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Was there a good 1974 album?

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  • Riviera
    Riviera Posts: 8,167
    Slade in Flame, my dear old Nan bought it for me for Christmas.
  • Wheresmeticket
    Wheresmeticket Posts: 17,304
    Jesus 1974 was the best year for music.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,454
    Average White Band
  • Anna_Kissed
    Anna_Kissed Posts: 3,302
    FOCUS - Hamburger Concerto
    Hamburger Concerto was Focus's fourth studio album.
    Included is the beautiful La Cathedrale de Strasbourg by Thijs van Leer
  • WestSussexAddick
    WestSussexAddick Posts: 1,233
    The Hoople - Mott the Hoople
  • lordromford
    lordromford Posts: 7,966
    Pinky and Perky's Singalong Album.

    Classic.
  • ken_shabby
    ken_shabby Posts: 6,318
    Singalong to Pinky and Perky? I suppose it depends on your voicebox.
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 29,045
    I know it's not 1974, what about the one from the 1975?
  • ken from bexley
    ken from bexley Posts: 5,128
    Rory Gallagher: Irish Tour

  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 21,067
    New Skin for the Old Ceremony - Leonard Cohen
    Red - King Crimson
    Interstellar Space - John Coltrane
    The Heart of Saturday Night - Tom Waits

    '74 was a very good year!!

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  • Greenie
    Greenie Posts: 9,174
    ken from bexley said:

    Rory Gallagher: Irish Tour

    Is that when he went to Wales?
  • lolwray
    lolwray Posts: 4,929
    singalongamax vol 3
  • ken from bexley
    ken from bexley Posts: 5,128
    Greenie said:

    ken from bexley said:

    Rory Gallagher: Irish Tour

    Is that when he went to Wales?
    There was me thinking you were a guitarist mate!. ha ha ha!
    Rory was living in London at the time, the celebrated film of this tour recorded by Tony Palmer, and showed the world that Ireland had a world renowned rock star, as I am sure you know. When rock artists did not have the balls to play anywhere near N. I let alone Belfast, Rory always remembered the fan's, ( remember his company financed the first Rock festival there) and the album sold a mere 2 million I think it was.
    But as someone else said..........

    Gallagher's 1974 tour of Ireland coincided with one of the most tumultuous times in Belfast. Violence from IRA terrorists was erupting throughout the city even at rock concerts. As a result, most rock acts refused to play in the city. The day before Gallagher's scheduled concert in Belfast ten bombs went off at various locations around the city. Everyone expected Gallagher to cancel as all the other big names had but he went on with the concert and was rewarded with one of his best shows. A local Belfast journalist writing to describe the concert and the feeling of staying strong in the face of terrorism said "I've never seen anything quite so wonderful, so stirring, so uplifting, so joyous as when Gallagher and the band walked on stage. The whole place erupted, they all stood and they cheered and they yelled, and screamed, and they put their arms up, and they embraced. Then as one unit they put their arms into the air and gave peace signs. Without being silly, or overemotional, it was one of the most memorable moments of my life. It all meant something, it meant more than just rock n' roll, it was something bigger, something more valid than just that.

    How good he was as a player, well we all have our opinions..... but as a man that loved the music, and playing to the fans...... No 1 to me.
    But then you knew that....... didn't you?
  • Badger
    Badger Posts: 4,842
    Keith Hudson - Pick a Dub.
  • LoonyBin
    LoonyBin Posts: 49
    A few more albums from 1974. Whether or not you think they were any good is up to you

    Band On The Run (Wings)
    Five A Side (Ace)
    Get Your Wings (Aerosmith)
    Holiday (America)
    Average White Band (AWB)
    Not Fragile (Bachman Turner Overdrive)
    Secret Treaties (Blue Oyster Cult
    Planet Waves (Bob Dylan)
    Buddha and the Chocolate Box (Cat Stevens)
    The Free Story (greatest hits compilation) (Free)
    Walls & Bridges (John Lennon)
    Caribou (Elton John)
    It's Only Rock and Roll (Rolling Stones)
    Quo (Status Quo)
    Desolation Boulevard (The Sweet)
    Wonderworld (Uriah Heep)


