BILLBOARD (USA) MAGAZINE’S (MAGAZINE’S CHART) TOP 100 ALBUMS OF 1974*
No. Album-Artist-Label-Peak Month 1 GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD-ELTON JOHN-MCA 2 JOHN DENVER'S GREATEST HITS-JOHN DENVER-RCA 3 BAND ON THE RUN-WINGS-Apple 4 INNERVISIONS-STEVIE WONDER-Tamla 5 YOU DON'T MESS AROUND WITH JIM-JIM CROCE-ABC 6 AMERICAN GRAFFITI SOUNDTRACK-MCA 7 IMAGINATION-GLADYS KNIGHT & PIPS-Buddah 8 BEHIND CLOSED DOORS-Charlie Rich-Epic 9 THE STING-Soundtrack-MCA 10 TRES HOMBRES-ZZ Top-London 11 Dark Side Of The Moon-Pink Floyd-Harvest 12 Bachman Turner Overdrive II-Bachman Turner Overdrive-Mercury 13 Court And Spark-Joni Mitchell-Asylum 14 Sundown-Gordon Lightfoot-Reprise 15 Maria Muldar-Maria Muldar-Reprise 16 I Got A Name-Jim Croce-ABC 17 Brain Salad Surgery-Emerson,Lake & Palmer-Manticore 18 Ship Ahoy-O'Jays-Philadelphia International 19 Full Sail-Loggins & Messina-Columbia 20 Wild & Peaceful-Kool & The Gang-De Lite 21 Head Hunters-Herbie Hancock-Columbia 22 Tubular Bells-Mike Oldfield-Virgin 23 The Singles 1969-1973-Carpenters-A&M 24 Life & Times-Jim Croce-ABC 25 Chicago VII-Chicago-Columbia 26 Led Zeppelin IV-Led Zeppelin-Atlantic 27 Talking Book-Stevie Wonder-Tamla 28 The Best Of Bread-Bread-Elektra 29 Los Cochinos-Cheech & Chong-Ode 30 Ringo-Ringo Starr-Apple 31 Houses Of The Holy-Led Zeppelin-Atlantic 32 Buddah & Chocolate Bar-Cat Stevens-A&M 33 Laid Back-Greg Allman-Capricorn 34 What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits-Dobbie Brothers-Warner Brothers 35 Spectrum-Billy Cochran-Atlantic 36 Hot Cakes-Carly Simon-Elektra 37 Under The Influence Of-Love Unlimited-20th Century 38 Open Your Eyes-Earth,Wind & Fire-Columbia 39 The Joker-Steve Miller Band-Capitol 40 Diamond Girl-Seals & Crofts-Warner Brothers 41 Pretzel Logic-Steely Dan-ABC 42 Stone Gon'-Barry White-20th Century 43 The Captain And Me-Doobie Brothers-Warner Brothers 44 Shinin' On-Grand Funk Railroad-Capitol 45 Bridge Of Sighs-Robin Trower-Chrysalis 46 Let's Get It On-Marvin Gaye-Tamla 47 War Live-War-United Artists 48 On The Border-Eagles-Asylum 49 Lynyrd Skynyrd-Lynyrd Skynyrd-MCA 50 The Way We Were-Barbra Streisand-Columbia 51 Love Is The Message-MFSB-Philadelphia International 52 Unborn Child-Seals & Crofts-Warner Brothers 53 Mighty Love-Spinners-Atlantic 54 Quadrophenia-Who-MCA 55 Bachman Turner Overdrive-Bachman Turner Overdrive-Mercury 56 Piano Man-Billy Joel-Columbia 57 Love Song For Jeffrey-Helen Reddy-Capitol 58 Skin Tight-Ohio Players-Mercury 59 Chicago VII-Chicago-Columbia 60 Apostrophe-Frank Zappa-Discreet 61 Don't Cry Now-Linda Ronstadt-Asylum 62 Back To Oakland-Tower Of Power-Warner Brothers 63 Brothers And Sisters-Allman Brothers-Capricorn 64 On Stage-Loggins & Messina-Columbia 65 Caribou-Elton John-MCA 66 Second Helping-Lynyrd Skynyrd-MCA 67 Don't Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player-Elton John-MCA 68 Head To The Sky-Earth,Wind And Fire-Columbia 69 Diana & Marvin-Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye-Motown 70 1967-1970 Beatles-Beatles-Apple 71 Burn-Deep Purple-Warner Brothers 72 Over-Nite Sensation-The Mothers-Discreet 73 Love Song-Anne Murray-Capitol 74 For Everyman-Jackson Browne-Asylum 75 Planet Waves-Bob Dylan-Columbia 76 Jonathan Livingston Seagull-Neil Diamond-Columbia 77 Body Heat-Quincy Jones-A&M 78 Sabbath Bloody Sabbath-Black Sabbath-Warner Brothers 79 Rockin' Roll Baby-Stylistics-Avco 80 Payback-James Brown-Polydor 81 All-American Boy-Rick Derringer-Blue Sky 82 Moontan-Golden Earring-MCA 83 If You Love Me Let Me Know-Olivia Newton John-MCA 84 Goats Head Soup-Rolling Stones-Rolling Stones 85 Tales From Topographic Oceans-Yes-Atlantic 86 Euphrates River-Main Ingrediant-RCA 87 Bette Midler-Bette Midler-Atlantic 88 461 Ocean Blvd.-Eric Clapton-RSO 89 Light Shine-Jessie Collin Young-Warner Brothers 90 Back Home Again-John Denver-RCA 91 Killing Me Softly-Roberta Flack-Atlantic 92 Very Special Love Song-Charlie Rich-Epic 93 Journey To The Center Of The Earth-Rick Wakeman-A&M 94 Rhapsody In White-Love Unlimited Orchestra-20th Century 95 1962-1966 Beatles-Beatles-Apple 96 Claudine Soundtrack-Gladys Knight & The Pips-Buddah 97 Long Hard Climb-Helen Reddy-Capitol #98 Let's Put It All Together-Stylistics-Avco #98 New Ragtime Follies-Tony Orlando & Dawn-Bell 100 Livin' For You-Al Green-Hi *As published in the December 28th,1974 issue of Billboard Magazine. (#)- tie