Guybrush

A lot of good albums here, many of which deserve a little more mention than they got.

Khfreek mentions Boston (by Boston) from 1980 which is another of my favourite all-time debut albums which I guess is not surprising as it sold platinum 3 months after release and reached 17x platinum in 2003, making it one of the most successful debut albums ever, at least from a sales point of view. It's a solid rock album from start to finish with several immortal rock classics .. "Smokin" and "Rock And Roll Band" are my favourite tracks!

Bulldog posted "I Should Coco" from 1995 by Supergrass, which is another interesting mention, I think. I know Gaz Coombes (singer) was only 17 or 18 years old when they started out in the studio to produce their first single ("caught by the fuzz", also a track on the album) and he was only 19 when their album was released in 95. A bit like Kate Bush's "The Kick Inside" that I posted about, to me - this album feels a bit raw, distilled youth. It's playful, upbeat, creative, fast and fun. Although they draw on familiar influences, I definetly think they found their own unique sound and for me, Supergrass is the most interesting band to emerge from the britpop era. After this album, they did change sound a bit and got more serious. Because of that, there is no other Supergrass album quite like it. Gaz (I think it was) also mentioned in interviews that the image of them as slightly comical, happy-punky teenagers haunted them for quite some time after this record. Last, I'll add, though, that over time, this album has lost some of it's appeal for me and my favourite track now would probably be "time" which is also the slowest song on the album .. but that's probably just because of repeated listenings. There is no real weak track, but "alright" is the most famous single .. It's definetly not my favourite song from that album, so if that's the one you know, don't base your opinion just on that track and do yourself a favour and get the rest.


I'd write something about Experienced and My Aim is True, both of which are albums I like very much .. maybe in a later post if noone else does it first. I've seen many recommend Joy Division's debut (in magazines, other forums etc), but although I do have it in my collection, I've yet to actually sit down and listen to it. It's on my ever-growing to-do list, though.


Barabajagal, I never quite "got" T.Rex's debut, though .. That's a strange album indeed. I think it's gonna need a few more spins before I get used to it. :p

Anteater, it's fun that you mention Kobaïa because I just picked up that one along with a couple other Magma albums after reading an article on them. Quite strange, especially with the kobaian language and all!

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Barabajagal

I think the only reason I "got" the album was because I was absolutely determined to. Don't ask me why! I truly hated it at first listen.