Favourite debut album

bob. · 05-31-2012, 06:49 PM

cats doing stuff will always win over south park

....or kitlers....they never get old

mr dave · 05-31-2012, 07:19 PM

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Originally Posted by duga

Ehhh... While Ultramega OK is definitely a great album I still prefer Louder Than Love (and Badmotorfinger to that). The band was on a winning streak all the way up to Superunknown which easily ties with Badmotorfinger depending on my mood. In the context of a debut, it surely is a hefty one but the quality of their writing still had plenty of room to improve (as they did with each subsequent release - even up to Down on the Upside - while not as good overall, it still showed the peak of their growth as musicians).

We're going to have to agree to disagree. Cornell's writing may have improved but the later releases lacked the fire I feel when I hear Ultramega OK. Louder Than Love is great but where the bass leads are gone I wonder if it's because they were pressured into releasing something a little more straight forward, or because Yamamoto had already clocked out of the band. Like you mention, mood is a factor in the enjoyment of their later releases, but for me, I'm always in the mood for Ultramega OK.

Justthefacts · 05-31-2012, 08:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Forever-a-Cone

Um, sorry to burst your triumphant bubble but posting a picture of Jimmy from South Park is hardly stimulating good conversation. It also isn't very funny.

You should have posted a picture of a cat doing something hilarious. Then it would have been funny.

I agree. You're the one that needs to grow up kid.

Alfred · 05-31-2012, 10:42 PM

The best album of their career, they never again came close to matching its raw, unfiltered emotion and passion.

Godspeed! You Black Emperor are probably the only band who (in my opinion) made two perfect albums (the other being Lift Yr. Skinny Fists). This album has the most unmistakable and unmatched atmosphere of any I've ever heard. It's sad, bleak, pummeling, and strangely uplifting. In about an hour with no sung lyrics, Godspeed manage to conjure more emotion than most lyric-bands do in their entire career.

sopsych · 05-31-2012, 11:33 PM

If I'm to leave out Bad English due to the members' years in the business prior to that, then:
Richard Marx - the self-titled debut album. Four classics off a debut - hard to top that.

~~Sansa Stark~~ · 05-31-2012, 11:37 PM

duh

Trollheart · 06-01-2012, 02:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Forever-a-Cone

Um, sorry to burst your triumphant bubble but posting a picture of Jimmy from South Park is hardly stimulating good conversation. It also isn't very funny.

You should have posted a picture of a cat doing something hilarious. Then it would have been funny.

Like this

(I always knew cats had hidden talents...)

SGR · 06-01-2012, 06:41 AM

REM's Murmur of course!

Can't forget PJ's Ten either!

Zer0 · 06-01-2012, 06:07 PM

Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures

Well okay they shelved an album before they released this but I have never come across a band that sounds so mature and fully-formed on their debut album as Joy Division do here. It's an album that really helped change the course of music and still sounds fresh 33 years later.

Howard the Duck · 06-01-2012, 07:02 PM

Ramones and The Clash (UK)

two of the best releases in punk

05-31-2012, 06:49 PM	#41 (permalink)
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Alfred one big soul Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 5,096	The best album of their career, they never again came close to matching its raw, unfiltered emotion and passion. Godspeed! You Black Emperor are probably the only band who (in my opinion) made two perfect albums (the other being Lift Yr. Skinny Fists). This album has the most unmistakable and unmatched atmosphere of any I've ever heard. It's sad, bleak, pummeling, and strangely uplifting. In about an hour with no sung lyrics, Godspeed manage to conjure more emotion than most lyric-bands do in their entire career. __________________ LAST.FM / VINYL COLLECTION / RYM

06-01-2012, 06:07 PM	#49 (permalink)
Zer0 ∞ Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Ireland Posts: 3,792	Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures Well okay they shelved an album before they released this but I have never come across a band that sounds so mature and fully-formed on their debut album as Joy Division do here. It's an album that really helped change the course of music and still sounds fresh 33 years later. __________________ Last FM \| RYM \| The Final Sound Last edited by Zer0; 06-01-2012 at 06:33 PM.

05-31-2012, 11:33 PM	#45 (permalink)
sopsych Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: indoors Posts: 722	If I'm to leave out Bad English due to the members' years in the business prior to that, then: Richard Marx - the self-titled debut album. Four classics off a debut - hard to top that.

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~~Sansa Stark~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: The Eyrie, Vale of Arryn, Westeros Posts: 3,234	duh

06-01-2012, 06:41 AM	#48 (permalink)
SGR No Ice In My Bourbon Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: /dev/null Posts: 4,327	REM's Murmur of course! Can't forget PJ's Ten either!