Hard to believe that all of these albums will be 50 this year. 1974 was a great year for music for sure.

Can’t believe you took your time to rank 1974 albums. That’s almost TWO THOUSAND albums

@mrlalalaelmo7454

6 ай бұрын

LOL

Larry..that is a very good Stones albums..give it a fresh listen…we had a few of the same albums in our top ten..Great job Larry👍❤glen

I can't explain my pleasure you mentioned "The impossible dream" by the great "Sensational Alex Harvey Band". I never watched anyone talk about this masterpiece in a 1974's favourite albums. Sure it deserved 10/10. Prog, funk, cabaret, hard, pop and fun, fun, fun with a fantastic scottish flavour. Love it, Vambo rools !

It’s Only Rock n Roll never gets enough love. #1 U.S. #2 in U.K. Mick Taylor’s majestic Swan-Song Time Waits For No one.

An excellent collection of albums!. My favourites are Sheer Heart Attack, Queen II, Diamond Dogs, Crime of the Century and Eldorado. 👍xx

I am missing a few of these CDs, Kraftwerk, Man, Captain Beefheart, Hawkwind, and Nektar I think. I really need to give that Gene Clark album more listens, I've only given it a couple. Maybe that will be my New Years resolution. I wondered which album would be number one, I guessed right. A very good list. I think I would put Good Old Boys at number one on my list. Newman really handles the topics of racism and working class people so well on that album. And I like that he doesn't confine the racism to the south, sadly there is plenty here in the north as well. On a lighter note Preservation Act 2 by The Kinks would easily be in my top 5. I have no shame.

My Top 3 of 1974 were # 1 On The Beach - Neil Young # 2 Radio City - Big Star & # 3 The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway - Genesis.

The Randy Newman album is probably my favorite of these. It was one of my first album purchases. I’m pretty on board with the rest of your ranking.

I read that a survey voted 1974 as the best year for pop/rock.

Red by King Crimson :)

@jamesstegemoeller9069

6 ай бұрын

Thank you! The best❤

That's a great collection of albums from 74. Yes and Genesis are my favorite. I recently listened to the Man album for the first time when researching the 50 year old albums and was impressed. Some of those classics are still waiting for me to discover their greatness. That's ok. They're not going anywhere, and I've got the discovery to look forward to.

@michaelbenz8092

6 ай бұрын

Oh! And I loved Autobahn from its release in 1974.

I haven't heard most of them, but I do know Kimono My House - it was in the record library at university - a remarkable album

I dont even watch tv anymore Larry.Just you and few others on youtube is my entertainment.Well done!

@canadianstudmuffin

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and commenting, Tom!

Dominance and Submission is an amazing song.

Nice to see Hawkwind on your list. UFO - Phenomenon another great 1974 album would be on my list somewhere. Pretty amazing I didn't realize Kimono My House & Propaganda were the same year. I remember not knowing anyone that liked Sparks. One time coworker heard me listening to them and got excited. He came over to my house one day and had a guitar laying around, he picked it up anf broke into playing the main riff to This Town Ain't Big Enough for the Both of Us. Amazing. Turned out he was a Residents fan too. 😂 That was a good day.

Some of my favourites are: Sally Can't Dance Rock And Roll Animal Burn Stormbringer The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway Relayer It's Only Rock And Roll Apostrophe Kimono My House Propaganda Warchild Walls And Bridges Queen II Sheer Heart Attack

Lot of great albums that year. Off the top of my head I would say my favorite four are: Crime of the Century, Eldorado, Relayer and Lamb.

Nice list! I've heard of Man before, "Be Good To Yourself At Least Once A Day" is a nice album.

The only albums here that I owned Larry were Walls And Bridges and Diamond Dogs which were two very good albums,#9 Dream on Walls And Bridges is one of my favorite John Lennon solo songs,1st or 2nd and I love the line on Diamond Dogs,the elevator's broke so he slides down a rope,brilliant and you definitely have a Sparks problem Larry,seek out Glen Kellaway for therapy! Bob

Not Fragile by BTO...come on Canada!!!!

Queen 2 - a prog classic :) Thanks Larry

A good list of albums . Here's my favourite 1974 albums , but I was too lazy to rank them : Bad Company : Bad Company Jethro Tull : Warchild Genesis : The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway Queen : Sheer Heart Attack Steely Dan : Pretzel Logic Frank Zappa : Apostrophe Neil Young : On the Beach Roxy Music : Country Life Robin Trower : Bridge of Sighs Rory Gallagher : Irish Tour '74 John Lennon : Walls & Bridges Renaissance : Turn of the Cards Gordon Lightfoot : Sundown Joni Mitchell : Court & Spark Doobie Brothers : What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits Robert Palmer : Sneaking' Sally Through the Alley Joe Cocker : I Can Stand a Little Rain Tangerine Dream : Phaedra Elton John : Caribou Rufus : Rags to Rufus Supertramp : Crime of the Century Be Bop Deluxe : Axe Victim Eagles : On the Border David Bowie : Diamond Dogs Gentle Giant : The Power & the Glory King Crimson : Red ELP : Welcome Back My Friends ( live ) Eric Clapton : 461 Ocean Blvd . Yes : Relayer Tower of Power : Back to Oakland Cheers !

