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Re: Your Top 10 Albums of 1974

NickVolos — Fri, 26 Sep 2014 10:48:26 GMT

Author: NickVolos

Posted: 09/26/2014 14:48

1. Peace & Love, Dadawah
2. No Other, Gene Clark
3. Get Up With It, Miles Davis
4. Mirage, Camel
5. On The Beach, Neil Young
6. Rock Bottom, Robert Wyatt
7. Late For The Sky, Jackson Browne
8. The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway, Genesis
9. I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight, Richard & Linda Thompson
10. Van Morrison - Veedon Fleece

Re: Your Top 10 Albums of 1974

meccalecca — Fri, 26 Sep 2014 10:32:44 GMT

Author: meccalecca

Posted: 09/26/2014 14:32

1. Here Come The Warm Jets - Eno
2. No Other - Gene Clark
3. The End - Nico
4. New Skin For The Old Ceremony - Leonard Cohen
5. Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) - Eno
6. Veedon Fleece - Van Morrison
7. Meet The Residents - The Residents
8. Kimono My House - Sparks
9. Radio City - Big Star
10. Fear - John Cale

11. Rock Bottom - Robert Wyatt
12.On The Beach - Neil Young
13. Pussy Cats - Harry Nilsson
14. Red - King Crimson
15. Autobahn - Kraftwerk
16. A Tábua De Esmeralda - Jorge Ben
17. The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway - Genesis
18. Cartola - Cartola
19. I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight - Richard & Linda Thompson
20. The Heart of Saturday Night - Tom Waits

Re: Your Top 10 Albums of 1974

Anonymous — Thu, 18 Sep 2014 16:44:13 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 09/18/2014 20:44

In retrospect, really wishing I has participated in this tourney.

Anyway:

1. Steve Reich - Drumming / Music For Mallet Instruments, Voices And Organ / Six Pianos
2. Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom
3. Kraftwerk - Autobahn
4. Isao Tomita - Snowflakes are Dancing
5. Joni Mitchell - Court and Spark
6. Tangerine Dream - Phaedra
7. John Abercrombie - Timeless
8. Neil Young - On the Beach
9. The Cosmic Jokers - s/t
10. Cluster - Zukerzeit
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11. Brain Eno - Here Come the Warm Jets
12. Van Morrison - Veedon Fleece
13. The Residents - Meet the Residents
14. Klaus Schulze - Blackdance
15. Harmonia - Musik von Harmonia
16. Ayers, Cale, Nico, Eno - June 1, 1974
17. Pharoah Sanders - Love In Us All
18. John Cale - Fear
19. Roxy Music - Country Life
20. King Crimson - Red

eh. something like that

Re: Your Top 10 Albums of 1974

Error Finn — Thu, 18 Sep 2014 15:50:15 GMT

Author: Error Finn

Posted: 09/18/2014 19:50

1. Wigwam - Being
2. Lou Reed - Rock N Roll Animal
3. Weather Report - Mysterious Traveller
4. Joni Mitchell - Court And Spark
5. Eric Clapton - 461 Ocean Boulevard (too high, I think)
6. Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
7. Roxy Music - Country Life
8. Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (')
9. Stevie Wonder - Fulfillingness' First Finale
10. Rory Gallagher - Irish Tour (too low)
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13. Keith Jarrett - Belonging
16. Robin Trower - Bridge Of Sighs
18. Shuggie Otis - Inspiration Information
27. Focus - Hamburger Concerto
30. Kansas - Kansas

Re: Your Top 10 Albums of 1974

ButterThumbz — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 13:01:12 GMT

Author: ButterThumbz

Posted: 09/16/2014 17:01

1. Brian Eno - Here Come The Warm Jets
2. Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom
3. Keith Hudson - Pick A Dub
4. Gil Scott Heron/Brian Jackson - Winter In America
5. Tangerine Dream - Phaedra
6. Joni Mitchell - Court and Spark
7. Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
8. Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)
9. Funkadelic - Standing On The Verge Of Getting It On
10. Kraftwerk - Autobahn

Re: Your Top 10 Albums of 1974

Listmeister — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 12:41:40 GMT

Author: Listmeister

Posted: 09/16/2014 16:41

1. Richard and Linda Thompson - I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight (out Round 3)
2. Sweet - Desolation Boulevard (not nominated)
3. Sparks - Kimono My House (still in)
4. Joni Mitchell - Court and Spark (out Round 2)
5. Queen - Sheer Heart Attack (out in Wild Card playoff)
6. Gram Parsons - Grievous Angel (out in Round 3)
7. Tangerine Dream - Phaedra (out Round 3)
8. Queen II (out Round 2)
9. Frank Zappa - ' (out Round 1)
10. Skyhooks - Living in the 70's (out Round 1)
11. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (still in, up against Kimono My House)

[Edited. Forgot Grievous Angel, somehow.]

