Year in Review: Top Albums/Songs of 2014

    It's that time of year again, the best of:

Top 5 Albums:
honorable mention:
Weatherhouse - Phil Selway
Fuego - Phish
Tomorrow's Modern Boxes - Thom Yorke
The Greener Grass Band (EP)
Things Are Really Great Here, Sort Of... - Andrew Bird

5) Lions - William Fitzsimmons
4) Lighght - Kishi Bashi
3) The Inevitable End - Röyksopp
2) Ghost Stories - Coldplay

drumroll please....
1) Animals - Bend Sinister
This is the album I have repeatedly returned to this year more than any other. It is just fun and enjoyable to listen to over and over. And the first track is awesome! (hint hint)

And now on to the Top 20 Songs:
honorable mention:
"Slow Down" - We Are Scientists (TV en Francais)
"Dumb Luck" - We Are Scientists (previously released on their 2013 album Business Casual)
"Brandon" - William Fitzsimmons
"Centralia" - William Fitzsimmons
"Lions" - William Fitzsimmons
"Well Enough" - William Fitzsimmons
"Hold" - William Fitzsimmons
"Fuego" - Phish
"Devotion to a Dream" - Phish
"Waiting All Night" - Phish
"Interference" - Thom Yorke
"A Brain in a Bottle" - Thom Yorke
"Guess Again!" - Thom Yorke
"My Sister's Tiny Hands" - Andrew Bird
"Skulls" - Röyksopp
"Rong" - Röyksopp

20) "Someone So Plain" - Greener Grass Band
19) "Rude Boy" - Greener Grass Band
18) "Running to the Sea" - Röyksopp
17) "Oceans" - Coldplay
16) "Sordid Affair" - Röyksopp
15) "Don't Go Now" - Phil Selway
14) "True Love" - Coldplay
13) "The Ballad of Mr. Steak" - Kishi Bashi
12) "Bittersweet Genesis for Him and for Her" - Kishi Bashi
11) "Carry on Phenomenon" - Kishi Bashi
10) "Seventeen" - Bend Sinister
9) "Teacher" - Bend Sinister
8) "O" - Coldplay
7) "Frog's Singing" - Andrew Bird
6) "Save Me" - Röyksopp
5) "Monument" - Röyksopp
4) "Midnight" - Coldplay
3) "Fancy Pants" - Bend Sinister
2) "A Sky Full of Stars" - Coldplay

and the highest honors goes to...
1) "Best of You" - Bend Sinister
Again, can't stop listening to this one, it is epic and powerful, a great power rock song with killer guitar lines and driving piano throughout! There are also great style changes, with a softer ballad section in the middle before it builds to a climax again with fantastic vocals. Love it!