Alternative Best/Worst 2014!

[Chuckles, The Silly Piggy]

As we know, it's the last Billboard chart week of November! Which means it's year-end calculation time, As last year, I posted all the songs that reached the top 10 Billboard Alternative charts. Let's do it again shall we!

Let's keep a top 5 of each (best/worst) for the top 10's of this year.

And to help you guys out... Wikipedia style... The top 10's that have impacted in 2014 in one way or another.

Bold is #1

(Entry date/Title/Artist/Peak/Peak Date/Weeks in top 10)

Singles from 2013
11/30/13 "Do I Wanna Know?" Arctic Monkeys 1 02/01/2014 39
12/07/2013 "Team" Lorde 2 02/08/2014 21
12/21/13 "Afraid" The Neighbourhood 4 02/08/2014 15
Singles from 2014
01/04/2014 "It's About Time" Young The Giant 2 3/29/14 16
01/04/2014 "Unbelievers" Vampire Weekens 7 02/08/2014 10
1/25/14 "House Of Gold" twenty|one|pilots 10 1/25/14 2
02/08/2014 "Coming of Age" Foster The People 4 3/22/14 10
03/01/2014 "The Walker" Fitz and the Tantrums 1 05/03/2014 20
03/01/2014 "Fall In Love" Phantogram 3 04/05/2014 12
03/08/2014 "Come With Me Now" KONGOS 1 04/12/2014 29
04/05/2014 "Bad Blood" Bastille 2 06/07/2014 21
04/12/2014 "Fever" Black Keys 1 5/24/2014 24
04/26/2014 "Magic" Coldplay 6 5/17/2014 7
05/03/2014 "I Wanna Get Better" Bleachers 1 08/09/2014 19
05/03/2004 "Giants" Bear Hands 8 06/07/2014 8
05/17/2014 "Wait For Me" Kings of Leon 10 05/17/2014 1
05/24/2014 "Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High" Arctic Monkeys 5 07/05/2014 14
06/14/2014 "Lazaretto" Jack White 9 06/14/2014 8
06/14/2014 "Dangerous" Big Data 1 08/16/2014 25
07/05/2013 "Riptide" Vance Joy 1 08/23/2014 22
07/19/2014 "A Sky Full Of Stars" Coldplay 5 09/06/2014 13
07/26/2014 "My Sweet Summer" Dirty Heads 3 09/27/2014 13
08/09/2014 "Stolen Dance" Milky Chance 1 09/27/2014 16
08/16/2014 "Back to the Shack" Weezer 5 10/04/2014 12
08/30/2014 "Left Hand Free" Alt-J 2 11/08/2014 14
09/13/2014 "Take Me To Church" Hozier 4 10/25/2014 12
10/11/2014 "Flaws" Bastille 6 11/22/2014 8
10/18/2014 "Gotta Get Away" Black Keys 8 10/25/2014 7
11/01/2014 "Centuries" Fall Out Boy 7 11/29/2014 5
11/01/2014 "Yellow Flicker Beat" Lorde 10 11/01/2014 3
11/08/2014 "Something From Nothing" Foo Fighters 3 11/22/2014 4
11/29/2014 "I Bet My Life" Imagine Dragons 9 11/29/2014 1
2013 Peaks
09/21/13 "Come A Little Closer" Cage The Elephant 1 11/23/13 38
08/24/13 "Pompeii" Bastille 1 10/26/13 35
06/22/13 "Demons" Imagine Dragons 2 08/10/2013 36
11/16/13 "Sirens" Pearl Jam 4 12/14/13 15
07/13/13 "Out of My League" Fitz and the Tantrums 1 10/12/2013 28
11/30/13 "Miss Jackson" Panic! At The Disco 7 12/07/2013 5
12/07/2013 "A Light That Never Comes: Linkin Park 7 12/21/13 4
11/02/2013 "Hurricane" MS MR 8 11/16/13 5
04/20/13 “Sweater Weather” The Neighbourhood 1 06/01/13 33

Here`s my picks:
BEST:
Do I Wanna Know
Come A Little Closer
I Wanna Get Better
Stolen Dance
Come With Me Now

WORST:
Hurricane
Sirens
Lazaretto
Magic
Gotta Get Away

[Cody]

Best:

1. Do I Wanna Know
2. Dangerous
3. Demons
4. Pompeii
5. Come With Me Now


Worst:

