All Downhill from Here...instances where an artist peaked with the first song on their first album

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I know someone who thinks 'Ruckzuck' is the best thing Kraftwerk ever did.

3×5, Tuesday, 29 December 2015 04:24 (eight years ago) link

pretty sure there are at least a few posters here that feel that way about "ruckzuck"

the late great, Tuesday, 29 December 2015 04:27 (eight years ago) link

"Blister In The Sun" is where a band records something so definitive that I wouldn't care less if everyone said that they peaked there and then

Master of Treacle, Tuesday, 29 December 2015 04:33 (eight years ago) link

Fountains of Wayne - "Radiation Vibe"

Master of Treacle, Tuesday, 29 December 2015 04:43 (eight years ago) link

Ruckzuck is really cool.

AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 29 December 2015 06:17 (eight years ago) link

This thread is even harsher:

Artists whose first single was the best thing they ever did.

Josefa, Tuesday, 29 December 2015 07:40 (eight years ago) link

ELO.

new zingland (rushomancy), Tuesday, 29 December 2015 18:54 (eight years ago) link

Fountains of Wayne - "Radiation Vibe"

I was about to object, then realized that, while there are probably 15 FoW songs I like almost as much, you're probably right

Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 29 December 2015 22:08 (eight years ago) link

Delays - "Nearer Than Heaven"

Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 29 December 2015 22:20 (eight years ago) link

Raspberries - "Go All the Way"

Lee626, Wednesday, 30 December 2015 08:09 (eight years ago) link

ELO.

If you were a Move fan, sure.

Hideous Lump, Wednesday, 30 December 2015 16:37 (eight years ago) link

Britney Spears OTM

Also agree with Fountains of Wayne

LimbsKing, Wednesday, 30 December 2015 17:38 (eight years ago) link

Ron Carter with his debut as a band leader- Where album, with Dolphy/Waldron, which is a minor masterpiece. Not really felt much else he did, although Uptown Conversation isn't terrible.

calzino, Wednesday, 30 December 2015 18:33 (eight years ago) link

ELO.

If you were a Move fan, sure.

That would explain why I was going to say OTM

Mark G, Wednesday, 30 December 2015 22:40 (eight years ago) link

Guns N' Roses?

octobeard, Thursday, 31 December 2015 05:12 (eight years ago) link

two years pass...

Meek Mill is never going to top Dreams And Nightmares (Intro) is he?

Siegbran, Sunday, 2 December 2018 23:21 (five years ago) link

Enh he's recorded lots of stuff that's at least comparable in quality, if not urgency

resident hack (Simon H.), Sunday, 2 December 2018 23:42 (five years ago) link

three years pass...

t/s: blue gene tyranny 'next time might be your time' vs annette peacock 'i'm the one'

who bodied 70's avant-jazz-pop harder on the first try

imago, Thursday, 6 January 2022 19:23 (two years ago) link

What is Annette Peacock's first album, though? Revenge: The Bigger The Love The Greater The Hate has been re-released under her own name (and also features a version of "I'm the One", but not as the first track!).

Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 6 January 2022 20:04 (two years ago) link

a perplexing intrusion! nonetheless, picking between those two songs is quite the task isn't it. (i mean i am personally going BGT but they're both incredible)

imago, Thursday, 6 January 2022 20:56 (two years ago) link

"Jacking the Ball" by The Sea and Cake

frogbs, Thursday, 6 January 2022 22:10 (two years ago) link


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