The following is a list of albums, EPs, and mixtapes released in 2014. These albums are (1) original, i.e. excluding reissues, remasters, and compilations of previously released recordings, and (2) notable, defined as having received significant coverage from reliable sources independent of the subject.
For additional information about bands formed, reformed, disbanded, or on hiatus, for deaths of musicians, and for links to musical awards, see 2014 in music.
First quarter January + List of albums released in January 2014 Release date Artist Album Genre Label January1 Del the Funky Homosapien Iller Than Most Hip-hop January2 Rain Rain Effect K-pop Cube January3 Legion of the Damned Ravenous Plague Death metal, thrash metal Napalm Pixies EP2 Alternative rock, indie rock January 6 Iced Earth Plagues of Babylon Heavy metal Century Media Jan Gunnar Hoff Fly North Jazz Losen TVXQ Tense K-pop, R&B, dance S.M. Entertainment January 7 Kid Ink My Own Lane Hip-hop RCA, Tha Alumni Music Group, 88 Classic Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks Wig Out at Jagbags Indie rock Matador January 10 Arve Henriksen Chron Rune Grammofon James Vincent McMorrow Post Tropical Believe Recordings, Vagrant January 13 East India Youth Total Strife Forever Indietronica Stolen January14 Bruce Springsteen High Hopes Rock Columbia The Crystal Method The Crystal Method Trip hop, electronica, breakbeat Tiny e Records Number One Gun This Is All We Know Alternative rock, Christian rock Tooth & Nail Switchfoot Fading West Alternative rock, pop lowercase people, Atlantic January17 Alcest Shelter Post-rock, shoegaze, dream pop Prophecy Productions Tord Gustavsen Quartet Extended Circle Jazz ECM Warpaint Warpaint Indie rock, dream pop Rough Trade January20 Mogwai Rave Tapes Post-rock, electronic music Rock Action Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra Fuck Off Get Free We Pour Light on Everything Experimental rock Constellation Sophie Ellis-Bextor Wanderlust Indie pop, folk EBGB's January21 Against Me! Transgender Dysphoria Blues Punk rock Total Treble Music Hard Working Americans Hard Working Americans Rock Thirty Tigers, Melvin Records Ice Nine Kills The Predator Becomes the Prey Metalcore, post-hardcore Outerloop Records, Fearless Monte Pittman The Power of Three Metal Blade Step Brothers Lord Steppington Hip-hop Rhymesayers Ty Dolla Sign Beach House EP Hip-hop, R&B Atlantic, Taylor Gang, Pu$haz Ink Young the Giant Mind over Matter Alternative rock Fueled by Ramen January22 AKB48 Tsugi no Ashiato J-pop King Dum Dum Girls Too True Indie pop Sub Pop Primal Fear Delivering the Black Power metal, heavy metal Frontiers Within Temptation Hydra Symphonic metal, power metal, gothic metal Nuclear Blast, Dramatico, BMG January24 Of Mice & Men Restoring Force Metalcore, nu metal Rise January27 Hildegunn Øiseth Valencia Jazz Losen Moodymann Moodymann Detroit techno, house, psychedelic soul KDJ Transatlantic Kaleidoscope Progressive rock Inside Out, Radiant Records, Metal Blade You Me at Six Cavalier Youth Alternative rock, pop rock BMG January28 The Autumn Defense Fifth Indie rock Yep Roc Casting Crowns Thrive Contemporary Christian, rock Beach Street, Reunion Dave Barnes Golden Days Acoustic rock, pop, Southern rock 50 Year Plan Records David Crosby Croz Rock Blue Castle Records Jamie Grace Ready to Fly CCM, Christian hip-hop, R&B Gotee Laura Cantrell No Way There from Here Americana, country Thrift Shop Recordings The Lawrence Arms Metropole Punk rock Epitaph The New Mendicants Into the Lime Indie rock XPT Records Quilt Held in Splendor Indie folk, psychedelic folk Mexican Summer RuPaul RuPaul Presents: The CoverGurlz Dance World of Wonder Shinedown Acoustic Sessions Atlantic January29 Nina Persson Animal Heart Alternative rock, indie pop Lojinx, The End January31 Broken Bells After the Disco Indie rock, space rock Columbia Young Fathers Dead Alternative hip-hop, alternative R&B Anticon, Big Dada
