Best 10 albums of 2014 - 21 international charts.

1. Best
10 Albums
Of
2014
Massimo Resce’s Survey

2. ARTIST - ALBUM Total Score Final Rank
The War On Drugs – Lost In The Dream 4,09 1
St Vincent – St Vincent 3,70 2
Sun Kil Moon – Benji 3,24 3
FKA Twigs – LP1 3,19 4
Run the Jewels – Run the Jewels 2 2,84 5
Aphex Twin - Syro 2,11 6
Swans - To Be Kind 1,86 7
Dean Blunt – Black Metal 1,75 8
Sleaford Mods – Divide and Exit 1,60 9
Beck – Morning Phase 1,37 10
Scott Walker & Sunn O))) – Soused 1,37 10
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3. Metodologia 
Alcuni giorni fa un mio caro amico mi ha messo in imbarazzo chiedendomi, su uno di questi
socialnetwork, di pubblicare i migliori album del 2014 ascoltati.
Lì mi sono accorto che ho passato l’anno a cantare piuttosto che ad ascoltare.
Dovevo recuperare in qualche modo. Ma per ascoltare occorre tempo, informazione, dedizione,
ispirazione, ed altro che attualmente non è nelle mie disponibilità e possibilità.
Occorreva una scorciatoia, professionale naturalmente, considerato che il mio amico è anche un
recensore.
Mi è venuto incontro un articolo del sito http://sentireascoltare.com/ che ha pubblicato “BBC Radio 6:
la classifica dei migliori album del 2014”.
Da qui sono risalito ad altre 20 riviste che hanno pubblicato la loro classifica e, avendo passato il 2014
a «cantare», mi sono messo a «contare»!
La formula è molto semplice e consiste nell’attribuire un punteggio ad ogni album pari a 1 diviso la
posizione nel rank. Ho considerato solo gli album entrati nelle prime dieci posizioni delle 21 chart.
Dopodiché ho sommato i punteggi calcolati e stilato la nuova classifica. Semplice no?
PS:
Non ho ascoltato nessuno degli album sopra in classifica. Se ascolto c’è stato è stato del tutto
inconsapevole e casuale. Credo, però, di aver dato una risposta da massimo esperto musicale. E
questo è tutto!
Ah! Dimenticavo … ciao Flavio!

4. Rank Scores BBC Radio 6 Rank Scores Rumore Rank Scores Blow Up Magazine
1 1,00 The War On Drugs – Lost In The Dream 1 1,00 Sun Kill Moon – Benji 1 1,00 Sleaford Mods – Divide and Exit
2 0,50 St Vincent – St Vincent 2 0,50 Damon Albarn – Everyday Robots 2 0,50 Fire! Orchestra – Enter
3 0,33 First Aid Kit – Stay Gold 3 0,33 Neneh Cherry – Blank Project 3 0,33 Riccardo Sinigallia – Per Tutti
4 0,25 Kate Tempest – Everybody Down 4 0,25 Swans – To Be Kind 4 0,25 Neneh Cherry – Blank Project
5 0,20 Sharon Van Etten – Are We There 5 0,20 Riccardo Sinigallia – Per Tutti 5 0,20 Scott Walker & Sunn o))) Soused
6 0,17 Caribou – Our Love 6 0,17 Scott Walker + Sunn O))) – Soused 6 0,17 Swans – To Be Kind
7 0,14 Royal Blood – Royal Blood 7 0,14 Merchandise – After The End 7 0,14 Clipping. – Clppng
8 0,13 Jack White – Lazaretto 8 0,13 Todd Terje – It’s Album Time 8 0,13 Ben Frost – A U R O R A
