1-The Knack-Get The Knack
2-Van Halen-Van Halen
3-Alice in Chains-Facelift
4-Nicolette Larson-Nicolette
5-Badlands-Badlands
I just wanted to take it a step further. These debuts are also the artists definitive recordings(could argue VH). If your unfamiliar with Badlands, Ian Gillan is on vocals. |
Great call on Lhasa de Sala, what a beautiful album. Also Chris Whitley (I think the first was his best too).
Here's a few more - some rather personal favorites I guess - not exactly maninstream:
Madeleine Peyroux / Dreamland
Neutral Milk Hotel / On Avery Island
Joanna Newsom / The Milk-Eyed Mender
16 Horsepower / Sackcloth'N'Ashes (preceded by an EP)
Patty Griffin / Living With Ghosts
Gillian Welch / Revival |
Sorry MacD, you are correct. I only read the albums. |
Oasis - Definately Maybe
Hootie & The Blowfish - Cracked Rear View
Adele - 18
Mumford and Sons - Sigh No More
Also, re The New Radicals....frontman Greg Alexander , already an accomplished songwriter decided he couldn't live in the spotlight after the success of their first album so that was the end of the band. |
Clint Black "killing time" was a fantastic album for country |
Mahavishnu Orchestra - The Inner Mounting Flame
Suspended Memories - Forgotten Gods
Rasa - Devotion |
Van Halen S/T A CLASSIC!!!! |
Audiofeil's right - This Was was(?) Tull's first LP. I'd add George Thorogood and Queen to my list.
Relax, I'll have a Dogfish Head 90-minute IPA before they stop distribution in my state, and listen to some Commander Cody... |
Pearl Jam - Ten
Black Crowes - Shake Your Money Maker
Keith Richards & The Expensive Winos - Talk Is Cheap ( i know this one is streching it but is a great first record from this band)
The Faces - First Step |
Tatw,
Props on New Radicals, you beat me to it. I'll add Joe Jackson Look Sharp and Marshal Crenshaw (eponymous).
Marty |
I forgot about Pearl Jam's Ten, STP's Core, and Nirvana's Nevermind. Add to my list that hasn't been mentioned yet...
Rage Against The Machine - self titled.
Too bad those guys didn't put out another album or two. No idea why they split. |
While I agree that Nirvana's Nevermind is a perfect album, Bleach was their debut and it might count as a perfect debut as well. |
I never realized Ten was Pearl Jam's debut. Knowing this, I would rank it in the the top three of all time best debuts.
Now I realize this is probably going to get me boo'ed of the stage but I would nominate Eminem's "Slim Shady LP" as one of the most original and authentic debut albums of the last decade. |
How about George Harrison's "All Things Must Pass?" Epic and, in at least my opinion, superior to the debut offerings of both of his more revered bandmates Lennon and McCartney. |
Dictators-Go Girl Crazy
Nirvana-Bleach
Heartbreakers-L.A.M.F.
the Clash-US version with all the added singles
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Foreigner- Foreigner
Moody Blues- Days of Future Passed (they were NOT the same band with Denny Laine, pre Justin Hayward/John Lodge so this IS really their debut album)
Heart- Dreamboat Annie
Boston- Boston (I believe this is the still the #1 debut album of all time in sales)
Kansas- Kansas
Uriah Heep- Very 'eavy....very 'umble
ELO- The Electric Light Orchestra |
Photok,
I knew that Bleach was Nirvana's first album, but wasn't Nevermind their first major label debut? I thought Bleach didn't get much distribution until a while after Nevermind. Hence my calling Nevermind a sort-of debut. Maybe I'm wrong. Wouldn't be the first time, sure won't be the last time. |
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Fun thread.
Adding to the list I'd suggest:
Eric Johnson "Ah Via Musicom"
Simply Red "Picturebook"
Julian Lennon "Valotte"
Rolling Stones
I think another worthwhile thread would be, "Best Sophomore Release After a Smash Debut". Seems to me delivering something equal to or better than the initial release - especially after early success - is a real challenge. |
Great point because its easy to create that initial effort but many times the various bands can't duplicate that again....guess its much easier to create great work over years but not so easy to do it again in shorter time frame plus with pressure to duplicate its even harder. |
Jamie Cullum -Twentysomething. |
Burial, Untrue. The best late night soundscape EVER made. |
Chadnliz - that's my read on the situation too. To me, it makes bands like the Beatles that turned out album after album of great songs all the more remarkable. |
Moody Blues- Days of future Passed. Our 1st concept album as well. |
Hi Jafant,
Days of Future past was not their debut album.
Regards, |
ramones
byrds--mr. tambourine man
the clash
rem--murmur/chronic town
elliott smith--roman candle
velvet underground and nico
television--marquee moon
big star #1
are you experienced |
Eric Johnson--"ah Via Musicom" was not his first album. Not quite sure but "Tones" would be considered his first solo effort. Re the Moody Blues; technically DOFP is not their debut album, but for the Hayward/Lodge Moodies era, it would be. |
If we take some liberties and throw in "first solo albums" we have to mention Lauryl Hill's - The Miseducation of Lauryl Hill. I could not get enough of that album, and it picked up 5 grammys I believe. |
Hi Madhf - I did not know EJ had released anything solo before Viacom. I stand corrected. |
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Rusted Root , Cruel Sun !! |
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Have 5 more.
