hamerhead Posted August 29 Posted August 29 Who had the best debut album? I have to go with Boston - great musicianship, not a note out of place, strong songs throughout (well, 'Let Me Take You Home Tonight' wasn't as good as the rest IMHO, but not unlistenable. Everything else on there could have been released as singles). Even they were never able to match it. And that it was all done without computer assistance makes it that much more impressive. 8 Quote
veatch Posted August 29 Posted August 29 Soooo many options here. Boston was a good one. I'll likely vote multiple times here... 8 Quote
Dave Scepter Posted August 29 Posted August 29 (edited) 1 hour ago, hamerhead said: Who had the best debut album? VH-1 or Ozzy's Blizzard of Oz Edited August 29 by Dave Scepter 10 Quote
mathman Posted August 29 Posted August 29 3 hours ago, Dave Scepter said: VH-1 or Ozzy's Blizzard of Oz Both are great but it feels Ozzy should be in a different category. Not his first band. 4 Quote
cynic Posted August 29 Posted August 29 1 minute ago, veatch said: Same could be said for LZ... Yeah. I thought that about Bad Company given they were a bit of a "supergroup". Then I thought about Pearl Jam who also had members from other highly regarded bands (albeit more local than widespread success) coming together. Then I thought that can't be a disqualifier because you'd be left with a pretty short list to choose from if no members could have previous band experience, but would that make 5150 a debut album? In terms of the number of plays a debut album got from me, I'd be hard pressed to guess who came out on top between Boston, Ozzy, and Pearl Jam but I'll go with the latter. 3 Quote
Dave Scepter Posted August 30 Posted August 30 1 hour ago, DaveH said: This album affected me when I was a kid... It gave me nightmares... it still gives me heebie-jeebies 😬 3 Quote
Gabe Posted August 30 Posted August 30 (edited) Best debut albums. For me it’s a toss up between the following: Or would the next album also count as a “debut-album”? Gabe 😀 Edited August 30 by Gabe 2 Quote
hamerican gigolo Posted September 4 Posted September 4 On 8/29/2026 at 8:06 PM, DaveH said: She looks alone. I'd be happy to keep her company... ☺️ 1 Quote
joshoowah Posted September 4 Posted September 4 Debut albums? How did we manage this many responses without anyone mentioning Texas Flood??? 4 1 Quote
Submariner85 Posted September 4 Posted September 4 It’s all relative to what you like. I think Queensryche’s The Warning was a fantastic debut. Love that album. 1 Quote
scottcald Posted September 7 Posted September 7 On 8/29/2026 at 12:00 PM, hamerhead said: Who had the best debut album? I have to go with Boston - great musicianship, not a note out of place, strong songs throughout (well, 'Let Me Take You Home Tonight' wasn't as good as the rest IMHO, but not unlistenable. Everything else on there could have been released as singles). Even they were never able to match it. And that it was all done without computer assistance makes it that much more impressive. I miss when radio stations would just randomly play any song from great albums. 4 Quote
santellavision Posted September 8 Posted September 8 On 9/7/2026 at 6:14 AM, Biz Prof said: Where did these guys go! Love this album! 1 Quote
Biz Prof Posted September 8 Posted September 8 (edited) On 9/8/2026 at 3:55 PM, santellavision said: Where did these guys go! Love this album! Singer Kelly Holland left at the end of the tour in support of Brother. He had some serious demons in terms of mental health and alcohol addiction, and a near-18-month-long tour didn't help. The band recuited Robert Mason for the follow up album, but that platter just lacked the bones and muscle of Brother. Robert was and is a great rock singer, but he simply wasn't Kelly Holland, who many felt was a generational talent on par with Paul Rodgers (no, I shit you not; he was that good). The band was one of those rare lightining-in-a-bottle ensembles where the sum of the parts was quite remarkable and something to behold during the heyday of grunge and birth of nu metal. Without Kelly's voice, the songs on the second album were above average, but not timeless. You probably already know that guitarist Audley Freed went on to replace Marc Ford in the Black Crowes, did lots of guest stints with major artists, and continued writing songs that ended up on country and rock records. He moved to Nashville several years ago where his session work and writing pay the bills. Bassist Rob Kearns hired on with Lynyrd Skynyrd as a touring member and later joined Freed on Sheryl Crow's touring band. Drummer Jason Patterson moved to Texas to join Chris Duarte's band, then eventually moved back to NC where he's played with a Skynyrd tribute band, Tuesday's Gone. Suffice to say that Brother was a healthy supply of oxygen during an era where new music, IMHO, had mostly turned to shit. Edited September 9 by Biz Prof 1 Quote
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