• My Favorite Releases (Albums, Songs, Books, Movies, Etc.) of 2014

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    Patterson Hood Posted On December 22, 2014
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    **Editor’s Note: Patterson Hood of Drive-By Truckers (whose album English Oceans finished at number six in our annual ND Readers Poll) asked us to share his favorite albums of 2014, and how could we say no? So, here’s an enhanced list to which he added Song of the Year, movies, reissues, and other superlatives. It came to us a little late to make it into our various ND countdowns, so we thought we’d present it here for your reading (and debating) pleasure. So, without further ado, here are Patterson Hood’s Top 12 Albums of 2014, listed in alphabetical order:

    Top Twelve Albums of the Year (Alphabetical)

    • Angel Olsen – Burn Your Fire for No Witness
    • Centro-matic – Take Pride in Your Long Odds
    • D’Angelo – Black Messiah
    • The Delines – Colfax
    • Hurray For the Riff Raff – Small Town Heroes
    • Reigning Sound – Shattered
    • Sharon Van Etten – Are We There
    • Spoon – They Want My Soul
    • Sturgill Simpson – Metamodern Sounds in Country Music
    • Sun Kil Moon – Benji (ALBUM OF THE YEAR)
    • Tweedy – Sukierae
    • War on Drugs – Lost in the Dream

    ALBUM OF THE YEAR: Sun Kil Moon – Benji

    SONG OF THE YEAR: “Dogs” by Mark Kozelek (Sun Kil Moon)

    BAND OF THE YEAR: War on Drugs

    ARTIST OF THE YEAR: (tie) Sharon Van Etten and Angel Olsen

    FAVORITE LIVE SHOW OF YEAR: Slint at Primavera Sound in Barcelona

    BEST NEW BAND: The Delines

    FAVORITE MOVIES 2014: Boyhood and Birdman (can’t wait to see Inherent Vice)

    FAVORITE BOOK I READ THIS YEAR: The 10th of December by George Saunders

    REISSUES OF THE YEAR: Beatles – White Album (MONO Reissue)
    Bob Dylan and The Band – Basement Tapes Complete (Best Reissue of Year)

    REASONS FOR LOOKING FORWARD TO 2015

    New Albums by Father John Misty, Alabama Shakes and Kurt Vile




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