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Best/Favorite debut album


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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.

 

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

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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.

 

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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.

 

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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.

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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. 

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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.  

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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"

 

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