Top Debut Albums!
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Have to say that there is a GLARING oversight on my list list. Like it would've been my number one...THAT glaring. Mark Eric "A Midsummer's Day Dream". Not sure how I missed it. Maybe because it was his only album? Either way, The Monkees album is officially off the list and Mark Eric is #1! (I wouldn't normally Monday Morning Quarterback my lists in the comments but this was just too egregious an error)
Paul, that Mark Eric album is now my third favorite of all time! And I owe it all to your showing it on 1969 albums of the year; it’s breathtakingly gorgeous! 🥹😍
@@curly_wyn 🙌🙌🙌🙌 Incredible stuff. It deserves a MUCH larger audience
@@AsItShouldBePodcastagreed! And so, I also retroactively revise my list with that album at my #2!
Loved the video! A very fair call on you all choosing ‘Van Halen’ amongst the fave picks, as it was truly groundbreaking and boasts a superb set of songs 🎸🔥
Individually, I very much enjoyed seeing Tommy choose ‘Weezer’; Paul ‘Cheap Trick’; and Crystal ‘Los Angeles’.
I will, with the utmost respect to my fave Power Trio, agree to disagree on some albums that were listed as worst/hated/overrated - but hey, that’s what loving music and having passionate opinions is all about! ✊
Thank you for the consistently brilliant content and for always presenting in such a fun yet educational way 🙏
I really loved the first XTC LP 'White Music'. I think it gets forgotten or ignored because the second album was such a poor followup. Then with album 3 'Drums and Wires' everything they did was great or at least very very good.
My top 10 in no particular order:
1. Steely Dan - Can't Buy a Thrill
2. Wu Tang Clan - Enter Da 36 Chambers
3. Mahavishnu Orchestra - Inner Mounting Flame
4. Led Zeppelin - Zeppelin I
5. Roxy Music - Roxy Music
6. Chicago - CTA
7. Peter Gabriel - Car album
8. Kate Bush - The Kick Inside
9. Meatloaf - Bat Out of Hell
10. ELP - ELP
I am with Crystal, need a longer list here! I almost put George Harrison's All Things Mush Pass, but remembered he did 2 albums prior.
A brilliant list - and I especially love your Steely Dan, Peter Gabriel, Roxy Music and Kate Bush picks 👏
I reckon this is going to be so good! I’ll watch first and then post ☺️
I hope everyone in the AISB community - alongside our esteemed hosts - are keeping safe and well.
Best wishes,
Christian
Gimme some lists lisps...
@@jb8280 I haven’t been able to watch the vid as yet, so want to hold off on posting until I’ve seen our hosts’ picks; then I’ll comment accordingly.
Have you posted any lists lisps as yet, mate?
Of course I did. Just scroll up. Like Crystal, there were just too many. So I Hm’d a bunch.
@@jb8280 I’ll take a proper look at your picks when I have watched the vid and had the chance to make my own picks. I have about 50 debut albums I love in my head, so ranking them may be extremely difficult 🤔
@@christianewen3227Cannot wait to see your list! 😊
Hey everyone. So, I believe I've mentioned in the comments on a few of these videos that I have a favorite albums list on the site Rate Your Music (currently at something like 649 titles) which has been my guide in doing these lists. So, when this top 10 debut albums thing came up, I figured I'll just take all the debut albums on my Rate Your Music list and run down the "honorable mentions" and then give a top 10 from that. Well.... you know when y'all do those honorable mention lists that seem to go on forever? Well, my debut album "honorable mentions" were slowly making those seem like top FIVE lists, let alone top ten. Yeah, I'm with Crystal when she said it's difficult to narrow it all down and it should've been a top 20, though I don't even think a top 20 would help me. Ha! Maybe a bit, a TINY bit, but not much. So, I've decided to just give you my top 10 and mention my honorable mentions that were mentioned in the video. ("Everybody got that?!", Lord Dark Helmet asked the audience) So, here goes:
Honorable mentions mentioned in the video in no particular order:
- Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols - The Sex Pistols
- 3 Feet High And Rising - De La Soul
- Pretenders - The Pretenders
- Cheap Trick - Cheap Trick
- #1 Record - Big Star
- Upstairs At Eric's - Yazoo
- Is This It - The Strokes (Sorry, Tommy)
- Ten - Pearl Jam (Sorry, Paul)
- Horses - Patti Smith (Sorry, Crystal)
- Appetite For Destruction - Guns N' Roses
- The Divine Miss M - Bette Midler
- KISS - KISS (Kissin' Time and Love Theme have become sort of "low-hanging fruit" on this album, but I really don't mind them.)
- New York Dolls - The New York Dolls
- Murmur - R.E.M.
