Chad Rad’s personal stash: A baker’s dozen of my favorite albums of 2014
A short stack of the greatest albums that crossed my desk over the last year.
13. Circulatory System: Mosaics Within Mosaics (Cloud Recordings)
12. Aphex Twin: Syro (Warp Records)
11. Swans: To Be Kind (Young God)
10. Beck: Morning Phase (Capital/Universal)
9. Andy Stott: Faith In Strangers (Modern Love)
8. Pharmakon: Beastial Burden (Sacred Bones)
The Casket Girls - True Love Kills the Fairy Tale by The Casket Girls7. The Casket Girls: True Love Kills the Fairy Tale (Graveface Records)
Chemical Playschool Volumes 16 & 18 by Legendary Pink Dots6. Legendary Pink Dots: Chemical Playschool vol. 16 & 18 (Teka)
5. Tobacco: Ultima II Massage (Graveface Records)
4. Run the Jewels: Run the Jewels II (Mass Appeal)
3. Flying Lotus: You’re Dead! (Warp Records)
2. Shabazz Palaces: Lese Majesty (Sub Pop)
Typical System by Total Control1. Total Control: Typical System (Iron Lung Recordings)