McQ's Favorite Albums Of 1974

Highest Recommends

1. Rock And Roll Animal - Lou Reed
2. Court And Spark - Joni Mitchell

Strong Recommends

3. Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) - Brian Eno
4. AWB - Average White Band
5. Country Life - Roxy Music

Solid Recommends

6. Radio City - Big Star
7. Too Much Too Soon - New York Dolls
8. Pretzel Logic - Steely Dan
9. I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight - Richard And Linda Thompson
10. 1969 Live - The Velvet Underground
11. Second Helping - Lynyrd Skynyrd
12. Grievous Angel - Gram Parsons
13. 461 Ocean Boulevard - Eric Clapton
14. Bridge Of Sighs - Robin Trower

Mild  Recommends

15. It's Too Late To Stop Now - Van Morrison
16. Paradise And Lunch - Ry Cooder

1974 Albums Of Critical Note I've Yet To Assess In Full

A Tabua De Esmerelda - Jorge Ben
Apostrophe (') - Frank Zappa
Autobahn - Kraftwerk
Bad Co. - Bad Company
Before The Flood - Bob Dylan
Belonging - Keith Jarrett And Jan Garbarek
Can't Get Enough - Barry White
Caught Up - Millie Jackson
Crime Of The Century - Supertramp
Desolation Boulevard - Sweet
Diamond Dogs - David Bowie
Eldorado - Electric Light Orchestra
Elis & Tom - Elis Regina And Antonio Carlos Jobim
Enlightenment - McCoy Tyner
Fear - John Cale
Feats Don't Fail Me Now - Little Feat
Fulfillingness First Finale - Stevie Wonder
Good Old Boys - Randy Newman
Heart Like A Wheel - Linda Rondstadt
I Can't Stand The Rain - Ann Peebles
Inspiration Information - Shuggie Otis
Interstellar Space - John Coltrane
Irish Tour '74 - Rory Gallagher
It's Only Rock And Roll - The Rolling Stones
Kimono My House - The Sparks
Late For The Sky - Jackson Browne
Meet The Residents
Natty Dread - Bob Marley
Nightbirds - Labelle
No Other - Gene Clark
On The Beach - Neil Young
Phaedra - Tangerine Dream
Phases And Stage - Willie Nelson
Pick A Dub - Keith Hudson
Planet Waves - Bob Dylan
Red - King Crimson
Rejuvenation - The Meters
Rock Bottom - Robert Wyatt
Roxy & Elsewhere - Zappa/Mothers
Secret Treaties - Blue Oyster Cult
Sheer Heart Attack - Queen
Sheet Music - 10CC
Sneakin' Sally Through The Alley - Robert Palmer
Soon Over Babaluma - CAN
The Heart Of Saturday Night - Tom Waits
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway - Genesis
The Payback - James Brown
Todd - Todd Rundgren
Unrest - Henry Cow
Veedon Fleece - Van Morrison
Winter In America - Gil Scott Heron & Brian Jackson
Zuckerzeit - Cluster