John Bommarito's Best of 2014
Here it is.
The annual list of my favorite releases of the year. The usual method was applied to determine the
outcome. (Total score of each song on
the album on a 1-10 scale)/(Number of songs on the album) = rating. Covers albums, Live albums and albums
consisting of previously released music, but perhaps updated acoustically,
Christmas albums are excluded and put on a separate list.
If you
haven't heard music from at least the top 25, please investigate these records
in your spare time.
BEST FULL LENGTH
RELEASES
97-TIM FINN
-DIZZY HEIGHTS
97-ERIK BALKEY
-EVERYTHING IS GREAT
97-ASIA-GRAVITAS
97-NATALIE MERCHANT
-NATALIE MERCHANT
97-CRYSTAL METHOD-THE CRYSTAL
96- BILLY STRINGS
& DON JULIN-FIDDLE TUNE X
95-SUZANNE VEGA
-TALES FROM THE REALM OF THE QUEEN OF PENTACLES
93-SHOVELS
AND ROPE-SWIMMIN' TIME
93-ROSANNE CASH
-THE RIVER & THE THREAD (TARGET EXCLUSIVE VERSION)
86- ALANNA
MARIE BOUDREAU,-HINTS AND GUESSES
86- JOAN OSBORNE
-LOVE AND HATE
86-BECK-MORNING
PHASE
86-NINE
INCH NAILS-REMIXES
86-COUNTING
CROWS-SOMEWHERE UNDER WONDERLAND
86- KAT EDMONSON
-THE BIG PICTURE
86- LINDSAY
LOU & JOSHUA RILKO-TIME & LUCK
85-NEW
BASEMENT TAPES-LOST ON THE RIVER
82-PUSS N
BOOTS (NORAH JONES, ETC)-NO FOOLS, NO FUN (AMAZON EDITION)
82- LENNY KRAVITZ
-STRUT (TARGET EXCLUSIVE EDITION)
82-MAROON
5-V (DELUXE EDITION)
77- KORBY LENKER
-KORBY LENKER
77-VERVE
PIPE-OVERBOARD
77- BOB SEGER
-RIDE OUT (TARGET EDITION)
77- JACKSON
BROWNE -STANDING IN THE BREACH
77- PETER
BRADLEY ADAMS -THE MIGHTY STORM
71- MARC BROUSSARD
-A LIFE WORTH LIVING
71- JOHN GORKA
-BRIGHT SIDE OF DOWN
71- BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
-HIGH HOPES
71- JENNIE DEVOE
-RADIATOR (THE BRISTOL
71- TONY LUCCA -TONY LUCCA
71- MATT ANDERSON
-WEIGHTLESS
69- ELLIS PAUL
-CHASING BEAUTY
69- MAY ERLEWINE
-WHERE WE ARE
67-SWITCHFOOT-FADING
WEST
67- JEREMY MESSERSMITH
-HEART MURMURS
66- MELISSA
ETHERIDGE THIS IS M.E. (TARGET EXCLUSIVE EDITION)
62-COLDPLAY-GHOST
STORIES (TARGET EDITION)
62- JOSEPH ARTHUR
-LOU
62- DAVID GRAY
-MUTINEERS (DELUXE EDITION)
62-LISA STANSFIELD
-SEVEN
61-LINDSEY STIRLING -SHATTER ME (TARGET EDITION)
58-JOHN BUTLER
58- SARAH MCLACHLAN
-SHINE ON (TARGET EDITION)
58-TIME FOR
THREE-TIME FOR THREE
53- RON POPE
-CALLING OFF THE DOGS
53-NICKELBACK-NO
FIXED ADDRESS
53- ARI HEST
-SHOUTS & WHISPERS
53- NICOLE ATKINS
-SLOW PHASER
53-TRIGGER
HIPPY (JOAN OSBORNE, JACKIE GREENE)-TRIGGER HIPPY
52-SIMPLE
MINDS-BIG MUSIC (LIMITE EDITION)
50- COLBIE CAILLAT
-GYPSY HEART (TARGET EDITION)
50- JASON MRAZ
-YES!
