Three great debuts, all accused at the time of their releases of being "Dylanesque." Coincidence?


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John Prine (S/T): The country arrangements are hokey and somewhat uninspired; the songwriting is not. This is one of the best written records by anybody. I dare you to find songs more potent than Hello In There, Far From Me, Donald & Lydia, and Illegal Smile.


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Bruce Springsteen: Greetings From Asbury Park, NJ: Springsteen would go on to make records with better songs and more assured playing, but he never came close to recapturing the excitement of his first album. Ok, Mary Queen Of Arkansas and The Angel are crap (why did he include them instead of, say, Janey Needs A Shooter?), but the other seven cuts are glorious pieces of pop/rock. Secret highlight: Lost In The Flood. Listen to that one if nothing else.


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Dire Straits (S/T): How good is this album? Welll, Sultans Of Swing isn't even the best song. Mark Knopfler's guitar gets all the press, but everyone forgets what a tight band the original Dire Straits were. Listen to John Ilsley's bass on Six Blade Knife or Pick Withers' drumming on Sultans.

System of A Down - Self Titled
The Doors - Self Titled

Karnivool, 'Themata'

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Cog, 'The New Normal'

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Tori Amos, 'Little Earthquakes'

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And there are so many more that I could think of.
I also disregarded some EPs and singles in this... just went by debut albums.

Wasn't Y Kant Tori Read her debut? Or does that count as a separate band?

I didn't count that because it was a 1980s synthpop band that she just fronted.

Showbiz - Muse
Nocturne - The Human Abstract
Kezia - Protest the Hero
Boston - Boston
Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine
The Blue Album - Weezer

(in before ToeAndNo bashes)

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I think it's funny that anyone that says "my favorite record is Piper at the Gates of Dawn" usually concludes it with "but I don't really like Pink Floyd." It was good psychedelic pop, but it's far from the best. Hell, it's far from the best recorded in the same studio at the same time.

It absolutely pisses all over 'Sgt. Peppers'. Howzat?

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:bonkhead: You're silly.