TOP PERFORMING ALBUMS
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No 10
Album: Queen II - Queen
Released: 8 March 1974
Recorded: August 1973 at Trident Studios, London
Genre: Glam rock, Hard rock
Length: 40:42
Label: EMI (UK) Parlophone (Europe) Elektra (1974) / Hollywood (1991) (US)
Producers: Roy Thomas Baker, Robin Geoffrey Cable, Queen
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No 9
Album: Here Come the Warm Jets - Eno
Released: January 1974
Recorded: September 1973 at Majestic Studios, London
Genre: Glam rock, Art pop
Length: 42:01
Label: Island
Producers: Eno
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No 8
Album: Sheer Heart Attack - Queen
Released: 8 November 1974
Recorded: July–September 1974 at AIR, Rockfield, Trident and Wessex Sound studios
Genre: Glam rock, Hard rock
Length: 39:09
Label: EMI / Parlophone (Europe), Elektra (1974) / Hollywood (1991) (US)
Producers: Ken Scott and David Bowie
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No 7
Album: Court and Spark - Joni Mitchell
Released: 1 January 1974
Recorded: 1973
Genre: Folk rock, Jazz pop
Length: 36:58
Label: Asylum
Producer: Joni Mitchell
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No 6
Album:Diamond Dogs - David Bowie
Released: 24 May 1974
Recorded: January 1974 – February 1974 at Olympic Studios and Island Studios, London; Ludolph Studios, Nederhorst den Berg
Genre: Glam rock, Art rock
Length: 38:25
Label: RCA Records
Producer: David Bowie
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No 5
Album: Rock Bottom - Robert Wyatt
Released: 26 July 1974
Recorded: Delfina’s Farm, Little Bedwyn, Wiltshire (basic tracks), February 1974 – The Manor Studio, Oxfordshire and CBS, London, April–May 1974 (overdubs)
Genre: Progressive rock, Canterbury scene, Jazz fusion, Avant-rock
Length: 39:31
Label: Virgin
Producer:Nick Mason
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No 4
Album: Red - King Crimson
Released: October 1974
Recorded: 30 June (live) July–August 1974 at Palace Theater, Providence, Rhode Island Studio Olympic Studios, London, England
Genre: Progressive rock
Length: 39:54
Label: Island (UK), Atlantic (North America)
Producer: King Crimson
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No 3
Album: Crime of the Century - Supertramp
Released: September 1974
Recorded: Ramport Studios (South London), Scorpio Sound Studios (London), and Trident Studios (London) from February to June 1974
Genre: Art rock, Progressive rock
Length: 44:10
Label: RA&M
Producers: Ken Scott and Supertramp
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No 2
Album: On the Beach - Neil Young
Released: 16 July 1974
Recorded: February 5, 1974 – April 7, 1974 at Arrow Ranch, Woodside, California; Sunset Sound Recorders, Hollywood, California
Genre: Rock, Folk rock, Blues rock
Length: 39:40
Label: Reprise
Producers: Neil Young, David Briggs (tracks 1 & 4), Mark Harman (tracks 2-3 & 5), Al Schmitt (tracks 6-8)
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No 1 (Best Performing Album)
Album: The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway - Genesis
Released: 18 November 1974
Recorded: August–October 1974 at Glaspant Manor, Carmarthenshire, Wales with Island Studios’ mobile recording equipment
Genre: Progressive rock, Art rock
Length: 94:22
Label: Charisma
Producers: John Burns and Genesis