Creem was a superb magazine but being an American publication was quite hard to get in UK if you didn’t live in a major city, so when we did pick it up, it felt like we were accessing a distant land of exotic full colour rock n roll. Every year they had a reader’s poll and they make fascinating reading, largely because almost every single album is a classic of the era and 1974 is no exception.
- Rolling Stones- It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (But I Like It)
- David Bowie- Diamond Dogs
- Bad Company- Bad Co.
- David Bowie- David Live
- Roxy Music- Stranded
- Elton John- Caribou
- Emerson, Lake & Palmer- Welcome Back My Friends...
- Lou Reed- Rock 'n' Roll Animal
- Robin Trower- Bridge Of Sighs
- The Who- Odds and Sods
- Todd Rundgren's Utopia
- Jethro Tull- War Child
- New York Dolls- In Too Much, Too Soon
- Bachman-Turner Overdrive- Not Fragile
- Sparks- Kimono My House
- Mott The Hoople- The Hoople
- Kiss
- Eno- Here Come The Warm Jets
- Mott The Hoople- Mott Live
- Blue Oyster Cult- Secret Treaties
