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  • markmarc
    markmarc Posts: 2,309
    edited January 2011
    Here are three that i don't believe have been mentioned.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited January 2011
    xcapri79 wrote: »
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    It was an impressive album for its time with hit songs including:

    "I Saw Her Standing There"
    "Please Please Me"
    "Love Me Do"
    "Do You Want to Know a Secret"



    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Please_Please_Me

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  • squeeb
    squeeb Posts: 426
    edited January 2011
    This was pretty good for a debut ... Bat Out of Hell.
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited January 2011
    Mention was made of Van Halen, aka Van Hagar, so ..... let's go back to the beginning:

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    +1... "Connection" alone is worth the price of admission

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  • dorokusai
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    edited January 2011
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited January 2011
    Though there is no doubt The Beatles are truly one of the greats, I don't think their first lp really stands out. It was unremarkable at best.
    • I Saw Her Standing There .............. Lennon, McCartney 2:53
    • Misery ........................................ Lennon, McCartney 1:48
    • Ask Me Why ................................ Lennon, McCartney 2:26
    • Please Please Me .......................... Lennon, McCartney 2:00
    • Love Me Do ................................. Lennon, McCartney 2:21
    • P.S. I Love You ............................ Lennon, McCartney 2:04
    • Do You Want to Know a Secret ....... Lennon, McCartney 1:57
    • There's a Place ............................ Lennon, McCartney 1:50

    Yeah, what a pathetic effort... only 4 or 5 60's standards out of 8 original compositions... plus their cover of "Twist and Shout".

    It's a wonder they weren't s**t-canned... :rolleyes:

    So bad it was essentially re-released as their first U.S. LP...

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  • kdarshan
    kdarshan Posts: 11
    edited January 2011
    Blondie Parallel Lines
  • thesurfer
    thesurfer Posts: 574
    edited January 2011
    kdarshan wrote: »
    Blondie Parallel Lines
    Good album, but not there debut,, that would be self titled debut, in 1976,, jimmy.
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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,833
    edited January 2011
    Tour2ma wrote: »
    It's a wonder they weren't s**t-canned... :rolleyes:
    So bad it was essentially re-released as their first U.S. LP...

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    How true ! I think the only thing that saved them was their sharp duds and well-groomed hair stylings. :smile:
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,460
    edited January 2011
    Tour2ma wrote: »
    • I Saw Her Standing There .............. Lennon, McCartney 2:53
    • Misery ........................................ Lennon, McCartney 1:48
    • Ask Me Why ................................ Lennon, McCartney 2:26
    • Please Please Me .......................... Lennon, McCartney 2:00
    • Love Me Do ................................. Lennon, McCartney 2:21
    • P.S. I Love You ............................ Lennon, McCartney 2:04
    • Do You Want to Know a Secret ....... Lennon, McCartney 1:57
    • There's a Place ............................ Lennon, McCartney 1:50

    Yeah, what a pathetic effort... only 4 or 5 60's standards out of 8 original compositions... plus their cover of "Twist and Shout".

    It's a wonder they weren't s**t-canned... :rolleyes:

    So bad it was essentially re-released as their first U.S. LP...

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    The Beatles are one of my all-time favorites. Based upon their debut release alone, they would not have stood the test of time. Can you honestly say that "Love Me Do" would be a top playing tune on an oldies station if "Eleanor Rigby" "Yesterday" or "Hey Jude" never existed? Granted, there were some catchy tunes on that release, but their greatness did not bloom until they began to get full artistic control of their material sometime around mid 1965. Rubber Soul comes to mind for some reason...

