Wat waren de beste albums die in 1974 zijn uitgebracht en wat maakte de platen bijzonder. Op deze vragen wordt antwoord gegeven. Onderstaand vind je een overzicht van de meest interessante, opvallende en beste LP’s die in het jaar 1974 zijn verschenen. Het overzicht is, voor zover de informatie beschikbaar is, chronologisch opgebouwd. Het eerst genoemde cijfer verwijst naar de exacte datum van uitbrengen. Staat er 00 dan is deze datum niet bekend. Links verwijzen naar uitgebreide informatie over het betreffende album. 

BESTE ALBUMS UIT 1974 – OVERZICHT

JANUARI
01 | Court and Spark – JONI MITCHELL
02 | Wild Tales – GRAHAM NASH
03 | The Phosphorescent Rat – HOT TUNA
11 | Lookin’ for a Love Again – BOBBY WOMACK
17 | Planet Waves – BOB DYLAN
00 | Blue Magic – BLUE MAGIC (debuut)
00 | Grievous Angel – GRAM PARSONS
00 | Here Come the Warm Jets – BRIAN ENO (solo debuut)
00 | Hotcakes – Carly Simon
00 | Rhapsody in White – LOVE UNLIMITED ORCHESTRA
00 | Silverbird – Leo Sayer (debuut)

FEBRUARI
14 | Valentine – ROY HARPER
15 | Burn – DEEP PURPLE
15 | Old New Borrowed and Blue – SLADE
18 | Kiss – KISS (debuut)
20 | Phaedra – TANGERINE DREAM
20 | Pretzel Logic – STEELYE DAN
25 | Let Me in Your Life – ARETHA FRANKLIN
26 | Lady of the Night* – DONNA SUMMER (debuut)
27 | Jolene – DOLLY PARTON
00 | Badfinger – BADFINGER
00 | If We Make It Through December – MERLE HAGGARD
00 | It’s Too Late to Stop Now – VAN MORRISON (live)
00 | Living and Dying in 3/4 Time – JIMMY BUFFETT
00 | A New Life – THE MARSHALL TUCKER BAND
00 | Radio City – BIG STAR
00 | Rock ‘n’ Roll Animal – LOU REED (live)
00 | That’s a Plenty – POINTER SISTERS
00 | Todd – TODD RUNDGREN
* Lady of the Night werd in eerste instantie alleen in Nederland uitgebracht.

MAART
01 | Get Your Wings – AEROSMITH
01 | Rush – RUSH (debuut)
04 | Waterloo – ABBA
08 | Queen II – QUEEN
11 | Chicago VII – CHICAGO
15 | Pure Smokey – SMOKEY ROBINSON
19 | Buddha and the Chocolate Box – CAT STEVENS
20 | Good Times – ELVIS PRESLEY
22 | Apostrophe (‘) – FRANK ZAPPA
22 | On the Border – EAGLES
24 | Mysterious Traveller – WEATHER REPORT
25 | Open Our Eyes – EARTH, WIND & FIRE
29 | The Hoople – MOTT THE HOOPLE
00 | Kansas – KANSAS (debuut)
00 | Mighty Love – THE SPINNERS
00 | Now We Are Six – STEELEYE SPAN
00 | Slow Dancer – BOZ SCAGGS

APRIL
01 | Meet The Residents – THE RESIDENTS (debuut)
05 | Ragged Old Flag – JOHNNY CASH
15 | Second Helping – LYNYRD SKYNYRD
19 | Big Fun – MILES DAVIS
20 | Bridge of Sighs – ROBIN TROWER
24 | Diamond Dogs – DAVID BOWIE
20 | Standing on the Verge of Getting It On – FUNKADELIC
30 | Okie – J.J. CALE
00 | Gracias a la Vida – JOAN BAEZ
00 | Hamburger Concerto – FOCUS
00 | On Stage – LOGGINS & MESSINA (live)
00 | Secret Treaties – BLUE ÖYSTER CULT
00 | Skin Tight – OHIO PLAYERS
00 | Sweet Fanny Adams – SWEET

MEI
10 | Too Much Too Soon – NEW YORK DOLLS
15 | Monkey Grip – BILL WYMAN
00 | Back to Oakland – TOWER OF POWER
00 | Body Heat – QUINCY JONES
00 | If You Love Me, Let Me Know – OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN
00 | Kimono My House – SPARKS
00 | Live at Caesars Palace – DIANA ROSS (live)
00 | Lotus – SANTANA (live)
00 | Paradise and Lunch – RY COODER
00 | Phases and Stages – Willie Nelson
00 | Quo – STATUS QUO
00 | Rags to Rufus – RUFUS
00 | Sheet Music – 10CC
00 | Winter in America – GIL SCOTT-HERON

