Top 31 Music Albums of 1974
by davidhuret 
- Chart updated: 10/28/2025 16:15
- (Created: 09/24/2013 15:12).
- Chart size: 31 albums.
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Cosmic (and cocaine-fuelled) Americana, this is a grand and deeply affecting musical gesture by an underrated talent, formerly in the Byrds.
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1974
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1,610
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Try to pigeon-hole this music. I can't. I just know it's beautiful.
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1974
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3,225
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The loner looks unflinchingly at 60s idealism, at the Woodstock generation, at the transient nature of life and love, at the media, at the heart of men, at us... The result is music beyond being inspired. Downright haunted. Bleak yet uplifting.
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1974
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7,504
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Album 2 in his discography. Even better than Tubular Bells?
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A bleak, dystopian, George Orwell-inspired concept album with an impeccable flow, it contains some of Bowie's greatest music. Let's mention the excellent guitar work (all parts but one played by Bowie , who also produced the album himself).
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1974
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2,738
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Excentric British pop by an American band.
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1974
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1,762
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The "Lost Weekend" album. A drunken, loutish, misbehaving, enstranged-from-Yoko, and more insecure than ever, Lennon suddenly sobers up and records this excellent and haunting collection of finely arranged songs, while keeping their intrinsic rawness thanks to his exceptionnal singing.
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1974
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339
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Loony, absurd, but with a clear musicality and, at times, sense of purpose that give it an edge.
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1974
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413
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Progressive rock with a cutting edge.
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1974
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10,194
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A posthumous gem of a country-rock album.
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1974
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1,192
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Top 31 Music Albums of 1974 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Queen | 2 | 6% | |
| Robert Wyatt | 1 | 3% | |
| King Crimson | 1 | 3% | |
| Michel Polnareff | 1 | 3% | |
| Gram Parsons | 1 | 3% | |
| Kevin Ayers | 1 | 3% | |
| Ravi Shankar | 1 | 3% | |
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Top 31 Music Albums of 1974 chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 10 from 23rd to 13th Fulfillingness' First Finale by Stevie Wonder |
| Up 6 from 22nd to 16th 461 Ocean Boulevard by Eric Clapton |
| Up 2 from 27th to 25th Crime Of The Century by Supertramp |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 6 from 13th to 19th Sheer Heart Attack by Queen |
| Down 3 from 17th to 20th Polnarêve by Michel Polnareff |
| Down 3 from 18th to 21st The Confessions Of Dr. Dream And Other Stories by Kevin Ayers |
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