9 0,11 Elbow – The Take Off And Landing Of Everything 9 0,11 Temples – Sun Structures 9 0,11 Wovenhand – Refractory Obdurate
10 0,10 Beck – Morning Phase 10 0,10 Foxygen – Foxygen …And Star Power 10 0,10 C’mon Tigre – C’mon Tigre
Rank Score Il Mucchio Selvaggio Rank Score The Quietus Rank Score Mojo
1 1,00 St. Vincent, St. Vincent 1 1,00 Gazelle Twin – UNFLESH 1 1,00 Beck – Morning Phase
2 0,50 Sun Kil Moon, Benji 2 0,50 Scott Walker & Sunn O))) – Soused 2 0,50 The War On Drugs – Lost In The Dream
3 0,33 Ben Frost, A U R O R A 3 0,33 Swans – To Be Kind 3 0,33 Sleaford Mods – Divide And Exit
4 0,25 Damon Albarn, Everyday Robots 4 0,25 East India Youth – TOTAL STRIFE FOREVER 4 0,25 Jack White – Lazaretto
5 0,20 Neneh Cherry, Blank Project 5 0,20 The Bug – Angels & Devils 5 0,20 St. Vincent – St. Vincent
6 0,17 Sharon Van Etten, Are We There 6 0,17 Grumbling Fur – Preternaturals 6 0,17 Steve Gunn – Way Out Weather
7 0,14 Ty Segall, Manipulator 7 0,14 Katie Gately – Pipes 7 0,14 Julie Byrne – Rooms With Walls And Windows
8 0,13 FKA twigs, LP1 8 0,13 Manic Street Preachers – Futurology 8 0,13 Damon Albarn – Everyday Robots
9 0,11 Swans, To Be Kind 9 0,11 Perc – The Power And The Glory 9 0,11 FKA Twigs – LP1
10 0,10 Goat, Commune 10 0,10 Jenny Hval & Susanna – Meshes Of Voice 10 0,10 The Bug – Angels & Devils
Rank Score Norman Records Rank Score Rough Trade Rank Score Paste
1 1,00 Exist/Resist – Bracken 1 1,00 Temples – Sun Structures 1 1,00 The War on Drugs – Lost in the Dream
2 0,50 A Turn O Breath – Ian William Craig 2 0,50 The War On Drugs – Lost In The Dream 2 0,50 St. Vincent – St. Vincent
3 0,33 Revelation – Brian Jonestown Massacre 3 0,33 Todd Terje – It’s Album Time 3 0,33 Run the Jewels – Run the Jewels 2
4 0,25 Last Ex – Last Ex 4 0,25 Metronomy – Love Letters 4 0,25 King Tuff – Black Moon Spell
5 0,20 To Be Kind – Swans 5 0,20 Little Dragon – Nabuma Rubberband 5 0,20 Alvvays – Alvvays
6 0,17 Measures Of Joy – Virginia Wing 6 0,17 Angel Olsen – Burn Your Fire For No Witness 6 0,17 Sylvan Esso – Sylvan Esso
7 0,14 Morgan Delt – Morgan Delt 7 0,14 Liars – Mess 7 0,14 Beck – Morning Phase
8 0,13 Everybody Down – Kate Tempest 8 0,13 Millie And Andrea – Drop The Vowels 8 0,13 Sharon Van Etten – Are We There
9 0,11 More Than Any Other Day – Ought 9 0,11 The Delines – Colfax 9 0,11 First Aid Kit – Stay Gold
10 0,10 There Is No Perfect Place – Memory Drawings 10 0,10 Sun Kil Moon – Benji 10 0,10 Courtney Barnett – The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas
21 CHARTS sentireascoltare.com

5. Rank Score Rolling Stone America Rank Score Wire Rank Score PopMatters.com
1 1,00 U2 – Songs of Innocence 1 1,00 Aphex Twin – SYRO 1 1,00 Run the Jewels – Run the Jewels 2
2 0,50 Bruce Springsteen – High Hopes 2 0,50 Richard Dawson – Nothing Important 2 0,50 Sun Kil Moon – Benji
3 0,33 The Black Keys – Turn Blue 3 0,33 Swans – To Be Kind 3 0,33 Flying Lotus – You’re Dead!