1-Barbara Streisand-The Barbara Streisand Album
2-Led Zeppelin-(st)
3-Lynyrd Skynyrd-Pronounced
4-Boston-(st)
5-Anne Bisson-Blue Mind
Correction-Ray Gillen was the lead vocalist for Badlands NOT Ian Gillan as my earlier post states. Don't want to mislead anyone. |
Most of my choices have already been mentioned so here's some that haven't:
Flying Burrito Bros - Gilded Palace Of Sin
Tony Williams Lifetime - Emergency!
Blue Nile - A Walk Across the Rooftops
Flora Purim - Butterfly Dreams
Big Audio Dynamite - This Is
Mick Taylor - Mick Taylor
Electric Flag - Electric Flag
Allman Brothers Band - Allman Brothers
The Band - The Band
Dream Academy - Dream Academy
Swing Out Sister - It's Better To Travel
Michael Jackson - Off the Wall (his first real solo album)
Lush - Gala
Miroslav Vitous - Moutain In the Clouds
Robert Palmer - Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley
Traffic - Mr. Fantasy
Bob Marley & the Wailers - Catch A Fire (their Island records debut)
Sheryl Crow - Tuesday Night Music Club
A really nice thread. So much better than the recent spate of negative music ones. |
So far as I know, "Music From Big Pink" was The Band's debut. However, their self-titled album ("the brown album") is a great examle of a sophomore release that, to my mind, was even stronger than their debut. |
Mr. Ghosthouse, you are absolutely right and that's the album I was thinking of. |
Onhwy61- you have some great stuff listed. Nice depth. Especially like Flying Burrito Bros. |
I don't know about "perfect" but there are some pretty damned amazing debut albums listed here. Let's add Fresh Cream to the list. |
Onhwy61
I think Music from Big Pink is the debut Band album |
Big Pink is the debut album. Amazing sound. |
Can't believe nobody mentioned:
Crosby, Stills & Nash - S/T
Rickie Lee Jones - S/T
Pretenders - S/T
Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True
Steely Dan - Can't Buy A Thrill
Velvet Underground & Nico - S/T
Most underrated: Genesis - From Genesis To Revelation
Lot of great albums in this thread! Cheers,
Spencer |
Lots of great debuts here. But Ill never forget the day one of my pals tossed Boston-Boston in the cassette deck. It totally dominated our cruising playlist for a long.....long..........long time. |
Nancy Wilson, Cannonball Adderley, so titled, was her coming out album--and IMHO, she's yet to top that.
She was a kid really, from where, Dayton??? Certainly Ohio as I remember.
'Save Your Love For Me', 'The Masquerade Is Over', and all the instrumentals with Cannonball's group as every other song.
THAT, Capital album was a classic for all ages.
Good listening,
Larry |
This debut album features the classic "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face". It also include gems like "Angelitos Negros," "Our Ages or Our Hearts," and "Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye."
Roberta Flack's fantastic voice and amazingly mature performance is supported by personnel such as John Pizzarelli on guitars and Ron Carter on bass.
Finally, the numbers:
"First Take" - 5 weeks at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 chart, 2 weeks at #1 on the Billboard Top Soul Albums chart.
"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" - #1 on the Billboard Pop Singles and Adult Contemporary charts, #4 on the Billboard Soul Singles chart. |
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04-05-11: Bongofury
Burial, Untrue. The best late night soundscape EVER made.
Actually, thats his second. Burial (self titled) being the first. Both meet your description though and it's great to read it mentioned here. All his stuff is amazing. Check out Mirror/Ego Text 010 with Four Tet + Thom York. Wicked. |
Love the sounds coming out of London at the moment. I second your opinion of James Blake and I have been a champion of the XX. Also check out Warpaint and Tame Impala: both are playing the Coachella Festival this weekend. |
I started to write em down then read the list and you guy listed so.many great except The Blue Nile "Walk across the rooftops" one of.my 5 top lps of all time. Pistols, Clash, Eel's, etc. |
Coffee's mention of Eels reminded me of E and his solo debut "A Man Called E". Much less mannered than Eels (so maybe less interesting to some), but utterly pure pop/rock songwriting in the vein of The Beatles. Along with his other solo effort, "Broken Toy Shop", a great record of this type.
Always wondered how these remained so obscure even after Eels achieved their cult success. BTW, Mark O. Everett (the man called E) had a fantastic songwriting partner who peforms under the name Parthenon Huxley or P. Hux. Great solo stuff there, too including another great debut from his short lived band, Veg. That one rocks a bit harder than most from P. Hux and is on my list of outstanding debuts, too.
Marty |
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