The one 1974 album you and I agree on finds Joni about halfway on her journey from folk to jazz, and the perfect balance makes this her best album, one almost everybody can enjoy. 2.

What a strange year 1974 was in pop music. A total of 23 different albums reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart. And sure, there were some expected presences: Paul McCartney and John Lennon ...

But it did not yield quite as many — at least, not to my ears — as 1973 and 1974, or the even more heady level of classic albums that came out in 1972. Linda Ronstadt released her sixth album ...

Unreleased 1974—2016 begins with three tracks recorded with bassist Barry Guy, trumpeter Dave Holdsworth, pianist Howard Riley and trombonist Paul Rutherford, recorded in 1974 but not edited into ...

Richard Pryor’s Essential Albums Released as Box Set. The LPs, reissued by Rhino, span 1974 to 1983 and include some of the late comic's most iconic routines.