As 2014 comes to a close, we thought we'd take one last look albums that KEXP listeners chose for their top albums of 2014 and present to you the mother of all video roundups, featuring 91 videos -- 53 of which were filmed by KEXP's own video crew -- covering the Top 90.3 albums as chosen by KEXP listeners. You can watch each video below or together as a playlist here.
Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
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1 | The War on Drugs | Lost in The Dream | Secretly Canadian |
2 | alt-J | This Is All Yours | Canvasback |
3 | Spoon | They Want My Soul | Loma Vista/ Republic |
4 | Beck | Morning Phase | Capitol |
5 | First Aid Kit | Stay Gold | Columbia |
6 | Phantogram | Voices | Republic |
7 | St. Vincent | St. Vincent | Loma Vista |
8 | Ty Segall | Manipulator | Drag City |
9 | TV on the Radio | Seeds | Harvest |
10 | Future Islands | Singles | 4AD |
Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
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11 | Jack White | Lazaretto | Third Man/XL/Columbia |
12 | The New Pornographers | Brill Bruisers | Matador |
13 | Strand of Oaks | Heal | Dead Oceans |
14 | Caribou | Our Love | Merge |
15 | Parquet Courts | Sunbathing Animal | What's Your Rupture |
16 | Mac DeMarco | Salad Days | Captured Tracks |
17 | Sharon Van Etten | Are We There | Jagjaguwar |
18 | Real Estate | Atlas | Domino |
19 | Run The Jewels | Run The Jewels 2 | Mass Appeal |
20 | Temples | Sun Structures | Fat Possum |
Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
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21 | Perfume Genius | Too Bright | Matador |
22 | FKA twigs | LPI | Young Turks |
23 | Angel Olsen | Burn Your Fire For No Witness | Jagjaguwar |
24 | Elbow | The Take Off and Landing of Everything | Fiction/Concord |
25 | Damien Jurado | Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Son | Secretly Canadian |
26 | Cloud Nothings | Here and Nowhere Else | Carpark |
27 | The Black Keys | Turn Blue | Nonesuch |
28 | Lykke Li | I Never Learn | LL |
29 | ODESZA | In Return | Counter-Records |
30 | Sylvan Esso | Sylvan Esso | Partisan |
Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
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31 | Sun Kil Moon | Benji | Caldo Verde |
32 | Broken Bells | After the Disco | Columbia |
33 | Flying Lotus | You're Dead! | Warp |
34 | Warpaint | Warpaint | Rough Trade |
35 | Jenny Lewis | The Voyager | Warner Bros |
36 | Aphex Twin | Syro | Warp |
37 | Bombay Bicycle Club | So Long, See You Tomorrow | Vagrant |
38 | The Afghan Whigs | Do the Beast | Sub Pop |
39 | Ex Hex | Rips | Merge |
40 | tUnE-YArDs | Nikki Nack | 4AD |
Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
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41 | Shabazz Palaces | Lese Majesty | Sub Pop |
42 | Bob Mould | Beauty & Ruin | Merge |
43 | Ryan Adams | Ryan Adams | Pax-AM |
44 | Sturgill Simpson | Metamodern Sounds In Country Music | High Top Mountain |
45 | Interpol | El Pintor | Matador |
46 | Thom Yorke | Tomorrow's Modern Boxes | self-released |
47 | Shovels & Rope | Swimmin' Time | Dualtone |
48 | Augustines | Augustines | Votiv |
49 | Jungle | Jungle | XL |
50 | King Tuff | Black Moon Spell | Sub Pop |
Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
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51 | Benjamin Booker | Benjamin Booker | ATO |
52 | Tacocat | NVM | Hardly Art |
53 | Tycho | Awake | Ghostly International |
54 | Alvvays | Alvvays | Polyvinyl |
55 | J Mascis | Tied to a Star | Sub Pop |
56 | Lana Del Ray | Ultraviolence | Interscope |
57 | Swans | To Be Kind | Young God/Mute |
58 | The Horrors | Luminous | XL |
59 | The Antlers | Familiars | Anti- |
60 | Conor Oberst | Upside Down Mountain | Nonesuch |
Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
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61 | The Raveonettes | Pe'ahi | self-released |
62 | Cymbals Eat Guitars | Lose | Barsuk |
63 | Shakey Graves | And the War Came | Dualtone |
64 | Chet Faker | Built On Glass | Future Classic/Fontana |
65 | Damon Albarn | Everyday Robots | Warner Bros |
66 | Thurston Moore | The Best Day | Matador |
67 | Foxygen | ....And Star Power | Jagjaguwar |
68 | Ray LaMontagne | Supernova | RCA |
69 | Tweedy | Sukierae | dBpm/Anti- |
70 | S | Cool Choices | Hardly Art |
Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
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71 | Wussy | Attica! | Shake It |
72 | Dum Dum Girls | Too True | Sub Pop |
73 | Glass Animals | ZABA | Harvest |
74 | Kishi Bashi | Lighght | Joyful Noise |
75 | Little Dragon | Nabuma Rubberband | Loma Vista |
76 | Mark Lanegan Band | Phantom Radio | Flooded Soil/ Vagrant |
77 | Allah-Las | Worship The Sun | Innovative Leisure |
78 | Broncho | Just Enough Hip To Be Woman | Dine Alone |
79 | Wye Oak | Shriek | Merge |
80 | Todd Terje | It's Album Time | Olsen |
Rank | Artist | Album | Label |
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81 | The Orwells | Disgraceland | Canvasback/Atlantic |
82 | Woods | With Light and With Love | Woodsist |
83 | Kurt Vile | It's a Big World Out There (And I Am Scared) | Matador |
84 | The Barr Brothers | Sleeping Operator | Secret City |
85 | Mogwai | Rave Tapes | Sub Pop |
86 | St. Paul & The Broken Bones | Half The City | Single Lock |
87 | Band of Horses | Acoustic at the Ryman | Brown |
88 | The Budos Band | Burnt Offering | Daptone |
89 | Israel Nash | Israel Nashe's Rain Plains | Continental |
90 | Thee Oh Sees | Drop | Castleface |
90.3 | Katie Kate | Nation | self-released |