The best list of the best lists of the best music of 2014,

- Dazed and Confused http://www.dazeddigital.com/best-of-2014 - DiS http://drownedinsound.com/lists/bestof2014
- DJ Broadcast http://www.djbroadcast.net/features/featureitem_id=433/Top_100_Albums_of_2014_100__71.html
- Dummy http://www.dummymag.com/lists   http://www.dummymag.com/lists/the-20-best-albums-of-2014 - Electronic Beats http://www.electronicbeats.net/en/features/columns/audiocccult/audioccult-vol-30-the-shriek-of-2014/ - Fact Magazine http://www.factmag.com/category/endofyear/
- Fader http://www.thefader.com/2014/12/09/best-tracks-of-2014 - Gottwood festival (??) http://www.gottwood.co.uk/top-albums-of-2014/ - HypeM http://hypem.com/zeitgeist/2014/   Best albums for specific moods.
- Juno http://www.junodownload.com/plus/2014/12/05/best-of-2014-top-30-albums/
- Pitchfork http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/
- Paste http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2014/12/the-50-best-albums-of-2014.html
- RA http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature.aspx?2328
- Rob Booth https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152594669375095&set=a.10150577837775095.373247.626640094&type=1
- TinyMixTapes http://www.tinymixtapes.com/features/2014-favorite-50-songs-of-2014 - TheQuietus http://thequietus.com/articles/16739-albums-of-the-year-2014   http://thequietus.com/articles/16854-reissues-compilations-mixes-of-the-year-2014   Obviously pretentious, or pretentiously obvious?
- The Wire (Maybe next month) http://www.thewire.co.uk/issues/charts/
- Thump/Vice http://thump.vice.com/words/the-50-best-albums-of-2014-50-41 - Vinyl Factory http://www.thevinylfactory.com/vinyl-factory-releases/the-top-100-vinyl-releases-of-2014/11/ - WeekID http://theweekid.com/category/selected/best-of-lists/
- XLR8R http://www.xlr8r.com/tags/best-2014

Now we need: "Best music released in 2014 after the 2014 lists had gone to press." We also badly need "Most over-rated of 2014".

And purely in the interests of cultural research and shared cultural values, here's the mashups of Pop 2014
Danthology https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOHYCZLmbyc
DJ Earworm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjYWwZYLYEs It's seems pretty clear that 2014 is "The Year of the Butt". And that pop music is more aggressively amped-up than ever.

ps. Follow the links. The ones above are often entry points for many more 2014 lists on the same website.