Creem Magazine Reader Polls (1973-77, 79-80) Creem Magazine 1973 Reader Poll Results Top Albums 1. Mott The Hoople – Mott The Hoople 2. The Who – Quadrophenia 3. Elton John – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 4. The Rolling Stones – Goat's Head Soup 5. New York Dolls – New York Dolls 6. Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon 7. Allman Brothers – Brothers and Sisters 8. Led Zeppelin – Houses of the Holy 9. Alice Cooper – Billion Dollar Babies 10. Stooges – Raw Power 11. Blue Oyster Cult – Tyranny and Mutation 12. David Bowie – Aladdin Sane 13. Paul McCartney and Wings – Band on the Run 14. Emerson, Lake and Palmer – Brain Salad Surgery 15. Todd Rundgren – A Wizard, A True Star 16. Yes – Yessongs 17. Paul Simon – There Goes Rhymin' Simon 18. David Bowie – Pin-Ups 19. J. Geils Band – Bloodshot 20. Jethro Tull – A Passion Play Top Singles 1. “Angie” – The Rolling Stones 2. “Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting” – Elton John 3. “Ramblin' Man” – Allman Brothers 4. “We're an American Band” – Grand Funk 5. “Brother Louie” – Stories 6. “All the Way from Memphis” – Mott The Hoople 7. “Frankenstein” – Edgar Winter Group 8. “Money” – Pink Floyd 9. “Reelin' in the Years” – Steely Dan 10. “Hello It's Me” – Todd Rundgren Best Re-Issue 1. Thunderclap Newman – Hollywood Dream 2. Allman Brothers – Beginnings 3. The Beatles – 1967-1970 4. Todd Rundgren – Something/Anything? 5. Soundtrack – American Graffiti 6. Pink Floyd – A Nice Pair 7. The Beatles – 1963-1966 8. Spirit – Best of Spirit 9. Buffalo Springfield – Buffalo Springfield 10. The Move – Split Ends * Top Group: 1) Mott The Hoople / 2) The Who / 3) Allman Brothers / 4) The Rolling Stones * Top Live Group: 1) The Who / 2) Alice Cooper / 3) J. Geils Band / 4) New York Dolls * Best Male Singer: 1) David Bowie / 2) Elton John / 3) Mick Jagger * Best Female Singer: 1) Bette Midler / 2) Carly Simon / 3) Joni Mitchell * Best R&B Singer: 1) Stevie Wonder / 2) Al Green / 3) Marvin Gaye * Best R&B Group: 1) War / 2) J. Geils Band / 3) The Spinners * Best Guitarist: 1) Jimmy Page / 2) Mick Ronson / 3) Richard Betts * Best Keyboard: 1) Keith Emerson / 2) Rick Wakeman / 3) Elton John * Best Bassist: 1) Paul McCartney / 2) John Entwistle / 3) Chris Squire * Best Drummer: 1) Keith Moon / 2) Billy Cobham / 3) Aynsley Dunbar * Best Horn Man: 1) Bobby Keyes / 2) Andrew Mackay / 3) Miles Davis * Misc. Instr.: 1) Magic Dick (harp) / 2) Ian Anderson (flute) / 3) Todd Rundgren (studio) * Best Producer: 1) Todd Rundgren / 2) Richard Perry / 3) Bob Ezrin * Worst Group: 1) New York Dolls / 2) Osmonds / 3) Grand Funk 4) / Slade * Best Songwriter: 1) Elton John/Bernie Taupin / 2) David Bowie / 3) Pete Townshend * Best New Group: 1) New York Dolls / 2) Queen / 3) Aerosmith / 4) Lynyrd Skynyrd * Disappointment: 1) The Rolling Stones – Goat's Head Soup / 2) Bowie retirement / 3) Lou Reed – Berlin * Most Pathetic: 1) Richard Nixon / 2) Lou Reed / 3) New York Dolls * Drug: 1) Marijuana / 2) Alcohol / 3) Quaalude * Hero: 1) Elton John / 2) Sam Ervin / 3) Todd Rundgren * Comeback: 1) The Stooges / 2) Paul McCartney / 3) Johnny Winter * Rip-off: 1) Richard Nixon / 2) Watergate / 3) Record prices * Most Valuable Player: 1) Mick