David Sylvian dismisses the first Japan LP and reckons the second album should have been their debut, but I disagree... I think that the first album is great and the second LP not so much.
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Sunday, 2 July 2017 11:51 (six years ago) link
or the 1975?― joshywinty (josh), Sunday, July 2, 2017 12:30 AM (eleven hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― joshywinty (josh), Sunday, July 2, 2017 12:30 AM (eleven hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Nah, they don't count because they never went onto greatness and they're crap full stop.
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Sunday, 2 July 2017 11:52 (six years ago) link
The Divine Comedy
― heaven parker (anagram), Sunday, 2 July 2017 12:17 (six years ago) link
These New Puritans's debut is rubbish, Hidden is interesting but flawed, but they definitely achieved greatness with Field of Reeds
― ultros ultros-ghali, Sunday, 2 July 2017 12:28 (six years ago) link
I will rep for the Prince debut...haven't got the time now... but I WILL rep for it...also the 'Adolescent Sex' is genius...they just can't see it
― X-Prince Protégé (sonnyboy), Sunday, 2 July 2017 14:00 (six years ago) link
Motorpsycho is kind of the quintessential example of this, if we're including stuff like Prince that is. Who could have known...
― frogbs, Monday, 3 July 2017 03:37 (six years ago) link
first Afghan Whigs is pretty terrible.
― campreverb, Monday, 3 July 2017 04:21 (six years ago) link
Bob Dylan
― Fine Toothcomb (sonofstan), Monday, 3 July 2017 22:25 (six years ago) link
I like all of Japan's albums.
― Austin, Tuesday, 4 July 2017 01:14 (six years ago) link
I like 'em all too, but think the second one is the weakest.
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Tuesday, 4 July 2017 12:45 (six years ago) link
Since the thread includes some of the greatest artists of contemporary music with a huge catalogue, obviously there will always be someone who loves the more obscure stuff.It's the distance and evolution between the debut - no matter how good it is - and the peak of the artist in question that seems more interesting to me.In that regard, Dylan, the Stones or Prince would be perfect examples. Stevie Wonder even more imo : I mean, from "The Jazz Soul Of Little Stevie" to "Songs In The Key Of Life" !
― AlXTC from Paris, Tuesday, 4 July 2017 12:59 (six years ago) link
The first Prince album is underrated if anything.
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 4 July 2017 13:51 (six years ago) link
Yeah listening now this is fantastic r&b
Title track opens the album a lot like "Our Prayer/Gee" does Smile by the Beach Boys, like the doo wop/gospel version
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 4 July 2017 14:14 (six years ago) link
Judas Priest.
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 4 July 2017 14:18 (six years ago) link
arguably : M. Jackson - from Got To Be There to OFW/Thriller.GTBT is good though so again, it's not so much about the debut being crap but about it being far from the following peak.
― AlXTC from Paris, Tuesday, 4 July 2017 14:24 (six years ago) link
I guess there's a few examples of artists on Motown coming into their own when they've been allowed to express themselves creatively.
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Tuesday, 4 July 2017 21:52 (six years ago) link
Does anyone stan for Springsteen's debut? I adore the man, hate that debut album, though.
― Rod Steel (musicfanatic), Tuesday, 29 August 2017 00:28 (six years ago) link
Carly Rae Jepsen
― MarkoP, Tuesday, 29 August 2017 03:57 (six years ago) link
xpost yep hi I love the debut
spirit of the night, blinded by the light, lost in the flood, hard to be a saint in the city... besides the highlight tracks, just the general folky Bruce, yknow, the Van Morrison/Bob Dylan idol worship & megawordy young & antsy vibe is really enjoyable for me
i'll stan for it forever
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 29 August 2017 04:43 (six years ago) link
Same. Lots of good to be found on the first Springsteen album.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 29 August 2017 05:21 (six years ago) link
^yeah, figured I was in the minority about The Boss. I much prefer his economy-of-words approach to his latter-day lyric writing.
― Rod Steel (musicfanatic), Saturday, 23 September 2017 23:01 (six years ago) link
Simple Minds (before becoming crap again)
― palko, Tuesday, 26 September 2017 20:27 (six years ago) link
warren zevon wanted dead or alive
― fact checking cuz, Tuesday, 26 September 2017 20:35 (six years ago) link
(UK) Squeeze
― PaulTMA, Tuesday, 26 September 2017 21:12 (six years ago) link
Yo la Tengo
― rip van wanko, Tuesday, 26 September 2017 21:36 (six years ago) link
Chairlift, who went crap again
― Shat Parp (dog latin), Wednesday, 27 September 2017 07:52 (six years ago) link
I love the Latin Van Morrison feel of Greetings From Astbury Park. & the amount of words adds to the cadence.
― Stevolende, Wednesday, 27 September 2017 07:58 (six years ago) link
a lot of people (not necessarily me) would classify Lana Del Rey here
― sick, fucking funny, and well tasty (katherine), Wednesday, 27 September 2017 16:05 (six years ago) link