Great debut albums

[TeaNoSugar]

Ultuous said:

TeaNoSugar said:

Smashing Pumpkins - Melon Collie and the infinite sadness

That's their third album as far as I'm aware... Awesome list other than that tho!

Another one to add to the “miles off the mark” list. Looks like it was their 4th album!!

[Ultuous]

I can only think of Gish and Siamese Dream before it - the latter's certainly got some fab tracks if you've not heard them!

[TCX]

Dio,Holy Diver
The Clash,The Clash
Bernie Tormé,Turn out the lights

[gazza285]

popeyewhite said:

gazza285 said:

popeyewhite said:

Halmyre said:

As an aside, one of the few examples of same band name, album title and song title; Bad Company being the only other example I can think of.

Band name, debut album, album title, first track side 1 - Motorhead. Hmmm..

Yes, but that was a Hawkwind cover.

No it's not. Wriiten by Lemmy, sung by Lemmy when in Hawkwind and an eponymous title for his new band. How can the writer of a song 'cover' his own song? Any examples?

[Ozone]

A couple already mentioned I think:

Oxygene - JMJarre
Tubeway Army - Tubeway Army

Upstairs at Erics - Yazoo
Duran Duran - Duran Duran
Texas Flood - Stevie Ray Vaughan
Speak and Spell - Depeche Mode
Yellow Magic Orchestra - Yellow Magic Orchestra
A Flock of Seagulls - A Flock of Seagulls

and a cheat - Dare - Human League (Mk2 - nothing like the original )

[Halmyre]

popeyewhite said:

gazza285 said:

popeyewhite said:

Halmyre said:

As an aside, one of the few examples of same band name, album title and song title; Bad Company being the only other example I can think of.

Band name, debut album, album title, first track side 1 - Motorhead. Hmmm..

Yes, but that was a Hawkwind cover.

No it's not. Wriiten by Lemmy, sung by Lemmy when in Hawkwind and an eponymous title for his new band. How can the writer of a song 'cover' his own song? Any examples?

That reminds me slightly of John Fogerty, after splitting from Creedence Clearwater Revival, being sued by his former record company for plagiarising one of his own compositions.

[Dinlowgoon]

Dreadzone - 360
UB40 - Signing off
Specials
Chemical Brothers - Exit Planet Dust
Depeche Mode - Speak and Spell

[popeyewhite]

gazza285 said:

popeyewhite said:

gazza285 said:

popeyewhite said:

Halmyre said:

As an aside, one of the few examples of same band name, album title and song title; Bad Company being the only other example I can think of.

Band name, debut album, album title, first track side 1 - Motorhead. Hmmm..

Yes, but that was a Hawkwind cover.

No it's not. Wriiten by Lemmy, sung by Lemmy when in Hawkwind and an eponymous title for his new band. How can the writer of a song 'cover' his own song? Any examples?

Fish has covered one of his own songs? Bit cryptic but I got there!

[popeyewhite]

Halmyre said:

That reminds me slightly of John Fogerty, after splitting from Creedence Clearwater Revival, being sued by his former record company for plagiarising one of his own compositions.

A bit cheeky but I suppose it all boils down to who actually 'owns' a song.

[irocfan]

Appetite For Destruction - Guns 'n' Roses

Never Mind the bks, Here's the Sex Pistols - Sex Pistols

Edited by irocfan on Saturday 19th October 13:22

[AJB88]

ALawson said:

Anyone into Gerry Cinnamon - Erratic Cinematic?

Yes! seeing him in Dublin in a few weeks, The Cinnamons EP is ok as well, original version of Sometimes on there.

[AJB88]

Modern ones

Liam Gallagher - As you were
Gerry Cinnamon - Erratic Cinematic

Older
Stone roses - Stone Roses
Slipknot - Slipknot , although I prefer M.F.K.R (technically a Demo)
Joy division - Unknown Pleasures, prefer Warsaw though.

[irocfan]

Actually Evanescence - Fallen is a smashing album, let alone their debut

[Japveesix]

Earth Vs The Wildhearts (best debut rock album ever made)
Airbourne - Runnin wild
Travis - Good Feeling (such a great debut followed by loads of st albums since)
Deftones - Adrenaline (still prefer it to later stuff, the riffs are amazing)
Silver Sun - self-titled (if you don't know it this is one of the best and catchiest pop rock albums ever)

[Grrbang]

Japveesix said:

Earth Vs The Wildhearts (best debut rock album ever made)
Airbourne - Runnin wild
Travis - Good Feeling (such a great debut followed by loads of st albums since)
Deftones - Adrenaline (still prefer it to later stuff, the riffs are amazing)
Silver Sun - self-titled (if you don't know it this is one of the best and catchiest pop rock albums ever)

Thanks for that, added Earth Vs The Wildhearts and Adrenaline

[Fluffsri]

Japveesix said:

Earth Vs The Wildhearts (best debut rock album ever made)

Loving this at the mo, cheers for the heads up.

[ElectricSoup]

popeyewhite said:

Alex_225 said:

Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden

What was 'great' about it? Virtually all their subsequent albums were better.

Oof. Controversial claim there. I think it's their greatest work. A few people I know who usually hate metal think it's brilliant. In fact it's pretty much the only Maiden I still listen to.

[anonymous-user]

ElectricSoup said:

popeyewhite said:

Alex_225 said:

Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden

What was 'great' about it? Virtually all their subsequent albums were better.

Oof. Controversial claim there. I think it's their greatest work. A few people I know who usually hate metal think it's brilliant. In fact it's pretty much the only Maiden I still listen to.

Yep, their best work imho too.

[Simes205]

irocfan said:

Appetite For Destruction - Guns 'n' Roses

I bought that on cassette in 1987? What a great sound, fantastic.
Bought it more recently on cd to relive those days on a long car journey.........removed from device by track 2!

[popeyewhite]

Raygun said:

ElectricSoup said:

popeyewhite said:

Alex_225 said:

Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden

What was 'great' about it? Virtually all their subsequent albums were better.

Oof. Controversial claim there. I think it's their greatest work. A few people I know who usually hate metal think it's brilliant. In fact it's pretty much the only Maiden I still listen to.

Yep, their best work imho too.

Nah. Dickinson didn't join until the third album, Number of the Beast. That's the point I'd say at which the band took off, and their music was definable as theirs...as opposed to say, Magnum or Diamond Head or any other struggling metal band at the time. NOTB went to No1 in the album chart and they had a top ten single off it as well. The two previous albums were pretty crude and just sounded like many other NWOBHM bands throwing their hands in and trying to catch the NWOBHM wave.Well, alright the albums weren't 'bad' at all', but the first certainly wasn't a 'great debut album'.