- Ramones - The Ramones
- Van Halen - Van Halen
- Especially For You - The Smithereens (No argument from me when anyone ranks this album highly.)
- The Doors - The Doors (My least favorite on the album is End Of The Night, actually. Love Alabama Song, however. Can understand getting tired of Light My Fire, though as part of the album, I dig it quite a bit.)
- The Monkees - The Monkees (I like the Monkees Theme on the album. Sorry, Paul. Ha.)
- Please Please Me - The Beatles (Wasn't mentioned by name, but yeah, how could I or anyone else not at least mention nor reference this one?)
- Bee Gees' 1st (If they hadn't released albums before, this would definitely, UNQUESTIONABLY, be my no. 1. But since I'm more technical than Paul is in this regard, I guess, it isn't. Do I feel bad about that? Yes, I do. But there you go. And yes, they were managed by Robert Stigwood, or as the Bee Gees' mother called him, Stigweed, who was working for Brian Epstein at the time and then later went out on his own.)
And now, the top 10:
10. Sin & Soul - Oscar Brown Jr.
9. You Broke My Heart In 17 Places - Tracey Ullman (Mm-hmm. I do what I want too! She did release a follow-up, so it counts.)
8. Mr. Tambourine Man - The Byrds
7. Angel Clare - Art Garfunkel (His debut SOLO album.)
6. Marshall Crenshaw - Marshall Crenshaw
5. Ritchie Valens - Ritchie Valens
4. Walk Away Renee / Pretty Ballerina - The Left Banke
3. Walk Through Fire - Yola (Nope, that's not Crystal on the album cover. It's Yola! Ha. A very recent one. More on it when we get to the 2019 albums video.)
2. Here's Little Richard - Little Richard
1. Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf
Since I didn't count any debut albums by a band or an artist that only released one album a la Sex Pistols, I'll mention Ko And The Knockouts' self-titled album which I already commented about in the 2002 albums video. It would actually be in between Little Richard and Meat Loaf in the top 10. Yep, I like it that much.
Funny the police sirens started up right when Crystal mentioned The Police. Or were those ambulance sirens? I really don't know.
I'm with you on the Stone Roses debut. I've heard tracks from it and while it isn't terrible, I wouldn't exactly say it's one of the greatest albums ever. Maybe if there were songs like Mersey Paradise and Sally Cinnamon on it, I'd dig it a lot more. Ha.
John Mellencamp is a way better name than friggin' Johnny Cougar. Hope whoever came up with that got fired later on.
Katie Hudson's album sounds like it could be an early album by Amy Grant.
Even Bjork herself doesn't acknowledge that self-titled debut of hers. Like how Pantera never acknowledged Metal Magic or any of that early stuff of theirs.
I never had To The Extreme either. I still don't. I was young enough at the time to be into it, but I wasn't. Then again, I was prejudice against anything (well, most things) that was contemporary at the time, but I still don't care for it. Ha.
If you go into Wonderwall Music thinking it's a George Harrison album like All Things Must Pass is a George Harrison album or 33 & 1/3rd or Cloud Nine etc. and not a movie soundtrack which is what it is, then yeah, you're gonna be disappointed. You may not even like it as a movie soundtrack, but you'll probably be less disappointed about it anyway. Ha. And you'd be REALLY disappointed if you went into Electronic Sound with that mindset as well...
There is proof that Patti Smith co-wrote Because The Night in that Bruce had the song and when Patti did her own version of it, she changed some of the lyrics to best suit her own take on it. I think the producer Jimmy Iovine explained in an interview that the stuff about "love is a ring, the telephone" was hers because her relationship with Fred Smith at the time was via the phone or something like that. Bruce did his original version live a number of times (it's on that Live box set of his that came out in the 1980s) and there and through Patti's version, you can hear what was changed. Nilsson's biggest hits were covers as well (not counting Coconut anyway). Besides Patti, I also beg to differ with Crystal on Hole's Live Through This, and I'll just leave it all at that. Love 'ya, Crystal. ;)
So, 2017 albums next week. Spoiler alert: I only have one album for it. See y'all then. :)
I love so many of your HMs, Ernest and brilliant to see ‘Marshall Crenshaw’ in your main list 👏
@@christianewen3227 Yep, it's a great one.
Looking forward to watching and seeing which debut albums are your faves! (and what makes y’all tick!)
I considered about 100 albums before I narrowed down my picks. I chose what felt right today. My lists always have some (to lots of) wiggle room. Crystal, I was so happy to see Yaz on your list! Alison Moyet’s voice is phenomenal. One of the best synth pop/dance albums of the early 80s - Vince Clark made the right decision to leave Depeche Mode and carve his own path. I much prefer them after he left, and they’ve been a favorite band of mine for over three decades.
