Rolling Stone Magazine 100 Best Debut Albums of all time.

Hörnisse · March 31, 2013, 02:48:52 PM

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/the-100-greatest-debut-albums-of-all-time-20130322

Lots of good ones!

Highlander · March 31, 2013, 03:17:29 PM

Montrose by Montrose - conspicuous by its absence...?

(ten musicians in a room with ten lists of ten LPs...)

Dave W · March 31, 2013, 04:02:42 PM

John Prine's self-titled debut would be near the top on my list; it's not there at all.

Some choice ones in there, I agree, but I wouldn't allow 75% of them in my house.

westen44 · March 31, 2013, 04:20:06 PM

Quote from: Dave W on March 31, 2013, 04:02:42 PM
John Prine's self-titled debut would be near the top on my list; it's not there at all.

Some choice ones in there, I agree, but I wouldn't allow 75% of them in my house.

I agree, except I'd change that to 85% in my case, although I only looked at about the top thirty on the list.

uwe · March 31, 2013, 04:44:52 PM

Not a great fan of debut albums at all, I often find an artist's mid-period work to be their prime. I prefer Sgt. Pepper to the Beatles debut, Wish you were here to Floyd's debut, WA's Argus to their debut, DP's Machine Head to Shades of, Led Zep IV and Physical Graffiti to Led Zep I, the Stones' Sticky Fingers to their 1st, Bob Dylan's Desire to his early work. Once in a while there is an exception (VH I, the first Ramones album), but in general I have a soft spot for a band that has matured somewhat.

nofi · March 31, 2013, 05:16:49 PM

it's rolling stone, a freakin fashion and pop 'culure' rag.. what do you expect.

clankenstein · March 31, 2013, 05:38:48 PM

They need a memorandum from the national affairs desk to sharpen them up .

Pilgrim · March 31, 2013, 05:46:36 PM

Beastie Boys #1?

That doesn't even fall under debatable. Just wrong.

Psycho Bass Guy · April 01, 2013, 12:32:34 AM

Rolling Stone's last gasp at musical relevance was, at best (and even then only tenuously), 20 years ago. Nowadays, they publish these idiotic lists simply to draw attention to themselves and stir up controversy among people who actually DO care about music. I recently checked out their top 100 albums and songs from the 2000's; I had never even heard of three quarters of them! Their "hip hop embrace" is both forced and transparent; they're just a bunch of tried hippies at heart jerking off to whatever is left of that counterculture so they hired a bunch of young kids with all the credibility of the models in a Benetton ad (there's a cultural reference) to say that Jay-Z and Bob Dylan hold equal footing in modern music. Sure. On the plus side, by checking out the lists, I did discover some music I had never heard that I really like, but then again, I've never made it a habit to follow Randy Newman's album releases.

Dave W · April 01, 2013, 08:18:09 AM

20 years ago? I'd say it's more like about 1980, and even then, it was only relevant if you were an aging hippie.

lowend1 · April 01, 2013, 08:47:45 AM

Quote from: HERBIE on March 31, 2013, 03:17:29 PM
Montrose by Montrose - conspicuous by its absence...?

(ten musicians in a room with ten lists of ten LPs...)

Kenny, speaking as a died in the wool Montrose fan, I would have no delusions about that album making any mainstream list. Despite the fact that it was the first really BIG sounding hard rock album that I can recall (setting the stage sonically for VH 1), it simply didn't make enough of an impact for most people to notice - let alone a magazine that is basically Jann Wenner's plaything.
I bristle far more at the omission of Chicago Transit Authority.

gweimer · April 01, 2013, 09:23:12 AM

I understand a lot of them, even if I don't agree. I don't know a great deal of the '80s/'90s entries. And as much as I am not a fan, I guess I have to understand the influence of bands like The Stooges and Velvet Underground on today's music. Everyone has brought up a few omissions, which I would generally agree with, and I have a couple to add:
King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King
Eno - Here Come the Warm Jets

Like Uwe, I tend to think that most band's best work occurs after the debut, once the artist gets a firm footing.

And....The Beatie Boys?

?? Really? It may not be true anymore, but Boston's debut, and at least they are on the list, was once the highest selling debut album of all time.

TBird1958 · April 01, 2013, 10:04:59 AM

What?! No Motely Crue?
I wouldn't let these guys pick my nose, much less my music.

gweimer · April 01, 2013, 10:59:19 AM

Quote from: TBird1958 on April 01, 2013, 10:04:59 AM

What?! No Motely Crue?
I wouldn't let these guys pick my nose, much less my music.

All right, missy....

Motley Crue's debut was hardly anything to crow about. They didn't have any idea of what they were doing, so they did everything. The sound was credited to Roy Thomas Baker, but I've heard since that he wasn't nearly as involved as credited. The whole album was a mish-mash of every popular trend of the time. Motley Crue didn't really make a big impact until after Vince Neil's accident and the enormous PR makeover the band got from Dee Anthony.

Nocturnal · April 01, 2013, 12:11:40 PM

Wasn't R.T.B. only involved in remixing the original self-produced Crue album before it was released by Electra?