Number one, by a wide margin, Crime of the Century. Tie for number 2 with Queen II and Sheer Heart Attack

1974 was a great year for music! There were many bands who also released their first albums in that year. Just a couple of examples would be KISS, RUSH, Meet the RESIDENTS, and Rocka Rolla by JUDAS PRIEST (for the metalheads out there)! There are many more, but these are the ones I could remember.

I always think 1974 is one of the weakest years during the classic rock era, but gosh there are still so many great albums. A few other favourites of mine to mention too: - Joni mitchell - Court and spark - King crimson - Red - Camel - Mirage - Chicago - Chicago VII - Steely dan - Pretzel logic - 10cc - Sheet music - Linda ronstadt - Heart like a wheel - Billy joel - Streetlife serenade - Focus - Hamburger concerto - Tom waits - The heart of saturday night - Miles davis - Get up with it - Bachman turner overdrive - Not fragile - Santana - Borboletta - Lynyrd skynyrd - Second helping - Stevie wonder - Fulfillingness first finale - Shuggie otis - Inspiration information

@michaelpdawson

6 ай бұрын

What, no Jethro Tull Warchild?

@canadianstudmuffin

6 ай бұрын

I don't know why viewers expect certain albums to be in everyone's lists... there were 100's of albums released in 1974 and we all have our personal favorites.

I would go with Relayer as my favorite, then Crime of The Century, and Wall's and Bridges. I also agree with the rest of your rankings.

Nice. Would recommend Brian Eno and King Crimson releases from this year also.

Hi larry 1974 a good year for music ,my favorite would be golden earring switch such a great underrated album i also love odds and sods by the who 👍✌️

Nice ranking Larry, I've still never listened to Alex Harvey.

Nice choices there! Rolling Stone trashed that Lou Reed album, but then again what do they know! I love hearing about that famous moment when you rejected that Sparks album but then you had a change of heart. Sparks rules! I am a fan because of you.

Larry I was in High School in 1974 , and I have a few of those albums. Walls and Bridges , Sheer Heart Attack , ELO , The Stones I liked a lot , my friends didn’t 😂. The one I listened to the most was Diamond Dogs it was and is so cool 😊

My favs are Crime of the Century, Relayer, Eldorado, and Walls & Bridges. I put Propaganda and Autobahn on my 'to listen to' list.

Some brilliant albums there. Diamond Dogs a fav of mine, like you I’m getting into Nektar but they are a really good band. The Lamb obviously. I think Kimono might have been one of the first LPs I ever bought and I too threw it in the trash, but unlike you I never got it back out again. How many wines did you have btw? All the best. Dave✅✅

The only track that I immediately resonated with on Queen II was the song Some Day One Day. I like Supertramp but I'm not as huge fan of Crime Of The Century as everyone else seem to be. I prefer the albums that came after it. Country Life by Roxy Music is an album from 1974 that I think lies in your taste too. I like the song Nektar Questions And Answers. But the version I got used to was a remix on a 5 CD Various box-set named Supernatural Fairy Tales some decades ago. Yes Relayer is perfect and impressive. I could never decide if it's my favorite Yes record because the ones before it were perfect and impressive too. I saw the music video Coming Up by Paul McCartney before I knew of Sparks. I find it hard to decide what's best of Kimono My House and Propaganda by Sparks. Together they sound as if they could have been a double album. Their 1977 album Introducing Sparks is also an album I think is very good. But overall of the albums you showed it is mainly Yes Relayer that I still listen to on a regular basis. Also ELO and Genesis are huge for me but not so much their 1974 albums for some reason, maybe the production. Some songs on The Lamb album were originally older, like The Light which was played live in 1971 turned into Lilywhite Lilith, and Frustration from 1970 turned into Anyway. I was born in 1974. It feels like yesterday.

Yeah Larry, I feel the love.

Kiss 1st album was 74😅

My favorites from your list include Supertramp, Zappa and the two Sparks albums. Propaganda is often my favorite by Sparks, but these days i lean toward indiscreet. Albums from 1974 that i would mention are Sheet Music by 10cc, and Pretzel Logic by Steely Dan (but i know you're not a Steely Dan fan). What else is there? Caribou by Elton John? (NO.)

Good year for music. 😊

Great video, thanks.

I know you have the debut from Kiss. It’s from 74

@canadianstudmuffin

6 ай бұрын

Yes, just forgot it.

Queen. Sheer heart attack. BOC. secret treatys

There are two or three songs that I like from Diamond Dogs. The rest I can do without. Too much filler that goes nowhere. Sure has a neat record cover though..Yes"Relayer" is a favorite of mine though ..

I cant remember which one it was now but I was watching one of your other videos last night and you said that your favourite Sparks album was Indiscreet, I guess you can't make your mind up between it and Propaganda. Personally I don't get the love for Propaganda, I think it's good but not great and there are a couple of songs on there I never, ever listen to whereas with Indiscreet and Kimono My House I love every single song on both albums.

I have 17 of the ones you showed, but I'm not sharing any thoughts. I think I'll post a video of my own and use the idea you stole from Glen.....

@canadianstudmuffin

6 ай бұрын

Looking forward to it!

gracias a usted conci a Frank zappa, hoy en día uno de mis artistas favoritos

Propaganda is soooo good