The Best Albums of 2014
- Dime—Jan King and Medicine Ball (BEST ALBUM)
- Particles—A Science Experiment (BEST POP ALBUM)
- Shotgun Wedding—Rosewater (BEST AMERICANA ALBUM)
- The Time Is Now—Billy Brandt & The Sugaree’s (BEST FOLK/ROCK ALBUM)
- Lucky—Suzy Bogguss (BEST REAL COUNTRY ALBUM)
- Good Egg!—Joanie Leeds and The Nightlights (BEST ALL GENRE ALBUM)
- Heartbeat—Jillian Rae (BEST COUNTRY/ROCK ALBUM)
- Maxwell’s Cool Demon—Gladshot (BEST ROCK EP)
- Crazy Blues—Mick Clarke (BEST BLUES ALBUM)
- Animals—Bend Sinister (BEST ROCK ALBUM)
- Prisoner—Birth of Joy (BEST JAM ALBUM)
- Mac Abbe’ et Le Zombie Orchestra—Mac Abbe’ et Le Zombie Orchestra (BEST FOREIGN ALBUM)
- Atlas—Real Estate (BEST INDIE ROCK ALBUM)
- Hypnotic Eye—Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers (BEST “OLD GUARD” ROCK ALBUM)
- EP II—The Honeyrunners (BEST SOUL ROCK ALBUM)
- Beer…and Booty!—Travis Whitelaw (BEST BEER DRINKIN’ ALBUM)
- Hush or Howl—Black Pistol Fire (BEST TWO MAN BAND ROCK ALBUM)
- Positive Distraction—Secret Colours (BEST 60’S THROWBACK ALBUM)
- Bad Self Portraits—Lake Street Dive (BEST “MAKE ME WANNA DANCE” ALBUM)
- High Hopes—Bruce Springsteen (BEST ODDS N SODS ALBUM)
- It’s So Easy From Far Away—Chris Emmerson (BEST LOCAL POP ALBUM)
- Different Shades of Blue—Joe Bonamassa (BEST BONA MONSTER ALBUM)
- Everyone’s Invited!—Jason Didner & The Jungle Gym Jam (BEST SINCERE ALBUM)
- Second Wind—Bill Grogan’s Goat (BEST CELTIC ALBUM)
- Fathom Lane—Fathom Lane (BEST MINNESOTA INDIE ALBUM)
- Rucca—Joe King Carrasco Y El Molino (BEST TEX-MEX ALBUM)
- Don’t Waste Your Life—The Tripping Souls (BEST BEATLES SOUNDING ALBUM)
- GIRLS LIKE US—Pins (BEST PUNK ALBUM)
- No Part of Nothin’—Mark Lavengood (BEST BLUEGRASS ALBUM)
- Pretty Music for Pretty People—The Dead Milkmen (BEST COMEBACK ALBUM)
- In a Heartbeat—Laura Doherty (BEST CHICAGO KINDIE ALBUM)
- Idyllwild—Mia Dyson (BEST SINGER/SONGWRITER ALBUM)
- New Roots Exchange, Vol.1—Lindsay Lou and the Flatbellys, Red Tail Ring (BEST COLLABORATION ALBUM)
- Magnificent Desolation—The Dives (BEST LOCAL ROCK ALBUM)
- Welcome to the Planet—David Reinstein (BEST JAZZ ALBUM)
- The Jane Shermans—The Jane Shermans (BEST ALBUM COVER)
- Song in My Head—The String Cheese Incident (BEST OLD SCHOOL JAM BAND ALBUM)
- Reset the Dial—The Fletchers (BEST GARAGE ROCK ALBUM)
- Here Between EP—Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys (BEST AMERICANA EP)
- Mandatory Fun—“Weird Al” Yankovic (BEST COMEDY ALBUM)
- Hold Me Close—Randy Tessier (BEST SOLO ALBUM)
- Feather-Bright—Feather-Bright (BEST ROCKIN’ HYPHENATED NAME ALBUM)
- Under Color of Official Right—Protomartyr (BEST LOCAL PUNK ALBUM)
- A Chance at Forever—Hyper Lytics (BEST HIGH ENERGY ALBUM)
- Dead Man Walkin’—Duffy Kane (BEST COUNTRY/BLUES ALBUM)
- The Waiting Place—Sara Jean Kelley (BEST FEMALE INDIE COUNTRY ALBUM)
- The Hot Sardines—The Hot Sardines (BEST OLD SCHOOL JAZZ ALBUM)
- Nathan Roberts and The New Birds—Nathan Roberts and The New Birds (BEST OHIO ALBUM)
- This—Vic Ruggerio (BEST “SMORGASBORD” ALBUM)
- 1989—Taylor Swift (BEST BASELINE ALBUM)
Honorable Mention
Ruby Keeps Burning Demos—Ruby Keeps Burning (BEST DEMOS ALBUM)
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