2014 Forever: Other people's lists

This list is a work in progress, and will be added to over the next few weeks.
Last updated: 13-12-14

Billboard's best albums of 2014:
5. Ed Sheeran - X
4. Jenny Lewis - The Voyager
3. Sam Smith - In The Lonely Hour
2. Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 2
1. Taylor Swift - 1989

Capital Xtra best house music tracks of 2014:
Wanklemut - Head Is A Jungle (MK Remix)
Duke Dumont - I Got You
Shiba San - Okay
Patrick Topping - Forget
Oliver$ & Jimi Jules - Pushing On
Zhu - Faded
Daniel Steinburg - Let Me Down (Tube & Berger Remix)
Keisza - Hideaway
Klingande - Judel
Second City - I Wanna Feel
Route 94 - My Love
Oliver Heldens X Becky Hill - Gecko (Overdrive)
Watermat - Bullit
MK - Awlays
Disclosure - Latch
Doorly & Shadow Child - Piano Weapon
Jonas Rathman - I Hope I'm Wrong
Ten Walls - Walking With Elephants


The 405's best free albums & mixtapes of the year:
Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 2
Mick Jenkins - The Water[s]
Raury - Indigo Child
King avriel - thesis
Childish Gambino - S T N M T N
Shlohmo and Jeremih - No More
Jaden Smith - Cool Tape Vol. 2
Sango - Da Rochina 2
Mac Miller - Faces
Travi$ Scott - Days Before Rodeo

GQ pop star of the year:
Weird Al Yankovic

Loudwire's best rock video of 2014:
Monster Magnet - The Duke


NME top albums of 2014:
5. Caribou - Our Love
4. Aphex Twin - Syro
3. The War On Drugs - Lost In The Dream
2. Mac DeMarco - Salad Days
1. St Vincent - St Vincent

NME top tracks of 2014:
5. Run The Jewels - Blockbuster Night Part 1
4. The War On Drugs - Red Eyes
3. Fat White Family - Touch The Leather
2. Caribou - Can't Do Without You
1. Future Islands - Seasons (Waiting On You)


Paste's best albums:
5. Alvvays - Alvvays
4. King Tuff - Black Moon Spell
3. Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 2
2. St Vincent - St Vincent
1. The War On Drugs - Lost In The Dream

Rolling Stone's best albums of 2014:
5. Miranda Lambert - Platinum
4. St Vincent - St Vincent
3. The Black Keys - Turn Blue
2. Bruce Springsteen - High Hopes
1. U2 - Songs Of Innocence


Slate's best jazz albums of 2014:
5. Fred Hersch - Floating
4. Ambrose Akinmusire - The Imagined Savior Is Far Easier to Paint
3. Kenny Barron & Dave Holland - The Art of Conversation
2. Keith Jarrett & Charlie Haden - Last Dance
1. Sonny Rollins - Road Shows, Vol. 3

Included in XFM's 50 best albums of 2014 (which has no particular order):
Blood Red Shoes - Blood Red Shoes
Manic Street Preachers - Futurology
Coldplay - Ghost Stories
Pixies - Indie Cindy
Royal Blood - Royal Blood