Title: TOP 3 BEST DEBUT ROCK ALBUMS EVER Source:
youtube URL Source:http://various Published:Jun 25, 2018 Author:YOUR OPINION Post Date:2018-06-25 17:47:16 by Liberator Keywords:MUSIC, ALBUMS, EXTINCT-ART Views:11533 Comments:86
Fully subjective of course, but most of us (loosely the Baby-Boomer Generation) have grown up listening to the best music this culture has been able to offer -- namely from the 50s-late 80s. We more than other generation were able to fully gauge, critique and appreciate each era and genre fully with a discriminating ear.
For the sake of this exercise of opinion, the premise and challenge is, "BEST 3 DEBUT ALBUMS".
The stiffest competition would actually be between the 70s and 80s.
Rock Music (as a viable "Pop Music" genre died in the 20th Century. ergo, RIP, 1955-1999
Given the 1950s were mostly a decade of singles as were much of the 60s, they are numerically at a disadvantage.
I would give the nod to the 1970s as by far the best decade for album themed music. It combined the best of production value, technology resources, and conscious decision by record companies to produce "theme" albums. Often artists and groups would be embarrassed to include "filler".
I'm going to cheat and submit 5 Top Debut Albums (in chronological order):
1) Chicago (Transit Authority, 1970) 2) Derek and the Dominoes (Layla, 1972) 3) Bad Company (Bad Company, 1974) 4) Boston (1976) 5) Foreigner (1977)
Might I suggest 5 Favorite debut Rock Albums - there is no way to quantify best...in no particular order:
Everyone's ear is what it is, right?
THAT said:
5. Ramones - Ramones - Kicked the door down for a generation of punk rockers
Make that a garage door. The Ramones gave hope to every crummy teenage Garage Band who thought they were good enough to "make it". Mostly style over substance, a caricature. At the time, a wannabe. Nostalgia has created the legend.
4. Queen - Queen - Lyrics, melodies and Brian May
Brian May and his guitar was the best thing about Queen. That debut album gave a false hope of their "rock" future as Freddy Mercury took the band namesake literally as he transformed the band's sound into one giant Broadway effete showtune. If not for Wayne's World, Queen would have remained an embarrassing footnote representing "Fruit-Rock".
3. AC/DC – High Voltage - Speaks for itself
A legit heavy rock album
2. Rush – Rush - You cannot get better quality rock from 3 musicians
The irony is that Rush were 3 great musicians. Problem was their lack of composition skills. For a band who produced so many albums, the further irony was that rarely did they ever compose anything that flowed, was harmonious, and was epic or catchy. I found the vocals to be annoying. The band's most popular track (arguably), 'Tom Sawyer' to be too pretentious. Rush tried too hard to blend too many different styles and riffs (progressive, jazz, hard rock, emotional lyrics) into one song.
1. Bruce Springsteen - Greetings From Asbury Park - The Boss put the Jersey Shore sound on the table - still rocking 40 yearson....
Good effort by Springsteen. Nice debut album. His band's second album ('The Wild, Innocent & E. Street Shuffle') would have been a Top 7 Debut Album (IMO). Bruce hasn't cut a good album since 1984. That's nearly 35 years. His live show has always been one of the best.
