CREEM MAGAZINE 1974 READERS POLL RESULTS

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.

1. Rolling Stones- It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (But I Like It)
2. David Bowie- Diamond Dogs
3. Bad Company- Bad Co.
4. David Bowie- David Live
5. Roxy Music- Stranded
6. Elton John- Caribou
7. Emerson, Lake & Palmer- Welcome Back My Friends...
8. Lou Reed- Rock 'n' Roll Animal
9. Robin Trower- Bridge Of Sighs
10. The Who- Odds and Sods
11. Todd Rundgren's Utopia
12. Jethro Tull- War Child
13. New York Dolls- In Too Much, Too Soon
14. Bachman-Turner Overdrive- Not Fragile
15. Sparks- Kimono My House
16. Mott The Hoople- The Hoople
17. Kiss
18. Eno- Here Come The Warm Jets
19. Mott The Hoople- Mott Live
20. Blue Oyster Cult- Secret Treaties