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I was going to make this a general thang about debut albums but, as is often the case, it’s been covered elsewhere:
http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_albums-debut.html
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http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/20020303topdiscs0303fnp3.aspamong some others. So, let’s go back to what got me thinking. I was playing Mansun’s Attack of the Grey Lanterns and it’s just brilliant. Self-produced, a masterpiece. But Six was just unlistenable barmyness and where are they now? So, here are a few other great debuts that beg the question. Any others that you can think of?
1 – Elastica, Elastica; I know they lost their bass player, but does that usually kill a band dead?
2 – The Stone Roses, Stone Roses; Not my type, but a lot of quality songs. Years of waiting, we then get the execrable Second Coming. Yet Ian Brown has since gone on to put out gem after gem. Go figure.
3 – Compulsion, Comforter; Excellent EPs, then this album. Also, the follow-up The Future is Medium very strong. Yet I think they suffered from that music press “New Wave of New Wave” hype that died as soon as they moved onto Britpop. Shame, really.
4 – Linoleum, Dissent; 1997, stuffed with good tracks, disappeared without trace. Wha’appened?
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