Tommy read off a soundtrack of my childhood and pre-teen years! Cars, GNR, Sex Pistols, Beastie Boys - all seminal. I’m just a bigger fan of the Beasties 90s records. Paul, love to see The Doors at #2!
Pure musical & vocal alchemy. I did not grow up in a classic rock household and The Doors opened my mind to 1960s rock music. My teenage mind was blown.
Then you really had to go and include The Stone Roses, NIN, Violent Femmes, RATM, Core, and Ten on your hate/overrated list! Trampling on my high school memories.🦶🤣 This was an excellent idea and a lot of fun!
Loved reading this and what you said about ‘Upstairs at Eric’s’ was absolutely spot on 👏
@@christianewen3227 Hi Christian! I’m happy you enjoyed reading my thoughts on this episode. I was pleasantly surprised by many of their choices and hurt by others 🤣 Oh well.. that’s how the cookie crumbles. ‘Upstairs At Eric’s’ is so good. My fave track is probably “Bring Your Love Down (Didn’t I)” All night is alright!
@@michelewiese48 I couldn’t agree more on everything you have said in this response to me! 😊👍🏻
Interesting idea! Off the top of my head, I’d start building my list with Van Halen, the Cars, Kiss, Bee Gees 1st, and Boston, which were well represented in your lists. I really like Someday Man, so it is also worth considering for my list. Albums that y’all didn’t mention that I love include:
Look Sharp!, Joe Jackson
Get the Knack, the Knack
Gordon, Barenaked Ladies
Fountains of Wayne, Fountains of Wayne
My Aim Is True, Elvis Costello
Bat Out of Hell, Meat Loaf
Welcome to My Nightmare, Alice’s debut as a solo artist, so I think it qualifies
Ben Folds Five, Ben Folds Five
And that’s what I’ve brainstormed sitting here on my back porch. If I go inside and check my library, I’m sure I’ll find a handful more titles that I’d put into the hopper, and then whittle it down to a top ten……
Oh, and Christopher Cross! How could I miss that one?!
LOVE that Fountains of Wayne debut!
Ah yes, Joe Jackson should've at least gotten a mention. I'm beyond shocked that Bat Out of Hell wasn't on Tommy's list
And Steely Dan’s Can’t Buy a Thrill! Jesus! How did I miss that one?!!
Brilliant shouts on Fountains of Wayne and Joe Jackson - and I’m surprised at myself for not thinking to include ‘My Aim is True’.
I’m in the minority w Paul that loves (prettiest for you )to death. Ha
I liked it as a kid but thought it was more of a novelty,however over the years it grew to be one of my all time favorite albums period. Well I like the first Pipers ,1st Floyd too.
I totally disagree w Aerosmiths debut,I love the garage shit sound of that album,the songs and the faux wanna be black voice.
It was my favorite Aero album for many years ,today it rotates w Wings and Rocks as my #1.
I would like to mention how much I love the B52s debut,that and the Devo I got around the same time .
Honorary mentioned,Crue ,Too fast for love ,1st The Knack and the Cars debut too .
Oh and Joe Jackson.
Just too many lol
my #1 debut album is Queen's first self titled album.
Great choice!
Well awlright!
So I had a change of plan as to how I would engage with this particular vid… I was going to watch Paul, Crystal and Tommy go through their picks first; then choose my own picks; and then start posting my thoughts on the many lovely lists gracing the comments section.
It occurred to me that watching the vid first - or looking at what other AISB fans had selected - could very well influence my own picks, so I decided to exit RUclips; put down my phone; sit in a quiet room; and jot down the first 50 debut albums I know I love that popped into my head.
Now I know I’m being rather generous to myself picking 50, but given that not even a hundred is enough, there’s no chance I was only picking 10! Fair play to everybody who managed that extraordinary feat - and went so far as to rank them - but I felt I couldn’t do it.
Instead, I have attempted to ‘feel’ this list by simply providing you all with the first 50 my pen committed to paper. I figure these albums in particular must have been there, ready for recall, for some reason or other, so perhaps this is the purest selection I could have provided? Unedited, unfiltered, unranked and untouched from any outside influence (i.e. you guys). I was surprised how quickly they came to me when I got into the flow, as if they were being silently dictated 🤔
They’re in no order (chronologically, alphabetically or otherwise) other than that in which my tired brain presented them to me, so here we go…
1 - The Velvet Underground & Nico - ‘The Velvet Underground & Nico’
2 - The Doors - ‘The Doors’
3 - Hefner - ‘Breaking God’s Heart’
4 - Tindersticks - ‘TINDERSTICKS’
5 - Television - ‘Marquee Moon’
6 - Violent Femmes - ‘Violent Femmes’
7 - The Stone Roses - ‘The Stone Roses’
8 - Swervedriver - ‘Raise’
9 - Ride - ‘Nowhere’
10 - Led Zeppelin - ‘Led Zeppelin’
11 - Jimi Hendrix Experience - ‘Are You Experienced?’
