Doesn’t Big Star also fit the “yeah, but what about everything else the artist did in the Seventies”? If I’m trying to get someone into them, I’d start with Third, then #1, then Radio City.
I could go either way on Radio City vs. Third as long as I don't put a heavy weight on 'but "September Gurls" is really great'. I don't remember anything about #1 Record besides "Thirteen" (which suggests that, uh, maybe I've never heard it)
I’m trying to listen to 100 albums from 1974 this year (as well as ‘84 and ‘94), and I’m only 44 albums in, so I didn’t feel knowledgeable enough to participate in the poll. However, I’m already seeing what you write about here (especially in comparison to ‘70-‘73), and I’m struggling to get psyched about what I’ll be listening to once I get to 76-100.
One gem that I found that I didn’t see on the poll list is Ana Mizzotti’s jazzy MPB album that she made with Azymuth as her backing band. It’s definitely worth a spin for her cover of “Feel Like Making Love” alone.
"I didn’t feel knowledgeable enough to participate"
Spare a thought for the stay-at-home voter.*
*Just realized that verse four of "Salt Of The Earth" is an oblique successor to "Satisfaction" (as is verse three of "Mother's Little Helper," though not nearly as oblique).
Doesn’t Big Star also fit the “yeah, but what about everything else the artist did in the Seventies”? If I’m trying to get someone into them, I’d start with Third, then #1, then Radio City.
I could go either way on Radio City vs. Third as long as I don't put a heavy weight on 'but "September Gurls" is really great'. I don't remember anything about #1 Record besides "Thirteen" (which suggests that, uh, maybe I've never heard it)
I’m trying to listen to 100 albums from 1974 this year (as well as ‘84 and ‘94), and I’m only 44 albums in, so I didn’t feel knowledgeable enough to participate in the poll. However, I’m already seeing what you write about here (especially in comparison to ‘70-‘73), and I’m struggling to get psyched about what I’ll be listening to once I get to 76-100.
One gem that I found that I didn’t see on the poll list is Ana Mizzotti’s jazzy MPB album that she made with Azymuth as her backing band. It’s definitely worth a spin for her cover of “Feel Like Making Love” alone.
Thanks for all the work that went into this post!
"I didn’t feel knowledgeable enough to participate"
Spare a thought for the stay-at-home voter.*
*Just realized that verse four of "Salt Of The Earth" is an oblique successor to "Satisfaction" (as is verse three of "Mother's Little Helper," though not nearly as oblique).
Love the “big pretzel star” graphic Brad!
I think we can all agree that my biggest accomplishment here was not cheerleading for Japanese music but getting Slapp Happy inside the top 100
Thanks for inspiring me to check out LIBERTANGO (not on streaming, sadly)!
How are Piazzolla's other two 1974 albums?
If anyone knows, tell me! (There's the Mulligan collab and what?)
Another collab, with Amelita Baltar.
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FWIW - I found a list Richard made of his favorite albums by year. For 1974 he had New York Dolls’ in Too Much Too Soon.