1. Take Me To Church
2. Fall In Love
3. Unbelievers
4. Hurricane
5. Sirens

[Web]

Top 5
1. "Dangerous" - Big Data ft. Joywave
2. "Stolen Dance" - Milky Chance
3. "Come A Little Closer" - Cage the Elephant
4. "Take Me To Church" - Hozier
5. "Do I Wanna Know?" - Arctic Monkeys

The Middle (loosely ranked and not exact in this section)
"The Walker" - Fitz and the Tantrums
"Come With Me Now" - KONGOS
"Out Of My League" - Fitz and the Tantrums
"Something From Nothing" - Foo Fighters
"Bad Blood" - Bastille
"Lazaretto" - Jack White
"Demons" - Imagine Dragons
"Sweater Weather" - The Neighbourhood
"Gotta Get Away" - The Black Keys
"Coming Of Age" - Foster the People
"Afraid" - The Neighbourhood
"Left Hand Free" - alt-J
"Pompeii" - Bastille
"Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?" - Arctic Monkeys
"Wait For Me" - Kings of Leon
"A Light That Never Comes" - Linkin Park
"Riptide" - Vance Joy
"I Wanna Get Better" - Bleachers
"Magic" - Coldplay
"Fall In Love" - Phantogram
"Hurricane" - MS MR
"Giants" - Bear Hands
"Fever" - The Black Keys
"I Bet My Life" - Imagine Dragons
"Miss Jackson" - Panic! At The Disco
"It's About Time" - Young The Giant
"Sirens" - Pearl Jam
"Flaws" - Bastille
"Yellow Flicker Beat" - Lorde
"Back To The Shack" - Weezer
"Centuries" - Fall Out Boy

Bottom 5
5. "Team" - Lorde
4. "Unbelievers" - Vampire Weekend
3. "House Of Gold" - Twenty One Pilots
2. "A Sky Full Of Stars" - Coldplay
1. "My Sweet Summer" - Dirty Heads (still can't listen to this song fully)

[Walking Contradiction]

BEST:
Arctic Monkeys - Do I Wanna Know?
Vampire Weekend - Unbelievers
Bleachers - I Wanna Get Better
Milky Chance - Stolen Dance
Foo Fighters - Something From Nothing
(Honorable mentions: Coming of Age, Bad Blood, Take Me To Church)

WORST:
Twenty One Pilots - House of Gold
Weezer - Back to the Shack
The Neighbourhood - Afraid
Alt-J - Left Hand Free
Fall Out Boy - Centuries

[Pipa]

Best:

1. Come With Me Now
2. Dangerous
3. Pompeii
4. Wait for Me
5. Team

Worst:

1. Riptide
2. Fall in Love
3. Centuries
4. Stolen Dance
5. Left Hand Free

[shakermaker]

Awww, wow. I was planning on making a full year-end top 50 list of my personal best (and worst) alternative radio hits (inclusive of anything that actually hit the top 40) once the actual year-end charts had come out but since this one is specific to top tens I can do this one early too, I guess.

Top 5:
1) The Neighbourhood - "Sweater Weather"
2) Cage the Elephant - "Come a Little Closer"
3) Bleachers - "I Wanna Get Better"
4) Phantogram - "Fall in Love"
5) Big Data featuring Joywave - "Dangerous"
(Honorable mentions: MS MR, "Hurricane"; Young the Giant, "It's About Time"; Coldplay, "Magic"; Foster the People, "Coming of Age")

Bottom 5:
1) Imagine Dragons - "Demons"
2) twenty one pilots - "House of Gold"
3) Milky Chance - "Stolen Dance"
4) Lorde - "Team"
5) The Black Keys - "Gotta Get Away"

Needless to say I like a good 3/4 of the whole list so coming up with both lists was kinda tricky.

[Green Baron]

1 Do I wanna know.
2. Something From Nothing
3. Come a Little Closer
4. It's about Time
5. Gotta Get Away

WORST
1. A sky full of stars
2. my sweet summer
3. Stolen Dance
4.