Ronson / 2) Todd Rundgren / 3) Pete Townshend * Critic: 1) Lester Bangs / 2) Robert Christgau / 3) R. Melzer * Fad: 1) Glitter / 2) The 1950s / 3) Homosexuality / 4) Watergate * Best Rock 'n' Roll Movie: 1) American Graffiti / 2) Jimi Hendrix / 3) The Harder They Come Creem Magazine 1974 Reader Poll Results Top Albums 1. The Rolling Stones – It's Only Rock 'n' Roll 2. David Bowie – Diamond Dogs 3. Bad Company – Bad Company 4. David Bowie – David Live 5. Roxy Music – Stranded 6. Elton John – Caribou 7. Emerson, Lake and 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 – Utopia 12. Jethro Tull – War Child 13. The 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 – Kiss 18. Eno – Here Come the Warm Jets 19. Mott the Hoople – Mott Live 20. Blue Oyster Cult – Secret Treaties Top Singles 1. “Can't Get Enough” – Bad Company 2. “Rebel, Rebel” – David Bowie 3. “It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (But I Like It)” – The Rolling Stones 4. “The Bitch is Back” – Elton John 5. “You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet” – Bachman-Turner Overdrive 6. “Radar Love” – Golden Earring 7. “Bungle in the Jungle” – Jethro Tull 8. “Junior's Farm” – Paul McCartney and Wings 9. “Bennie and the Jets” – Elton John 10. “Sweet Home Alabama” – Lynyrd Skynyrd Best Re-Issue 1. The Who – A Quick One 2. The Beach Boys – Endless Summer 3. The Move – Best of the Move 4. Mott The Hoople – Rock 'n' Roll Queen 5. Alice Cooper – Greatest Hits 6. Elton John – Greatest Hits 7. Various Artists – History of British Rock, Vol. II 8. Genesis – From Genesis to Revelation 9. Them – Backtrackin' 10. Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young – So Far Album Cover of the Year 1. David Bowie – Diamond Dogs 2. The Rolling Stones – It's Only Rock 'n Roll 3. Jefferson Starship – Dragonfly 4. J. Geils Band – Nightmares 5. Yes – Relayer 6. Roxy Music – Stranded 7. Jethro Tull – War Child 8. Electric Light Orchestra – Eldorado 9. Grand Funk – Shinin' On 10. Elton John – Caribou * Top Group: 1) The Rolling Stones / 2) The Who / 3) Roxy Music * Top Live Group: 1) Emerson, Lake and Palmer / 2) The Who / 3) David Bowie * Best Male Singer: 1) David Bowie / 2) Elton John / 3) Mick Jagger * Best Female Singer: 1) Joni Mitchell / 2) Suzi Quatro / 3) Grace Slick * Best R&B Singer: 1) Stevie Wonder / 2) Peter Wolf / 3) Al Green * Best R&B Group: 1) The J. Geils Band / 2) Rufus / 3) Gladys Knight and The Pips * Best Guitarist: 1) Jimmy Page / 2) Mick Ronson / 3) Eric Clapton * Best Keyboard: 1) Keith Emerson / 2) Elton John / 3) Rick Wakeman * Best Bassist: 1) Paul McCartney / 2) John Entwistle / 3) Bill Wyman * Best Drummer: 1) Carl Palmer / 2) Keith Moon / 3) Nigel Olsson * Best Horn Man: 1) Andy Mackay / 2) Bobby Keyes / 3) Edgar Winter * Most Valuable Player: 1) Elton John / 2) Pete Townshend / 3) Nicky Hopkins * Best Producer: 1) Todd Rundgren / 2) Gus Dudgeon / 3) David Bowie * Worst Group: 1) The New York Dolls / 2) The Osmonds / 3) Bachman-Turner Overdrive * Best Songwriter: 1) Elton John-Bernie Tapin / 2) David Bowie / 3) Jagger-Richards * Best New Group: 1) Bad Company / 2) Kiss / 3) Bachman-Turner Overdrive * Best Instrumentalist: 1) Ian Anderson / 2) Eno / 3) Magic Dick * Most Pathetic