4 0,25 St. Vincent – St. Vincent 4 0,25 Scott Walker and Sunn O))) – Soused 4 0,25 St. Vincent – St. Vincent
5 0,20 Miranda Lambert – Platinum 5 0,20 Actress – Ghettoville 5 0,20 Swans – To Be Kind
6 0,17 Charli XCX – SUCKER 6 0,17 Sleaford Mods – Divide And Exit 6 0,17 Against Me! – Transgender Dysphoria Blues
7 0,14 Lana Del Rey – Ultraviolence 7 0,14 Shabazz Palaces – Lese Majesty 7 0,14 The War on Drugs – Lost in the Dream
8 0,13 Run the Jewels – Run the Jewels 2 8 0,13 Run The Jewels – Run The Jewels 2 8 0,13 FKA Twigs – LP1
9 0,11 Mac DeMarco – Salad Days 9 0,11 Kasai Allstars – Beware The Fetish 9 0,11 Aphex Twin – Syro
10 0,10 Taylor Swift – 1989 10 0,10 Fatima Al Qadiri – Asiatisch 10 0,10 Spoon – They Want My Soul
Rank Score Dazed Rank Score Drowned in Sound Rank Score Guardian
1 1,00 FKA Twigs – LP1 1 1,00 The Twilight Sad – Nobody Wants to Be Here
and Nobody Wants to Leave
1 1,00 St Vincent – St Vincent
2 0,50 Arca – Xen 2 0,50 Sharon Van Etten – Are We There 2 0,50 The War On Drugs – Lost in the Dream
3 0,33 Lana Del Rey – Ultraviolence 3 0,33 Taylor Swift – 1989 3 0,33 FKA Twigs – LP1
4 0,25 Fatima Al Qadiri – Asiatisch 4 0,25 Marissa Nadler – July 4 0,25 Aphex Twin – Syro
5 0,20 Sia – 1000 Forms Of Fear 5 0,20 ††† – Crosses 5 0,20 Caribou – Our Love
6 0,17 Aphex Twin – Syro 6 0,17 Alvvays – Alvvays 6 0,17 La Roux – Trouble in Paradise
7 0,14 Lykke Li – I Never Learn 7 0,14 Eagulls – Eagulls 7 0,14 Run the Jewels – Run the Jewels 2
8 0,13 Perfume Genius – Too Bright 8 0,13 Ought – More Than Any Other Day 8 0,13 Beck – Morning Phase
9 0,11 Tinashe – Aquarius 9 0,11 The War On Drugs – Lost in the Dream 9 0,11 Flying Lotus – You’re Dead!
10 0,10 Angel Olsen – Burn Your Fire For no Witness 10 0,10 Swans – To Be Kind 10 0,10 Sleaford Mods – Divide and Exit
Rank Score Noisey Uk Rank Score Dummy Rank Score Fact
1 1,00 Ratking – So It Goes 1 1,00 FKA Twigs – LP1 1 1,00 Sun Kil Moon – Benji
2 0,50 Dean Blunt – Black Metal 2 0,50 Kindness – Otherness 2 0,50 Mr Mitch – Parallel Memories
3 0,33 Pc Music – Disown Mix 3 0,33 Aphex Twin - Syro 3 0,33 Pc Music – PC Music x DISown Radio Mix
4 0,25 Taylor Swift – 1989 4 0,25 Dean Blunt – Black Metal 4 0,25 Andy Stott – Faith In Strangers
5 0,20 Alex G – Dsu 5 0,20 18+ – Trust 5 0,20 Lorenzo Senni – Superimpositions
6 0,17 Grouper – Ruins 6 0,17 Mica Levi – Under The Skin 6 0,17 YG – My Krazy Life
7 0,14 Caribou – Our Love 7 0,14 TOPS – Picture You Staring 7 0,14 Popcaan – Where We Come From
8 0,13 Freddie Gibbs & Madlib – Piñata 8 0,13 Copeland – Because I’m Worth It 8 0,13 Mica Levi – Under The Skin
9 0,11 Run The Jewels – RTJ2 9 0,11 Dan Bodan – Soft 9 0,11 Sicko Mobb – Super Saiyan Vol.1
10 0,10 The Square – The Formula 10 0,10 Arca – Xen 10 0,10 Shinichi Atobe – Butterfly Effect

6. Rank Score Pitchfork Rank Score Tiny Mix Tapes Rank Score Xrl8r
