Hatfield and the North's debut is my favorite debut album of all time.
It came out in 1974 and features a brilliant line-up. Richard Sinclair on vocals and bass, Dave Stewart on keyboards, Phil Miller on guitar and Pip Pyle on drums. In addition, some of the pieces feature vocals by the Northettes, a female trio made up of Amanda Parsons, Barbara Gaskins and Ann Rosenthal. Robert Wyatt also makes an appearance on one of the tracks.
There's some interesting story behind it, but I guess it won't mean much to people who don't know the Canterbury scene which is most I guess. Suffice to say that the music on this album is brilliant, beautiful and entirely unique. It's like they came up with something entirely new
and it was just brilliant. The album features the perfect mix of talent and I just adore it on every level.