One of the penalties of learning so much IT all of the time is that I lose track of what is going on in the modern music scene a bit. I thought I would share the list of Rolling Stone’s Albums of the Year for 2014. Checking these out last year (thanks Spotify) was a real treat. I hope for the same this year.

1. U2 – Songs of Innocence (Whether you wanted the album or not. :-))

2. Bruce Springstein – High Hopes

3. The Black Keys – Turn Blue

4. St.Vincent – St. Vincent

5. Miranda Lambert – Platinum

6. Charli XCX – Sucker

7. Lana Del Rey – Ultraviolence

8. Run the Jewels – Run the Jewels 2

9. Mac DeMarco – Salad Days

10. Taylor Swift – 1989

11. Flying Lotus – You’re Dead

12. Foo Fighters – Sonic Highways

13. Ought – More Than Any Other

14. Weezer – Everything Will Be Alright in the End

15. Against Me!  – Transgender Dysphoria Blues

16. FKA Twigs – LP1

17. Jenny Lewis – The Voyager

18. Sturgill Simpson – Metamodern Sounds in Country Music

19. Jackson Browne – Standing in the Breach

20. Sharon Van Etten – Are We There

21. Eric Church – The Outsiders

22. Skrillex – Recess

23. War on Drugs – Lost in the Dream

24. Leonard Cohen – Popular Problems

25. YG – My Crazy Life

26. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – Hypnotic Eye

27. Alt-J – This is All Yours

28. Parquet Courts – Sunbathing Animal

29. Sp00n – They Want My Soul

30. Thom Yorke – Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes

31. Young Thug – Black Portland

32. Damon Albarn – Everyday Robots

33. The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger – Midnight Sun

34. Prince – Art Official Age

35. Lenny Kravitz – Strut

36. Alvvays – Always

37. Benjamin Booker – Benjamin Booker

38. Hurray for the Riff Raff – Small Town Heroes

39. Caribou – Our Love

40. Jack White – Lazaretto