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.
@johnto Good call on CSN - that also reads like a greatest hits disc @jrod68. So true with PJ - "Ten" I consider the most influential album of the 90's
The problem with Boston, its too perfect. Rock needs to have at least a few rough edges here and there. Boston is so finely crafted it puts Aja to shame. I am of course being sarcastic. Wish I'd thought of it.
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)
petg60 -- Pink Floyd's first album was Piper at the Gates of Dawn. I actually went looking for it in my vinyl collection. Damn, I must have sold it eons ago. I bought it for Interstellar Overdrive.
Oh, just one? That’s easy: Music From Big Pink. It changed the world for every good musician I know, and many I don't (Eric Clapton, Nick Lowe, Neil Young, hundreds of others).
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.
I just gotta echo the selections mentioned by all you guys. That Nancy Wilson with Cannonball Adderly! Zeppelin! Doors! Are You Experienced! I'll add Pearl Jam's debut.
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