    If they had faded early, they would have been just a flavor-of-the-month selection and would largely be forgotten by now, or remembered as that band the chicks fainted over and now nobody knows why. Thank GOD for us that they had far more substance than their early efforts would have indicated.
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  • michaeljhsda2
    michaeljhsda2 Posts: 2,185
    edited January 2011
    remember this,, former Deep Purple and Butterfly members and others

    Sufficiently Breathless is a great song by them.
    I'll have to check this album out.
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  • michaeljhsda2
    michaeljhsda2 Posts: 2,185
    edited January 2011
    Foreigner - Released March, 1977
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  • vc69
    vc69 Posts: 2,500
    edited January 2011
    Too many to mention.

    I don't know who, but somebody once said "you have your whole life to write your first album...".


    Perhaps that is why so many sophomore records fall short.
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  • michaeljhsda2
    michaeljhsda2 Posts: 2,185
    edited January 2011
    vc69 wrote: »
    Perhaps that is why so many sophomore records fall short.

    True indeed. Foreigner being the exception in this case. Their second album Double Vision sold even more and made 7x Platinum in the U.S.
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  • meremortal
    meremortal Posts: 12
    edited January 2011
    As a big metal fan, I can't help but go with the obvious choice of BLACK SABBATH - BLACK SABBATH.
  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited January 2011
    The Beatles are one of my all-time favorites. Based upon their debut release alone, they would not have stood the test of time. Can you honestly say that "Love Me Do" would be a top playing tune on an oldies station if "Eleanor Rigby" "Yesterday" or "Hey Jude" never existed? Granted, there were some catchy tunes on that release, but their greatness did not bloom until they began to get full artistic control of their material sometime around mid 1965. Rubber Soul comes to mind for some reason...
    or Revolver or.. blah blah blah... I get it... they got better, they matured... blah, blah, blah

    And as to your question, yes, I can say that...
    Wikipedia wrote:
    During the week of 4 April 1964, The Beatles held twelve positions on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, including the top five positions. Neither feat has been matched by any other artist to date. The top five songs were "Can't Buy Me Love" (Capitol Records), "Twist and Shout" (Tollie Records), "She Loves You" (Swan Records), "I Want to Hold Your Hand" (Capitol), and "Please Please Me" (Vee-Jay). In addition, seven other singles occupied lower places on the chart: "I Saw Her Standing There" (Capitol), "You Can't Do That" (Capitol), "All My Loving" (Capitol of Canada), "Roll Over Beethoven" (Capitol of Canada), "From Me To You" (Vee-Jay), "Do You Want To Know A Secret" (Vee-Jay) and "Thank You Girl" (Vee-Jay).
    Two of the top five, four of the twelve off their debut LP...

    You're entitled to your opinion, but the real point is we had a fun, friendly little thread going on... and it was titled "Best Debut Album"... not "Groups Whose Debut Album was Their Best". Folks were posting a lot of very good to great stuff. Some was also posted that I wouldn't piss on if it were on fire, but there were no negative, contrary opinions POSTED until you took issue with the debut of, by most objective measures, the greatest band of all time.

    Well whoopdeshit for you...
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  • vc69
    vc69 Posts: 2,500
    edited January 2011
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,460
    edited January 2011
    Tour2ma wrote: »
    Folks were posting a lot of very good to great stuff. Some was also posted that I wouldn't piss on if it were on fire, but there were no negative, contrary opinions POSTED until you took issue with the debut of, by most objective measures, the greatest band of all time.

    Well whoopdeshit for you...


    Wow... just wow. Thank you for that man. I do consider the Beatles to be the greatest group of all time. I am sorry that I don't consider their first record to be the gold standard by which debut albums should be judged. I fail to see why YOUR opinion is somehow more valid than mine here. I, and a good chunk of us that were not alive when the Beatles came on the scene probably feel the same way I do on that one. It may very well be a generational thing, but I fail to see why you feel so compelled to make an argument out of me having a different opinion on it.

    A LOT of the calls made here actually made the list of the top 100 debut LPs of all time. Sorry... no Beatles.

    http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_albums-debut.html

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  • FTGV
    FTGV Posts: 3,649
    edited January 2011
    vc69 wrote: »

    I don't know who, but somebody once said "you have your whole life to write your first album...".