1 1,00 Run the Jewels – Run the Jewels 2 1 1,00 Dean Blunt – Black Metal 1 1,00 Call Super Suzi Ecto (Houndstooth)
2 0,50 FKA twigs – LP1 2 0,50 Grouper – Ruins 2 0,50 Kassem Mosse Workshop 19 (Workshop)
3 0,33 The War on Drugs – Lost in the Dream 3 0,33 GFOTY – Secret Mix 3 0,33 Leon Vynehall Music for the Uninvited (3024)
4 0,25 Aphex Twin – Syro 4 0,25 Scott Walker + Sunn O))) – Soused 4 0,25 Gesloten Cirkel Submit X (Murder Capital)
5 0,20 Grouper – Ruins 5 0,20 Kevin Drumm / Jason Lescalleet – The Abyss 5 0,20 Jack J Looking Forward to You EP (Mood Hut)
6 0,17 Swans – To Be Kind 6 0,17 Ian William Craig – A Turn Of Breath 6 0,17 Barnt Magazine 13 (Magazine)
7 0,14 Sun Kil Moon – Benji 7 0,14 Giant Claw – DARK WEB 7 0,14 Todd Terje It’s Album Time (Olsen)
8 0,13 Todd Terje – It’s Album Time 8 0,13 D/P/I – MN.ROY 8 0,13 Objekt Flatland (PAN)
9 0,11 Ariel Pink – Pom Pom 9 0,11 Andy Stott – Faith In Strangers 9 0,11 Terekke Terekke EP (L.I.E.S.)
10 0,10 Caribou – Our Love 10 0,10 iLoveMakonnen – iLoveMakonnen EP 10 0,10 Head High Megatrap (Power House)
FONTE http://sentireascoltare.com/news/bbc-radio-6-la-classifica-dei-migliori-album-del-2014/

7. ARTIST - ALBUM Total Score Final Rank ARTIST - ALBUM Total
Score
Final
Rank
ARTIST - ALBUM Total
Score
Final
RankThe War On Drugs – Lost In The Dream 4,09 1 Andy Stott – Faith In Strangers 0,36 30 Liars – Mess 0,14 40
St Vincent – St Vincent 3,70 2 Fatima Al Qadiri – Asiatisch 0,35 31 Lykke Li – I Never Learn 0,14 40
Sun Kil Moon – Benji 3,24 3 Brian Jonestown Massacre - Revelation 0,33 32 Merchandise – After The End 0,14 40
FKA Twigs – LP1 3,19 4 GFOTY – Secret Mix 0,33 32 Morgan Delt – Morgan Delt 0,14 40
Run the Jewels – Run the Jewels 2 2,84 5 Leon Vynehall Music for the Uninvited (3024) 0,33 32 Popcaan – Where We Come From 0,14 40
Aphex Twin - Syro 2,11 6 The Black Keys – Turn Blue 0,33 32 Royal Blood – Royal Blood 0,14 40
Swans - To Be Kind 1,86 7 The Bug – Angels & Devils 0,30 33 Shabazz Palaces – Lese Majesty 0,14 40
Dean Blunt – Black Metal 1,75 8 Mica Levi – Under The Skin 0,29 34 TOPS – Picture You Staring 0,14 40
Sleaford Mods – Divide and Exit 1,60 9 Angel Olsen – Burn Your Fire For no Witness 0,27 35 Ty Segall, Manipulator 0,14 40
Beck – Morning Phase 1,37 10 East India Youth – TOTAL STRIFE FOREVER 0,25 36 Kate Tempest - Everybody Down 0,13 41
Scott Walker & Sunn O))) – Soused 1,37 10 Gesloten Cirkel Submit X (Murder Capital) 0,25 36 Copeland – Because I’m Worth It 0,13 41
Temples – Sun Structures 1,11 11 Kate Tempest – Everybody Down 0,25 36 D/P/I – MN.ROY 0,13 41
Bracken - Exist/Resist 1,00 12 King Tuff – Black Moon Spell 0,25 36 Freddie Gibbs & Madlib – Piñata 0,13 41
Call Super Suzi Ecto (Houndstooth) 1,00 12 Last Ex – Last Ex 0,25 36 Manic Street Preachers – Futurology 0,13 41