JUNI
02 | The Psychomodo – COCKNEY REBEL
14 | Everyone Is Everybody Else – BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST
15 | Back Home Again – JOHN DENVER
19 | Marvin Gaye Live! – MARVIN GAYE
20 | Before the Flood – BOB DYLAN & THE BAND (live)
26 | Bad Company – BAD COMPANY
27 | From the Mars Hotel – GRATEFUL DEAD
28 | Caribou – ELTON JOHN
28 | Hell – JAMES BROWN
00 | I Wanna Be Selfish – ASHFORD & SIMPSON
00 | Mr. Natural – BEE GEES
00 | Perfect Angel – MINNIE RIPERTON
00 | Stars & Stripes Forever – NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND (live)

JULI
03 | Up for the Down Stroke – PARLIAMENT
05 | Another Time, Another Place – BRYAN FERRY
16 | On the Beach – NEIL YOUNG
21 | Irish Tour ’74 – RORY GALLAGHER (live)
22 | Fulfillingness’ First Finale – STEVIE WONDER
22 | Machine Gun – COMMODERES (debuut)
26 | Rock Bottom – ROBERT WYATT
00 | 461 Ocean Boulevard – ERIC CLAPTON
00 | Learn to Love It – JESSE WINCHESTER
00 | Phoebe Snow – PHOEBE SNOW (debuut)
00 | Rejuvenation – THE METERS
00 | Truck Turner – ISAAC HAYES (soundtrack)

AUGUSTUS
06 | Can’t Get Enough – BARRY WHITE
11 | New Skin for the Old Ceremony – LEONARD COHEN
19 | Pussy Cats – HARRY NILSSON
20 | Live It Up – THE ISLEY BROTHERS
28 | Hergest Ridge – MIKE OLDFIELD
00 | AWB – AVERAGE WHITE BAND
00 | Feats Don’t Fail Me Now – LITTLE FEAT
00 | I Can Stand a Little Rain – JOE COCKER

SEPTEMBER
03 | Love Is Like a Butterfly – DOLLY PARTON
05 | Dancing Machine – THE JACKSON 5
06 | Thrust – HERBIE HANCOCK
10 | Good Old Boys – RANDY NEWMAN
10 | Roxy & Elsewhere – FRANK ZAPPA & THE MOTHERS (live)
13 | I’ve Got My Own Album to Do – RONNIE WOOD
13 | Nightbirds – LABELLE
26 | Walls and Bridges – JOHN LENNON
00 | Crime of the Century – SUPERTRAMP
00 | Eldorado – ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA
00 | Hard Core Poetry – TAVARES
00 | Late for the Sky – JACKSON BROWNE
00 | Light of Worlds – KOOL & THE GANG
00 | No Other – GENE CLARK
00 | Waylon Jennings – THE RAMBLIN’ MAN
00 | Sneakin’ Sally Through the Alley – ROBERT PALMER
00 | Streetlights – BONNIE RAITT

OKTOBER
01 | Fear – JOHN CALE
04 | Odds & Sods – THE WHO
06 | Red – KING CRIMSON
08 | This Is The Moody Blues – THE MOODY BLUES
11 | Streetlife Serenade – BILLY JOEL
16 | The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper’s Feast – ROGER GLOVER
16 | It’s Only Rock ’n Roll – THE ROLLING STONES
19 | War Babies – HALL & OATES
22 | Hotter Than Hell – KISS
25 | Natty Dread – BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS
00 | Al Green Explores Your Mind – AL GREEN
00 | Borboletta – SANTANA
00 | Climax – OHIO PLAYERS
00 | The Heart of Saturday Night – TOM WAITS
00 | Inspiration Information – SHUGGIE OTIS
00 | The Mirror – SPOOKY TOOTH
00 | Reunion: The Songs of Jimmy Webb – GLEN CAMPBELL
00 | Veedon Fleece – VAN MORRISON

NOVEMBER
01 | Autobahn – KRAFTWERK
08 | Nightlife – THIN LIZZY
08 | Sheer Heart Attack – QUEEN
15 | Country Life – ROXY MUSIC
15 | Goodnight Vienna – RINGO STARR
18 | The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway – GENESIS
22 | Get Up with It – MILES DAVIS
29 | Fire on the Mountain – CHARLIE DANIELS BAND
29 | Slade in Flame – SLADE
00 | Desolation Boulevard – SWEET
00 | Fire – OHIO PLAYERS
00 | Heart Like a Wheel – LINDA RONSTADT
00 | Miles of Aisles – JONI MITCHELL (live)
00 | Propaganda – SPARKS
00 | Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) – BRIAN ENO
00 | Where We All Belong – MARSHAL TUCKER BAND
00 | Wish You Were Here – BADFINGER

DECEMBER
09 | Dark Horse – GEORGE HARRISON
00 | The Magic of the Blue – BLUE MAGIC
00 | New and Improved – THE SPINNERS
00 | Rufusized – RUFUS

DATUM ONBEKEND
– Inner Spectrum – Ace Spectrum
– Blackdance – KLAUS SCHULZE
– Caught Up – MILLIE JACKSON
– Journey – COLIN BLUNSTONE
– Kayak II – KAYAK
– Manifiesto – VICTOR JARA
– Rock Your Baby – GEORGE MCCRAE
– What the….You Mean I Can’t Sing?! – MELVIN VAN PEEBLES