1974 I was really all about Sparks, both of their '74 albums are on my alltime list. Nice to see Hatfield and the North mentioned above, I may have played their s/t more than any of the albums on the poll.
― Dial Alexa, derelict! (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 27 February 2019 19:14 (five years ago) link
And I know little about reggae and dub so i need schooling
― Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy)
dadawah's "love and peace" is absolutely utterly essential reggae
― the scientology of mountains (rushomancy), Wednesday, 27 February 2019 19:22 (five years ago) link
Nyabinghi space rock. Definitely essential listening.
― *there's (Noel Emits), Wednesday, 27 February 2019 19:26 (five years ago) link
"Peace & Love" but otherwise otm
― rob, Wednesday, 27 February 2019 19:49 (five years ago) link
eno won't win because of split voting. i think it is either neil or joni who will finish first. maybe robert has a chance too.
― Ich bin kein Berliner (alex in mainhattan), Wednesday, 27 February 2019 20:38 (five years ago) link
There's my favourite Bowie, maybe my favourite Neil Young, totally amazing mindblowing stuff by Eno, Genesis, King Crimson, Roxy Music (and a wonderful Richard & Linda Thompson album as well).But even if I am a massive fan of all of those and especially Bowie and Diamond Dogs IS my fave Bowie...It's Gene Clark - No Other for me.
― Valentijn, Wednesday, 27 February 2019 20:50 (five years ago) link
missed the Richard & Linda Thompson, that might have beaten Neil Young, but I'm happy with my choice.
other great reggae albums from '74:
King Tubby - Dub From the RootsKeith Hudson & Family Man - Pick a DubAugustus Pablo - This Is Augustus Pablo Burning Spear - Rocking TimeKeith Hudson - Entering the Dragon
― Neil S, Wednesday, 27 February 2019 20:57 (five years ago) link
Get Up With It tho.
― *there's (Noel Emits), Wednesday, 27 February 2019 21:08 (five years ago) link
Kimono my House is the big omission here. And Relayer :)
two great Magma albums this year too - Kohntarkosz and Wurdah Itah, though I don't know if the latter was known by that name back then
― frogbs, Wednesday, 27 February 2019 21:11 (five years ago) link
i know the dadawah actually
― Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Wednesday, 27 February 2019 21:36 (five years ago) link
Gut vote this time is Grievous Angel: rueful restless sidewise insights, exhilarating sounds=high lonesome wild blue yonder---
― dow, Wednesday, 27 February 2019 23:28 (five years ago) link
Top Ten would of course incl. Big Star, Miles, Funkadelic, and several Not Listed (wasn't Van Morrison's It's Too Late To Stop Nowa '74 release?)
― dow, Wednesday, 27 February 2019 23:32 (five years ago) link
Voting Joni. I don't like all the songs on it but the highs are very high
― calstars, Wednesday, 27 February 2019 23:39 (five years ago) link
― calstars, Wednesday, 27 February 2019 23:40 (five years ago) link
1974 debuts & other notable rock LPs not yet mentioned...
RONNIE WOOD- I GOT MY OWN ALBUM TO DO!!!
Kiss- s/t, Hotter than HellRush- s/tJudas Priest - Rocka RollaBad Company- s/tKansas - s/tQueen- IIRobin Trower- Bridge of SighsAerosmith- Get Your WingsLynyrd Skynyrd- Second HelpingTom Waits- Heart of Saturday NightLittle Feat- Feets Don't Fail Me NowSweet- Desolation Blvd.Joe Walsh- So WhatWeather Report- Mysterious TravelerThin Lizzy- Nightlife
― earlnash, Wednesday, 27 February 2019 23:45 (five years ago) link
no other without even thinking about it
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Wednesday, 27 February 2019 23:50 (five years ago) link
Neil or Joni or Big Star
― we're far from the challops now (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 27 February 2019 23:55 (five years ago) link
weather report album is there!xps
― Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Thursday, 28 February 2019 00:01 (five years ago) link
plumped for On the Beach, my favourite album by one of my favourite songwriters.
closely followed by:
Cluster - ZuckerzeitB.T. Express - Do it til your satisfied
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 28 February 2019 00:07 (five years ago) link
Shuggie!
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Thursday, 28 February 2019 00:54 (five years ago) link
the shuggie otis record has a very amazing short little track that i nominated for the under two minutes poll and y’all should vote for it :)
― budo jeru, Thursday, 28 February 2019 01:07 (five years ago) link
happy house! :)
― J. Sam, Thursday, 28 February 2019 04:46 (five years ago) link
Eno, but doubtless most people who say that here will go for the wrong one
― imago, Wednesday, February 27, 2019 8:03 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
That's because you will be voting for the wrong one ;)
It hurts to bypass Zuckerzeit and On The Beach, but this is Warm Jets for me.