12 - The 13th Floor Elevators - ‘The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators’
13 - Interpol - ‘Turn On the Bright Lights’
14 - Orange Juice - ‘You Can’t Hide Your Love Forever’
15 - R.E.M. - ‘Murmur’
16 - Tricky - ‘Maxinquaye’
17 - Ramones - ‘Ramones’
18 - Suicide - ‘Suicide’
19 - Throwing Muses - ‘Throwing Muses’
20 - Patti Smith - ‘Horses’
21 - Pretenders - ‘Pretenders’
22 - Guns N’ Roses - ‘Appetite for Destruction’
23 - The Clash - ‘The Clash’
24 - Clinic - ‘Internal Wrangler’
25 - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - ‘B.R.M.C.’
26 - Echo & The Bunnymen - ‘Crocodiles’
27 - Joy Division - ‘Unknown Pleasures’
28 - The Gun Club - ‘Fire of Love’
29 - The Jesus & Mary Chain - ‘Psychocandy’
30 - The Cars - ‘The Cars’
31 - Scars - ‘Author! Author!’
32 - The Chameleons - ‘Script of the Bridge’
33 - Young Marble Giants - ‘Colossal Youth’
34 - The Damned - ‘Damned, Damned, Damned’
35 - The Sex Pistols - ‘Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols’
36 - The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster - ‘Hörse of the Dög’
37 - The Auteurs - ‘New Wave’
38 - Suede - ‘Suede’
39 - The Smiths - ‘The Smiths’
40 - ‘Nancy & Lee’ - Lee Hazlewood & Nancy Sinatra
41 - Julian Cope - ‘World Shut Your Mouth’
42 - B-52’s - ‘B-52’s’
43 - The Cramps - ‘Songs the Lord Taught Us’
44 - Terence Trent D’Arby - ‘Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D’Arby’
45 - P.M. Dawn - ‘Of the Heart, of the Soul and of the Cross: The Utopian Experience’
46 - Aphex Twin - ‘Selected Ambient Works 85-92’
47 - Big Star - ‘#1 Record’
48 - Oasis - ‘Definitely Maybe’
49 - The La’s - ‘The La’s’
50 - Jellyfish - ‘Bellybutton’
I am now looking forward to watching what I know will be a brilliant vid, and having a really good nosey at all these lovely lists in the comments.
Have a wonderful weekend everyone!
Christian
Awesome list! 😊
@@curly_wyn Thank you very much indeed, Curly! I always love reading your picks, so I shall take a look at what you have and comment accordingly 😊 👍🏻
Hello again, Christian. Like i said - you are completely justified in going 50 deep here. The result is a truly outstanding list. You've noted the sames . . . If I added another 25 debut albums that I love I'd also have (from your list): Suede (just missed my top 25! - maybe I should have included them); The Sex Pistols; possibly The Clash; Joy Division; possibly The Smiths; Patti Smith; Ride and the 13th Floor Elevators (great catch - forgot about them - classic psychodelia).
Well, I enjoyed the hosts' lists but took exception to some of the 'worsts" they listed. In particular David Bowie's 1967 debut. I actually LIKE that album. Anyway, it is great talking to you again Christian. Take care. N
@@NaughtyVampire-zf8pd Thanks very much for your very kind comments on my 50 picks, Naughty 🙏 I can already see, for me anyway, a few startling omissions but I won’t edit the original list as they are the picks I ‘felt’ in the moment I put pen to paper.
I am pleased to hear that, had you picked more albums, you would chosen some that I had too. Yes, that 13th Floor Elevators debut is ace!
Yep, I took exception to some of our hosts’ ‘worsts’ too (especially ‘The Stone Roses’, ‘Horses’ and ‘Violent Femmes’) but hey that’s music! We can’t all agree all the time, and we must always respect the opinions of others - even if we don’t always agree. ‘Different strokes for different folks’ ❤️🎵
I haven’t listened to that Bowie debut in years! Doesn’t it have a song on it that’s a blatant ripoff of ‘Venus in Furs’?
Best wishes,
Christian
@@christianewen3227 Amazing list my friend!! 😊🙏🏾🎶
Interesting choices : Paul Williams and Mark Eric, deux marvelous sunshine pop albums ! My worst debut album : John Lennon - Unfinished Music No. 1: Two Virgins (with Yoko Ono) !
