Weezer - Blue album
Christopher Cross self titled
Journey Journey (Saw with Van Halen at the Tower on their first tours)
Van Halen Van Halen
The Cars
Hendrix Are you experienced
Ramones Ramones
Doors Doors
Led Zepplin Led Zepplin
Van Halen Van Halen
The Cars
Hendrix Are you experienced
Ramones Ramones
Doors Doors
Led Zepplin Led Zepplin
Have to go with The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle. But that could be because this was the album to which I was first exposed.
i saw both of these bands on my 18th birthday
Outfield opened for The Hooters at Ship U
i tell people that i went out and saw Hooters on my 18th bday
Boston, The Cars and Foreigner are all good picks, but Boston never got anywhere close to that again. First albums are often best because they've had time to develop a sound. After that, the record companies influence the sound or want more of the same. I agree with Dire Straits first album as well, as the sound was different than anything else they did. Still great but different.
Steely Dan's Can't Buy A Thrill was a great album (I consider albums "great" if you can listen to all the songs on the album and not want to skip any) although I would easily say that Aja was also "great" - and better. Maybe CBAT deserves an "honorable mention?"
No doubt for me on Boston. Lot’s up for discussion on Zep. I think VH’s first is their best too.
We talked a lot about this album on another thread
The Knack - Get the Knack
The Knack - Get the Knack
Gin Blossoms - New Miserable Experience. First major studio album which re-released 6 songs from their first limited release.
Didn't help that their lead creative force got kicked out of the band for uncontrollable drinking and died soon after. Pretty much ended any hopes for staying power.
Didn't help that their lead creative force got kicked out of the band for uncontrollable drinking and died soon after. Pretty much ended any hopes for staying power.
I think there is a reason that you can make a case for so many bands' first albums being their best. The first album usually represents who they are - and the work that got them to that point. After that, many (not all) are producing product for the recording/marketing machine- because once they arrive, they understandably want to STAY at some level of commercial success. This was especially true when the record companies really controlled every aspect of a band's career.
Just watched PPV Once Were Brothers, Scorsese doc about Robbie Robertson & The Band. IMO one of the greatest American bands ever. First album, Music From Big Pink, came along post their Bob Dylan tour and working with Dylan at Big Pink where The Basement Tapes originated.
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CS&N first album was often referred to as "Music From Big Egos" by people in the industryJust watched PPV Once Were Brothers, Scorsese doc about Robbie Robertson & The Band. IMO one of the greatest
American bands ever. First album, Music From Big Pink, came along post their Bob Dylan tour and working with Dylan at Big Pink where The Basement Tapes originated.
Aja gets my vote as Steeley Dan's best album, and one of my all time favorites. Every song is tight and strong.Steely Dan's Can't Buy A Thrill was a great album (I consider albums "great" if you can listen to all the songs on the album and not want to skip any) although I would easily say that Aja was also "great" - and better. Maybe CBAT deserves an "honorable mention?"
Oh for chrissakes, Led Zep's debut album was not their best. Not by a long shot. It was actually almost immediately overshadowed by their monster second album, released the very same year.
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YES!!! This album is an all timer. Far too few people know of Gun Club.
I just listened to some, I’m gonna learn it for sure. This is squarely in the rick me’s wheelhouse. Embarrassed I don’t know them. LOVE being introduced to new artists. If you see a guy wearing a FIDLAR shirt in state college, he’ll buy you a beer.
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Enjoy! On the topic of great covers, here is The Raveonettes coveting Sex Beat. It’s really great and shows the span of influence Gun Club had.I just listened to some, I’m gonna learn it for sure. This is squarely in the rick me’s wheelhouse. Embarrassed I don’t know them. LOVE being introduced to new artists. If you see a guy wearing a FIDLAR shirt in state college, he’ll buy you a beer.
Really sad story. I was in Tempe when they took off. Great album. Great music.
Eric B and Rakim "Paid in Full"
In Rap you can date the seismic shift with this Album. Before and After.
Just Like B.C and A.D. or for non-Christians B.C.E or A.C.E.
In Rap you can date the seismic shift with this Album. Before and After.
Just Like B.C and A.D. or for non-Christians B.C.E or A.C.E.
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There are a bunch of bands from the late 80's and early 90's who had a hot debut album and then vanished. A standout off the top of my head is Spacehog's 'Resident Alien'. I remember one music journalist saying of all the 90's grunge/alternative bands, Spacehog would have the best and longest career. LOL.
Excellent choice. That album plays solid from beginning to end. The hits are front loaded, the ballad in the middle, and the end just keeps chugging along.
Not sure what happened but it's like they grew up too quick. Second album was okay and the third album slightly less so to the point I just didn't keep up with them anymore.
Hopkins hid some serious pain behind seemingly upbeat music.
“she had nothing left to say, so she said she loved me. I stood there grateful for the lie”
The entire song Hey Jealousy is brutal, but this stanza is particularly rough:
“And you can trust me not to think (changed from drink)
And not to sleep around
If you don't expect too much from me
You might not be let down”
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Much controversy. I don't think Led Zep's first record would top many fan polls. For me, it's Physical Graffiti.
Agreed, but to be fair, either half of that record could stand as a great record.
A bit like John Rzeznik of the Goo Goo Dolls. Both battled depression. Both wrote amazing songs. Thankfully, John got through it. He also battled writers block for quite a while. It's like being Irish.
"Time can't wake your frozen heart
With an ocean in between us, we can only row so far
And love won't wait for you so long."
"You can always hope that somehow you can rise above
Empty bottles and regrets always piling up
We don't always want what's easy, never is enough
Not what I set out to be but more than what I was
And I won't break
I won't let it break my heart
You can always walk a hard line, you can stand alone
But, when your dreams die fast they all return as ghosts
Looking out from under shadow, blinded by the sun
With my eyes wide shut, I stare and soak it up
And I won't break
I won't let it break my heart."
These lyrics from their '18 album are pretty damn good. Love this band. Saw 'em last year with Collective Soul. Still got it.
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