46-TRAIN-BULLETPROOF
PICASSO
46-NATALIA ZUKERMAN
-COME THIEF COME FIRE
46- JUDITH OWEN-EBB
& FLOW
46-ALOE BLACC
-LIFT YOUR SPIRIT (TARGET EDITION)
43-JEFF DANIELS
-DAYS LIKE THESE
43- RAY LAMONTAGNE
-SUPERNOVA
43-WILD
CUB-YOUTH
41- RICHARD
MARX -BEAUTIFUL GOODBYE (TARGET EXCLUSIVE EDITION)
41- PAOLO NUTINI
-CAUSTIC LOVE
40- TIM STOP
SHADOWBOX
39-ROBBIE SCHAEFER
-RUBY
35- TOBY LIGHTMAN
-EVERY KIND OF PEOPLE
35- WEIRD
AL YANKOVIC -MANDATORY FUN
35-STOLEN
SILVER-STOLEN SILVER 2014
35-PASSENGER-WHISPERS
(LIMITED EDITION)
32- ELLIE HOLCOMB
-AS SURE AS THE SUN
32- JANN ARDEN
-EVERYTHING ALMOST
32-U2-SONGS
OF INNOCENCE (DELUXE EDITION)
26-GREAT HEIGHTS
(TYRONE WELLS)-GREAT
HEIGHTS
26-LINDSAY LOU
& THE FLATBELLYS-IONIA
26-JONATHA BROOKE
-MY MOTHER HAS FOUR NOSES
26- PETER MULVEY
-SILVER LADDER
26-O.A.R.-THE
ROCKVILLE
26-AJ CROCE
-TWELVE TALES
25- ANDREW MCMAHON
IN THE WILDERNESS-ANDREW MCMAHON IN THE WILDERNESS
23- PHILLIP
PHILLIPS -BEHIND THE LIGHT (TARGET EDITION)
23-SAM SMITH
-IN THE LONELY HOUR (DELUXE TARGET EDITION)
19- THE FRAY,
-HELIOS (TARGET EDITION)
19- MATT WERTZ
-OLD FLAMES
19- ERIC HUTCHINSON
-PURE FICTION
19- ED SHEERAN
-"x" (MULTIPLY) (DELUXE EDITION)
17-JAMIE CULLUM
-INTERLUDE (DELUXE)
17-INGRID MICHAELSON
-LIGHTS OUT (DELUXE EDITION)
16-HOZIER-HOZIER
(DELUXE)
13- EMERSON
HART -BEAUTY IN DISREPAIR
13-JOHNNYSWIM-DIAMONDS
13- BOBBY BAZINI
-WHERE I BELONG
6-NICKEL
CREEK-A DOTTED LINE
6-NOAH GUNDERSON
-LEDGES
6-AUGUSTANA-LIFE
IMITATING LIFE
6-NEEDTOBREATHE-RIVERS
IN THE WASTELAND
6-RUN RIVER
NORTH-RUN RIVER NORTH
6-THE BOTH
(AIMEE MANN & TED LEO)-THE BOTH (BARNES & NOBLE EDITION)
6-TWIN
FORKS-TWIN FORKS
5-RODRIGO Y
GABRIELA-9 DEAD ALIVE
3- VANCE JOY
DREAM YOUR LIFE AWAY
3-A GREAT
BIG WORLD-IS THERE ANYBODY OUT THERE?
2-ALTERNATE
ROUTES-NOTHING MORE
1-SCARS ON
45-SAFETY IN NUMBERS
BEST EPS
3- TONY LUCCA
3-GRIZFOLK-FROM
THE SPARK
3- OLIVIA MILLERSCHIN
-OVER THE WEATHER
3-SCARS ON
45-THE SUN, THE MOON AND THE TRUTH
3-COLD TONE
HARVEST-ELECTRIC MODES
2-SAINTS OF
VALORY-TWENTY SIX
1-SECRET
SOMEONES-EP
BEST COVERS ALBUM
1-SLEEPING
AT LAST-COVERS VOL. 1
BEST CHRISTMAS ALBUM
SLEEPING AT
LAST-CHRISTMAS
BEST LIVE ALBUM
R.E.M.-UNPLUGGED
1991 & 2001