Alright this is a fun show so my top favorites are the cars 1978 debut, Boston's self titled, Peter Gabriel car album, the Fixx shuttered room, simple minds life in a day, Howard Jones human's lib, funkadelic self titled and loverboy self titled to name a few keep the good times coming
Loving the Simple Minds and Funkadelic picks 👏
Good idea! I appreciate subjects other than the year rundowns. Looking forward to this one. I'm surprised anything is above Van Halen and the CARS. lol. No one mentioned The Knack but that was a great debut. "Let me out" an amazing opening song.
YES, THE KNACK!
Like I said, TOO MANY CHOICES!😩
I hate The Knack. My Sharona? Good Girls Don’t? Baby Talks Dirty? That’s What the Little Girls Do? I hate *all* of those songs! The one song I love from them tho is Just Wait and See from their third album, Round Trip 🤗
@@curly_wyn While I love the Knack, you won’t get any pushback from me at all about Baby Talks Dirty-it’s a crap song. But you are 100% on target with Just Wait and See. Round Trip is a brilliant album, and that song (and Another Lousy Day in Paradise) is carrying a lot of the weight…
@@curly_wyn It was a huge album. Very popular at the time. Sharona was a monster hit. I don't think there's a bad song on the album but you are entitled to have a wrong opinion :) lol...Happiness and Peace.
@@djcrystalclear8169 Aloha, Crystal! My favorite part of this video? When you leaned forward to share your ample cleavage. There! I said it. Lol. Happiness and Peace.
My top favorite debut albums of all time!
1. Suicide - Suicide (1977)
2. The Millennium - Begin (1968)
3. Liz Phair - Exile in Guyville (1993)
4. Swervedriver - Raise (1991)
5. Adam Schmitt - World So Bright (1991)
6. The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967)
7. R.E.M. - Murmur (1983)
8. The Smithereens - Especially for You (1986)
9. Television - Marquee Moon (1977)
10. The Cars - The Cars (1978)
11. Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted (1992)
12. The dB’s - Stands for Decibels (1981)
13. The Primitives - Lovely (1988)
14. Ramones - Ramones (1976)
15. Big Star - #1 Record (1972)
16. The Avalanches - Since I Left You (2000)
17. The Slits - Cut (1979)
18. Patti Smith - Horses (1975)
19. Blue Öyster Cult - Blue Öyster Cult (1972)
20. Van Halen - Van Halen (1978)
🖤
No Stone Roses? Subjective, but dang…
@@jb8280good album, but not in my absolute favorites
Edit: I retrospectively put Mark Eric’s A Midsummer’s Daydream at #2 and The Jesus and Mary Chain’s Psychocandy on the list too!
Damn i forgot about the Slits. There are to many good albums for a top 10 list. Great list. I never understood the fuzz about that Liz Phair record tho. I must admit.
Some sames. VU & Nico and REM are particularly great picks. (Also the Cars.)
I am with crystal it is impossible and my list might look different tomorow. I have like 50 albums that need to be on this list. But here is my top 10.
1. 1. Sex Pistols Never Mind The Bollocks (No Comment Needed)
2. 2. Nas Illmatic (Best rap album ever?)
3. 3. Velvet UnderGround & Nico self titled (Most influential album ever for punk and all alternative rock music?)
4. 4. Black Sabbath Self titled (not my favorite Sabbath but the birth of real heavy music)
5. 5. Wu-tang Clan - Enter the…
6. 6. Stone Roses - Self Titled
7. 7. The Damned Self titled
8. 8. X Los Angeles
9. 9. Lauryn Hill The miseducation…
10. 10. The Stooges self titled (even tho Funhouse is my favorite)
And Tommy i am with you man. I am a big Punk Rock guy all the 70s (punk) and the 80s (hardcore). But That Germs album i just do not get that. You are wrong about the Bad Brains tho :)
Great list!
@@christianewen3227 thnx
Maybe some of my picks were in the hate list, but I didn't stick around that long. Here we go:
Leftism by Leftfield
Black Pumas
Mr. Bungle
BGs First (thanks Paul)
Queen
Emerson Lake and Palmer
The Gereg by The HU
'Car' by Peter Gabriel
Led Zeppelin
Mirrored by Battles
Alas I Cannot Swim by Laura Marling
Grace by Jeff Buckley
Murmur by REM
Whatever's For Us by Joan Armatrading
In The Court Of The Crimson King
From Genesis To Revelation
Cicero Park by Hot Chocolate
The Orb's Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld
Funeral by Arcade Fire
Core by STP
Upstairs At Eric's by Yazoo (Speak and Spell is the best Depeche Mode album. Clarke wrote most of it.)
