Eso que huelen es la temporada de listas, y es que ya estamos llegando a esa época en la que por fin podemos discutir sobre lo mejor que el año ha tenido que ofrecer, a pesar de que todavía restan varias semanas para que le demos la bienvenida al 2015. La primera publicación con peso de lo mejor del 2014 viene de parte de Rough Trade, una de las tiendas de discos independientes más influyentes del Reino Unido y del mundo indie.
Rough Trade publicó su lista de los 100 mejores discos del 2014. Aquellos álbums que son vendido de manera exclusiva en la tienda están marcados con (RT).
100. SOHN – Tremors
99. Foxygen – And Star Power
98. Wild Beasts – Present Tense
97. Hurray for the Riff Raff – Small Town Heroes
96. EMA – The Future’s Void
95. The Black Keys – Turn Blue
94. Sinkane – Mean Love
93. Earth – Primitive and Deadly
92. Flying Lotus – You’re Dead!
91. Dean Blunt – Black Metal
90. Reigning Sound – Shattered
89. Glass Animals – Zaba
88. Lykke Li – I Never Learn
87. Shabazz Palaces – Lese Majesty
86. Doug Pasiley – Strong Feelings
85. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – I’m in Your Mind Fuzz
84. Shit and Shine – Powder Horn
83. Neil Young – A Letter Home
82. Brian Jonestown Massacre – Revelation
81. Damaged Bug – Hubba Hubba
80. Lee Gamble – Koch
79. Merchandise – After the End
78. September Girls – Cursing the Sea
77. East India Youth – Total Strife Forever
76. Elephant – Sky Swimming (RT)
75. Actress – Ghetto Ville
74. Asgeir – In the Silence
73. Withered Hands – New Gods
72. The Bug – Angels and Devil
71. Lyla Foy – Mirrors the Sky
70. Vikesh Kapoor – The Ballad of Willy Robbins
69. Smoke Fairies – Smoke Fairies (RT)
68. Badbadnotgood – 111
67. Haley Bonar – Last War (RT)
66. Scott Walker and Sunn O))) – Soused
65. Alex G – DSU
64. Owen Pallett – In Conflict
63. Diamond Version – CI
62. Happyness – Weird Little Birthday
61. St. Vincent – St. Vincent
60. Jamie T – Carry On the Grudge
59. Lone – Reality Testing (RT)
58. Keaton Henson – Romantic Works Featuring Ren Ford
57. Adult Jazz – Gist Is
56. Childhood – Lacuna
55. Allo Darlin – We Come From the Same Place
54. Ratking – So It Goes
53. Lucinda Williams – Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone
52. Damon Albarn – Everyday Robots
51. A Winged Victory for the Sullen – Atomos
50. Eno & Hyde – Someday World
49. Gruff Rhys – American Interior
48. We Are Shining – Kara (RT)
47. First Aid Kit – Stay Gold
46. Parquet Courts – Sunbathing Animal
45. Real Estate – Atlas
44. Beck – Morning Phase
43. Protomartyr – Under Color of Official Right
42. Allah-Las – Worship the Sun
41. The Rails – Fair Warning
40. Sharon Van Etten – Are We There
39. Sturgill Simpson – Metamodern Sounds in Country Music
38. Sleaford Mods – Divide and Exit
37. FKA twigs – LP1
36. Swans – To Be Kind
35. Aphex Twin – Syro
34. The Amazing Snakeheads – Amphetamine Ballads
33. Future Islands – Singles
32. Benjamin Booker – Benjamin Booker
31. Hookworms – The Hum (RT)
30. The Wytches – Annabel Dream Reader
29. Jungle – Jungle
28. Ultimate Painting – Ultimate Painting (RT)
27. Avi Buffalo – At Best Cuckold
26. Arca – Xen (RT)
25. Freddie Gibs & Madlib – Pinata
24. Tom the Lion – Sleep
23. Warpaint – Warpaint
22. Neneh Cherry – Blank Project
21. Mac DeMarco – Salad Days
20. Jack White – Lazaretto
19. Ty Segall – Manipulator
18. Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings – Give the People What They Want
17. Honeyblood – Honeyblood (RT)
16. Royal Blood – Royal Blood
15. Alvvays – Alvvays
14. Wildest Dreams – Wildest Dreams (RT)
13. Goat – Commune
12. Caribou – Our Love (RT)
11. Total Control – Typical System (RT)
10. Sun Kil Moon – Benji
9. The Delines – Colfax
8. Millie & Andrea – Drop the Vowels
7. Liars – Mess (RT)
6. Angel Olsen – Burn Your Fire for No Witness
5. Little Dragon – Nabuma Rubberband
4. Metronomy – Love Letters (RT)
3. Todd Terje – It’s Album Time (RT)
2. The War on Drugs – Lost in the Dream
1. Temples – Sun Structures (RT)