the Black Vatican
31. Ace Frehley — Space Invader
30. The Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band — Goin' Home
29. Marty Friedman — Inferno
28. Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks — Wig Out At Jagbags
27. The War on Drugs — Lost In the Dream
26. Triptykon — Melana Chasmata
25. Opeth — Pale Communion
24. Ray LaMontagne — Supernova
23. Exodus — Blood In, Blood Out
22. Behemoth — The Satanist
21. Slash Featuring Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators — World on Fire
20. Sturgill Simpson — Metamodern Sounds in Country Music
19. The Melvins — Hold It In
18. Mastodon — Once More Around the Sun
17. Against Me! — Transgender Dysphoria Blues
16. Of Mice & Men — Restoring Force
15. Pink Floyd — Endless River
14. Machine Head — Bloodstone & Diamonds
13. Joe Bonamassa — Different Shades of Blue
12. Eric Johnson/Mike Stern — Eclectic
11. The Black Keys — Turn Blue
10. At the Gates — At War with Reality
09. Foo Fighters — Sonic Highways
08. Royal Blood — Royal Blood
07. St. Vincent — St. Vincent
06. Gary Clark Jr. — Live
05. AC/DC — Rock or Bust
04. Animals As Leaders — The Joy of Motion
03. Judas Priest — Redeemer of Souls
02. Jack White — Lazaretto
01. Slipknot — .5: The Gray Chapter

Are people voting for the Smashing Pumpkins or Weezer for any reason other than a vague sense of duty?

hey it is guitar world we're talking about

And, in keeping with GW tradition, this top 50 list actually contains 51 albums. It's what we do.

Oh those crazy musos.

malkmus seems like a weirder inclusion for them, but maybe that record shreds?

definitely no weezer in this list:

http://thequietus.com/articles/16938-r-b-albums-and-singles-of-2014-with-alex-macpherson

http://buyguitarmagazines.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/MAGAZINE-Guitar-World-1994-06-Who-Townshend-Pavement-Beastie-Boys-400x533.jpg

malkmus seems like a weirder inclusion for them, but maybe that record shreds?

Guitar World ranking this actually makes me a little curious. Anyone heard it (or the Mogwai)? Not that Guitar World rankings necessarily mean all that much wrt guitar chops: iirc, the Offspring did pretty well on their 'best of the 90s' list.

the Malkmus album does not shred.

yeah it's balls.

tool meets rage against the machine

xpost That said, most of his solo work does boast some impressive guitar work.

btw the way i've found it a little odd that a track featuring zack de la rocha has been getting so much critical love this year.

Real Emotional Trash has solos. Lots of them.

yeah the malkmus is not good.

Did GW not like the Thurston Moore album? I'm a little surprised.

The Quietus Top R&B Albums And Tracks Of 2014

Top 10 R&B albums

1. K. Michelle - Anybody Wanna Buy A Heart? (Atlantic)
2. Tinashe - Aquarius (RCA)
3. D'Angelo & The Vanguard - Black Messiah (RCA)
4. Toni Braxton & Babyface - Love, Marriage & Divorce (Motown)
5. Mariah Carey - Me. I Am Mariah…The Elusive Chanteuse (Def Jam)
6. Khia Shamone - LoveLocs (Thug Misses)
7. Fatima - Yellow Memories (Eglo)
8. Kelis - Food (Ninja Tune)
9. Meshell Ndegéocello - Comet, Come To Me (Naïve)
10. Danity Kane - DK3 (Stereotypes)

Top 10 R&B singles

1. Mila J - 'Smoke, Drink, Break Up' (Universal Motown)
2. Kalenna - 'Murder'
3. Jessie Ware - 'Tough Love' (PMR)
4. Teyana Taylor ft. Pusha T & Yo Gotti - 'Maybe' (GOOD)
5. Yemi Marie ft. DLow - 'Love Bop'
6. Tamar Braxton ft. Future - 'Let Me Know' (Epic)
7. Mary J. Blige - 'Whole Damn Year' (Capitol)
8. Netta Brielle - '3xKrazy'
9. Sinead Harnett - 'High Wire'
10. Keyshia Cole, Mila J, K. Michelle, Lil Mo & Da Brat - 'Loyal' (Remix)

It's hard for me to imagine that Mariah album isn't a total train wreck given the current state of her voice

I liked the Mariah album a lot more than i did the Kelis album. Cry, faded, dedicated, Camoflage, money and (really shoulda been a hit) thirsty are all great.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BYNma9wxxw