View source for 1974 NME Critics End of Year Poll

This is the list of the best albums voted by the [[NME]] critics at the end of 1974. This was the first year the list was published. A ranked singles list was not compiled this year.

==List of best albums==
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| ''[[Pretzel Logic]]'' – [[Steely Dan]]
| ''[[It's Only Rock 'n' Roll]]'' – [[Rolling Stones]]
| ''[[Before the Flood (album)|Before the Flood]]'' – [[Bob Dylan]]
| ''[[461 Ocean Boulevard]]'' – [[Eric Clapton]]
| ''[[Todd (album)|Todd]]'' – [[Todd Rundgren]]
| ''[[On the Beach (Neil Young album)|On The Beach]]'' – [[Neil Young]]
| ''[[Rock Bottom (album)|Rock Bottom]]'' – [[Robert Wyatt]]
| ''[[Fulfillingness First Finale]]'' – [[Stevie Wonder]]
| ''[[Country Life (Roxy Music album)|Country Life]]'' – [[Roxy Music]]
| ''[[AWB (album)|AWB]]'' – [[Average White Band]]
| ''[[Future Days]]'' – [[Can (band)|Can]]
| ''[[Smiler (album)|Smiler]]'' – [[Rod Stewart]]
| ''[[Secret Treaties]]'' – [[Blue Öyster Cult]]
| ''[[Maria Muldaur (album)|Maria Muldaur]]'' – [[Maria Muldaur]]
| ''Another Saturday Night'' – Various Artists
| ''Sold American'' – [[Kinky Friedman]]
| ''[[On The Border]]'' – [[Eagles (band)|Eagles]]
| ''[[Court and Spark]]'' – [[Joni Mitchell]]
| ''[[Odds & Sods]]'' – [[The Who]]
| ''[[Kimono My House]]'' – [[Sparks (band)|Sparks]]
| ''[[Okie (J. J. Cale album)|Okie]]'' – [[J. J. Cale]]
| ''[[Grievous Angel]]'' – [[Gram Parsons]]
| ''[[Radio City (album)|Radio City]]'' – [[Big Star (band)|Big Star]]
| ''[[Mysterious Traveller]]'' – [[Weather Report]]
| item25_value=24 | ''[[Sheer Heart Attack]]'' – [[Queen (band)|Queen]]
| item26_value=24 | ''[[Big Fun (Miles Davis album)|Big Fun]]'' – [[Miles Davis]]
| item27_value=27 |''[[Rock 'n' Roll Animal]]'' – [[Lou Reed]]
| item28_value=28 |''Deal Gone Down'' – [[Michael Chapman (singer)|Michael Chapman]]
| item29_value=28 |''[[I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight]]'' – [[Richard and Linda Thompson]]
| item30_value=28 |''[[It's Too Late To Stop Now]]'' – [[Van Morrison]]
| item31_value=31 |''Teasin''' – [[Cornell Dupree]]
| item32_value=31 |''[[Close Up the Honky Tonks]]'' – [[Flying Burrito Brothers]]
| item33_value=33 |''[[Feats Don't Fail Me Now]]'' – [[Little Feat]]
| item34_value=33 |''[[Veedon Fleece]]'' – [[Van Morrison]]
| item35_value=35 |''[[Paradise And Lunch]]'' – [[Ry Cooder]]
| item36_value=35 |''Dreamer'' – [[Bobby Bland]]
| item37_value=37 |''[[The Beach Boys in Concert|In Concert]]'' – [[Beach Boys]]
| item38_value=37 |''[[Fear (John Cale album)|Fear]]'' – [[John Cale]]
| item39_value=37 |''[[For Everyman]]'' – [[Jackson Browne]]
| item40_value=37 |''His California Album'' – [[Bobby Bland]]
| item41_value=41 |''[[Limited Edition (Can album)|Limited Edition]]'' – [[Can (band)|Can]]
| item42_value=42 |''[[The Psychomodo]]'' – [[Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel|Cockney Rebel]]
| item43_value=42 |''Good For You Too'' – Toni Brown
| item44_value=42 |''[[Marvin Gaye Live!|Live]]'' – [[Marvin Gaye]]
| item45_value=45 |''[[Live from Deep in the Heart of Texas]]'' – [[Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen|Commander Cody]]
| item46_value=46 |''[[All American Boy (Rick Derringer album)|All American Boy]]'' – [[Rick Derringer]]
| item47_value=46 |''[[Pretty Much Your Standard Ranch Stash]]'' – [[Mike Nesmith]]
| item48_value=46 |''[[Streetwalkers]]'' – [[Chapman-Whitney]]
| item49_value=46 |''[[Wet Willie (band)|Keep On Smilin']]'' – [[Wet Willie]]
| item50_value=46 |''[[Planet Waves]]'' – [[Bob Dylan]]
| item51_value=51 |''[[Anthology: Marvin Gaye|Anthology]]'' – [[Marvin Gaye]]
| item52_value=52 |''[[Soon Over Babaluma]]'' – [[Can (band)|Can]]
| item53_value=52 |''[[Spyglass Guest]]'' – [[Greenslade]]
| item54_value=54 |''[[Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley]]'' – [[Robert Palmer (singer)|Robert Palmer]]
| item55_value=55 |''[[Propaganda (Sparks album)|Propaganda]]'' – [[Sparks (band)|Sparks]]
| item56_value=56 |''The Shipbuilder'' – [[Bob Pegg & Nick Strutt]]
| item57_value=56 |''Learn To Love It'' – [[Jesse Winchester]]
| item58_value=56 |''[[Guitar Solos]]'' – [[Fred Frith]]
| item59_value=59 |''[[Angel's Egg (album)|Angel's Egg]]'' – [[Gong (band)|Gong]]
| item60_value=59 |''[[Good Old Boys (Randy Newman album)|Good Old Boys]]'' – [[Randy Newman]]
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==See also==
*[[NME Album of the Year]]
*[[NME Single of the Year]]

==References==
*[http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/1974.html NME 1974 End of year critic lists]

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