O álbum homônimo de St. Vincent (foto) foi considerado o melhor de 2014 pelo NME. O pódio para a publicação britânica fica completo com "Salad Days" de Mac DeMarco em segundo e "Lost in the Dream" do The War on Drugs em terceiro. No top 50, estão álbuns de La Roux, Damon Albarn, FKA Twigs, Morrissey, Lana Del Rey e Perfume Genius.
"Seasons (Waiting on You)", do Future Islands, foi destacada pela redação do NME como canção do ano, ultrapassando a concorrência de Caribou ("Can't Do Without You" ficou em segundo) e Fat White Family ("Touch the Leather" em terceiro). Veja também o top das melhores 50 canções do ano para a publicação abaixo.
50 Melhores Álbuns de 2014
1. St. Vincent - St. Vincent
2. Mac DeMarco - Salad Days
3. The War On Drugs - Lost In the Dream
4. Aphex Twin - Syro
5. Caribou - Our Love
6. La Roux - Trouble In Paradise
7. Merchandise - After The End
8. Jamie T - Carry On The Grudge
9. Sleaford Mods - Divide and Exit
10. Ex Hex - Rips
11. Future Islands - Singles
12. DFA 1979 - The Physical World
13. Damon Albarn - Everyday Robots
14. Run The Jewels - RTJ2
15. Eagulls - Eagulls
16. Iceage - Plowing Into The Field Of Love
17. Todd Terje - It's Album Time
18. Kate Tempest - Everybody Down
19. Royal Blood - Royal Blood
20. Jack White - Lazaretto
21. FKA Twigs - LP1
22. Swans - To be Kind
23. Kasabian - 48:13
24. Angel Olsen - Burn Your Fire For No Witness
25. Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence
26. Perfume Genuis - Too Bright
27. Jungle - Jungle
28. Morrissey - World Peace Is None Of Your Beeswax
29. Alvvays - Alvvays
30. Warpaint - Warpaint
31. Sharon Van Etten - Are We There
32. Childhood - Lacuna
33. Wild Beasts - Present Tense
34. Sun Kil Moon - Benji
35. Parquet Courts - Sunbathing Animal
36. Goat - Commune
37. Thom Yorke - Tomorrow's Modern Boxes
38. Alt-J - This Is All Yours
39. Protomartyr - Under Color of Offical Right
40. Bombay Bicylce Club - So Long, See You Tomorrow
41. Manic Street Preachers - Futurology
42. Hookworms - The Hum
43. Freddie Gibbs and Madlib - Pinata
44. Perfect Pussy - Say Yes To Love
45. Honeyblood - Honeyblood
46. Twin Peaks - Wild Onion
47. Gruff Rhys - American Interior
48. Temples - Sun Structure
49. Interpol - El Pintor
50. Julian Casablancas + The Voidz - Tyranny
50 Melhores Canções de 2014
1. Future Islands - Seasons (Waiting On You)
2. Caribou - Can't Do Without You
3. Fat White Family - Touch The Leather
4. The War On Drugs - Red Eyes
5. Run The Jewels - Blockbuster Night Pt. 1
6. Kasabian - Eez-eh
7. St. Vincent - Digital Witness
8. Jamie T - Zombie
9. Royal Blood - Little Monster
10. Mac DeMarco - Chamber of Reflection
11. Lana Del Rey - West Coast
12. Merchandise - Little Killer
13. Jungle - Busy Earnin'
14. Jack White - Lazaretto
15. Kate Tempest - Marshall Law
16. Shamir - I Know It's A Good Thing
17. Iceage - The Lord's Favourite
18. Aphex Twin - minipops 67 (Source field remix)
19. Alvvays - Archie, Marry Me
20. Honeyblood - Super Rat
21. Jamie T - Love Is Only A Heartbeat Away
22. Run The Jewels - Close Your Eyes (And Count To Fuck)
23. Damon Albarn - The Selfish Giant
24. St. Vincent - Prince Johnny
25. Warpaint - Disco//Very
26. Mac DeMarco - Passing Out Pieces
27. Taylor Swift - Shake It Off
28. Interpol - All The Rage Back Home
29. Slaves - Where's Your Car Debbie?
30. Perfume Genuis - Queen
31. Cherry Glazerr - Had Ten Dollaz
32. Lana Del Rey - Ultraviolence
33. Death From Above 1979 - White Is Red
34. The War On Drugs - Under The Pressure
35. Manic Street Preachers - Futurology
36. Noel Gallagher's Flying Birds - In The Heat of The Moment
37. Sharon Van Etten - Every Time The Sun Comes Up
38. Morrissey - Kiss Me A Lot
39. Protomartyr - Scum, Rise!
40. Sleater-Kinney - Bury Our Friends
41. La Roux - Uptight Downtown
42. Ex Hex - Hot and Cold
43. SBTRKT - New Dorp New York (feat. Erza Koenig)
44. Juce - Call You Out
45. Sun Kil Moon - Ben's My Friend
46. Flying Lotus - Never Catch Me (feat. Kendrick Lamar)
47. Gruff Rhys - American Interior
48. Ariel Pink - Put Your Number In My Phone
49. David Bowie - Sue (Or In A Season of Crime)
50. Alt-J - Hunger Of The Pine