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)
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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]
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1974
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6,140
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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]
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1974
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6,463
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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]
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1974
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2,716
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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
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563
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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]
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1974
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4,016
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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
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1974
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10,119
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Top rated album (86/100 - 1107 votes)  86 (1,107 votes)
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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
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641
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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]
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1974
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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
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1,827
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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
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1974
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Top 25 Music Albums of 1974 composition

Country Albums %


United States 11 44%
United Kingdom 9 36%
Canada 3 12%
Germany 1 4%
Ireland 1 4%
Live? Albums %
No 23 92%
Yes 2 8%

Top 25 Music Albums of 1974 chart changes

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Faller Down 3 from 17th to 20thThe Elements
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New entry Kimono My House
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