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317. Queen | Sheer Heart Attack (1974)
I cheated. After Queen II, I went and listened to this and every other Queen album. But by GOD listening to it again is no less riveting than the first time. “Brighton Rock” is possibly the best rock...
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318. 10cc | Sheet Music (1974)
The best moments during this 1001 albums project are when you start an album you know absolutely nothing about, and know from the very first note that you’re listening to something special. Go listen...
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319. Neil Young | On The Beach (1974)
I’m still never quite ecstatic when I happen across a Neil Young album on the list, but after Harvest I was curious to hear what he was going to come up with. Turns out it’s a return to melancholia and...
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320. George Jones | The Grand Tour (1974)
While I’ve reached the point where I can enjoy Country music, this album’s made me realize that the genre’s main draw – the homely, cozy, sit-back-with-a-beer, lounge feeling – is somewhat tainted by...
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321. Gene Clark | No Other (1974)
Great west coast sound on this album, and very apparent musical proficiency all around. I quite like how the record dabbles in Rock, Jazz, Blues, Psychedelia, Country and more without ever pegging...
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322. Steely Dan | Pretzel Logic (1974)
Good old Steely Dan. Their sound is just as tight and polished as ever, but here it seems like they had a bit more fun than usual. While songs always stay highly accessible and follow a fairly standard...
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323. Randy Newman | Good Old Boys (1974)
How in the hell did this guy go from this to Disney soundtracks? Right from the first song we have (satirical) choruses of “We keepin’ the niggers down” and “We’re rednecks/we’re rednecks/we don’t know...
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324. Bob Marley & The Wailers | Natty Dread (1974)
It’s so very hard to judge this within its historical context, because by now every reggae artist and his mum has tried to emulate it. This is the No Woman, No Cry album, but I honestly don’t feel that...
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325. Robert Wyatt | Rock Bottom (1974)
Okay this doesn’t happen very often anymore, but I just plain didn’t get this album for the first two listens. I definitely noticed that the modern band of Montreal takes some cues from Wyatt, but...
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326. Gram Parsons | Grievous Angel (1974)
Hmm, great little bit of Country. I’m not sure if it’s just that my tastes have evolved since 2011, but while I wasn’t impressed with either The Byrds‘ Sweetheart of the Rodeo or Flying Burrito...
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327. Eno | Another Green World (1975)
How odd that things have suddenly inverted since the last (and first) Eno album. Roxy Music, whom I’d never particularly fancied, put out my favourite album of theirs so far, and Eno’s now come out...
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318. 10cc | Sheet Music (1974)
The best moments during this 1001 albums project are when you start an album you know absolutely nothing about, and know from the very first note that you’re listening to something special. Go listen...
View ArticleClik here to view.
319. Neil Young | On The Beach (1974)
I’m still never quite ecstatic when I happen across a Neil Young album on the list, but after Harvest I was curious to hear what he was going to come up with. Turns out it’s a return to melancholia and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
320. George Jones | The Grand Tour (1974)
While I’ve reached the point where I can enjoy Country music, this album’s made me realize that the genre’s main draw – the homely, cozy, sit-back-with-a-beer, lounge feeling – is somewhat tainted by...
View ArticleClik here to view.
321. Gene Clark | No Other (1974)
Great west coast sound on this album, and very apparent musical proficiency all around. I quite like how the record dabbles in Rock, Jazz, Blues, Psychedelia, Country and more without ever pegging...
View ArticleClik here to view.
322. Steely Dan | Pretzel Logic (1974)
Good old Steely Dan. Their sound is just as tight and polished as ever, but here it seems like they had a bit more fun than usual. While songs always stay highly accessible and follow a fairly standard...
View ArticleClik here to view.
323. Randy Newman | Good Old Boys (1974)
How in the hell did this guy go from this to Disney soundtracks? Right from the first song we have (satirical) choruses of “We keepin’ the niggers down” and “We’re rednecks/we’re rednecks/we don’t know...
View ArticleClik here to view.
324. Bob Marley & The Wailers | Natty Dread (1974)
It’s so very hard to judge this within its historical context, because by now every reggae artist and his mum has tried to emulate it. This is the No Woman, No Cry album, but I honestly don’t feel that...
View ArticleClik here to view.
325. Robert Wyatt | Rock Bottom (1974)
Okay this doesn’t happen very often anymore, but I just plain didn’t get this album for the first two listens. I definitely noticed that the modern band of Montreal takes some cues from Wyatt, but...
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328. The Dictators | Go Girl Crazy! (1975)
This is the album that allowed me to finally “get” 70s Punk. I’d always been a little too focused on the music itself to notice how little it ultimately matters; indeed it seems dreadfully obvious now,...
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