[timmierz]

Best:
I Wanna Get Better
Dangerous
Do I Wanna Know
Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?
Come With Me Now

Worst:
Take Me To Church
Stolen Dance
Riptide
Sweater Weather
Afraid

[dm2081]

Top 5
1. Come A Little Closer - Cage The Elephant
2. Gotta Get Away - The Black Keys
3. My Sweet Summer - Dirty Heads
4. Sweater Weather - The Neighborhood
5. Coming of Age - Foster The People

Bottom
1. Take Me To Church
2. Out Of My League
3. Stolen Dance

[Cody]

Props to timmierz and dm2081 for ranking "Take Me To Church" as your worst. Looks like it has a great chance at becoming The Pulse Rock/Alternative forum's most hated song of the year if a few others follow suit and put it in their bottom 5

Looks like "Do I Wanna Know?" might end up the favourite as well, which would be perfect

[Devil Marlena Nylund]

I'll put Hozier as my #1 best just to offset!

[Deleted]

this twenty one pilots hate tho

[Cody]

Nov 20, 2014 12:35:37 GMT -5 @dangermouz said:

this twenty one pilots hate tho

Only 2 people have that in their worst list so far, and no one has it as their #1 worst lol.

[Pipa]

Nov 20, 2014 11:23:08 GMT -5 Cody said:

Props to timmierz and dm2081 for ranking "Take Me To Church" as your worst. Looks like it has a great chance at becoming The Pulse Rock/Alternative forum's most hated song of the year if a few others follow suit and put it in their bottom 5

The fact that it wasn't in my top 5 shows just how abysmal music has been this year.

Oh, and apparently I'm the only one that likes "Team", lol.

[American Idiot]

Best (not in order):
I Don't Want To Be Here Anymore
Back To The Shack
Coming of Age
Lazaretto
Something From Nothing
Pompeii
House of Gold


Worst (not in order):
Do I Wanna Know?
Come A Little Closer
Riptide
Take Me To Church
Left Hand Free
Habits
Fall in Love

[Cody]

Nov 20, 2014 13:09:12 GMT -5 Pipa said:

Nov 20, 2014 11:23:08 GMT -5 Cody said:

Props to timmierz and dm2081 for ranking "Take Me To Church" as your worst. Looks like it has a great chance at becoming The Pulse Rock/Alternative forum's most hated song of the year if a few others follow suit and put it in their bottom 5

The fact that it wasn't in my top 5 shows just how abysmal music has been this year.

Oh, and apparently I'm the only one that likes "Team", lol.

Team was a #4 on my personal chart, there were just several better choices here lol.

[maine]

Top 5: 
"Dangerous" by: Big Data f/ Joywave
"It's About Time" by: Young the Giant
"Riptide" by: Vance Joy
"Come With Me Now" by: KONGOS
"Something From Nothing" by: Foo Fighters

Honorable mentions:
"Afraid", "House of Gold", "Magic", "Gotta Get Away", "Sweater Weather", "Miss Jackson"

Worst 5:
"The Walker" by: Fitz + The Tantrums
"Fall In Love" by: Phantogram
"Left Hand Free" by: alt-j
"Back to the Shack" by: Weezer
"Do I Wanna Know?" by: Arctic Monkeys (still don't get the hype of this song/them)

Overall a decent year.

[Lordef†ones]

I'm not including any 2013 songs on here but if you were wondering, "Team" was my #1 single of 2013 and my #4 song overall.

Best

1. Take Me To Church - Hate me for it, but this is the Alt single that definitely meant the most to me this year, I remember the first time hearing and how I felt. Hozier delivers such emotional intensity over the somber piano and the song just never gets old for me. Alt single of the year in my opinion.    
2. Yellow Flicker Beat - My love and adoration for Lorde arose last year but was strengthened this year with one of her best singles.
3. Something From Nothing - Foo Fighters never fail to release great material, and this slow build to a rock explosion song slightly broke the mold for them as far as lead singles go. Even though it's relatively new, it's a bomb track.
4. Come With Me Now - 2014 was a great year for KONGOS, and this song was a huge smash for a reason. Accordion in a rock song? Who woulda thought it'd be amazing.
5. Fall In Love - Even though this year introduced me to Phantogram, who are now one of my favorite artists, Fall In Love was one of their weaker tracks from their stellar album, "Voices". Nonetheless, it's an Alt highlight.
HMs: Bad Blood, Giants, Dangerous


Worst


1. Centuries - Fall out boy are one of those bands that started out okay and then kept getting worse as time went on. They're easily one of the worst "mainstream" bands I've ever listened to and this may be their worst song besides the one about dancing.
2. Back To The Shack - Weezer were once good and now they suck. This isn't as bad as their previous couple lead singles but this is still bad. 
3. Fever - Easily the worst #1 of the year, Black Keys aren't actually a bad band but this is a serious misstep. Boring, repetitive, and annoying, hopefully Black Keys never do something like this again.
4. Left Hand Free - Alt-J never cease to annoy the crap out of me and this is no exception.
5. Lazaretto - No doubt about it, Jack White is talented. But his voice is shouty and annoying in this song and I cringe anytime I actually hear it.
HM: I Bet My Life, Magic, A Sky Full of Stars

We gonna do one for Active?

