Name your top 10 debut records of all time.

[ForeverAutumn]

As most lists, it could change day to day, but off the top of my head...

Ray LaMontagne - Trouble
Muse - Showbiz
The Trews - House of Ill Fame
Amanda Marshall - s/t
Blue Rodeo - Outskirts
Crowded House - s/t
Hem - Rabbit Songs
Pain of Salvation - One Hour by the Concrete Lake
Rose Cousins - If You Were For Me
Snow Patrol - Final Straw

[MasterCylinder]

I can think of five :


Meet the Beatles

Are You Experienced ?

Led Zeppelin

Santana

The Doors

[poppachubby]

Blue Rodeo - Outskirts
Crowded House - s/t

Oh FA, I could love a woman with your musical taste...

[ForeverAutumn]

Oh FA, I could love a woman with your musical taste...

Your Metallica and Mars Volta picks aren't so bad either. Metallica was on my original list, but I had to narrow it down and drop a few off. It didn't survive the cut.

[poppachubby]

Your Metallica and Mars Volta picks aren't so bad either. Metallica was on my original list, but I had to narrow it down and drop a few off. It didn't survive the cut.

Yes, I am a HUGE Crowded House fan. Infact, I also love Split Enz and own all of their albums on original vinyl.

I take it you don't enjoy hip hop. That top 100 list included Paid in Full, I would agree with that for sure. It's tough to pick on a list like this. I tried to include all factors such as the bands discography, popular relevance and of course, personal relevance.

FA I suspect you aren't a funk/soul/ RB fan either. P-Funk was VERY experimental and progressive back in the day.

The Mars Volta's debut really impacted me as a being a great album and renewed my faith in rock. I also believe it to be their best. They shed Rubin and the result was less than pleasing IMO.

Anyhow, great topic.

[ForeverAutumn]

Yes, I am a HUGE Crowded House fan. Infact, I also love Split Enz and own all of their albums on original vinyl.

I take it you don't enjoy hip hop. That top 100 list included Paid in Full, I would agree with that for sure. It's tough to pick on a list like this. I tried to include all factors such as the bands discography, popular relevance and of course, personal relevance.

FA I suspect you aren't a funk/soul/ RB fan either. P-Funk was VERY experimental and progressive back in the day.

The Mars Volta's debut really impacted me as a being a great album and renewed my faith in rock. I also believe it to be their best. They shed Rubin and the result was less than pleasing IMO.

Anyhow, great topic.

You're right, hip hop/funk/soul/R&B just aren't my cuppa tea for the most part.

I agree with your assessment of Mars Volta. I really liked that first disk, but nothing that I've heard since has been all that enjoyable to me. I have their second, and possibly third, disk at home. I should probably sell them. I'll never listen to them again. I still pull the debut out on occasion however.

Have you heard the new Crowded House disk, Intriguer? I've been hearing mixed reviews. I'm also a huge fan, but their last one was a big disappointment for me...especially since it took them so long to release it. I'm not jumping to buy the new one yet.

But we've gone off-topic...So what? This is the most active thread here in ages. Great topic...great discussion!

[Davey]

As most lists, it could change day to day, but off the top of my head...

Crowded House - s/t

Some very good songs, but I never thought that much of it as a record. The next two completely overshadowed it in my mind as well, so I guess it kind of gets lost to me. Split Enz "Mental Notes" debut was great though, one of the best things they ever did until the near perfection of "Time and Tide", though those two phases of their music were quite different.

But speaking of that, I forgot to list one of my favorite debuts of the 2000s, Augie March "Sunset Studies". Beautiful record, has it all. Great songwriting, words that flow past like good poetry, always interesting music, perfect production, no damage from the loudness war that wrecked the sound of most CDs of this era even though it is a Sony product, and even nice cover art. Yea, listening to it again right now, and this is good, so good I could almost have written this blog myself (some other big favorites on there too)... http://wirelesscranium.blogspot.com/.../best-of-2000s