FLIPSIDE REVIEWS TOP 60 ALBUMS OF 2014 & PLAYLIST

There are no clear winners in this year's Flipside Album Of The Year round-up - instead, 2014 threw up a fair few contenders but nothing as outstanding as Boards Of Canada and David Bowie (last year's chart-toppers). Thus, the first twenty one listed here represent the year's best efforts with the remaining forty all incredibly listenable for one reason or another. Check out (most) of them on the Flipside Spotify playlist below....
KING CREOSOTE - FROM SCOTLAND WITH LOVE
RODDY FRAME - SEVEN DIALS
BILL PRITCHARD - A TRIP TO THE COAST
CHERRY GHOST - HERD RUNNERS
HOLLIE COOK - TWICE
BELL GARDENS - SLOW DAWNS FOR LOST CONCLUSIONS
ARCHIVE - AXIOM
TEMPLES - SUN STRUCTURES
APHEX TWIN - SYRO
WRANGLER - L.A.SPARKS
JUNGLE - JUNGLE
NEW MODEL ARMY - BETWEEN WINE AND BLOOD
ELBOW - THE TAKE OFF AND LANDING OF EVERYTHING
REAL ESTATE - ATLAS
BOB MOULD - BEAUTY AND RUIN
LONE - REALITY TESTING
OSO LEONE - MOKRAGORA
SLEAFORD MODS - DIVIDE AND EXIT
JOANA SERRAT - DEAR GREAT CANYON
FUTURE ISLANDS - SINGLES
THE WOODENTOPS - GRANULAR TALES
MARTIN CARR - THE BREAKS
ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN - METEORITES
MOGWAI - RAVE TAPES
MARC FORD - HOLY GHOST
TODD TERJE - IT'S ALBUM TIME
CLARK - CLARK
CARIBOU - OUR LOVE
THE SOFT HILLS - DEPARTURE
LISA GERRARD - TWILIGHT KINGDOM
JON ALLEN - DEEP RIVER
STEPHEN STEINBRINK - ARRANGED WAVES
SETH LAKEMAN - WORD OF MOUTH
DAMON ALBARN - EVERYDAY ROBOTS
FIRST AID KIT - STAY GOLD
INSPIRAL CARPETS - INSPIRAL CARPETS
JOHNNY MARR - PLAYLAND
RED SNAPPER - HYENA
KELIS - FOOD
MALIA & BORIS BLANK - CONVERGENCE
SIMPLE MINDS - BIG MUSIC
THE GRAND GESTURES - THIRD
FUCKED UP - GLASS BOYS
PAUL WHITE - SHAKER NOTES
TOM THE LION - SLEEP
CRAIG ARMSTRONG - IT'S NEARLY TOMORROW
HOOKWORMS - THE HUM
J MASCIS - TIED TO A STAR
JOHN FOXX - B MOVIE
BORIS BLANK - ELECTRIFIED
MORRISSEY - WORLD PEACE IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS
PARQUET COURTS - SUNBATHING ANIMAL
TY SEGALL - MANIPULATOR
AGS CONNOLLY - WHAT ABOUT NOW?
PHIL BURDETT - DUNFEARING AND THE WESTCOUNTRY HIGH
EAT LIGHTS BECOME LIGHTS - INTO FOREVER
PERVERTED BY LANGUAGE - BOXERS
JOHN SINCLAIR - MOHAWK
MERCHANDISE - AFTER THE END
LA ROUX - TROUBLE IN PARADISE
ENGINEERS - ALWAYS RETURNING