[H.]

Best:
Do I Wanna Know
Unbelievers
House Of Gold
Come With Me Now
Bad Blood
Fever
Magic
Dangerous
Lazaretto
Riptide
Stolen Dance
Back To The Shack
Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High
Left Hand Free
Take Me To Church
Flaws
Centuries
Sirens
I Bet My Life
Miss Jackson
A Light That Never Comes
Out Of My League
Come A Little Closer
Sweater Weather

Just Okay:
Team
Yellow Flicker Beat
It's About Time
Demons
Coming Of Age
Fall In Love
Something From Nothing
The Walker
Wait For Me

Worst:
Afraid
I Wanna Get Better
Gotta Get Away
Pompeii

Never Heard:
Giants
Hurricane
My Sweet Summer

[Deleted]

Nov 20, 2014 12:43:52 GMT -5 Cody said:

Nov 20, 2014 12:35:37 GMT -5 @dangermouz said:

this twenty one pilots hate tho

Only 2 people have that in their worst list so far, and no one has it as their #1 worst lol.

3 people do

too much

[Pipa]

Nov 20, 2014 19:59:14 GMT -5 @dangermouz said:

Nov 20, 2014 12:43:52 GMT -5 Cody said:

Only 2 people have that in their worst list so far, and no one has it as their #1 worst lol.

3 people do

too much

If I remembered how it went I mighta put it.

[Web]

Nov 20, 2014 12:35:37 GMT -5 @dangermouz said:

this twenty one pilots hate tho

House of Gold is just abysmal. I like Holding On To You, and Car Radio grew on me. I also like other album cuts like Migraine. But House of Gold is just atrocious, can't stand it.

[friday]

Best:
Fall in Love
Come with Me Now
Coming of Age
Dangerous
Bad Blood

Worst:
House of Gold
Unbelievers
Left Hand Free
Back to the Shack
I Wanna Get Better

[Green Baron]

Bitch, I'll rank them all.

[newpower]

Best:
Unbelievers
Come With Me Now
I Wanna Get Better
Take Me To Church
Left Hand Free

Worst:
It's About Time
Wait For Me
My Sweet Summer
Centuries
Giants

[Green Baron]

BOTTOM OF THE BARREL
41. A Sky Full of Stars
40. My Sweet Summer
39. Stolen Dance
38. Fall in Love
37. Centuries
36. Yellow Flicker Beat
35. I Bet My Life
34. Left Hand Free
33. Riptide
32. Fever
31. Sweater Weather
30. The Walker
29. Demons

THE NOT-BAD BUT NOT-GOOD TIER
28. Unbelievers
27. Coming of Age
26. Miss Jackson
25. Hurricane
24. Magic
23. A Light That Never Comes
22. I Wanna Get Better

THE CRAP STOPS HERE
21. Wait for Me
20. House of Gold
19. Flaws
18. Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?
17. Giants
16. Sirens
15. Back to the Shack

THE BEST OF THE YEAR
14. Lazaretto
13. Take Me to Church
12. Bad Blood
11. Afraid
10. Team
9. Out of My League
8. Pompeii
7. Dangerous
6. Come With Me Now
5. Gotta Get Away
4. It's About Time
3. Come a Little Closer
2. Something From Nothing
1. Do I Wanna Know?


(1. I Don't Want to Be Here Anymore)

Seriously, though, this is pathetic. I did not like half of this year's top tens? What the hell? Even in the nu-metal days there was more enjoyment to be gained. I'll do Active too, but I don't think that'll be much better. Bottom of the Barrel is the C- to F. The Not-Bad But Not Good is all C+. The Crap Stops Here is B and B-. The Best of the Year is B+ to A+. 

[Lordef†ones]

I'll just go ahead and steal Baron's thing and rank everything except the 2013 singles cause they don't count.

