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Editorsâ’ Pick: Best Album of 2014: Joe Fletcher, “You’ve Got The Wrong Man”… Plus More

Tuesday, December 30, 2014 By Tom Osborne

Official Twangville Album of 2014:

Joe Fletcher, You Got The Wrong Man album cover

Joe Fletcher, You’ve Got The Wrong Man

It’s official. Joe Fletcher‘s You’ve Got the Wrong Man edges out Lydia Loveless‘s Somewhere Else for the Twangville best album of 2014. This list combines best of year picks from our Twangville authors plus the Readers’ Tops which you helped us create. Congrats to all the finalists.

Official Twangville Top 25 of 2014:

  • 1. JOE FLETCHER, You’ve Got the Wrong Man (101)
  • 2. LYDIA LOVELESS, Somewhere Else (94)
  • 3. STURGILL SIMPSON, Metamodern Sounds in Country Music (89)
  • 4. SARAH BORGES, Radio Sweetheart (84)
  • 5. NICKEL CREEK, A Dotted Line (74)
  • 6. GIRLS, GUNS, AND GLORY, Good Luck (68)
  • 6. ROBERT FRANCIS, Heaven (68)
  • 8. ST. PAUL & THE BROKEN BONES, Half the City (65)
  • 8. RYAN ADAMS, Ryan Adams (65)
  • 10. PARKER MILLSAP, Parker Millsap (62)
  • 11. LAKE STREET DIVE, Bad Self Portraits (58)
  • 12. OLD 97’S, Most Messed Up (57)
  • 13. JENNY LEWIS, The Voyageur (52)
  • 14. NOAH GUNDERSEN, Ledges (49)
  • 15. DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS, English Oceans (44)
  • 16. OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW, Remedy (43)
  • 17. CHATHAM COUNTY LINE, Tightrope (42)
  • 18. HARDWORKING AMERICANS, Hardworking Americans (41)
  • 19. JACK WHITE, Lazaretto (38)
  • 20. RODNEY CROWELL, Tarpaper Sky (33)
  • 20. SHOVELS & ROPE, Swimmin’ Time (33)
  • 22. MATTHEW RYAN, Boxers (31)
  • 22. JOHN HIATT, Terms Of My Surrender (31)
  • 24. SUN KIL MOON, Benji (27)
  • 24. DAVE & PHIL ALVIN, Common Ground (27)

Additional Twangville Best of 2014 lists:

  • Mayer’s Picks – Best Songs of 2014
  • Readers’ Pick: Best Album of 2014: Sturgill Simpson, “Metamodern Sounds in Country Music”
  • Shawn’s Picks – Best Albums Of 2014
  • Mayer’s Picks – Best Albums of 2014, Boston Edition
  • Tom’s Picks: Best of 2014
  • Shawn’s Top 10 Live Sets Of 2014
  • Mayer’s Picks – More Favorites from 2014
  • Mayer’s Picks – Best Albums of 2014
  • Sun Kil Moon/Benji; Todd Begins Looking Back on His “Best of 2014”
  • Sturgill Simpson/Metamodern Sounds in Country Music; Todd Begins Looking Back on His “Best of 2014”
  • Mayer’s Picks: The Best of 2014, So Far (the Songs)
  • Mayer’s Picks – The Best of 2014, So Far (the Albums)
  • and more…

About the author:  Gainesville, FL area creative by day. Music is my muse. I host Twangville’s weekly Readers‘ Pick.


Filed Under: Best of Year Tagged With: Joe Fletcher

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Polls

What is your favorite new release for week of May 29?

  • Joshua Ray Walker – Ain’t Dead Yet (21%, 9 Votes)
  • Nathan Evans Fox – Heirloom (12%, 5 Votes)
  • Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan – Where the Willow and Dogwood Grow (10%, 4 Votes)
  • Willie Nelson – Dream Chaser (10%, 4 Votes)
  • Paul McCartney – The Boys of Dungeon Lane (10%, 4 Votes)
  • SUSTO – Susto Stringband (Volume 2) (7%, 3 Votes)
  • Kurt Vile – Philadelphia’s been good to me (7%, 3 Votes)
  • Alexis Harte – Thirsty (7%, 3 Votes)
  • David Serby – Broken Heart In A Honky Tonk (5%, 2 Votes)
  • Lone Piñon – Hot Carne Seca (2%, 1 Votes)
  • JP Soars – Gypsy Blue Revue (2%, 1 Votes)
  • Joey Quiñones – Inna Soul Steady Situation (2%, 1 Votes)
  • Clay DuBose – Father Time & Mother Nature (2%, 1 Votes)
  • Leeroy Stagger – Pilgrimage (2%, 1 Votes)
  • Jesse and Noah – The Sunshine Shop (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Benson – Double Dose (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Amani Burhnam – Roots & Wings (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Robin Ganz – Hypnos (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Guided by Voices – Crawlspace Of The Pantheon (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Renée Fleming & Béla Fleck – The Fiddle and the Drum (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Gipsy Kings – Historia (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 42

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