of the Year: 1) Richard Nixon / 2) David Bowie / 3) Elton John * Drug of the Year: 1) Marijuana / 2) Cocaine / 3) Alcohol * Hero(ine) of the Year: 1) Elton John / 2) David Bowie / 3) Judge John Sirica * Comeback of the Year: 1) Eric Clapton / 2) Bob Dylan / 3) David Bowie * Biggest Disappointment: 1) George Harrison / 2) David Bowie / 3) Jerry Ford / 4) Nixon pardon * Rip-Off of the Year: 1) Record Prices / 2) Evel Knievel / 3) David Bowie / 4) Nixon pardon * Critic of the Year: 1) Lester Bangs / 2) Robert Christgau / 3) Jaan Uhelszki * Fad of the Year: 1) Streaking / 2) Glitter / 3) Elton John * Sex Object of the Year: 1) Suzi Quatro / 2) David Bowie / 3) Elton John * Best Rock 'n' Roll Movie: 1) Ladies and Gentlemen, The Rolling Stones / 2) Phantom of the Paradise / 3) Pink Floyd Creem Magazine 1975 Reader Poll Results Top Albums 1. Led Zeppelin – Physical Graffiti 2. Bruce Springsteen – Born to Run 3. Aerosmith – Toys in the Attic 4. David Bowie – Young Americans 5. Kiss – Alive! 6. Elton John – Captain Fantastic and The Brown Dirt Cowboy 7. The Who – By Numbers 8. Elton John – Rock of the Westies 9. Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here 10. Black Sabbath – Sabotage 11. Rod Stewart – Atlantic Crossing 12. Jefferson Starship – Red Octopus 13. Alice Cooper – Welcome to My Nightmare 14. Jeff Beck – Blow By Blow 15. Paul McCartney and Wings – Venus and Mars 16. The Rolling Stones – Made in the Shade 17. Peter Frampton – Frampton 18. Ian Hunter – Ian Hunter 19. The Tubes – The Tubes 20. Kiss – Dressed to Kill Top Singles 1. “Fame” – David Bowie 2. “Born to Run” – Bruce Springsteen 3. “Miracles” – Jefferson Starship 4. “Ballroom Blitz” – The Sweet 5. “One of These Nights” – The Eagles 6. “Sweet Emotion” – Aerosmith 7. “Young Americans” – David Bowie 8. “I'm Not in Love” – 10CC 9. “Tush” – ZZ Top 10. “Rock and Roll All Nite” – Kiss Best Re-Issue 1. The Rolling Stones – Made in the Shade 2. The Rolling Stones – Metamorphosis 3. Bob Dylan – The Basement Tapes 4. John Lennon – Shaved Fish 5. Free – Best of Free 6. Yes – Yesterdays 7. Elton John – Empty Sky 8. Jeff Beck – Jeff Beck and The Yardbirds 9. The Who – The Who Sell Out/A Quick One 10. Chicago – Chicago IX, Chicago's Greatest Hits * Top Group: 1) The Rolling Stones / 2) Led Zeppelin / 3) The Who / 4) Aerosmith * Top Live Group: 1) The Rolling Stones / 2) Kiss / 3) Led Zeppelin / 4) The Who * Best Male Singer: 1) David Bowie / 2) Mick Jagger / 3) Elton John * Best Female Singer: 1) Linda Ronstadt / 2) Grace Slick / 3) Patti Smith * Best R&B Singer: 1) Stevie Wonder / 2) David Bowie / 3) Mick Jagger * Best Guitarist: 1) Jimmy Page / 2) Eric Clapton / 3) Keith Richards * Best Keyboard: 1) Elton John / 2) Keith Emerson / 3) Rick Wakeman * Best Bassist: 1) John Entwistle / 2) Bill Wyman / 3) Paul McCartney * Best Drummer: 1) Keith Moon / 2) Charlie Watts / 3) Nigel Olsson * Best Horn Man: 1) Andy Mackay / 2) Clarence Clemons / 3) Edgar Winter * Best Songwriter: 1) Elton John/Bernie Taupin / 2) David Bowie / 3) Mick Jagger/Keith Richards * Most Valuable Player: 1) Ron Wood / 2) Keith Richards / 3) Elton John * Best Producer: 1) Todd Rundgren / 2) Gus Dudgeon / 3) Jimmy Page * Best R&B Group: 1) The Rolling Stones / 2) J.