February + List of albums released in February 2014 Release date Artist Album Genre Label February3 Augustines Augustines Indie rock Votiv, Caroline International Behemoth The Satanist Blackened death metal Nuclear Blast, Metal Blade, Mystic Bombay Bicycle Club So Long, See You Tomorrow Indie rock, indietronica, alternative dance Island, Vagrant Maxïmo Park Too Much Information Indie rock Vertigo, Daylighting Sunn O))) and Ulver Terrestrials Experimental metal, post-black metal Southern Lord February4 A. J. Croce Twelve Tales Gardens & Villa Dunes Indie rock Secretly Canadian Marissa Nadler July Indie folk, dream pop Bella Union, Sacred Bones Paul Rodgers The Royal Sessions Blues, soul 429, Pie Records Prince Po and Oh No Animal Serum Hip-hop Wandering Worx, Green Streets Entertainment Toni Braxton & Babyface Love, Marriage & Divorce R&B, pop, soul Motown Xiu Xiu Angel Guts: Red Classroom Art rock Polyvinyl February5 Temples Sun Structures Neo-psychedelia, psychedelic rock Heavenly, Fat Possum February7 John Butler Trio Flesh & Blood Folk Jarrah, MGM Katy B Little Red Electronic, dance, R&B Columbia, Sony Music Neil Finn Dizzy Heights Alternative rock Lester Records February10 Tinariwen Emmaar African blues, world Anti- February11 Crosses Crosses Electronic rock, dream pop, electronica Sumerian Eric Church The Outsiders Country, country rock EMI Nashville Frankie Ballard Sunshine & Whiskey Country Warner Bros. Nashville The Glitch Mob Love Death Immortality Electronic, glitch Glass Air Hurray for the Riff Raff Small Town Heroes Americana, folk, roots rock ATO Kutless Glory Christian rock, contemporary worship music BEC Sun Kil Moon Benji Folk rock Caldo Verde February12 BTS Skool Luv Affair K-pop Big Hit Dead by April Let the World Know Metalcore, pop metal Universal February 14 Benighted Carnivore Sublime Deathgrind Season of Mist Cibo Matto Hotel Valentine Trip hop, indie pop, shibuya-kei Chimera Music Cynic Kindly Bent to Free Us Progressive rock, progressive metal Season of Mist JoJo LoveJo Gospel, R&B, pop Atlantic The Presidents of the United States of America Kudos to You! Alternative rock PUSA, Burnside Pwr Bttm and Jawbreaker Reunion Republican National Convention Nina Nesbitt Peroxide Folk pop Island February17 Angel Olsen Burn Your Fire for No Witness Indie rock, alternative country, folk Jagjaguwar Jesca Hoop Undress Acoustic Last Laugh Records, Republic of Music February18 Bear Hands Distraction Experimental rock, indie rock, post-punk Cantora Candice Glover Music Speaks R&B, soul 19, Interscope Guided by Voices Motivational Jumpsuit Indie rock Guided by Voices Inc. I Killed the Prom Queen Beloved Metalcore, melodic death metal Epitaph Issues Issues Metalcore, nu metal Rise Juvenile The Fundamentals Hip-hop UTP Records, Rap-A-Lot, RED Kevin Seconds Off Stockton Rise Lake Street Dive Bad Self Portraits Pop, blue-eyed soul Signature Sounds Phantogram Voices Electronica, trip hop, indie pop Republic February20 Raimundos Cantigas de Roda February21 Beck Morning Phase Folk rock Capitol Markus Schulz Scream 2 Trance Armada Papa vs Pretty White Deer Park Rock, indie rock, alternative rock Peace & Riot, EMI February24 Arthur Beatrice Working Out Girls' Generation Mr.Mr. Electropop, R&B, pop SM, KT Music, Universal RuPaul Born Naked Dance, electronic, bounce RuCo Inc. Russian Red Agent Cooper Skaters Manhattan Post-punk revival Warner Bros. Wild Beasts Present Tense Indie rock Domino February25 Dierks Bentley Riser Country Capitol Nashville The Fray Helios Pop rock Epic Kid Cudi Satellite Flight: The Journey to Mother Moon Alternative hip-hop Wicked Awesome, Republic Mike Gordon Overstep Rock Megaplum, ATO Neneh Cherry Blank Project Electronic, trip hop, experimental Smalltown Supersound St. Vincent St. Vincent Art rock, noise pop, pop rock Loma Vista, Republic Schoolboy Q Oxymoron West Coast hip-hop, gangsta rap Top Dawg, Interscope February27 2NE1 Crush K-pop, hip-hop, R&B YG February28 Lea Michele Louder Pop, EDM, power pop Columbia
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