Acclaimed Music Top 50 Albums from 2014 poll

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the other two mr. twin sister albums are as good or even better

their previous albums under the name twin sister are not particularly memorable though

I was very surprised on how much I liked it, tho it still won't get my vote. Thanks everyone for the recommendations as it's always fun discovering a new band.

I really need to revisit Syro. At the time I thought it was completely forgettable and easily the worst of his “normal” albums.

Syro was a possibility.

Maybe I’ll give that a spin tonight, been a minute

As I have stated, going through some of these that I have never heard before. Last night was Ruins and I just wasn't in the mood for that amount of mellowness. Next is Mac DeMarco.

there are a lot of great Aphex Twin albums but I think Syro maybe is the best of them

xps Austin I bought Black Messiah on release and it is def in my top 5 albums I tried very hard to get into but just couldn't, it's not that it's bland or whatever it's almost aggresively unlistenable to my ears, really an emperor's new clothes/feel like I'm taking crazy pills moment in music for me

but I am ofc happy that it brings joy to others

First Twin Sister LP from 2011 on Domino is the only real letdown in their discography, however the preceding EPs from 2009/2010 are excellent.

I loved Salad Days as it sounded like a lost Wilco record on first listen. Next is 1989 but unlike some of the others I have heard this one before but just making sure it's not quite good enough to get my vote here.

Neneh Cherry

the preceding EPs from 2009/2010 are excellent.

I still haven't loved anything they've done quite as much as Color Your Life

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i don't really care about against me! one way or another but half the trans women i know (including me) can trace our transitions back, in one way or another, to that album

I was enthralled by punk rock in the late 70s/early 80s, but I think that I'm too old now to really appreciate a punk revival. It feels like something that has been/is geared toward a younger generation

same with indie music that goes back hard on the mid-late 80s and 90s. that was an absolute peak time for college rock and there's no replicating it really ever again

Transgender Dysphoria Blues is a wonderfully melodic jam but I could never really get into the album

I did see Spoon just two weeks back, still on that high and had to vote for it here. I just think the first side is solid gold. The run is "Rent I Pay," "Inside Out," "Rainy Taxi," "Do You" and then ends with "Knock Knock Knock" which might not be toped. Yes, the second side does slow down and din't get "I Just Don't Understand" until I saw it live with Dale Watson on this tour. Then the whole things ends with maybe Spoon's best pop moment "New York Kiss."

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Almost eight years since Black Messiah came out...I can't think of anyone else of D'Angelo's stature who has had a similar output (only three albums - all major works - over a very long period of time). It's like Terrence Malick before he got prolific.

will put up the 2010s nominations thread soon

8 837 Sun Kil Moon - Benji 0

nice

Benji was a great dog. He deserves better than having his name besmirched.

I see I was the only voter for Salad Days

oh well, nice turnout, rather enjoying the split, so many 1-vote albums

Curious who else voted for Ultraviolence.

black messiah was my actual favorite record of 2014, then and now, fwiw

Ultraviolence

Me, though I didn’t have anything in particular to say about it. The first seven tracks are great and the last four are nothing special.

Ultraviolence finishing below rape shocker