Rock chronology: 1974 (original) (raw)

1974

The following 105 records from 1974 are reviewed on this site:

January:

February:

Badfinger, Badfinger [10]

Deep Purple, Burn [8]King Crimson, Starless And Bible Black [8]Lou Reed, Rock'n'Roll Animal [10]Mountain, Twin Peaks [8]Steely Dan, Pretzel Logic [12]T. Rex, Zinc Alloy And The Hidden Riders Of Tomorrow [9]

March:

ABBA, Waterloo [6]

Aerosmith, Get Your Wings [10]Eagles, On The Border [10]Frank Zappa, Apostrophe' [10]Grand Funk, Shinin' On [11]Kansas, Kansas [9]Procol Harum, [BBC Live In Concert] [11]

April:

David Bowie, Diamond Dogs [11]Deep Purple, [California Jamming] [8]Fruupp, Seven Secrets [11]Jefferson Airplane, Early Flight [11]Kiss, Kiss [9]Lynyrd Skynyrd, Second Helping [9]Procol Harum, Exotic Birds And Fruit [12]Queen, Queen II [10]

May:

10CC, Sheet Music [12]

Bill Wyman, Monkey Grip [10]Deep Purple, [Live In London] [9]J. J. Cale, Okie [13]Kinks, Preservation Act II [10]Ten Years After, Positive Vibrations [7]

June:

Bad Company, Bad Company [11]

Bob Dylan, Before The Flood [11]Elton John, Caribou [10]Grateful Dead From The Mars Hotel [9]Marc Bolan, [The Beginning Of Doves] [10]

July:

Neil Young, On The Beach [11]Stevie Wonder, Fulfillingness' First Finale [13]

August:

Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Welcome Back My Friends... [12]

Eric Clapton, 461 Ocean Boulevard [11]Fleetwood Mac, Heroes Are Hard To Find [7]Lou Reed, Sally Can't Dance [11]Roy Wood & Wizzard, Introducing Eddy & The Falcons [12]

September:

Frank Zappa, Roxy & Elsewhere [12]

John Lennon, Walls And Bridges [12]Judas Priest, Rocka Rolla [9]Traffic, When The Eagle Flies [8]

October:

Bob Marley, Natty Dread [12]

Electric Light Orchestra, Eldorado [13]Gentle Giant, The Power And The Glory [9]Gong, You [10]Jethro Tull, Warchild [10]John Cale, Fear [12]King Crimson, Red [13]Pretty Things, Silk Torpedo [11]Rod Stewart, Smiler [8]Rolling Stones, It's Only Rock'n'Roll [11]Todd Rundgren's Utopia, Todd Rundgren's Utopia [11]Who, Odds And Sods [12]

November:

Badfinger, Wish You Were Here [12]

Brian Eno, Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) [12]Can, Soon Over Babaluma [10]David Bowie, David Live [7]Fruupp, The Prince Of Heaven's Eyes [10]Genesis, The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway [12]Gentle Giant, [Live Rome 1974] [9]Nico, The End [12]Queen, Sheer Heart Attack [10]Ringo Starr, Goodnight Vienna [10]Roxy Music, Country Life [11]Thin Lizzy, Nightlife [8]

December:

Deep Purple, Stormbringer [8]

Grand Funk, All The Girls In The World Beware [10]Eric Burdon Band, Sun Secrets [10]George Harrison Dark Horse [10]Yes, Relayer [11]

[Month unknown:]

Amon Düül II, Live In London [11]

Argent, Nexus [10]Argent, Encore [11]Bee Gees, Mr Natural [11]Big Star, Radio City [11]Budgie, In For The Kill [10]Captain Beefheart, Unconditionally Guaranteed [9]Captain Beefheart, Bluejeans And Moonbeams [10]Cockney Rebel, The Psychomodo [12]Electric Light Orchestra, The Night The Lights Went On [11]Eloy, Floating [7]Focus, Hamburger Concerto [11]Geordie, Don't Be Fooled By The Name [10]Gravy Train, Staircase To The Day [9]Gryphon, Midnight Mushrumps [9]Gryphon, Red Queen To Gryphon Three [12]James Gang, Miami [8]Kayak, Kayak [11]Magma, Kohntarkosz [11]Mountain, Avalanche [12]New York Dolls, Too Much Too Soon [10]Premiata Forneria Marconi, The World Became The World [10]Robin Trower, Bridge Of Sighs [11]Roger McGuinn, Peace On You [9]Spooky Tooth, The Mirror [11]

The following 33 albums in MP3 from 1974 are reviewed on this site: