The Ten Best Albums of 2014 so far - January

How to make sense of the flood of new material?

TMG's unique meta-meta-list combines data from metacritic and Rate Your Music to point you in the direction of music that might be worth a listen.

I'll update and expand it as the year progresses. But for now here are the best albums of 2014, so far.

	Artist	Album	Genre
1	Against Me!	Transgender Dysphoria Blues	Punk
2	Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra	Fuck Off Get Free We Pour Light on Everything	Post-Rock, Art Rock
3	Rosanne Cash	The River & the Thread	Americana, Contemporary Country
4	Damien Jurado	Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Son	Psychedelic folk
5	Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings	Give the People What They Want	Soul
6	Lucinda Williams	Lucinda Williams [Reissue]	Americana, Contemporary Country
7	Have a Nice Life	The Unnatural World	Post-Punk, Shoegaze
8	Lone Justice	This Is Lone Justice: The Vaught Tapes, 1983	Country Rock, Cowpunk
9	Mark Lanegan	Has God Seen My Shadow? An Anthology 1989-2011	Pop/Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock
10	Hail Spirit Noir	Oi Magoi	Psychedelic Rock, Black Metal