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title: Corey's Top 10 Album Picks of 2014
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# [Corey's Top 10 Album Picks of 2014](https://www.underseaband.com/blog/coreys-top-10-album-picks-of-2014)

By [Corey Wade](https://www.underseaband.com/blog/author/corey-wade)   
 January 10, 2015 

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![Records](http://www.underseaband.com/hs-fs/hub/158228/file-2327166736-jpg/Blog_Images/Top_10_Records/records.jpg?width=500&name=records.jpg)

I bought, stole, or involuntarily received (cough cough U2 cough) exactly 31 albums that came out this past year.  Some I listened to once, some twice, others dozens of times.  Here are my 10 favorites, in no particular order.

### War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream

![The War on Drugs - Lost In A Dream](https://www.underseaband.com/hs-fs/hub/158228/file-2284873134-jpg/Blog_Images/Top_10_Records/The-War-On-Drugs-Lost-In-The-Dream-608x608-213194-edited.jpg?width=600&name=The-War-On-Drugs-Lost-In-The-Dream-608x608-213194-edited.jpg)

I really could not get enough of this album this year.  I even bought it twice, both on CD and vinyl.  Really happy these guys have been creeping up on so many top album lists.  I saw them live last spring and was blown away.  I found the feud between Sun Kil Moon and War on Drugs incredibly annoying, but I’m glad that it inevitably led to more album sales.  Most memorable moment of the album: Guitar solo in “Suffering.”  Sweeps me away everytime...

![Wye Oak - Shriek](https://www.underseaband.com/hs-fs/hub/158228/file-2328102220-jpg/Blog_Images/Top_10_Records/wye-oak.jpg?width=600&name=wye-oak.jpg)

### Wye Oak - Shriek

I was introduced to this band through a friend of mine who has never given me a bad musical recommendation (thanks Phil!).  I love pretty much everything about this album--the ethereal synths, cascading arpeggiations, syncopated bass rhythms, vocal melodies, etc etc etc blah blah blah just go listen to the damn thing.

**Favorite tracks: “Before” and “Glory”**

![Beck Morning Phase](https://www.underseaband.com/hs-fs/hub/158228/file-2328102215-jpg/Blog_Images/Top_10_Records/Beck-Morning-Phase.jpg?width=600&name=Beck-Morning-Phase.jpg)

### Beck - Morning Phase

I’ll start by saying that “Sea Change” by Beck would be on my top 10 favorite albums of all time list.  And though I love how eclectic Beck is as an artist, I was beyond stoked when I heard his next album was going to be in the same vein as “Sea Change.”  It does not disappoint!  If you haven’t seen Beck’s [performance on SNL this year](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YFuu512Fjo), I highly recommend it as well.  So damn good.

![Thom Yorke Tomorrow's Modern Boxes](https://www.underseaband.com/hs-fs/hub/158228/file-2284446449-jpg/Blog_Images/Top_10_Records/thom-yorke-tomorrows-modern-boxes.jpg?width=600&name=thom-yorke-tomorrows-modern-boxes.jpg)

### Thom Yorke - Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes

I bought the $50 deluxe vinyl within 5 minutes of learning that this album was coming out.  I hadn’t even yet heard a snippet, but what can I say, Yorke and company have me by the balls.  It’s just the way she goes…

**Favorite Track: “The Mother Lode” and “Nose Grows Some.”**  I also highly recommend “Youwouldn'tlikemewhenI'mangry,” which was released as a single the day after Christmas.  

![Caribou Our Love](https://www.underseaband.com/hs-fs/hub/158228/file-2324558248-jpg/Blog_Images/Top_10_Records/caribou.jpg?width=600&name=caribou.jpg)

### Caribou - Our Love

Love the album art on this one.  Very colorful, which I think represents the music very well.  Great music to get lost to in the city.  Very happy to see Dan Snaith receive more great recognition.  Bummed I missed them live.  