Song Cycle by Van Dyke Parks
Law And Order by Lindsey Buckingham
Roxy Music
Here Come The Warm Jets by Eno
Enya
Pop Pa Svenska by Komeda
LUMP (Marling and Lindsay)
Bedsitter Images by Al Stewart
Off The Coast Of Me by Kid Creole
The actual Debut by Bjork
My Gospel by Paul Cauthen
Jesus Of Cool by Nick Lowe
Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band
Trouble-Maker by Roberta Kelly
Only A Lad by Oingo Boingo
... There are probably more, but I'll leave you with the untouchable excellence of In The Garden by Eurythmics. Easily their best album.
Very eclectic list! It’s nice to see several decades represented. I have to disagree about DM though. Their debut is my least favorite and I’m beyond happy Vince left to form Yaz and Erasure. He was meant for other things (which I thoroughly enjoy) and DM was meant for a different sound, in my opinion. 😊
@@michelewiese48 Thanks! I knew that people would disagree with me about DM.
Some truly excellent picks which escaped my own 👏
3. Please Please Me - The Beatles
2. The Monkees - The Monkees
1. The Rutles - The Rutles
The Rutles!!!
‘The Rutles’ is an excellent shout 👏
My favorite debut rock album, and what I believe is the greatest debut rock album (but not by much) is "The Chicago Transit Authority" from 1969. This album is a popular rock EVENT in the history of music. Jimi Hendrix worshiped this album like a God....
A great one. Chicago is way underrated
What an opportunity. No time to prepare, so I am shooting from the hip…
1. The Stone Roses - s/t
2. The Velvet Underground & Nico -s/t
3. The Jesus & Mary Chain - Psychocandy
4. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
5. Ride - Nowhere
6. (Tie) The Clash - s/t & The Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks
7. Roxy Music - s/t
8. The Libertines - Up the Bracket
9. (Tie) Oasis - Definitely Maybe & The Charlatans - Some Friendly
10. The Bee Gees - 1st
HMs:
Madonna - s/t
The Ramones - s/t
Television - Marquee Moon
The Who - My Generation
Jeff Buckley - Grace
De La Soul - 3ft. High & Rising
The La’s - s/t
Suede - s/t
Mazzy Star - She Hangs Brightly
The Go-Go’s - Beauty & The Beat
The Strokes - Is This It
The Stooges - s/t
The Smiths - s/t
The New York Dolls - s/t (Trash is everything)
The House of Love - House of Love
The Housemartins - London 0 Hull 4
Great list!!
Only 1 in common with JD but so many of yours were strong contenders… Suede, The Smiths, The Stone Roses, The Strokes, Sex Pistols, Roxy Music etc.
Mate, your entire list - and HMs - comprise my own private musical heaven 👏
Hey JB. Nice list. Several sames. We both have VU & Nico ranked high.
Hello Everyone. Yeah . . . I guess the only SANE way to do this is to go ahead and list my favorite 10 debut albums and then list 15 five-star debut albums which I love for a top 25. Sounds fair?
1. The Doors (1967)
2. REM - Murmur (1983)
3. The Velvet Undergound & Nico (1967)
4. Hazel O'Connor - Breaking Glass (1980)
5. Lene Lovich - Stateless (1978)
6. Inspiral Carpets - Life (1990)
7. Belly - Star (1993)
8. Go-Go's - Beauty and the Beat (1981)
9. Marina and the Diamonds - The Family Jewels (2010)
10. The Cars (1978)
HM (in chronological order):
Blondie (1976)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell (1977)
Q: Are We Not Men? A: We are Devo! (1978)
X-Ray Spex - Germfee Adolescents (1978)
Kate Bush - The Kick Inside (1978)
Pretenders (1980)
The Bangles - All Over the Place (1984)
JAMC - Psychocandy (1985)
The Smithereens - Especially For You (1986)
The Heart Throbs - Cleopatra Grip (1990)
Liz Phair - Exile in Guyville (1993)
Garbage (1995)
Sleeper - Smart (1995)
Eve 6 (1998)
The Shins - Oh, Inverted World (2001)
Great video as always guys. Of the three host's lists I liked Crystal's the most. 😀
Well awwwwlright. Lookin forward to checkin out yer lists.
I remain Naughty/NV(G) At Your Service.😎
Naughty, hello again! Very nice list and it wouldn’t feel like your list without Shirley Manson. “Stupid Girl” sometimes just randomly pops in my head and I’m always happy when it does (and when it rains.) I’m curious about ‘Breaking Glass’ and just might have to listen to Hazel O’Connor! Hope you have a lovely weekend! 😊
What a superb list, Naughty!
