Best/Favorite debut album

[tbone_ 14112]

Judge it however you want, just show your work...

 

 

[Deej 76755]

Zeppelin I. Do I really need to show my work? Blew the doors off, at the time. Still holds up.

[tbone_ 14112]

I think I’m going with Boston - total unknowns, no industry experience, homeboy invents and builds his own gear, engineers and records it himself, writes hella fantastic songs that will be staples of classic rock until the end of time, was like nothing ever heard at the time, and the damn thing just sounds fantastic.

 

 

To me this album is like hitting a walk off World Series winning grand slam in your first at bat.

[Deej 76755]

Sounds like you have more than a feeling about it.

[tbone_ 14112]

It’s been around such a long time, how could you not?

[GhostOfTomJoad 9323]

Chris Whitley. Living with the Law.

[TexasBeta 1261]

Van Halen. Diamond Dave. EVH. Mike Anthony and AVH.

[Anton Chigurh 3319]

I know we had a thread of this before, but I like all of these and you can’t tell me different.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And a little bit of a screwball:

 

 

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

There was a great San Marcos band many years ago that I had the honor to work with named Hognose.  I recorded and mixed two of their albums, both of which were released on the record label I co-owned.  Their first album, Longhandle was one of my absolute favorite sessions as a recording engineer.  I don't feel I did them justice, but did the best I could with the less than great gear I had.  Honestly, in a car, cranked up like it is supposed to be heard, the albums sounds pretty damn good.  They had the Texas stoner rock meets melvins vibe and were genuinely great guys.  That album had a lot of great tracks such as "14 Wide", "Get Your Hands Off My Neck" and my personal favorite "Fountainhead".  99% of y'all have never heard of these guys, but I figured I would throw out a first album that was a favorite for me on multiple levels.

 

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

2 hours ago, tbone_ said:

I think I’m going with Boston - total unknowns, no industry experience, homeboy invents and builds his own gear, engineers and records it himself, writes hella fantastic songs that will be staples of classic rock until the end of time, was like nothing ever heard at the time, and the damn thing just sounds fantastic.

 

 

To me this album is like hitting a walk off World Series winning grand slam in your first at bat.

It's this album, It was like a thermo-nuclear explosion.  Nothing has been that close since for me, REM's Murmur would be my next choice.

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

We need an unpopular music opinions thread. I can’t stand Boston.

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

Just now, Patricio Swayze said:

We need an unpopular music opinions thread. I can’t stand Boston.

After the first album they did nothing, but that first one stands on it's own, personal taste aside.

[TXSG8R 3362]

Gish by Smashing Pumpkins. Maybe because it hit me in my formative years, but that album just blew my mind with how hard it rocked. Daydream is probably the only throwaway song, and it’s at the end of the album. 

[52-80 19147]

Illmatic

[Earl Haffler 590]

[jimmyjazz 45890]

In my time, listening to AM radio under my covers when my parents thought I was asleep -- the musical "porn" of the day -- I have to go with Boston.  But I'll be damned if I didn't "discover" a shit ton of bands thanks to low-reach FM radio college radio stations of the day.  

[retread 2951]

Mine would be Boston for many of the reasons tbone listed. I always liked that Scholz did it his way. The ridiculous vocals of Delp. I wish Scholz weren't such a perfectionist so that they might have produced more albums early in their careers. I like their second album as much as the debut. Both terrific albums. The second a little harder/louder.

Onboard, REM's Murmur was great. Catapult is one of my favorite REM songs.

[dcar00 14154]

Boston is hard to top but for pure "holy shit what is that" debut.  I'm going to have to go with Are You Experienced(US Version).  Play that front to back at 11 even now and then remember it was 1967.

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

5 hours ago, dcar00 said:

Boston is hard to top but for pure "holy shit what is that" debut.  I'm going to have to go with Are You Experienced(US Version).  Play that front to back at 11 even now and then remember it was 1967.

