In 1974, rock music is varied, but progressive rock dominates. Genesis benefits from it.

1.

Genesis

The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway

2.

Eric Clapton

461 Ocean Boulevard

3.

Bad Company

Bad Company

4.

Bob Marley

Natty Dread

5.

Black Sabbath

Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

6.

Harmonium

Harmonium

7.

Bachman-Turner Overdrive

Not Fragile

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8.

Kraftwerk

Autobahn

9.

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Second Helping

10.

Rick Derringer

All American Boy

11.

Queen

Sheer Heart Attack

12.

KISS

KISS

13.

Queen

Queen II

14.

Roxy Music

Country Life

15.

Joni Mitchell

Court and Spark

16.

Neil Young

On the Beach

17.

Brian Eno

Here Come the Warm Jets

18.

Steely Dan

Pretzel Logic

19.

Supertramp

Crime of the Century

20.

New York Dolls

Too Much Too Soon

Tangerine Dream

Phaedra

Sweet

Desolation Boulevard

Beau Dommage

Beau Dommage

Randy Newman

Good Old Boys