Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
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Moby Grape, The Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, The Band, Randy Newman, Van Dyke Parks, Jellyfish, Iris Dement, Gram Parsons, The Flying Burrito Brothers, The Dwight Twilley Band, The Beat (U.S., not U.K.), Dave Edmunds, Nick Lowe, Rockpile, Marshall Crenshaw, The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, Buddy Miller, Moon Martin, Mink DeVille, Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly & The Crickets, Carl Perkins, The Everly Brothers, The Ventures, Cream, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Yardbirds, The Animals, The Beau Brummels, Manfred Mann, The Who, Cheap Trick, The Grateful Dead, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Ry Cooder, Leo Kottke, Pentangle, Fairport Convention, The Lovin’ Spoonful, Crosby, Stills, & Nash, Simon & Garfunkle, Blood, Sweat, & Tears, The Flamin’ Groovies, The Sex Pistols, The Clash, Television, Jonathan Richman, Loudon Wainwright III, this list goes on and on. Damn @bkeske, where ya been all my life? ;-) |
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I am going to go a slightly different route from my learned colleagues here and take the path slightly more obscurious. The Least We Can Do Is Wave To Each Other .... Van Der Graaf Generator. A Blueprint of the World ..... Enchant. Mirage ..... Camel. Motörhead S/T. All truly superb first efforts. And paved the way for even greater successes. And if you want a favorite out of those it would have to be Van Der Graaf |
When I first heard Boston’s debut I thought it was their greatest hits album. Favorite one, though? Maybe NWA’s "Straight Outta Compton" or the Beastie’s "License to Ill" Maybe even Phish’s "Junta" Or maybe even Sting's "Dream of the Blue Turtles" or Nick Drake's "Five Leaves Left" (yes, I know that's not really Stings DEBUT album, but whatevs) |
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Pat Metheny's "Bright Size Life." (Jaco Pastorius kills on this record too!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIu-04SKFMk |
Did I ever mention that I didn't like CSN's debut album because I thought it felt fussed over and a little tame? Then I saw them in concert at either the Greek or the Hollywood Bowl. They were wonderful. Loose and virtuosic. They got still better when Neil Young came on stage as "special guest." In any case, I continued to try and like the album but I never could quite accept it. Wound up selling it. |
Possibly the most eagerly anticipated, the most explosive, the most iconoclastic album in my memory was Never Mind the Bollocks by the Sex Pistols. I think all the songs have stood the test of time well, but to really ’get it’ you had to be following the music scene here in the UK in 76/77. Their social impact was immense and the fallout had an after-life lasting decades. They made the Stones look like a bunch of naughty chartered accountants. Their manager Malcolm McLaren might have thought he was orchestrating some kind of retro Rock N Roll experiment but soon found himself way out of his depth. As a direct consequence the unfortunate band members Lydon, Matlock, Cook and especially Steve Jones spent years of living through post-traumatic stress disorder. Sid Vicious, bassist and figurehead, didn’t even make it that far. |
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