Re: Your Top 10 Albums of 1974

Anonymous — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 11:59:32 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 09/16/2014 15:59

1. Sparks - Kimono My House
2. Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom
3. Celestine Ukwu - Ilo Abu Chi

4. Big Star - Radio City

5. Kraftwerk - Autobahn
6. John Coltrane - Interstellar Space
7. The Residents - Meet the Residents
8. Anthony Braxton, Leroy Jenkins, & Leo Smith - Silence

9. Henry Cow - Unrest
10. King Tubby - Dub From the Roots

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HMs: Dadawah's Peace and Love; Gong's You; Gryphon's Red Queen to Gryphon Three; King Crimson's Red; Sparks' Propaganda; Kan Mikami's Bang!

Re: Your Top 10 Albums of 1974

Necharsian — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 11:46:13 GMT

Author: Necharsian

Posted: 09/16/2014 15:46

1. Zuckerzeit by Cluster
2. On the Beach by Neil Young
3. Woe, Ye Demons Possessed by Moolah
4. Standing on the Verge of Getting it On by Funkadelic
5. Meet the Residents by The Residents
6. Dream House 78' 17" by La Monte Young, Marian Zazeela, Theatre of Eternal Music
7. Crystals by Sam Rivers
8. Musik von Harmonia by Harmonia
9. Soon Over Babaluma by Can
10. Unrest by Henry Cow

maybe I donno this is off my head atm

Re: Your Top 10 Albums of 1974

Norman Bates — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 11:31:40 GMT

Author: Norman Bates

Posted: 09/16/2014 15:31

1. Robert Wyatt, Rock Bottom
2. Cluster, Zuckerzeit
3. John Cale, Fear
4. Bembeya Jazz National, Spécial recueil souvenir du Bembeya Jazz National

5. The Residents, Meet the Residents
6. Pharoah Sanders, Love In Us All
7. Michael Yonkers, Grimwood

8. Harmonia, Musik von Harmonia
9. Big Star, Radio City
10. Gil Scott Heron & Brian Jackson, Winter in America

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11. Nico, The End
12. Gene Clark, No Other
13. Van Morrison, Veedon Fleece
14. Heldon, Electronique guerilla
15. Gram Parsons, Grievous Angel
16. Shuggie Otis, Inspiration/Information
17. Tangerine Dream, Phaedra
18. Sparks, Kimono My House
19. Conrad Schnitzler, Gelb
20. Brian Eno, Taking Tiger Mountain (by Strategy)

Re: Your Top 10 Albums of 1974

CameronMB — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 10:54:32 GMT

Author: CameronMB

Posted: 09/16/2014 14:54

Nos. 1-10: The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway

favorite album of all time.

Re: Your Top 10 Albums of 1974

Hayden — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 09:33:53 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 09/16/2014 13:33

1. Dadawah - Peace & Love
2. Yonin Bayashi - Isshoku Sokuhatsu
3. Batsumi - Batsumi
4. 10cc - Sheet Music
5. Velvet Underground - Live
6. John Cale - Fear
7. Queen - Sheer Heart Attack
8. Yatha Sidhra - A Meditation Mass
9. Henry Cow - Unrest
10. Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway

And I think I'm going to take out Genesis and replace it with Ram John Holder's Black London Blues.

Re: Your Top 10 Albums of 1974

Patman360 — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 09:12:13 GMT

Author: Patman360

Posted: 09/16/2014 13:12

1. Richard & Linda Thompson - I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight
2. Neil Young - On The Beach
3. Brian Eno - Here Come The Warm Jets
4. Van Morrison - Veedon Fleece
5. Tom Waits - The Heart Of Saturday Night
6. David Bowie - Diamond Dogs
7. Steely Dan - Pretzel Logic
8. Gram Parsons - Greivous Angel
9. Joni Mitchell - Court & Spark
10. King Crimson - Red

Re: Your Top 10 Albums of 1974

newbands1 — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 09:07:25 GMT

Author: newbands1

Posted: 09/16/2014 13:07

1. King Crimson - Red
2. Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom
3. Neil Young - On the Beach
4. Big Star - Radio City
5. Brian Eno - Here Comes the Warm Jets
6. The Residents - Meet The Residents

Not heard enough albums from this year to fill it up to 10.