**Favorite Track: “Silver”**

![Real-Estate-Atlas](https://www.underseaband.com/hs-fs/hub/158228/file-2327126671-jpg/Blog_Images/Top_10_Records/Real-Estate-Atlas.jpg?width=600&name=Real-Estate-Atlas.jpg)

### Real Estate - Atlas

This album is super chill.  Makes you feel like you’re floating on a cloud or lying on a beach living that super chill california lifestyle.  Supah chill Cali lifestlye baby.  Pretty impressive considering they’re from New Jersey.  

**Favorite Track: “Past Lives”**

![Neil Young Storytone](https://www.underseaband.com/hs-fs/hub/158228/file-2330535427-jpg/Blog_Images/Top_10_Records/Neil-Young-Storytone.jpg?width=600&name=Neil-Young-Storytone.jpg)

### Neil Young - Storytone

I love when older artists release new work.  Neil Young released 2 albums this year, the bastard.  Both of them were a first for him.  “A Letter Home” consisted entirely of covers, and “was recorded on a refurbished 1947 Voice-o-Graph vinyl recording booth at Jack White’s Third Man Records recording studio in Nashville, Tennessee.”  (thanks, Wikipedia)  Storytone featured 10 new songs, recorded twice each--one solo and the other with an orchestra or big band.  Neil is incredibly prolific and always honest, and I can’t get enough of him.  

**Favorite Tracks: “Plastic Flowers” and “When I Watch You Sleeping”**

![Tom Petty Hypnotic Eye](https://www.underseaband.com/hs-fs/hub/158228/file-2324558233-jpg/Blog_Images/Top_10_Records/Tom-Petty.jpg?width=600&name=Tom-Petty.jpg)

### Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Hypnotic Eye

I love Tom Petty.  I saw him at Fenway Park this year and it was hands-down the best concert I attended all year.  I don’t usually get drunk at concerts, but I guess all the beer ads at Fenway got the best of me.  The new material mixed remarkably well with the classics, so it seemed a win-win for the band and the fans.  Plus they played “Don’t Come Around Here No More” as an encore, which was only played a handful of times on the tour.  Special night indeed.

**Favorite Tracks: “Forgotten Man” and “U Get Me High”**

![St. Vincent](https://www.underseaband.com/hs-fs/hub/158228/file-2327126696-jpg/Blog_Images/Top_10_Records/St.-Vincent.jpg?width=600&name=St.-Vincent.jpg)

### St. Vincent - St. Vincent

Annie Clark is the shit.  Incredible voice, mind-bending fuzzed-out guitar licks, quirky songwriting--what more do you want?  She’s incredible live and she has a great backing band.  Her ballads have always stood out to me the most, and I find them stuck in my head at the most random times.     

**Favorite Tracks: “I Prefer Your Love” and “ Prince Johnny”**

![Aphex Twin Syro](https://www.underseaband.com/hs-fs/hub/158228/file-2330535432-jpg/Blog_Images/Top_10_Records/Aphex-Twin-Syro.jpg?width=600&name=Aphex-Twin-Syro.jpg)

### Aphex Twin - Syro

Great blend of electronic music.  Sweetest ear candy you’ll find.  Best experienced very loudly in a dark room or in headphones.  

Other honorable mentions include Flying Lotus’ “You’re Dead,” Mogwai’s “Rave Tapes,” John Frusciante’s “Enclosure,” and Haerts’ debut self-titled.

Also be sure to check our [David's top 10](https://www.underseaband.com/blog/davids-top-10-records-of-2014) and [Matthew's Top 10 records from 2014](https://www.underseaband.com/blog/matthews-top-10-records-of-2014)!

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### Corey Wade

 Corey Wade is the vocalist and guitarist for Boston-based experimental rock band Undersea

**Undersea** is a Boston-based band 

Lineup:  
**Corey Wade** - Vocals & guitar  
**David Hunt** - Bass & vocals   
**Seth Botos** - Drums & vocals  
**Matthew Vincenty** - Guitar 

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