Year in Review: My Favorite Music in 2014

It's time for my annual year-end list of favorite albums. I'm no music critic, so my criteria for which albums make the cut follows the Lemon test: I know what I like when I hear it. Normally I'd write a little blurb for each of these twelve albums, explaining why it's a favorite. Unfortunately, I'll have to set aside that little extra flourish this year due to time constraints.

With that said, onto the list!

12. Delta Spirit - Into the Wide

Favorite Song: Patriarch

11. The Roots - ...and then you shoot your cousin

Favorite Song: The Dark (Trinity)

10. Conor Oberst - Upside Down Mountain

Favorite Song: Hundreds of Ways

9.  Vince Staples - Hell Can Wait

Favorite Song: Hands Up

8. Lecrae - Anomaly

Favorite Song: Say I Won't

7. Cloud Nothings - Here and Nowhere Else

Favorite Song: I'm Not Part of Me

6. Common - Nobody's Smiling

Favorite Song: Nobody's Smiling

5. Benjamin Booker - Benjamin Booker

Favorite Song: Always Waiting

4. Strand of Oaks - HEAL

Favorite Song: Shut In

3. Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2

Favorite Song: Angel Duster

2. Spoon - They Want My Soul

Favorite Song: Knock, Knock, Knock

1. The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream

Favorite Song: Burning

Thirteen Honorable Mentions:
LA Symphony - You Still on Earth?
Your Old Droog - Your Old Drug
Big K.R.I.T. - Cadillactica
Freddie Gibbs and Madlib - Pinata
Rick Ross - Mastermind
Shabazz Palaces - Lese Majesty
How to Dress Well - What is This Heart?
Sun Kil Moon - Benji
Lykke Li - I Never Learn
Modern Baseball - You're Gonna Miss It All
The Orwells - Disgraceland
Jamie T - Carry on the Grudge
Old 97s - Most Messed Up