I love how rich and varied it is, and my face broke into a massive smile when I saw ‘Life’ by my beloved Inspiral Carpets ❤️
Great to see The Smithereens’ album getting a lot of love in this community, and I do recognise it’s a very good album (I have it in my vinyl collection), but I feel I need more time with it. We share a lot of picks, but I totally cheated and picked 50! 😆 I feel very drawn to listen to ‘All Over the Place’ by The Bangles, as a direct result of you picking it.
Sending best wishes to you,
Christian
@@christianewen3227 Hello Christian and thanks so much for sharing your reaction to the inspiral Carpets. (i appreciated that!) Actually if i had to it over I'd place the Inspiral Carpets in the #5 spot, Belly at #6, and drop Lene to #7. It's all practically a toss-up at this level. 😀 I think the way you presented your list makes a lot of sense. (Will comment on it later.) You are completely justified in going 50 deep for this category. The result is very impressive.
I'm glad you have the Smithereens in your collection. Their debut is excellent. but their third album, 11, is their peak imo. The first four albums are all terrific power pop. 😎
Hope you have an enjoyable weekend, Christian and enjoy The Bangles' first if you are able to give it a listen.
All the best.
Naughty
@@michelewiese48 Hey Michele. Thanks for the very kind comments. Yeah. Garbage always holds a place in my heart. (Especially Shirley.) . . . Let me know if you get a chance to listen to Breaking Glass. It is also a movie starring Hazel O'Connor herself (fictional biography addressing the dark side of the music industry). it's a bit unusual when an artist's debut album is also a soundtrack. (i can think of only one other possible example). . . . Have a terrific weekend. Good luck with your 2017 list. I might actually post mine ON TIME. Take care. Naughty
@@NaughtyVampire-zf8pd Hi Naughty! I listened to Hazel’s “Will You” last night and it was a heck of an 80s love ballad! My 2017 list is still in the works. I’m having a difficult time ranking this time around. Looking forward to seeing your faves for the year. Can’t believe we’re getting so close to the present day! Hope you have a terrific weekend too. 😊
21 Debut Albums I Adore:
(*and fave tracks)
I’ve chosen to include 3 releases each from the 1960s-2020s.
For me, no one decade is better than another. It’s a musical & emotional continuum.
1960s:
1. The Doors - The Doors (Break On Through (To The Other Side))
2. Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood - Nancy & Lee (Some Velvet Morning)
3. F.J. McMahon - Spirit Of The Golden Juice (Black Night Woman)
1970s:
1. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures (Day Of The Lords)
2. Pavlov’s Dog - Pampered Menial (Late November)
3. Split Enz - Mental Notes (Spellbound)
1980s:
1. The Sisters Of Mercy - First And Last And Always (Marian)
2. Pet Shop Boys - Please (West End Girls)
3. Heaven 17 - Penthouse And Pavement (Let’s All Make A Bomb)
1990s:
1. Morphine - Good (The Saddest Song)
2. Bjork - Debut (Violently Happy)
3. Portishead - Dummy (Sour Times)
2000s:
1. Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights (Leif Erikson)
2. Elefant - Sunlight Makes Me Paranoid (title track)
3. Goldfrapp - Felt Mountain (Human)
2010s:
1. Lana Del Rey - Born To Die (This Is What Makes Us Girls)
2. Drab Majesty - Careless (The Heiress)
3. Choir Boy - Passive With Desire (Hellmouth)
2020s:
1. Muzz - Muzz (Patchouli)
2. Nico Paulo - Nico Paulo (The Master)
3. THUS LOVE - Memorial (Pith And Point)
Wowza!
I don’t know the majority of your list…more homework for me.
Hi Michele my belle!! Love the setup on your list. I thought about doing it that way too but it'll be too much work for me lol. But you definitely deserve the flowers today 🌹🌹🌹🌹
Thus Love is great. I love their sound. In Tandem, Family Man and Put on Dog are my faves. It’s like a new band fronted by Peter Murphy.
@@djcrystalclear8169Hi Crystal! Hope you hear something you like ❤ I really enjoyed your list and agree that 10 albums is just not ENOUGH!
@@UniversalBlackRockerHi Damar, Thank you! My roses are beautiful.
It was the only way I could wrap my head around this! Thinking of debuts by decade really helped. 😂😅 Hope you have a lovely evening.
You have GOT to do a t shirt tour.