Good call, just a long way back for 99.9% of Surly.  It was all still kinda new in 67, but Jimmy was the edge of the blade.

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

Amazing debut which is also a perfect album in my opinion. Wire’s 1977 debut, Pink Flag.

 

 

Black Flag’s debut studio album (several EPs came out before), Damage from 1981. Pivotal album for punk and hardcore.

 

[C-Man 27194]

Not sure this is my winner but it's one of the finalists.

[Hate 20106]

[CooterBrown 18004]

[noharleyyet 2838]

1969

[WJC88 97]

Best:

 

Favorite:

[jimmyjazz 45890]

One of the biggest hit songs in rock history along with 2-3 other classics:

[South Austin 52454]

In terms of historical significance and cultural impact, I'm not sure this one can be topped.

 

[Ollie Slatt 289]

[Dennis Taylor 18809]

28 minutes ago, CooterBrown said:

 

 

 

this is the only correct answer. 

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

22 minutes ago, Dennis Taylor said:

this is the only correct answer. 

Good thing the test is 100 questions, and 1 wrong answer doesn't fuck you up. 

[bizzle 1153]

[utee94 15807]

Boston, Van Halen 1, GnR Appetite for Destruction are all great ones.

I figured this one would already be listed since there is a The Cars thread, but I'll go ahead and put this one out there:

[Al_4_ISU 12452]

[UTCzech III 2907]

Not the greatest debut albums, but these both came out around the same time in 1986, and with all the over-processed, impersonal crap coming out at that time, it was like "whoa, this is... different, and real".  Funny, ordered both of these from Columbia House, the Steve Earle for my wife, who was more into country (or at least 80's country) and the Georgia Satellites for me, and we wound up trading, I wore that Steve Earle tape out.

[retread 2951]

Loved that Georgia Satellites album.

[Carl Spackler 3479]

Some great ones on here.  Here's a couple more.

 

[4th&Five 41518]

[Dennis Taylor 18809]

6 hours ago, Onboard 2.0 said:

Good thing the test is 100 questions, and 1 wrong answer doesn't fuck you up. 

so what is your answer ? 5 critiques but no answer of your own...

[irishtexan 11515]

Not my favorite. But a good one.

Edited May 29, 2019 by irishtexan

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

15 minutes ago, Dennis Taylor said:

so what is your answer ? 5 critiques but no answer of your own...

I said Boston as #1, and a distant second as REM's Murmur. I also said it's personal preference usually based on your age. I was just busting your chops, never was into G&R.

[C-Man 27194]

5 hours ago, Al_4_ISU said:

Good one. Also this one:

[C-Man 27194]

[C-Man 27194]

[C-Man 27194]

[4th&Five 41518]

[Al_4_ISU 12452]

Good one. Also this one:

I thought of putting both that and AM in here, but both albums were the work of seasoned songwriters/recording artists.


Counting Crows “August & Everything After” belongs in this thread

[C-Man 27194]

9 minutes ago, Al_4_ISU said:

 

I thought of putting both that and AM in here, but both albums were the work of seasoned songwriters/recording artists.


Counting Crows “August & Everything After” belongs in this thread

 

You're probably right. Wilco, my preferred Uncle Tupelo off-shoot, wasn't quite there with AM. Trace is perfect from the first note. Wilco got better, Son Volt did not.

[retread 2951]

Onboard said Boston went off like a bomb in '76. GnR's Appetite was similar. I remember hearing guys talking about it in '87 as they were touring for the album, but it exploded in summer '88.

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

Apetite for Destruction is an excellent pick, in my opinion. It is also my opinion that if I never heard Boston again, I would be better for it.

[Deej 76755]

NWA - "Straight Outta Compton"

The Sex Pistols - "Never Mind the Bollocks"

The Clash - "The Clash"

Black Sabbath - "Black Sabbath"

Dr. Dre - "The Chronic"

 

Oh, and Crowded House - "Crowded House"

 

Edited May 29, 2019 by Deej