Your 10 Favourite Prog Albums of 1974

Another great year for prog with many of the old favourites clear and present in my Top 10, including a fair sprinkling of live albums and venturing Beyond the Beyond into the realms of Fantasy. 

• The Lamb... - Genesis
• Turn of the Cards  - Renaissance
• Apostrophe' - Zappa
• Red - King Crimson
• SABB - King Crimson
• Crime of the Century - Supertramp
• Mirage - Camel
• Eldorado - ELO
• The Power & The Glory - Gentle Giant
• Relayer - Yes

14           Supertramp       Crime of the Century                      
13           Collier Music, Graham  Darius  
13           Focus    Hamburger Concerto    
13           Gong     You  
13           Harmonium       Harmonium  
13           King Crimson    Red        
13           Ptarmigan (aka Nordstrom / Dias)          Ptarmigan
13           Santana               Borboletta  
13           Santana, Carlos / Coltrane, Alice             Illuminations
13           Wyatt, Robert   Rock Bottom

Bubbling under...

12           Contraction       La Bourse Ou La Vie 
12           Cos        Postaeolian Train Robbery 
12           Garrick, Michael              Troppo 
12           Haikara - Geafar  
12           Missus Beastly - Missus Beastly
12           Quella Vecchia Locanda              Il Tempo della Gioia
12           Secret Oyster    Sea Son    
12           Sweet Smoke   Live  
12           Tangerine Dream            Phaedra      
12           Tomita - Snowflakes Are Dancing    
12           Trower, Robin  Bridge of Sighs                    
12           Yatha Sidhra      Meditation Mass    
12           Yes         Relayer
11           Argent  Encore - Live in Concert  
11           Arti + Mestieri  Tilt    
11           Atoll      Musiciens-Magiciens 
11           Ayers, Kevin      Confessions of Dr. Dream
11           Booz, Emmanuel             Le Jour Ou Les Vaches
11           Caravan               And The New Symphonia                      
11           Chicago               Chicago VII   
11           Clearlight           Clearlight Symphony    Fra         1974    
11           Cobham, Billy   Crosswinds
11           Coryell & The Eleventh House, Larry     Introducing     
11           Cosmic Jokers   Cosmic Jokers     
11           Deep Purple      Burn   
11           Dzyan   Electric Silence
11           Gallagher, Rory                Irish Tour 1974
11           Gryphon              Red Queen to Gryphon Three    
11           Hammill  The Silent Corner & The Empty Stage
11           Hancock, Herbie      Thrust  
11           Hatfield and The North                Hatfield and The North                  
11           Isotope                Illusion
11           Kandahar            Long Live The Sliced Ham
11           Kansas  Kansas
11           Magma Kohntarkosz    
11           Maupin, Bennie              The Jewel in the Lotus  
11           Nucleus               Under the Sun
11           Ougenweide     All die Weil ich Mag         
11           Perigeo        Genealogia 
11           Pohjola, Pekka - Harakka Bialoipokku (B The Magpie)  
11           Queen  II
11           Schulze, Klaus  - Blackdance  
11           Wigwam             Being    
11           Young, Neil        On The Beach
11           Aerosmith          Get Your Wings     

Italics - not on PA

Edited by Mirakaze - June 23 2021 at 00:43

1. King Crimson - Red

Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway

Edited by kenethlevine - June 27 2021 at 09:02

no order:

1. Todd Rundgren's Utopia - s/t
2. Banzai - Hora Nata
3. Triumvirat - Illusions on a Double Dimple
4. Yes - Relayer
5. ELP - Welcome Back My Friends...
6. Hatfield & the North - s/t
7. SBB - s/t
8. Tadeusz Woźniak - Tadeusz Woźniak II (Odcień Ciszy)
9. Yonin Bayashi – Ishoku-Sokuhatsu
10. Czesław Niemen - Mourner's Rhapsody

But to be frank, I think 1975 had way more great albums.

1. Supertramp: Crime of the Century