By Ian Bremner
Most people agree Top 10 or Top 50 or Top 100 lists are pretty arbitrary, but as December hits and you start to spend more time with family and less time at work, music becomes a more constant presence and it can be fun to look back on all of the new music you discovered/rediscovered/listened to/saw live/got drunk at said show/loved/hated/got spiritual with, whichever emotions were elicited throughout the year.
Here are 30 albums that Old Rookie has spent the majority of the year spinning, flipping, repeating, pressing play, turning up. If I am off my rocker, let me know by commenting or email. If you agree, disagree, think something is missing, let me know by commenting or email. Let’s create a READER’S CHOICE (whoever reads this) TOP-WHATEVER LIST!
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TOP 30 ALBUMS OF 2014 (no particular order)
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War on Drugs – Lost In The Dream
Sharon Van Etten – Are We There
Robert Ellis – The Lights From The Chemical Plant
Damien Jurado – Brothers and Sisters Of The Eternal Sun
The Growlers – Chinese Fountains
Sturgill Simpson – Metamodern Sounds In Country Music
Broken Bells – After The Disco
Justin Townes Earle – Single Mothers
Black Lips – Underneath The Rainbow
The New Basement Tapes – Lost On The River
Lee Fields & The Expressions – Emma Jean
Drive-By Truckers – English Oceans
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – Hypnotic Eye
Hiss Golden Messenger – Lateness Of Dancers
Shovels & Rope – Swimmin’ Time
Lake Street Dive – Bad Self Portraits
The Felice Brothers – Favorite Waitress
Hurray For The Riff Raff – Small Town Heroes
Shakey Graves – And The War Came
Benjamin Booker – Benjamin Booker
Angel Olsen- Burn Your Fire For No Witness
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TOP WHATEVER LIST OF 2014
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