Top 25 Music Albums of 1974 by Onater

My Top 10 songs of 1974:
10. David Bowie - Rebel Rebel (Diamond Dogs)
9. Genesis - Carpet Crawlers (The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway)
8. King Crimson - Starless (Red)
7. King Crimson - Fallen Angel (Red)
6. Supertramp - Rudy (Crime Of The Century)
5. Supertramp - Crime Of The Century (Crime Of The Century)
4. David Bowie - Diamond Dogs (Diamond Dogs)
3. Supertramp - Asylum (Crime Of The Century)
2. Supertramp - Hide In Your Shell (Crime Of The Century)
1. Leonard Cohen - Chelsea Hotel #2 (New Skin For The Old Ceremony)

• Chart updated: 08/12/2019 05:45
• (Created: 01/09/2017 02:23).
• Chart size: 25 albums.

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Crime Of The Century 

 Supertramp

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"I, as a boy, I believed the simple cure for pain was love, how would it be if you could see the world through my eyes?"

Favourite Tracks: Hide In Your Shell, Asylum, Rudy, Crime Of The Century [First added to this chart: 03/23/2017]

Year of Release:

1974

Appears in:

666 charts

Rank Score:

6,565

Rank in 1974:

4

Rank in 1970s:

65

Overall Rank:

268

Average Rating:

 82 (781 votes)

Comments:

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The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway 

 Genesis

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"Is this the way out from the endless scene? Or just an entrance to another dream?"

The ridiculous, epic story of a Puerto-Rican teenager who falls into a surreal world beneath New York where he meets the dead, eats the flesh of Lamia, gets castrated by fish people, and, ultimately, discovers the meaning of life. There really is no other album like this one.

Favourite Tracks: Carpet Crawlers, The Lamia, it, The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway, The Light Dies Down On Broadway, Back In NYC, Anyway [First added to this chart: 03/23/2017]

Year of Release:

1974

Appears in:

773 charts

Rank Score:

7,424

Rank in 1974:

3

Rank in 1970s:

55

Overall Rank:

226

Average Rating:

 82 (943 votes)

Comments:

71

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Diamond Dogs 

 David Bowie

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"Halloween Jack is a real cool cat, and he lives on top of Manhattan Chase. The elevator's broke, so he slides down a rope, onto the street below, oh Tarzan, go man go."

Favourite Tracks: Diamond Dogs, Sweet Thing, Rebel Rebel [First added to this chart: 03/23/2017]

Year of Release:

1974

Appears in:

517 charts

Rank Score:

2,908

Rank in 1974:

9

Rank in 1970s:

144

Overall Rank:

611

Average Rating:

 78 (944 votes)

Comments:

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New Skin For The Old Ceremony 

 Leonard Cohen

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"You told me again you preferred handsome men, but for me you would make an exception."

Favourite Tracks: Chelsea Hotel #2, Who By Fire, There Is A War, A Singer Must Die, Is This What You Wanted [First added to this chart: 05/24/2019]

Year of Release:

1974

Appears in:

152 charts

Rank Score:

534

Rank in 1974:

47

Rank in 1970s:

521

Overall Rank:

2,863

Average Rating:

 79 (184 votes)

Comments:

4

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Rock Bottom 

 Robert Wyatt

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"Your madness fits in nicely with my own, with my own. Your lunacy fits neatly with my own."

Favourite Tracks: Sea Song, Little Red Riding Hood Hit The Road, A Last Straw [First added to this chart: 05/02/2017]

Year of Release:

1974

Appears in:

426 charts

Rank Score:

4,085

Rank in 1974:

5

Rank in 1970s:

104

Overall Rank:

438

Average Rating:

 79 (548 votes)

Comments:

43

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Red 

 King Crimson

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"Lifetimes spent on the streets of a city, make us the people we are. Switchblade stings in one tenth of a moment, better get back to the car."

The guitar arpeggio at 4 minutes into Fallen Angel is the greatest thing ever.

Favourite Tracks: Fallen Angel, Starless, One More Red Nightmare [First added to this chart: 03/23/2017]

Year of Release:

1974

Appears in:

838 charts

Rank Score:

10,412

Rank in 1974:

1

Rank in 1970s:

36

Overall Rank:

144

Average Rating:

 86 (1,053 votes)

Comments:

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Get Up With It 

 Miles Davis

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Favourite Tracks: He Loved Him Madly, Maiysha, Calypso Frelimo, Honky Tonk [First added to this chart: 05/06/2018]

Year of Release:

1974

Appears in:

111 charts

Rank Score:

668

Rank in 1974:

41

Rank in 1970s:

453

Overall Rank:

2,391

Average Rating:

 80 (105 votes)

Comments:

2

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I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight 

 Richard & Linda Thompson

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"There's nothing at the end of the rainbow. There's nothing to grow up for anymore."

Favourite Tracks: When I Get To The Border, I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight, The Cavalry Cross, The Great Valerio, The End Of The Rainbow [First added to this chart: 09/05/2017]

Year of Release:

1974

Appears in:

268 charts

Rank Score:

1,656

Rank in 1974:

18

Rank in 1970s:

227

Overall Rank:

1,068

Average Rating:

 80 (293 votes)

Comments:

10

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Autobahn 

 Kraftwerk

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"Wir fahr'n fahr'n fahr'n auf der Autobahn."

Favourite Track: Autobahn [First added to this chart: 02/25/2018]

Year of Release:

1974

Appears in:

358 charts

Rank Score:

2,028

Rank in 1974:

14

Rank in 1970s:

190

Overall Rank:

883

Average Rating:

 78 (479 votes)

Comments:

25

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Here Come The Warm Jets 

 Brian Eno

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"Cindy tell me, what will they do with their lives? Living quietly like labourer's wives? Perhaps they'll re-acquire those things they've all disposed of."

Favourite Tracks: Needle In The Camel's Eye, Cindy Tells Me, On Some Faraway Beach, Here Come The Warm Jets [First added to this chart: 07/24/2017]

Year of Release:

1974

Appears in:

439 charts

Rank Score:

3,066

Rank in 1974:

8

Rank in 1970s:

139

Overall Rank:

577

Average Rating:

 81 (554 votes)

Comments:

27

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Top 25 Music Albums of 1974 composition

Artist	Albums	%
Brian Eno	2	8%
Sparks	2	8%
Zappa / Mothers	1	4%
Genesis	1	4%
Camel	1	4%
David Bowie	1	4%
Neil Young	1	4%
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Country	Albums	%
	11	44%
	9	36%
	3	12%
	1	4%
	1	4%

Top 25 Music Albums of 1974 chart changes

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