    Perhaps that is why so many sophomore records fall short.
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited January 2011
    A LOT of the calls made here actually made the list of the top 100 debut LPs of all time. Sorry... no Beatles.

    http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_albums-debut.html

    I thought this was about what WE thought were great debut albums...not what research on the internet listed as great debut albums.

    I could give a rats **** about the "list"...I can think for myself. :rolleyes:

    But of course it is just opinion. While the Beatles do not make my list of greatest debut albums I can see why some do think so.

    OTOH... Lady GaGa? Your opinion I suppose. Certainly not mine.
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,460
    edited January 2011
    shack wrote: »
    I thought this was about what WE thought were great debut albums...not what research on the internet listed as great debut albums.

    I could give a rats **** about the "list"...I can think for myself. :rolleyes:

    But of course it is just opinion. While the Beatles do not make my list of greatest debut albums I can see why some do think so.

    OTOH... Lady GaGa? Your opinion I suppose. Certainly not mine.

    Agreed on all counts shack... I did not see Gaga on the top 100 list either. It is all just opinion, and should be taken with a grain of salt.:cool:
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited January 2011
    Wow... just wow. Thank you for that man. I do consider the Beatles to be the greatest group of all time.

    I am sorry that I don't consider their first record to be the gold standard by which debut albums should be judged.

    I fail to see why YOUR opinion is somehow more valid than mine here.

    I, and a good chunk of us that were not alive when the Beatles came on the scene probably feel the same way I do on that one. It may very well be a generational thing, but I fail to see why you feel so compelled to make an argument out of me having a different opinion on it.

    A LOT of the calls made here actually made the list of the top 100 debut LPs of all time. Sorry... no Beatles.

    http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_albums-debut.html

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    In order:
    You're welcome... and I feel there is hope for you...

    Establishing a "gold standard" wasn't the point of the thread and no one ever said Please Please Me was the gold standard, and you know it, so drop the "I've been wronged" hyperbole.

    You should fail to see it, because my opinion's not more important than your's or anyone else's... but posting your negative view of a fellow club member's opinion (I can't believe I have to repeat this) was both uncalled for and what prompted my rebuttal.

    Sure it's generational to some degree... had you been listening to AM radio in the 60's, I believe your appreciation of their early work would increase. Again, your inappropriate post compelled me to make the case for it.

    shack's already addressed your "list", but I'd like to add, a couple questions...
    1. WTF is "digitaldreamdoor.com"?
    2. Did you even read the criteria of your own "expert" source? It pretty much eliminates The Beatles from consideration...
    Criteria: - These debut albums were chosen and ranked based upon their initial and lasting popularity and their impact and influence on rock 'n' roll and its related genres. Also considered is whether or not any songs on the album were previously available for some time as singles before the album was released.
    Please Please Me (LP)
    released 22 Apr '63
    Singles' release dates:
    "I Saw Her Standing There"
    released 13 Jan '63
    "Please Please Me"
    released 11 Jan '63
    "Love Me Do"/ PS I Love You" --- released 5 October '62

    If you need the last word, have at it. I've grown weary of beating this particular, dead horse.


    thesurfer,
    Sorry for my part in damaging an inspired thread.


    Speaking of this thread... Somehow this one seems to have been missed...

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    I wore out two copies of ELP before I graduated from college. Saw the deep synth note near the end of "Lucky Man" crease the woofer of an AR 3A...:eek:

    Anybody want to fight about it??? :biggrin:
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  • thesurfer
    thesurfer Posts: 574
    edited January 2011
    Tour2ma wrote: »
    In order:
    You're welcome... and I feel there is hope for you...

    Establishing a "gold standard" wasn't the point of the thread and no one ever said Please Please Me was the gold standard, and you know it, so drop the "I've been wronged" hyperbole.

