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1974

 

Big Star – Record City (American power pop)

David Bowie – Diamond Dogs (English glam rock/ art rock, concept album loosely inspired by George Orwell’s 1984)

Frank Zappa – Apostrophe (‘) (American progressive rock/comedy rock)

Steely Dan – Pretzel Logic (American jazz-rock)

Kiss – Kiss (American hard rock/ glam rock, debut)

Kiss – Hotter Than Hell (American hard rock/ glam rock)

Genesis – The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (English progressive rock, rock opera, their last album with vocalist Peter Gabriel)

Roxy Music – Country Life (English glam rock/ art rock)

Sparks – Kimono My House (American glam rock/art rock)

Joni Mitchell – Court and Spark (Canadian jazz-pop)

Queen – Sheer Heart Attack (English hard rock/glam rock)

Billy Joel – Streetlife Serenade (American pop rock/soft rock)

King Crimson – Red (English progressive rock)

Kraftwerk – Autobahn (German electronic pop)

Yes – Relayer (English progressive rock)

Lou Reed – Rock And Roll Animal (Live American glam rock)

Stevie Wonder – Fulfillingness’ First Finale (American soul/funk)

Queen – Queen II (English hard rock/glam rock)

Rush – Rush (Canadian hard rock, debut, their only album with John Rutsey on drums instead of Neil Peart)

Neil Young – The Beach (Canadian rock)

Brian Eno – Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (English art rock)

Bad Company – Bad Company (English hard rock, debut for supergroup featuring former members of Free, Mott The Hoople and King Crimson)

Tom Waits- Heart Of A Saturday Night (American folk/blues)

Frank Zappa and the Mothers – Roxy And Elsewhere (American progressive rock/comedy rock, live album of never-before-released songs)

Bob Dylan and The Band – Before The Flood (American folk-rock, live double album)

Richard And Linda Thompson – I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight (English folk rock)

The Rolling Stones – It’s Only Rock And Roll (English rock)

Aerosmith – Get Your Wings (American hard rock)

Captain Beefheart & Magic Band – Bluejeans and Moonbeams (American rock)

Randy Newman – Good Old Boys (American roots rock/country rock)

Funkadelic – Standing On The Verge Of Getting It On (American funk rock)

Shuggie Otis – Inspiration Information (American psychedelic soul/funk)

Graham Parsons – Grievous Angel (American country rock, released 4 months after the artist’s death)

Supertramp – Crime Of The Century (English progressive rock/ art rock)

John Lennon – Walls & Bridges (English rock)

Jethro Tull – War Child (English Progressive Rock)

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