Re: Your Top 10 Albums of 1974

Skinny — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 09:06:36 GMT

Author: Skinny

Posted: 09/16/2014 13:06

1. Keith Hudson - Pick a Dub
2. Van Morrison - Veedon Fleece
3. Richard & Linda Thompson - I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight
4. Gram Parsons - Grievous Angel
5. Steve Reich - Drumming / Music For Mallet Instruments, Voices And Organ / Six Pianos
6. Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom
7. Cluster - Zuckerzeit
8. The Residents - Meet the Residents
9. Weather Report - Mysterious Traveller
10. Fela Kuti - Alagbon Close
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11. Kraftwerk - Autobahn
12. Sam Rivers - Crystals
13. Dadawah - Peace & Love
14. Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson - Winter in America
15. Neil Young - On the Beach
16. Curtis Mayfield - Sweet Exorcist
17. Nico - The End
18. Miles Davis - Get Up With It
19. Joni Mitchell - Court and Spark
20. Augustus Pablo - This is Augustus Pablo

... or something like that anyway.

Re: Your Top 10 Albums of 1974

Anonymous — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 08:54:06 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 09/16/2014 12:54

I was able to convert the CSV, so here's my whole 1974 chart:

1 Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom
2 Van Morrison - Veedon Fleece
3 Steely Dan - Pretzel Logic
4 Stevie Wonder - Fulfillingness' First Finale
5 Elis Regina & Tom Jobim - Elis & Tom
6 Richard & Linda Thompson - I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight
7 Gram Parsons - Grievous Angel
8 Dadawah - Peace & Love
9 Tangerine Dream - Phaedra
10 Hound Dog Taylor & The Houserockers - Natural Boogie
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11 Brian Eno - Here Come The Warm Jets
12 Sparks - Kimono My House
13 Gene Clark - No Other
14 The Meters - Rejuvenation
15 John Cale - Fear
16 Klaus Schulze - Blackdance
17 Sam Rivers - Crystals
18 The Residents - Meet The Residents
19 Joni Mitchell - Court And Spark
20 Popol Vuh - Einsjäger & Siebenjäger
21 Neil Young - On The Beach
22 Batsumi - Batsumi
23 Nico - The End
24 Leonard Cohen - New Skin For The Old Ceremony
25 Keith Hudson - Pick A Dub
26 King Crimson - Red
27 Bob Marley And The Wailers - Natty Dread
28 Toots & The Maytals - In The Dark
29 Henry Cow - Unrest
30 Cluster - Zuckerzeit
31 Queen - Sheer Heart Attack
32 New York Dolls - Too Much Too Soon
33 Harry Nilsson - Pussy Cats
34 Tom Waits - The Heart Of Saturday Night
35 David Bowie - Diamond Dogs
36 Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (')
37 Blue Öyster Cult - Secret Treaties
38 Eric Clapton - 461 Ocean Boulevard
39 Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
40 Oregon - Winter Light
41 Curtis Mayfield - Sweet Exorcist
42 Roxy Music - Country Life
43 Queen - Queen II
44 Big Star - Radio City
45 Barry White - Can't Get Enough
46 Ry Cooder - Paradise And Lunch
47 Jorge Ben - A Tábua De Esmeralda
48 Cartola - Cartola
49 Cecil Taylor - Silent Tongues
50 Astor Piazzolla - Libertango
51 Erkin Koray - Elektronik Türküler
52 Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)
53 Gong - You
54 Supertramp - Crime Of The Century
55 Linda Ronstadt - Heart Like A Wheel
56 Randy Newman - Good Old Boys
57 John Lennon - Walls And Bridges
58 Labelle - Nightbirds
59 Weather Report - Mysterious Traveller
60 Shuggie Otis - Inspiration Information
61 A Symphony By The Electric Light Orchestra - Eldorado
62 Yes - Relayer
63 Yonin Bayashi - Isshoku Sokuhatsu
64 Kraftwerk - Autobahn
65 Lucio Battisti - Anima Latina
66 Jackson Browne - Late For The Sky

Your Top 10 Albums of 1974

Anonymous — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 07:38:04 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 09/16/2014 11:38

Now that the 1974 tourney is coming to a close, I'm just curious what everyone's Top 10 looks like.

Here's mine...

1. King Crimson - Red
2. Brian Eno - Here Come The Warm Jets
3. Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom
4. Neil Young - On the Beach
5. Roxy Music - Country Life
6. Joni Mitchell - Court & Spark
7. Dadawah - Peace & Love
8. Big Star - Radio City
9. Gene Clark - No Other
10. John Cale - Fear
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11. Gram Parsons - Grievous Angel
12. Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain
13. Richard & Linda Thompson - Bright Lights Tonight
14. Van Morrison - Veedon Fleece
15. New York Dolls - Too Much Too Soon
16. Queen - II
17. The Residents - Meet the Residents
18. Nico - The End
19. Kraftwerk - Autobahn
20. Blue Öyster Cult - Secret Treaties