Top Albums of 1974
Rank▼ All Time Rank▼ Artist▼ Album▼ Genres▼
1
191
 Bob Marley and The Wailers Natty Dread Roots Reggae
2
195
 Joni Mitchell Court and Spark Folk Pop, Singer/Songwriter
3
224
 Gram Parsons Grievous Angel Country, Country Rock, Singer/Songwriter
4
254
 Robert Wyatt Rock Bottom Art Rock, Canterbury Scene
5
328
 Kraftwerk Autobahn Krautrock, Progressive Electronic
6
395
 Big Star Radio City Power Pop
7
403
 Steely Dan Pretzel Logic Pop Rock
8
427
 Richard and Linda Thompson I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight British Folk Rock, Contemporary Folk
9
432
 Eno Here Come the Warm Jets Art Rock, Experimental Rock
10
515
 Neil Young On the Beach Country Rock, Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter
11
516
 Jackson Browne Late for the Sky Singer/Songwriter, Yacht Rock
12
522
 Genesis The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway Progressive Rock, Rock Opera
13
587
 Randy Newman Good Old Boys Singer/Songwriter
14
609
 Sparks Kimono My House Art Pop, Glam Rock, Pop Rock
15
681
 King Crimson Red Art Rock, Progressive Rock
16
706
 Eric Clapton 461 Ocean Boulevard Blues Rock
17
802
 Van Morrison It's Too Late To Stop Now Rock, Singer/Songwriter
18
848
 Ry Cooder Paradise and Lunch Americana, Roots Rock
19
901
 Gene Clark No Other Country Rock, Singer/Songwriter
20
910
 Linda Ronstadt Heart Like a Wheel Country Rock, Soft Rock
21
925
 Lynyrd Skynyrd Second Helping Southern Rock
22
986
 Stevie Wonder Fulfillingness' First Finale Soul
23
999
 Tangerine Dream Phaedra Berlin School
24
1060
 New York Dolls Too Much Too Soon Glam Rock, Proto-Punk
25
1064
 The Velvet Underground 1969: Velvet Underground Live with Lou Reed Rock
26
1112
 David Bowie Diamond Dogs Art Rock, Glam Rock, Pop Rock
27
1116
 Van Morrison Veedon Fleece Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter
28
1134
 Roxy Music Country Life Art Rock, Glam Rock
29
1172
 Queen Sheer Heart Attack Glam Rock, Hard Rock
30
1204
 Lou Reed Rock n Roll Animal Glam Rock
31
1320
 Supertramp Crime of the Century Art Rock, Progressive Rock
32
1362
 Eno Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) Art Pop, Art Rock
33
1502
 Millie Jackson Caught Up Southern Soul
34
1511
 Bob Dylan/The Band Before the Flood Country Rock, Folk Rock, Roots Rock
35
1544
 Blue Öyster Cult Secret Treaties Hard Rock
36
1557
 Bad Company Bad Co. Blues Rock, Hard Rock
37
1611
 John Cale Fear Art Rock
38
1637
 Average White Band AWB Smooth Soul
39
1813
 Shuggie Otis Inspiration Information Psychedelic Soul
40
1874
 Rory Gallagher Irish Tour '74 Blues Rock
41
2011
 Barry White Can't Get Enough Smooth Soul
42
2138
 The Meters Rejuvenation Funk, New Orleans R&B
43
2149
 Little Feat Feats Don't Fail Me Now Southern Rock
44
2206
 McCoy Tyner Enlightenment Modal Jazz, Spiritual Jazz
45
2296
 Willie Nelson Phases and Stages Outlaw Country
46
2348
 The Rolling Stones It's Only Rock 'n' Roll Rock
47
2349
 John Coltrane Interstellar Space Free Jazz
48
2368
 Todd Rundgren Todd Art Pop, Pop Rock, Progressive Pop
49
2428
 Can Soon Over Babaluma Krautrock
50
2437
 Labelle Nightbirds Soul
51
2503
 Elis Regina & Antonio Carlos Jobim Elis & Tom Bossa Nova
52
2510
 Jorge Ben A Tábua de Esmeralda MPB, Samba-Rock
53
2518
 Frank Zappa Apostrophe (') Art Rock, Experimental Rock, Jazz-Rock
54
2576
 Keith Jarrett and Jan Garbarek Belonging ECM Style Jazz
55
2647
 Electric Light Orchestra Eldorado Art Rock, Symphonic Prog
56
2654
 Cluster Zuckerzeit Electronic, Krautrock
57
2687
 The Residents Meet The Residents Experimental
58
2719
 Bachman-Turner Overdrive Not Fragile Boogie Rock, Hard Rock
59
2759
 Sweet Desolation Boulevard Glam Rock, Hard Rock
60
2768
 Keith Hudson Pick a Dub Dub
61
2835
 Tom Waits The Heart of Saturday Night Singer/Songwriter
62
2901
 Betty Davis They Say I'm Different Funk

Albums "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000:
10cc Sheet Music Art Pop, Pop Rock, Progressive Pop
Bob Dylan Planet Waves Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter
Ann Peebles I Can't Stand the Rain Southern Soul
Steve Reich Drumming / Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices and Organ / Six Pianos Minimalism
Henry Cow Unrest Rock in Opposition
Robert Palmer Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley Funk Rock, Pop Rock
Robin Trower Bridge of Sighs Blues Rock, Hard Rock
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson Winter in America Jazz-Funk, Soul, Soul Jazz
Leonard Cohen New Skin for the Old Ceremony Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter
Mick Ronson Slaughter on 10th Avenue Glam Rock
George Jones The Grand Tour Nashville Sound
Fela Ransome Kuti & The Africa 70 Confusion Afrobeat
Rahsaan Roland Kirk Bright Moments Jazz
Gil Evans Plays the Music of Jimi Hendrix Experimental Big Band, Jazz Fusion, Jazz-Rock
Zappa/Mothers Roxy & Elsewhere Jazz Fusion, Jazz-Rock
Fenton Robinson Somebody Loan Me a Dime Chicago Blues
Deep Purple Burn Hard Rock
Mott the Hoople The Hoople Glam Rock
Aerosmith Get Your Wings Blues Rock, Hard Rock
Phil Woods Musique du Bois Hard Bop
Santana Lotus Jazz Fusion, Jazz-Rock, Psychedelic Rock
The Modern Jazz Quartet The Last Concert Jazz
Joe Pass Virtuoso Jazz
Raspberries Starting Over Power Pop
Queen Queen II Glam Rock, Hard Rock
Miles Davis Get Up with It Jazz Fusion, Jazz-Funk
King Crimson Starless and Bible Black Progressive Rock
Al Green Al Green Explores Your Mind Smooth Soul
Cánovas, Rodrigo, Adolfo y Guzmán Señora azul Folk Pop, Pop Rock
Funkadelic Standing on the Verge of Getting It On Funk Rock, P-Funk
Parliament Up for the Down Stroke P-Funk
Jan Garbarek / Bobo Stenson Quartet Witchi-Tai-To ECM Style Jazz
Sam Rivers Crystals Experimental Big Band, Free Jazz