Their probable justification, that there is no point listening to and recommending albums that are not available here, is nonsensical and silly. My list differs from other year-end lists in three important ways:Įurope – Since the internet gives everyone around the world instant access to all albums released anywhere, it makes no sense for these other lists to ignore albums released in Europe but not the U.S. I thought if I organized and listed all the bands with good 2014 albums I’ve heard this year it might be helpful to others. It is now so easy and inexpensive to record and distribute music that far too many albums are released each week for anyone to hear them all. This has been a mammoth undertaking, which has occupied way too much of my life.
