Charles Leonard chooses his top 50 albums of 2014.
“It’s far too early to tell whether 2014 will turn out to be a vintage year for music. The 50 albums below were not chosen because they were likely to be future classics. They’re here because they helped cut out the noise of daily tedium. They made me shiver and they made me smile.
There’s a great listing website with the motto: “End-of-year lists are fingerprints; aggregate statistics are smudges. Therefore, no tallies.”
So, the real reason why these albums (listed: artist, title and broad genre) are here is because they have my fingerprints all over them.” – Charles Leonard.
Number 50 is Shabazz Palaces – Lese Majesty (hip-hop)
And the top 4 are:
4. Leonard Cohen – Popular Problems (rock)
3. D’Angelo & The Vanguard – Black Messiah (funk)
2. Run the Jewels – Run the Jewels2 (hip-hop)
1. Tumi Mogorosi – Project ELO (jazz)
For all 50 albums and soundbites for the top 4, visit Mail & Guardian
PHOTO CREDIT: Delwyn Verasamy (M&G)
