"As much as I loved the Sex Pistols, they were too much of a one trick pony. I still regret, though, that I missed them when they played the Roxy (or was it the Whisky?). I went to buy a ticket. They had already sold out....not the Pistols themselves, though!"
No, they didn’t, not even given the odd butter commercial.
As for them being a one trick pony, I doubt whether they were given any room to develop. Not with crazy media scrum that followed them everywhere this side of the pond.
Nor for the mayhem that later happened on the other side, the infamously notorious US tour of early 78 which broke the band. Details only gradually emerged some time later in our music papers.
For some of us, that sense of losing something we never really understood was strong. All of a sudden things began to return to drab late 70s normality...
Great mentions already, here's a few more. ZZTop/ZZ Tops First A!bum, Steve Earle/Guitar Town, J Geils/S/T, Elvis Costello/My Aim Is True, Joe Jackson/Look Sharp. Enjoy the music
Completely agree with your pick of Steely Dan “Cant Buy a Thrill” ( 1972) . A faint echo : “ Bad Company “ ( 1974 ?) was pretty solid for a debut album. Good thread here.
Nobody's mentioned Eddie Moneys self titled first album. The one with Two Tickets to Paradise and Baby Hold On. The entire album was worth listening, and we played the heck out of it. Not up there with Bostons debut, but noteworthy
Agree with OP that Can’t Buy a Thrill is a top debut. One could argue that the Dan’s first two are also contenders for the best opening two. My favorite is R.E.M.’s Murmur but it is hard to argue with Are You Experienced and Led Zeppelin. And then there’s the game changers...Never Mind the Bollocks and PJ’s Ten.
I'll second Pearl Jam's "Ten" - one of the best front-to-back debut albums I've ever heard from a song quality perspective - Hendrix, and may of the other usual suspects.
I would also add: Norah Jones "Come Away With Me". Gn'R "Appetite For Destruction".
Jethro Tull - This Was. Check out Steven Wilson's remixed version. I love hearing this band when they were young, just developing their style. This is primarily a blues record, a style that they ultimately abandoned. Still - listening to "Some day the sun won't shine for you", you'd swear that you could stand right up and stand amongst the band. The whole album is like that. Really enjoyable!
Mary J. Blige -- What's the 411 Keith Sweat -- Make it Last Forever Lauryn Hill (solo) -- The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill Missy Elliott -- Supa Dupa Fly (I remember seeing this in a Record Store posted everywhere, and I thought "who is she and why should I but that CD?" until I got home and listened to it. I'm glad I took that chance.. I've loved her ever since.
And on another note, I really loved: Madonna -- Madonna (I always thought HOLIDAY would be a classic) Nora Jones -- Come Go with Me English Beat -- I Just Can't Stop It (my most listened to CD in college)
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