    By far and away though, the best album of '74 was Pretzel Logic by Steely Dan. Miles ahead of anything else.
  • A-R-T-H-U-R
    A-R-T-H-U-R Posts: 7,678
    edited February 2015
    Henry Irving said:

    Average White Band

    OP wants Good albums, Henry, not Average ones.
  • A-R-T-H-U-R
    A-R-T-H-U-R Posts: 7,678
    edited February 2015
    LoonyBin said:

    A few more albums from 1974. Whether or not you think they were any good is up to you

    Band On The Run (Wings)
    Five A Side (Ace)
    Get Your Wings (Aerosmith)
    Holiday (America)
    Average White Band (AWB)
    Not Fragile (Bachman Turner Overdrive)
    Secret Treaties (Blue Oyster Cult
    Planet Waves (Bob Dylan)
    Buddha and the Chocolate Box (Cat Stevens)
    The Free Story (greatest hits compilation) (Free)
    Walls & Bridges (John Lennon)
    Caribou (Elton John)
    It's Only Rock and Roll (Rolling Stones)
    Quo (Status Quo)
    Desolation Boulevard (The Sweet)
    Wonderworld (Uriah Heep)


    By far and away though, the best album of '74 was Pretzel Logic by Steely Dan. Miles ahead of anything else.

    Oh no it wasn't........
  • Happy Valley
    Happy Valley Posts: 212
    As mentioned above, Red by King Crimson. I still listen to it - amazing and heavy. KC also released Starless and Bible Black in 1974, also brilliant.
  • Happy Valley
    Happy Valley Posts: 212
    The Confessions of Dr Dream by the late Kevin Ayers. Not his greatest work, but pretty good.
  • A-R-T-H-U-R
    A-R-T-H-U-R Posts: 7,678
    edited February 2015
    Happy Valley said:

    The Confessions of Dr Dream by the late Kevin Ayers. Not his greatest work, but pretty good.

    I was very strangely saddened by this lovely man's death.
    In fact I joined Facebook just to learn more about him recently. amazing fans with amazing old videos.

    Despite the poor production his last 'Unfairground' is sweet listening with a glass of wine on a continental summers day.

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  • thewolfboy
    thewolfboy Posts: 2,948
    Just been listening to Kevin in the car. What more can I say is his preview of Confession of Dr Dream. Not over produced and very insightful.
  • Badger
    Badger Posts: 4,842
    thewolfboy said:

    Just been listening to Kevin in the car. What more can I say is his preview of Confession of Dr Dream. Not over produced and very insightful.

    Whatevershebringswesing is a good Kevin Ayers LP imo.
  • thewolfboy
    thewolfboy Posts: 2,948
    Agree Badger.
  • Oliver Street
    Oliver Street Posts: 5,133
    Miles Davis - Get Up With It
  • Solidgone
    Solidgone Posts: 10,264
    Agadoo
  • ashley
    ashley Posts: 531
    War babies by Hall and Oates produced by Todd Rundgren .Essential addition to your music collection .
  • Bangkokaddick
    Bangkokaddick Posts: 4,323
    Reading this thread has just made me realise that I appear to have lost my Steely Dan CD box set. Didn't see it in London last time I checked, definitely no in my CD cupboard here in Phuket.

    Anyway, another vote for Pretzel Logic!
  • Salad
    Salad Posts: 10,189
    well I asked the question so I listened to a few, there are two I like:
    1. Veedon Fleece - Van Morrison (I thought Astral Weeks was his only "good" one ;-)
    2. Radio City - Big Star

    Thanks!
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,454
    Salad said:

    well I asked the question so I listened to a few, there are two I like:
    1. Veedon Fleece - Van Morrison (I thought Astral Weeks was his only "good" one ;-)
    2. Radio City - Big Star

    Thanks!

    You're welcome

    I would say Van's series of LPs (one for the kids there) around that time are all better than Astral Weeks but I'm more soul than jazz

    Moondance
    Tupelo Honey
    Saint Dominic's Preview
    Hard Nose the Highway
    It's Too Late to Stop Now (Live)
    Veedon Fleece

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