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 28 February 2019 08:58 (five years ago) link
Big Star over Autobahn. I listened to a lot of the 'most acclaimed albums of 1974' recently, and one that surprised me positively was Late For The Sky by Jackson Browne
― dorsalstop, Thursday, 28 February 2019 11:48 (five years ago) link
i assume their list is a bit different to mine?
― Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Thursday, 28 February 2019 14:13 (five years ago) link
Yes - acclaimed music.net I think, one of those list aggregators - two in their top 20 that are missing from yours are Kimono My House and Late For The Sky, that's why I mentioned it.
― dorsalstop, Thursday, 28 February 2019 14:15 (five years ago) link
http://www.acclaimedmusic.net/year/1974a.htm
― dorsalstop, Thursday, 28 February 2019 14:16 (five years ago) link
oh I know the site, just hadn't seen their list.
― Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Thursday, 28 February 2019 14:34 (five years ago) link
get up with it <3
― petey v, Thursday, 28 February 2019 15:34 (five years ago) link
Late For The Sky first side is one of the most fantastic, depressing, intense, insular sides of any singer/songwriter record. its the real shit. falls apart a bit on side 2.... but damn i've listened to side 1 soooo many times.
― Hmmmmm (jamiesummerz), Thursday, 28 February 2019 15:40 (five years ago) link
the opener got used in taxi driver of course. amazing album opener.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqYiHkx7ils
― Hmmmmm (jamiesummerz), Thursday, 28 February 2019 15:41 (five years ago) link
But side 2 has "Before the Deluge!" Amazing album closer.
― pee-tape pay per view special (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 28 February 2019 17:09 (five years ago) link
there are few albums as singular, as beautiful, as mysterious as “rock bottom” — i don’t know anything that sounds quite like it.
it also achieves an emotional depth that, before hearing it, i didn’t realize was possible in “rock” music.
plus ivor cutler, i mean c’mon.
a very important album for me. so it’s robert wyatt this year.
― budo jeru, Thursday, 28 February 2019 17:17 (five years ago) link
d’oh sry
― budo jeru, Thursday, 28 February 2019 17:18 (five years ago) link
On the Beach and Taking Tiger Mountain are extremely perfect rock Albums as well imo
― space rock gapdy = ADOSE (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 28 February 2019 17:29 (five years ago) link
There are quite a few POCs on this list. 1974 was a great year for soul and funk and reggae.
― Mr. Snrub, Thursday, 28 February 2019 17:36 (five years ago) link
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 28 February 2019 08:58 (nine hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
can never understand why that ragtag bunch of demos and neat ideas has so much more critical cachet than the ensuing full-bore rock masterpiece but I guess that's opinions eh!!!
― imago, Thursday, 28 February 2019 18:09 (five years ago) link
you can say what you want about HCTWJ but they aren't "ragtag demos"
Here Come the Warm Jets was recorded in twelve days at Majestic Studios in London during September 1973 by recording engineer Derek Chandler.
After recording the individual tracks, Eno condensed and mixed the instrumentation deeply, resulting in some of the tracks bearing little resemblance to what the musicians recorded during the session.
― sold out in presale (sleeve), Thursday, 28 February 2019 18:11 (five years ago) link
haha fine. it definitely sounds more 'try this, see what happens' than its successor, which feels very much of a piece and calculated to destroy me
― imago, Thursday, 28 February 2019 18:18 (five years ago) link
Calling HCTWJ demos is ludicrous.
― The Vangelis of Dating (Tom D.), Thursday, 28 February 2019 18:19 (five years ago) link
Maybe some of us prefer Try This, See What Happens to Something Calculated To Destroy Imago?
― The Vangelis of Dating (Tom D.), Thursday, 28 February 2019 18:20 (five years ago) link
I know I do
― Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Thursday, 28 February 2019 18:27 (five years ago) link
I know I don't
― space rock gapdy = ADOSE (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 28 February 2019 18:30 (five years ago) link
if only there was a way to decide
― Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Thursday, 28 February 2019 19:48 (five years ago) link
Another Court & Spark vote. I need to hear those Rufus albums again.
― brimstead, Thursday, 28 February 2019 20:02 (five years ago) link
Held my nose and went for Shuggie.
― Good cop, Babcock (Chinaski), Thursday, 28 February 2019 20:15 (five years ago) link
thanks for the dadawah rec above btw, listened to it twice last night
― budo jeru, Thursday, 28 February 2019 20:37 (five years ago) link
I listened last night too, so good. I have it as part of one of those Trojan box sets (Nyabinghi)
― sold out in presale (sleeve), Thursday, 28 February 2019 20:46 (five years ago) link
imago how many of these albums have you heard?
― Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Thursday, 28 February 2019 23:42 (five years ago) link