Favorite albums from 1974

[WestMichRad]

We old timers had the greatest music, didn’t we? Huzzah! 1974 brought a lot of albums to our music collection that we have really enjoyed… although we didn’t buy ‘em all that year. My tastes run jazz to rock to prog rock to?, and that year we got
Apostrophe (Zappa)
Court and Spark
Bridge of Sighs
Not Fragile (BTO)
Mysterious Traveller (weather report)
Lamb Lies down…
Where have I known you before (Weather Report)
Ring (Gary Burton)
The Power and the Glory (gentle giant)
And many other good ones.

Like I said, jazz and prog rock fan, my fave 10 from that year might be-
Andy Nogger (Kraan)
Borboletta (Santana)
The Colors of Chloe (Eberhard Weber)
Down to Earth (Nektar)
Kohntarkosz (Magma)
Mirage (Camel)
Phaedra (Tangerine Dream)
Red Lanta (Art Lande)
Rock Bottom (Robert Wyatt)
The Silent Corner and the Empty Stage (Peter Hammill)
Witch-Tai-To (Jan Garbarek, Bobo Stenson Quartet)
Tale of the Giant Rat of Sumatra (Firesign)
I’m probably missing a couple great ECM releases. Who says my top 10 list can have only 10, huh?

What are some of your favorites from ‘74?

[marble falls]

1. 74 is a great year in rock and roll. Almost every one I just looked at, I either have, had, or would gladly collect.

[Diamond_Dog]

4. That goes for me, too.

Diamond Dogs !!!

[Botany]

2. Yes. Fragile

Lots of great music then. Mott the Hopple,
Golden Earring, David Bowie, and Joni M..

[Diamond_Dog]

5. Fragile ... what a masterpiece.

[ProfessorGAC]

11. The Op Sats "Not Fragile"

A BTO album. Fragile, by Yes, came out in '71. Close To The Edge in '72. The great live album Yessongs (my fave) was recorded on the CTTE tour.
I think the '74 album was Relayer. That was after Wakeman left, replaced by Patrick Moraz.
All that said, Not Fragile was a solid straight ahead rock album.

[WestMichRad]

7. Ack! How could I have forgotten Fragile??

[OAITW r.2.0]

3. No real connection with your music.

Majored in the West Coast Music scene with a minot focus on San Francisco.

[BigmanPigman]

6. There were sooo many good albums...

Lou Reed, Rock a' Roll Animal
Brian Eno, Here Come The Warm Jets
NY Dolls, Too Much Too Soon
David Bowie, Diamond Dogs
T Rex, Light of Love

And that is just to start....

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1974_in_music

[Beausoleil]

8. Some of my personal favorites

Grievous Angel - Gram Parsons
Living and Dying in 3/4 Time - Jimmy Buffett
A New Life - Marshall Tucker Band
Skeletons from the Closet: The Best of Grateful Dead - Grateful Dead
On the Border - Eagles
Paradise and Lunch - Ry Cooder
From the Mars Hotel - Grateful Dead
Close Up the Honky Tonks - Flying Burrito Brothers
Feats Don't Fail Me Now - Little Feat
Late for the Sky - Jackson Browne
Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley - Robert Palmer
Streetlights - Bonnie Raitt
Heart Like a Wheel - Linda Ronstadt
A1A - Jimmy Buffett

Most of these I own to this day and still listen to.

[thucythucy]

9. To throw in three more:

Bob Dylan and the Band: Planet Waves

Albert King: I Wanna Get Funky

and one of my all time favorites:

Freddy King: Burglar

[ProfessorGAC]

10. I'll Add A Few

The Hoople - Mott The Hoople
Diamond Dogs - Bowie
Burn - Deep Purple
Welcome Back My Friends...- ELP live album
There were probably others I played to death, but I'll leave it at these 4.

[Sewa]

12. I would add

Blue Oyster Cult - Secret Treaties
Edgar Winter Group - Shock Treatment
UFO - Phenomenon
Dan Fogelberg - Souvenir

[WestMichRad]

13. Thanks to y'all for noting other great albums for '74!

Quite a few of them have been in my collection, too.

I wanted to add Brothers and Sisters (Allman brothers), but that was from 73; and Physical Graffiti, which was recorded in 74 but not released until Feb 75. Close but no cigar.

[Beausoleil]

14. Another one

Is Pretzel Logic - Steely Dan, didn't see that mentioned.

Interestingly, there was no Pink Floyd album released in 74. That was between Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here.

Good thread!

[WestMichRad]

15. Ooh ya, that's a keeper!