BOTTOM OF THE BARREL
30. Centuries
29. Back To The Shack
28. Fever
27. Left Hand Free
26. Lazaretto
25. A Sky Full Of Stars
24. Magic
23. I Bet My Life
THE NOT-BAD BUT NOT-GOOD TIER
22. House Of Gold
21. Coming Of Age
20. Unbelievers
19. Flaws
18. My Sweet Summer
17. Gotta Get Away
16. Stolen Dance
THE CRAP STOPS HERE
15. The Walker
14. I Wanna Get Better
13. Riptide
12. Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?
11. It's About Time
10. Wait For Me
THE BEST OF THE YEAR
9. I Don't Want To Be Here Anymore
8. Bad Blood
7. Dangerous
6. Giants
5. Fall In Love
4. Come With Me Now
3. Something From Nothing
2. Yellow Flicker Beat
1. Take Me To Church

So I liked exactly half of the top tens for Alt. I guess that's not TOO bad. More than half of my top ten were of new acts which is strange for me, but the main reason why I love Alt so much.

[Shadows in the Dark]

Best:

1. Something From Nothing (Kinda sad that a song released at the end of the year is the best IMO)
2. Sirens
3. A Sky Full of Stars (F**k you to everyone who hates this, this was an amazing fusion of EDM and Coldplay)
4. A Light That Never Comes
5. Lazaretto

Honorable Mentions: Gotta Get Away, Left Hand Free, Back to the Shack

Worst:

1. Fall in Love (My God this song annoyed me)
2. Riptide
3. Stolen Dance
4. Take Me to Church
5. The Walker

Dishonorable Mentions: Team, Sweater Weather

Hey look, "Take Me to Church" made my Worst 5! Also, to all of you who put "Sirens" on your worst list, you can go to hell. To Hell I say!!

[Doc Indie Party Rock]

Most of the songs I like didn't go Top 10, but I'll play along with what did ,even though I only charted songs 25-1 on my personal Music charts. I guess we can still do our own personal 2014 best; which should all be more exciting than this batch of songs. 2014 will go down as a year that has released some of my favs of the 2010 era, but also some of the worst music I've heard in years.

Top 40 style is more fun.

41. I Bet My Life(too early to tell)

40. Stolen Dance
39. I Wanna Get Better
38. My Sweet Summer
37. Riptide
36. Demons
35. Left Hand Free 
34. House of Gold
33. Take Me to Church
32. Unbelievers
31. A Light That Never Comes 

30. Afraid
29. Centuries
28. A Sky Full of Stars
27. Gotta Get Away
26. Dangerous
25. Giants
24. Something From Nothing
23. Come With Me Now
22. Fall in Love
21. Hurricane

20. Yellow Flicker Beat
19. Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?
18. Out of My League(My 2013 number 1 song)
17. Lazaretto
16. Fever
15. Sirens
14. Sweater Weather
13. Coming of Age
12. Do I Wanna Know?
11. Flaws

10.Wait for Me
9. Bad Blood
8. Back to the Shack
7. Miss Jackson
6. It's About Time 
5. Come a Little Closer
4. Magic
3. The Walker
2. Team(between us; I'm probly the biggest fan of this song)
1. Pompeii

[Pipa]

41. Riptide
40. Fall in Love
39. Centuries
38. Stolen Dance
37. Left Hand Free
36. Back to the Shack
35. My Sweet Summer
34. House of Gold
33. I Bet My Life
32. Take Me to Church
31. Sirens
30. A Sky Full of Stars
29. Lazaretto
28. Come a Little Closer
27. Magic
26. Afraid
25. Hurricane
24. Sweater Weather
23. Miss Jackson
22. Demons
21. Unbelievers
20. Flaws
19. Bad Blood
18. Do I Wanna Know?
17. The Walker
16. Fever
15. Yellow Flicker Beat
14. A Light That Never Comes
13. I Wanna Get Better
12. Giants
11. Coming of Age
10. Something From Nothing
9. It's About Time
8. Team
7. Out of My League
6. Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?
5. Gotta Get Away
4. Wait for Me
3. Pompeii
2. Dangerous
1. Come With Me Now

Turns out there are a lot of songs worse than "Take Me to Church". Any other year it'd be right at the bottom. Also, there are only 4 songs below #16 that I actually charted. This year had so many average songs.

Oh, and I changed my mind on "Team" too.