Ants Albums of the Year: 2014

The War on Drugs: Lost in the Dream: 319 (13 lists)=2073.5

Mac DeMarco, Salad Days: 268 (11 lists)=1474

Antlers, Familiars: 241 (9 lists)=1084.5

Beck, Morning Phase: 186 (11 lists)=1023

Real Estate, Atlas: 226 (9 lists)=1017

Sun Kil Moon, Benji: 229 (8 lists) = 916

St. Vincent, St. Vincent: 228 (8 lists) = 912

Sharon Van Etten, Are We There: 214 (7 lists) = 749

Spoon, They Want My Soul: 210 (7 lists) = 735

It’s Album Time, Todd Terje: 171 (7 lists)=598.5

Tycho, Awake: 169 (7 lists)=591.5

Lazaretto, Jack White: 119 (9 lists)=535.5

Kalle Mattson, Someday the Moon Will Be Gold: 140 (7 lists): 490

Ryan Adams, Ryan Adams: 135 (7 lists)=472.5

Caribou, Our Love: 131 (7 lists) = 458.5

Sunbathing Animal, Parquet Courts: 126 (6 lists)= 378

Perfume Genius, Too Bright: 122 (6 lists) = 366

Run the Jewels, Run the Jewels 2: 158 (4 lists) = 316

FKA Twigs, LP 1: 121 (5 lists) = 302.5

Lana Del Rey, Ultraviolence: 82 (7 lists)=287

Freddie Gibbs and Madlib, Pinata: 112 (5 lists) = 280

James Vincent McMorrow, Post Tropical: 111 (5 lists)=277.5

The New Pornographers, Brill Bruisers: 109 (5 lists)=272.5

Alt J, This is All Yours: 105 (5 lists)=262.5

My Favorite Faded Fantasy, Damien Rice: 101 (5 lists): 252.5

Aphex Twin, Syro: 100 (5 lists) = 250

The Pains of Being Pure At Heart, Days of Abandon: 97 (5 lists): 242.5

Wild Beasts, Present Tense: 114 (4 lists)=228

Weezer, Everything Will Be Alright in the End: 101 (4 lists)=202

Against Me!, Transgender Dysphoria Blues: 95 (4 lists)=190

Tweedy, Sukierae: 75 (5 lists)=187.5

Singles, Future Islands: 119 (3 lists)=178.5

Sylvan Esso, Sylvan Esso: 90 (4 lists)=180

Lykke Li, I Never Learn: 66 (5 lists)=165

Foo Fighters, Sonic Highways: 56 (5 lists)=140

Broken Bells, After the Disco: 55 (5 lists)=137.5

Flying Lotus, You’re Dead!: 68 (4 lists)=136

Interpol, El Pintor: 66 (4 lists)=132

Alvvays, Alvvays: 66 (4 lists)=132

Tune Yards, Nicki Nack: 85 (3 lists)=127.5

Zentrophy, Frankie Cosmos: 63 (4 lists) = 126

Here and Nowhere Else, Cloud Nothings: 79 (5 lists)=122.5

Angel Olson, Burn Your Fire For No Witness: 79 (3 lists)=118.5

Seeds, TV On the Radio: 79 (3 lists)= 118.5

The Black Keys, Turn Blue: 59 (4 lists) = 118

Kevin Drew, Darlings: 70 (3 lists)=105

Conor Oberst, Upside Down Mountain: 50 (4 lists)=100

The Hotelier, Home Like No Place is There: 65 (3 lists)=97.5

Strand of Oaks, HEAL: 61 (3 lists)=91.5

Sturgill Simpson, Metamodern Sounds in Country Music: 60 (3 lists)=90

Phantogram, Voices: 58 (3 lists)=87

Taylor Swift, 1989: 43 (4 lists)=86

The Apache Relay, Apache Relay: 56 (3 lists)=84

Jenny Lewis, The Voyager: 42 (4 lists) = 84

D’Angelo, Black Messiah: 79 (2 lists)= 79

Lake Street Dive, Bad Self Portraits: 52 (3 lists)=78

How To Dress Well, What is this Heart?: 78 (2 lists)=78

Sea When Absent, A Sunny Day In Glasgow: 51 (3 lists)=76.5

Ray LaMontangue, Supernova: 38 (4 lists)=76

St. Paul and the Broken Bones, Half the City: 50 (3 lists)=75

Grouper, Ruins: 73 (2 lists)=73

Teeth Dreams, The Hold Steady: 71 (2 lists) = 71

Warpaint, Warpaint: 71 (2 lists)=71

Ariel Pink, Pom Pom: 47 (3 lists)=70.5

Prince, Art Official Age: 43 (3 lists)=64.5

First Aid Kit: Stay Gold: 42 (3 lists)=63

Swans, To Be Kind: 59 (2 lists) = 59

Justin Townes Earle, Single Mothers: 59 (2 lists)=59

Thom Yorke, Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes: 37 (3 lists)=55.5

Manipulator, Ty Segall: 55 (2 lists)=55

Cymbals Eat Guitars, LOSE: 54 (2 lists)=54

Sam Smith, In the Lonely Hour: 53 (2 lists)=53

Phish, Fuego: 35 (3 lists)=52.5

Hundred Waters, The Moon Rang Like a Bell: 49 (2 lists)=49

Benjamin Booker, Benjamin Booker: 49 (2 lists)=49

Black Moon Spell, King Tuff: 48 (2 lists)= 48

Alex G, DSU: 45 (2 lists)=45

Nickel Creek, A Dotted Line: 40 (2 lists)=40

The Men, Tomorrow’s Hits: 40 (2 lists)=40

Quilt, Hide in Splendor: 40 (2 lists)=40

S. Carey, Range of LIght: 39 (2 lists)=39

Badbadnotgood, III: 38 (2 lists)= 38

Tinariwen, Emmaar: 38 (2 lists)=38

Temples, Sun Structures: 37 (2 lists)=37

Bahamas, Bahamas is Afie: 35 (2 lists)=35

Modern Baseball, You’re Gonna Miss It All: 34 (2 lists)=34

Sleeping At Last, Atlas Year One: 32 (2 lists)=32

Love, Amen Dunes: 61 (1 list)=30.5

Plowing Into the Field of Love, Iceage: 60 (1 list)=30

Gary Clark Jr., Gary Clark Jr. Live: 29 (2 lists)=29

John Butler Trio, Flesh and Blood: 29 (2 lists)=29

Tony Anderson, Seasons: 28 (2 lists)=28

Jucara Marcal, Encarnado: 55 (1 list)=27.5

Wovenhand, Refractory Obdurate: 26 (2 lists)=26

Alcest, Shelter: 25 (2 lists)=25

Hozier, Hozier: 49 (1 list)=24.5

Panopticon, Roads to the North: 20 (2 lists)=20

Mimicking Birds, Eons: 18 (2 lists)=18

Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, Wig Out at Jagbags: 18 (2 lists)=18