Gazelle Twin – UNFLESH 1,00 12 Marissa Nadler – July 0,25 36 Millie And Andrea – Drop The Vowels 0,13 41
Ratking – So It Goes 1,00 12 Metronomy – Love Letters 0,25 36 Objekt Flatland (PAN) 0,13 41
The Twilight Sad – Nobody Wants to Be
Here and Nobody Wants to Leave
1,00 12 Ought – More Than Any Other Day 0,24 37 Perfume Genius – Too Bright 0,13 41
U2 – Songs of Innocence 1,00 12 ††† – Crosses 0,20 38 Ariel Pink – Pom Pom 0,11 42
Sharon Van Etten – Are We There 0,99 13 18+ – Trust 0,20 38 Dan Bodan – Soft 0,11 42
Damon Albarn – Everyday Robots 0,88 14 Actress – Ghettoville 0,20 38 Elbow – The Take Off And Landing Of Everything 0,11 42
Grouper – Ruins 0,87 15 Alex G – Dsu 0,20 38 Kasai Allstars – Beware The Fetish 0,11 42
Neneh Cherry - Blank Project 0,78 16 Jack J Looking Forward to You EP (Mood Hut) 0,20 38 Mac DeMarco – Salad Days 0,11 42
Todd Terje – It’s Album Time 0,73 17 Kevin Drumm / Jason Lescalleet – The Abyss 0,20 38 Perc – The Power And The Glory 0,11 42
Taylor Swift – 1989 0,68 18 Little Dragon – Nabuma Rubberband 0,20 38 Sicko Mobb – Super Saiyan Vol.1 0,11 42
Ian William Craig - A Turn O Breath 0,67 19 Lorenzo Senni – Superimpositions 0,20 38 Terekke Terekke EP (L.I.E.S.) 0,11 42
Pc Music – Disown Mix 0,67 19 Miranda Lambert – Platinum 0,20 38 The Delines – Colfax 0,11 42
Caribou – Our Love 0,61 21 Sia – 1000 Forms Of Fear 0,20 38 Tinashe – Aquarius 0,11 42
Arca – Xen 0,60 22 Against Me! – Transgender Dysphoria Blues 0,17 39 Wovenhand – Refractory Obdurate 0,11 42
Riccardo Sinigallia – Per Tutti 0,53 23 Barnt Magazine 13 (Magazine) 0,17 39 C’mon Tigre – C’mon Tigre 0,10 43
Bruce Springsteen – High Hopes 0,50 24 Charli XCX – SUCKER 0,17 39 Courtney Barnett – The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas 0,10 43
Fire! Orchestra – Enter 0,50 24 Grumbling Fur – Preternaturals 0,17 39 Foxygen – Foxygen …And Star Power 0,10 43
Kassem Mosse Workshop 19 (Workshop) 0,50 24 La Roux – Trouble in Paradise 0,17 39 Goat, Commune 0,10 43
Kindness – Otherness 0,50 24 Steve Gunn – Way Out Weather 0,17 39 Head High Megatrap (Power House) 0,10 43
Mr Mitch – Parallel Memories 0,50 24 Sylvan Esso – Sylvan Esso 0,17 39 iLoveMakonnen – iLoveMakonnen EP 0,10 43
Richard Dawson – Nothing Important 0,50 24 Virginia Wing- Measures Of Joy 0,17 39 Jenny Hval & Susanna – Meshes Of Voice 0,10 43
Lana Del Rey – Ultraviolence 0,48 25 YG – My Krazy Life 0,17 39 Shinichi Atobe – Butterfly Effect 0,10 43
Ben Frost – A U R O R A 0,46 26 Clipping. – Clppng 0,14 40 Spoon – They Want My Soul 0,10 43
First Aid Kit – Stay Gold 0,44 27 Eagulls – Eagulls 0,14 40 The Square – The Formula 0,10 43
Flying Lotus – You’re Dead! 0,44 27 Giant Claw – DARK WEB 0,14 40 There Is No Perfect Place – Memory Drawings 0,10 43
Jack White – Lazaretto 0,38 28 Julie Byrne – Rooms With Walls And Windows 0,14 40
Alvvays – Alvvays 0,37 29 Katie Gately – Pipes 0,14 40
FINAL CHART