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1974 Album Releases
1973
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Oct 6
King Crimson
Red
92
critic score
(6)
89
user score
(2,153)
Apr 24
David Bowie
Diamond Dogs
63
critic score
(3)
77
user score
(1,196)
Nov 8
Queen
Sheer Heart Attack
83
critic score
(3)
79
user score
(902)
Mar 8
Queen
Queen II
60
critic score
(3)
75
user score
(735)
Mar 22
Frank Zappa
Apostrophe (')
75
critic score
(2)
83
user score
(724)
Feb 8
Brian Eno
Here Come the Warm Jets
87
critic score
(5)
83
user score
(604)
Jan 17
Joni Mitchell
Court and Spark
100
critic score
(5)
87
user score
(574)
Nov
Kraftwerk
Autobahn
90
critic score
(3)
82
user score
(531)
Jan 1
Jorge Ben
A Tábua de Esmeralda
90
critic score
(1)
88
user score
(504)
Jul 16
Neil Young
On The Beach
95
critic score
(5)
86
user score
(483)
Mar 29
King Crimson
Starless and Bible Black
80
critic score
(3)
77
user score
(466)
May 1
Sparks
Kimono My House
90
critic score
(1)
81
user score
(420)
Jul 22
Stevie Wonder
Fulfillingness' First Finale
83
critic score
(3)
84
user score
(394)
Nov 18
Genesis
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
85
critic score
(2)
84
user score
(393)
Feb 20
Tangerine Dream
Phaedra
87
critic score
(3)
83
user score
(391)
Nov 14
Eno
Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)
90
critic score
(4)
83
user score
(383)
Feb 20
Steely Dan
Pretzel Logic
100
critic score
(2)
79
user score
(360)
Mar 1
Camel
Mirage
60
critic score
(1)
83
user score
(350)
Jul 26
Robert Wyatt
Rock Bottom
92
critic score
(6)
82
user score
(346)
Nov 28
Yes
Relayer
57
critic score
(2)
81
user score
(329)
Feb 27
Dolly Parton
Jolene
70
critic score
(1)
80
user score
(322)
Sep 1
Supertramp
Crime of the Century
73
critic score
(3)
80
user score
(305)
Mar 1
Rush
Rush
40
critic score
(2)
63
user score
(295)
Oct 1
Tom Waits
The Heart of Saturday Night
77
critic score
(4)
76
user score
(264)
Apr 1
The Residents
Meet the Residents
80
critic score
(1)
76
user score
(263)
Nov 22
Miles Davis
Get Up with It
89
critic score
(4)
86
user score
(243)
Jan 17
Bob Dylan
Planet Waves
63
critic score
(3)
71
user score
(219)
Aug 11
Leonard Cohen
New Skin for the Old Ceremony
85
critic score
(2)
81
user score
(215)
Jun 17
Elis Regina & Antônio Carlos Jobim
Elis & Tom
90
critic score
(1)
85
user score
(209)
Nov 15
Roxy Music
Country Life
91
critic score
(5)
80
user score
(194)
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Feb
Big Star
Radio City
93
critic score
(4)
81
user score
(189)
Oct 1
Electric Light Orchestra
Eldorado
88
critic score
(4)
80
user score
(188)
Apr 1
KISS
Kiss
70
critic score
(3)
68
user score
(177)
Oct 25
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Natty Dread
95
critic score
(2)
83
user score
(176)
Oct 16
The Rolling Stones
It's Only Rock 'n Roll
60
critic score
(2)
68
user score
(173)
Sep 26
John Lennon
Walls and Bridges
57
critic score
(3)
71
user score
(157)
Jan 1
Gentle Giant
The Power and the Glory
60
critic score
(1)
80
user score
(153)
Mar 4
ABBA (Björn, Benny, Agnetha & Frida)
Waterloo
60
critic score
(1)
68
user score
(153)
Nov
Nico
The End...
90
critic score
(1)
82
user score
(148)
1974
Dadawah
Peace and Love
90
critic score
(1)
86
user score
(147)
Nov 1
Sparks
Propaganda
80
critic score
(1)
81
user score
(136)
Apr 1
Richard & Linda Thompson
I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight
94
critic score
(4)
76
user score
(135)
Mar 15
Aerosmith
Get Your Wings
77
critic score
(3)
68
user score
(133)
Apr 15
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Second Helping
90
critic score
(2)
76
user score
(132)
Nov 1
Can
Soon Over Babaluma
76
critic score
(3)
74
user score
(129)
Oct
Pharoah Sanders
Love in Us All
60
critic score
(1)
81
user score
(125)
Feb 4
Pink Floyd
Time
96
user score
(123)
Nov 13
Linda Ronstadt
Heart Like a Wheel
88
critic score
(3)
74
user score
(122)
Feb 15
Deep Purple
Burn
75
critic score
(2)
77
user score
(119)
Jul 1
Eric Clapton
461 Ocean Boulevard
95
critic score
(2)
76
user score
(118)
Sep 6
Judas Priest
Rocka Rolla
45
critic score
(2)
60
user score
(108)
Sep 1
John Coltrane
Interstellar Space
77
critic score
(3)
79
user score
(106)
Nov 1
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Free Bird
94
user score
(106)
Apr
Invisible
Invisible
83
user score
(101)
Dec 9
George Harrison
Dark Horse
50
critic score
(2)
63
user score
(101)
Sep 1
John Cale
Fear
70
critic score
(2)
79
user score
(100)
Apr 1
Blue Öyster Cult
Secret Treaties
95
critic score
(2)
78
user score
(98)
Oct 22
KISS
Hotter Than Hell
60
critic score
(2)
61
user score
(94)
Sep 1
Gene Clark
No Other
100
critic score
(1)
82
user score
(93)
Oct 11
Billy Joel
Streetlife Serenade
60
critic score
(2)
65
user score
(93)
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