UNITED KINGDOM’S (BARRY KOWAL)TOP ALBUMS OF 1974
No.-Album-Artist-Peak Month 1 TUBULAR BELLS-MIKE OLDFIELD-SEPTEMBER 4622 2 SINGLES 69-73-CARPENTERS-March 3972 3 BAND ON THE RUN-PAUL MCCARTNEY AND WINGS-August 3060 4 AND I LOVE YOU SO-PERRY COMO-January 2936 5 ROLLIN'-BAY CITY ROLLERS-November 1978 6 ELTON JOHN'S GREATEST HITS-ELTON JOHN-December 1686 7 DAVID ESSEX-DAVID ESSEX-December 902 8 CAN'T GET ENOUGH-Barry White-December 886 9 SHEER HEART ATTACK-Queen-November 880 10 ANOTHER TIME,ANOTHER PLACE-Bryan Ferry-September 816 11 Journey To The Centre Of The Earth-Rick Wakeman-May 788 12 Kimono My House-Sparks-June 618 13 Old,New,Borrowed And Blue-Slade-March 602 14 Diamond Dogs-David Bowie-June 580 15 Back Home Again-John Denver-October 546 16 Smiler-Rod Stewart-October 500 17 Caribou-Elton John-July 498 18 Hergest Ridge-Mike Oldfield-September 460 19 Millican And Nesbit-Millican And Nesbit-April 456 20 The Sting-Marvin Hamlisch-May 438 21 Behind Closed Doors-Charlie Rich-May 410 22 Silverbird-Leo Sayer-February 408 23 Diana And Marvin-Diana Ross And Marvin Gaye-May 404 24 Brain Salad Surgery-Emerson,Lake And Palmer-January 366 25 Quo-Status Quo-May 354 26 461 Ocean Boulevard-Eric Clapton-August 352 27 Innervisions-Stevie Wonder-April 352 28 Tales From Topographic Ocean-Yes-January 346 29 Remember Me This Way-Gary Glitter-July 314 30 Buddha And The Chocolate Box-Cat Stevens-April 308 31 Solitaire-Andy Williams-February 304 32 Queen 2-Queen-April 300 33 Easy Easy-Scotland World Cup Squad-June 298 34 Bad Company-Bad Company-June 290 35 His 12 Greatest Hits-Neil Diamond-July 290 36 Sheet Music-10cc-September 276 37 Glen Campbell'S Greatest Hits-Glen Campbell-April 234 38 It's Only Rock And Roll-Rolling Stones-November 232 39 Fulfillingness' First Finale-Stevie Wonder-August 230 40 Country Life-Roxy Music-November 226 41 Slade In Flame-Slade-December 220 42 Relayer-Yes-December 202 43 By Your Side-Peters And Lee-May 200 44 Burn-Deep Purple-March 200 45 Overture And Beginners-Rod Stewart And The Faces-February 200 46 Showaddywaddy-Showaddywaddy-December 196 47 Just A Boy-Leo Sayer-October 196 48 Solo Concert-Billy Connolly-August 192 49 Rainbow-Peters And Lee-September 186 50 Planet Waves-Bob Dylan-March 182 51 The Psychomodo-Cockney Rebel-September 172 52 Walls & Bridges-John Lennon-October 164 53 The Way We Were-Andy Williams-June 164 54 Between Today And Yesterday-Alan Price-July 162 55 Live At The Tower Philadelphia-David Bowie-November 156 56 The Free Story-Free-March 150 57 The Untouchable-Alvin Stardust-March 138 58 Propaganda-Sparks-November 128 59 Stormbringer-Deep Purple-November 126 60 The Three Degrees-Three Degrees-October 116 61 A Tapestry Of Dreams-Charles Aznavour-October 112 62 Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back-Frank Sinatra-January 108 63 Ladies And Gentlemen-Emerson,Lake And Palmer-August 100 64 Rock Your Baby-George McCrae-August 72 65 Together-New Seekers-April 72 66 Now We Are Six-Steeleye Span-April 70 67 Before The Flood-Bob Dylan And The Band-July 46 68 Ma-Lena Zavaroni-March 46 69 Cassidy Live-David Cassidy-August 44 70 Slaughter On Tenth Avenue-Mick Ronson-March 44 71 The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway-Genesis-December 42 72 Odds And Sods-Who-October 42 73 Harbour-Jack Jones-February 42 74 Serenade-Neil Diamond-November 40 75 The Hoople-Mott The Hoople-April 40 76 Hang On In There Baby-Johnny Bristol-September 38 77 Zinc Alloy And The Hidden Riders Of Tomorrow-Marc Bolan And T. Rex-March 38 78 I'm Leaving It All Up To You-Donny And Marie Osmond-November 36 79 Hey!-Glitter Band-September 36 80 Rampant-Nazareth-May 36 81 This Is The Moody Blues-Moody Blues-December 34 82 Motown Chartbusters, Volume 9-Various Artists-November 34 83 War Child-Jethro Tull-November 34 84 A Stranger In My Own Back Yard-Gilbert O'Sullivan-October 34 85 Santana's Greatest Hits-Santana-October 34 86 Court And Spark-Joni Mitchell-March 34