Comments on: The 20 Greatest Debut Albums Of All-Time

By: alejandro

alejandro — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:30:50 +0000

Some favorites that “should have been contenders” for this list, in my opinion…

The La’s: The La’s
The Smiths: The Smiths
The Stone Roses: The Stone Roses
R.E.M: Murmur
Pixies: Surfer Rosa (not sure if it counts…)
Isaac Hayes: Hot Buttered Soul

By: Al777

Al777 — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 07:33:20 +0000

I am all with MoistW, but here’s a few I didn’t see discussed:

Eagles
Brooks and Dunn
The Pretenders
The B-52s
Foreigner
First Take (Roberta Flack)

By: dkpresents

dkpresents — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:22:40 +0000

I have to guess – was the song ‘It’??

By: Flava Furr

Flava Furr — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:35:34 +0000

I agree. Oasis sucks balls. Limey Künts.

By: dkpresents

dkpresents — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:06:56 +0000

Not an oversight – I loathe that band with every fiber of my being. If you took Ringo Starr’s vomit and heated it up in a microwave it would have more artistic integrity than Oasis’ latest piece of plastic Brit Poop.

If by “pillocks’ you mean a lumbering, hairy beast who bites the heads off rodents and terrorizes small children, I’m afraid you’ve got me nailed…

And here I’ve always thought of Oasis fans as wee-brained, adolescent ignoramuses – thanks for correcting my impression!

By: mircea

mircea — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:35:27 +0000

god, you who wrote this and the other commenters are so f***ing stupid ! Oasis – Definitely Maybe (the best debut album ever aknowledged by any real music critic), where is it ? you pillocks

By: Shawn

Shawn — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:13:35 +0000

Forgetting a BIG one……Counting Crows – August and Everything After

By: dkpresents

dkpresents — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:41:08 +0000

I don’t think Tubular Bells would crack either of my lists, but it’s certainly worthy of mention as a great debut…

By: Danny B.

Danny B. — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:50:53 +0000

Dear friends,

What about Mike Olfield’s fantastic debut Tubular Bells?
Does it deserve a place among the 20? Or where else? :D

By: dkpresents

dkpresents — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:14:52 +0000

I’m not a big Who fan, but I don’t personally dislike them. Tommy has always left me scratching my head, but I have enough sense to recognize Who’s Next as a masterpiece. That said, I’ve never thought much of their debut – it has some great songs (‘The Ox’ ‘La La La Lies’ and ‘My Generation’), but the James Brown covers (‘I Don’t Mind’ and ‘Please, Please, Please’) are pure filler, while ‘Instant Party’ and ‘The Good’s Gone’ sound flat to my ears – like a band who hasn’t quite found its sound. Part of the problem here was producer Shel Talmy, who didn’t recognize what he had on his hands, and kept turning the band toward a more pop sound. It’s easy to imagine The Who blasting out killer live versions of these songs 6 years after their release, but the studio takes don’t knock my socks off. Call it an oversight if you must, but it’s an oversight I can live with…