It's that time of year again where we reflect on the musical gems that have made 2014 such a sparkly musical year. 2014 hasn't disappointed, it's been such a big year for music with many new artists paving themselves a path and old artists showing they've still got what it takes to stay on top. With the last 12 months being so massive for music we've decided to share our top 40 albums with you guys. As hard as it was to whittle it down, we think we've managed to come up with a dazzling concoction of this years greatest albums.





So without further ado, in no particular order, here's our take on 2014's finest musical offerings.









1. Flying Lotus - You're Dead!

















2. Caribou - Our Love













3. FKA Twigs - LP1













4. Young Fathers - Dead

















5. Alt J - This Is All Yours

















6. Bombay Bicycle Club - So Long, See You Tomorrow

















7. Kaiser Chiefs - Education, Education, Education & War

















8. Temples - Sun Structures













9. Run The Jewels - Run The Jewels 2













10. The Horrors - Luminous

















11. Elbow - The Take Off And Landing Of Everything









12. Kasabian - 48:13













13. Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott - What Have We Become













14. The Courteneers - Concrete Love













15. Nick Mulvey - First Mind

















16. Manic Street Preachers - Futurology

















17. Morrissey - World Peace Is None Of Your Business

















18. Black Keys - Turn Blue













19. Aphex Twin - Syro













20. Royal Blood - Royal Blood













21. Interpol - El Pintor













22. Death From Above 1979 - The Physical World













23. Hozier - Hozier

















24. Ben Howard - I Forgot Where We Were

















25. Paolo Nutini - Caustic Love

















26. TV On The Radio - Seeds

















27. Foo Fighters - Sonic Highways

















28. Freddie Gibbs/Madlib - Pinata

















29. Future Islands - Singles

















30. St. Vincent - St. Vincent

















31. Todd Terje - It's Album Time

















32. Little Dragon - Nabuma Rubberband

















33. Women's Hour - Conversations

















34. Alvvays - Alvvays

















35. War On Drugs - Lost In The Dream

















36. Jessie Ware - Tough Love

















37. SBTRKT - Wonder Where We Land

















38. Banks - Goddess

















39. Jungle - Jungle

















40. Kate Tempest - Everybody Down







Here's some tracks taken from our top 40 albums to listen to over the New Year too:







