Best Albums of 1974
Listed below are the best albums of 1974 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 59,000 greatest album charts. (Chart last updated: 3 hours ago).
"Whatever else you say about this album...it's definitely unique. The lyrical content has a certain sense of of humor and the music is certainly different from most of the heavy arena rock bands of the day. It's a bit corny at times, but it definitely gets points for originality." Reply
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Decurso | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"Lynyrd Skynyrd's second album is an excellent follow up to their brilliant debut. Kicking off with the band's most successful single, sweet home Alabama, a rock classic, the record never lets up. Workin'for MCA, is a great cynical look at the music business, don't ask me no questions, is a strong..." [+] Reply
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"A rock classic. Bad company takes up where Free left off with a superb collection of bluesy rock tunes. The standouts are, can't get enough, movin' on, and the title track. Enjoyable rock'n'roll." Reply
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"When I purchased a copy of this album, I was a junior high kid, and it was not an easy album to understand. I could only buy one album a month back then (naturally), so I would listen to the album every day, and I could gradually digest the beauty (and aggressive nature) of the album over time. A..." [+] Reply
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"THE most underrated album in music. The instrumentation is nothing to write home about save the wonderful steel guitar, but THE LYRICS are some of the best ever written. It's like being broken up with and having a series of epiphanies through fits of crying. Knowing that you both tried your best,..." [+] Reply
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"The follow up to the slightly disappointing goat's head soup. It's a much more urgent album, especially on the opener, if you can't rock me, followed by the temptations cover ain't too proud too beg, and off course the anthemic title track. After that, the best of the tracks are the ballads, 'til..." [+] Reply
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"No sophomore slump from their debut, but they still haven't peaked yet. They were honing their craft before they hit it out of the park with the next 3 albums." Reply
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junodog4 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"Its basically just a silly experimental parody of pop music...but underneath that there is something weirdly sad and moving about the resident's music. Like one moment their are funny squonking noises or something, but then we get some pretty minor key piano playing, or that funny but kinda sad c..." [+] Reply
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"Very good at what it is, but what it is isn't quite Lou Reed. His songs, arranged as intense stadium rock with dual dramatic virtuoso guitars. Still a worthy edition to any Lou collection, as it's an important piece of his history, a big part of what he's known for, and rather good in it's own Ro..." [+] Reply
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bigeyedfish | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"An excellent album. Miles Davis really stretches his musical pallet in this funky masterpiece. Some superb tracks here, especially, rated x, and, Billy Preston. Good stuff." Reply
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 4 of 100
Best Albums of 1974 composition
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| Various Artists | 9 | 1% | |
| Elvis Presley | 4 | 0% | |
| Gladys Knight & The Pips | 3 | 0% | |
| Johnny Cash | 3 | 0% | |
| Electric Light Orchestra | 3 | 0% | |
| Charles Gerhardt / National Philharmonic Orchestra | 3 | 0% | |
| Santana | 3 | 0% | |
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394 | 39% | |
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217 | 22% | |
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57 | 6% | |
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42 | 4% | |
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40 | 4% | |
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26 | 3% | |
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24 | 2% | |
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