I’m up for it but it may not be as impressive as you think
George Harrison married Pattie Boyd from England, then Olivia Arias from the US. Her heritage is Mexican.
yazoo would get all the girls on the floor dancing reliably in the 80s. Cyndi's debut album is fab, have the vinyl. i needed to be away from the 80s and the hype around it to start liking the album.
Love Cyndi Lauper as a person and as an activist, absolutely, but for me her music sucks
@@curly_wyn😳
@@djcrystalclear8169 Yeah, there’s definitely exceptions to the rule, but the rule for the most part is that I’m not a fan of the sound of the 80s 😅😝
Finally someone Crystalized all my feelings on Patti Smith. 100%
Well awwwright...what's happening my musical family, friends and homies!! So we're talking about debut albums today...yes! This is what I'm talking about. There's so many debut albums to mentioned on my list because I love music. So I have 30 honorable mentions, My Top 10 and my worst debut albums. Get your snacks because here's my eclectic list of debut albums.
Honorable Mentions:
The Temptations - Meet The Temptations!
Four Tops - Four Tops
Talking Heads - Talking Heads '77
Devo - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
Heatwave - Too Hot To Handle
Simple Minds - Life In A Day
Luther Vandross - Never Too Much
A Tribe Called Quest - People's Instinctive Travels And The Paths Of Rhythm
Pat Benatar - In The Heat Of The Night
Heart - Dreamboat Annie
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
The Jackson 5 - Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5
Sade - Diamond Life
U2 - Boy
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin I
Chicago - Chicago Transit Authority
The Fixx - Shuttered Room
The Monkees - The Monkees
Kiss - Kiss
Duran Duran - Duran Duran
En Vogue - Born To Sing
Joe Jackson - Look Sharp!
TLC - Ooooh...On The TLC Tip
The Police - Outlandos D'Amour
Guns 'N Roses - Appetite For Destruction
Run-D.M.C. - Run-D.M.C.
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Prince - For You
Steely Dan - Can't Buy A Thrill
Pink Floyd - The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
My Top 10:
10. Foreigner - Foreigner
9. Madonna - Madonna
8. The Doors - The Doors
7. Ramones - Ramones
6. Roxy Music - Roxy Music
5. Boston - Boston
4. Pretenders - Pretenders
3. Van Halen - Van Halen
2. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experenced?
1. The Cars - The Cars
Worst Debut Albums:
Taylor Swift - Taylor Swift
Ariana Grande - Yours Truly
Justin Bieber - My World 2.0
Drake - Thank Me Later
Limp Bizkit - Three Dollar Bill, Y'all
Pantera - Metal Magic
John Lennon & Yoko Ono - Two V's
Lou Reed - Lou Reed
Good Charlotte - Good Charlotte
And the worst debut album goes to:
Alanis Morissette - Alanis (yeah, this is before Jagged Little Pill and her writing songs about Joey of Full House and all. Alanis came out with two dance-pop based albums that was only released in Canada and it is bad...like early 90s bad.)
Well those are my list of debut albums that I love and loathe.
Ooooh, Dreamboat Annie! Another great one that I skipped in my shooting-from-the-hip list!
@@PapaNicksMusic I love that album. I was just listening to it on my cassette copy the other day and it sounded amazing that I had to mention that album.
@@UniversalBlackRockerWhat a list, Damar! Jazzed to see The Doors, Roxy Music, Madonna, Duran Duran, and Heart, among many others! Very nice 👏
@@michelewiese48 Thank you Michele! This was very hard because I wanted to have 50 honorable mentions but I cut it down to 30 but really love those debut albums.
Hey Damar/UBR. Fantastic list!! A number of sames. (I justed posted a few min ago.) Plus a few of these JUST MISSED for me including Talking Heads, Pat Benatar, Tom Petty . . . Well awwlright. Have a great weekend, my friend. 😀
Well, I suppose if Tommy hates Bad Brains, it makes sense he would hate Germs. Personally, I think they're great albums because of all the flaws. Isn't that the essence of punk? A great debut for me would be R.E.M.'s Chronic Town, even though it wasn't their true debut and it's an EP. Still, I think of it as their first album. If Paul can count Bee Gee's First. I won't go after Crystal for hating on Patti Smith (whom I love) because I hate Boston (I recognize the contribution, but I learned to hate that debut in one day).
Ha! Oh yeah, I know of your problem with Boston. I love that R.E.M. EP as well.
i have a major crush on Crystal and i’m 27 😂😂
Very interesting to hear! Although unfortunately, it pains me to inform you that you unfortunately don’t have a chance 🤗
She’s beautiful, sassy, and classy. What’s not to like?! 😊❤🔮 💿
Why the laughing faces? 😂 It’s completely understandable to have a major crush on Crystal. She’s beautiful!