    You should fail to see it, because my opinion's not more important than your's or anyone else's... but posting your negative view of a fellow club member's opinion (I can't believe I have to repeat this) was both uncalled for and what prompted my rebuttal.

    Sure it's generational to some degree... had you been listening to AM radio in the 60's, I believe your appreciation of their early work would increase. Again, your inappropriate post compelled me to make the case for it.

    shack's already addressed your "list", but I'd like to add, a couple questions...
    1. WTF is "digitaldreamdoor.com"?
    2. Did you even read the criteria of your own "expert" source? It pretty much eliminates The Beatles from consideration...


    Please Please Me (LP)
    released 22 Apr '63
    Singles' release dates:
    "I Saw Her Standing There"
    released 13 Jan '63
    "Please Please Me"
    released 11 Jan '63
    "Love Me Do"/ PS I Love You" --- released 5 October '62

    If you need the last word, have at it. I've grown weary of beating this particular, dead horse.


    thesurfer,
    Sorry for my part in damaging an inspired thread.


    Speaking of this thread... Somehow this one seems to have been missed...

    c84721e44ar.jpg
    I wore out two copies of ELP before I graduated from college. Saw the deep synth note near the end of "Lucky Man" crease the woofer of an AR 3A...:eek:

    Anybody want to fight about it??? :biggrin:
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  • kefranklin
    kefranklin Posts: 141
    edited January 2011
    The Allman Brothers Band, The Marshall Tucker Band, Leon Russell, Funkadelic, GNR Appetite for Destruction, Eric Clapton, ZZ Top's First Album, Elton John Tumbleweed Connection and a million others. Great artists usually have great debut albums.
  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,960
    edited January 2011
    kefranklin wrote: »
    The Allman Brothers Band, The Marshall Tucker Band, Leon Russell, Funkadelic, GNR Appetite for Destruction, Eric Clapton, ZZ Top's First Album, Elton John Tumbleweed Connection and a million others. Great artists usually have great debut albums.

    Tumbleweed Connection was at least Elton John's third album, after Empty Sky and Elton John (that I know of for sure - there might have even been something before Empty Sky with really limited distribution).
  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited January 2011
    ^True on EJ, but you gotts say that's a pretty eclectic line-up.

    Nice to see The Marshall Tucker Band mentioned...

    ...and Leon Russell... although his strong S/T was not his first either. I never heard his obscure debut.

    Anyone heard Leon and Elton's collaboration released last year?
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  • kefranklin
    kefranklin Posts: 141
    edited January 2011
    Major goof on the Elton. I don't have the other lp you mentioned, though, just s/t. Leon made about a million tracks before his debut and Look Inside the Asylum Choir with Marc Benno was his first actual lp with his name on it. It didn't sell very well and the rest of the session was released after s/t as Asylum Choir II. I actually have the Look Inside.. lp with the original toilet paper cover and the reissue. I am a bit of a Leon freak, as you can tell. The Union is great, but I haven't gotten the lp yet so I have had to listen on computer. I actually got a good disc yesterday that is Elton opening for Leon at the Fillmore in November, 1970. As far as Marshall Tucker Band and (early)Funkadelic, I believe those are two of the most underrated bands in history, even if their musical approach is slightly different. Marshall Tucker is just one of those bands that sound great on vinyl.
  • stuwee
    stuwee Posts: 1,508
    edited January 2011
    shack wrote: »
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    Gets my vote!! Jeeze what a record, recorded on an old tube mixing board thru tube mikes, and sounds just incredible! My Dad bought it new in '76 and was played on his Pioneer system, even then I could hear the 'magic' sound...I dare anyone to best it sonically on a good system :smile: cuz I said so that's why!! :tongue:
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  • camtah
    camtah Posts: 128
    edited January 2011
    Oh the memories..I want my vinyl back...Jefferson Airplane , Zep, Boston, Heart, Chicago, ELP to name a few. I had em all and my friend had even more than I did...some of you younger folks need to check out some of the oldies..