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Thread started 11/13/02 1:26am

origmnd

Artists wih BEST 1st lp

Name artists whose First LP was their best. Here's some--

Chicago
The Pretenders
Living Colour
Cheap Trick
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Reply #1 posted 11/13/02 1:42am

Supernova

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I always thought Living Colour's Time's Up was more accomplished than their debut. Anywho...

Plantation Lullabies/Meshell Ndegéocello (I know some will argue this isn't her best album necessarily.)
This post not for the wimp contingent. All whiny wusses avert your eyes.
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Reply #2 posted 11/13/02 2:00am

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RAMONES-Ramones
SEX PISTOLS-Never Mind The Bullocks!
PRETENDERS-Pretenders
VINES-Highly Evolved
CAROLE KING-Tapestry
CYNDI LAUPER-She's So Unusual
TRACY CHAPMAN-Tracy Chapman
FOO FIGHTERS-Foo Fighters
LED ZEPPELIN-Led Zeppelin
MADONNA-Madonna
LAURYN HILL-Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
NATALIE MERCHANT-Tigerlily (1st solo album)
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Reply #3 posted 11/13/02 2:02am

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In no particular order:

Tracy Chapman
Whitney Houston
Mariah Carey
Christina Aguilera
The Police
Cheech & Chong
Ready For The World
Lenny Kravitz
Sheila E.
Lionel Richie (solo debut)
Michael Jackson (solo debut)
Brad Paisley
Mark Wills
Vince Gill
Van Halen
The Cars
Jody Watley (solo debut)

Off the top o' my head... I'll think of more later!
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Reply #4 posted 11/13/02 1:20am

rdhull

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Aww damn--people took my Pretenders and Ndegeocello.
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Reply #5 posted 11/13/02 1:24am

Fhunkin

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Maxwell
Futuristic Fantasy
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Reply #6 posted 11/13/02 1:49am

origmnd

VANITYSprisonBYTCH said:

RAMONES-Ramones
SEX PISTOLS-Never Mind The Bullocks!
PRETENDERS-Pretenders
VINES-Highly Evolved
CAROLE KING-Tapestry
CYNDI LAUPER-She's So Unusual
TRACY CHAPMAN-Tracy Chapman
FOO FIGHTERS-Foo Fighters
LED ZEPPELIN-Led Zeppelin
MADONNA-Madonna
LAURYN HILL-Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
NATALIE MERCHANT-Tigerlily (1st solo album)
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TAPESTRY is NOT her first lp.
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Reply #7 posted 11/13/02 4:19am

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Terence Trent D'arby.

Don't agree on Me'shell NdegeOcello.
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Reply #8 posted 11/13/02 4:39am

DJEmale

Hmmm...

Jill Scott

Nelly Furtado

Guns N' Roses
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Reply #9 posted 11/13/02 4:40am

sojourner

And i agree on Terence Trent D..
I think he will never make such a fine album as his debut.
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Reply #10 posted 11/13/02 4:44am

Serious

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gooeythehamster said:

Terence Trent D'arby.

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To me TTD's "Introducing..." is the best debut album of an artist ever (especially considering the fact that he wrote all the songs himself except for one), but though being by far his most commercially succesful album I like "Symphony or damn", "Wildcard" and especially "Vibrator" more and like "Neither fish nor flesh" as much as "Introducing...".
With a very special thank you to Tina: Is hammer already absolute, how much some people verändern...ICH hope is never so I will be! And if, then I hope that I would then have wen in my environment who joins me in the A....
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Reply #11 posted 11/13/02 4:50am

DavidEye

Whitney Houston's 1985 debut album kicks ass!
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Reply #12 posted 11/13/02 4:58am

Cloudbuster

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Best debut i've heard is Kate Bush's The Kick Inside altho' she topped it with The Dreaming and Hounds of Love.

TTD's Hardline album is great but i prefer all his other albums, it's too slick, too 80's and overproduced and musically his imagination ran wild after. I guess i just find it too ordinary!

Tori Amos's Little Earthquakes remains her best so far.

Other great debuts:

The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
Bee Gees - 1st
Guns N Roses - Appetite for Destruction
Bjork - Debut
Michael Jackson - Off The Wall

I'm not sure if the last two qualify as they'd both done work b4 but i reckon both were making their first proper artistic statement which will do nicely...for me anyway. (Applies to the BeeGees and Tori Amos and TTD as well.)
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Reply #13 posted 11/13/02 5:07am

Cloudbuster

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...and

Oasis - Definately Maybe
Pink Floyd - Piper at the Gates of Dawn
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Reply #14 posted 11/13/02 5:09am

Cloudbuster

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Seal's first album was great too.
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Reply #15 posted 11/13/02 10:14am

funkyslsistah

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Third Eye Blind - Third Eye Blind
India.Arie - Acoustic Soul
Res - How I Do
Amel Larrieux - Infinite Possibilities
George Michael - Faith
En Vogue - Born to Sing
D'Angelo - Brown Sugar
"Funkyslsistah… you ain't funky at all, you just a little ol' prude"!
"It's just my imagination, once again running away with me."
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Reply #16 posted 11/13/02 2:06pm

Supernova

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funkyslsistah said:

Res - How I Do
Amel Larrieux - Infinite Possibilities

Aren't those their only albums so far?
This post not for the wimp contingent. All whiny wusses avert your eyes.
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Reply #17 posted 11/13/02 3:08pm

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Yeah, but still it's their best to me. Even if they don't come out with another one.
"Funkyslsistah… you ain't funky at all, you just a little ol' prude"!
"It's just my imagination, once again running away with me."
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Reply #18 posted 11/13/02 3:11pm

violator

Easily 'The Urban Hang Suite' by Maxwell.
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Reply #19 posted 11/13/02 3:11pm

Harlepolis

How come nobody mentioned "FOR YOU"?? Its a strong one considering that all the instruments were played by the man. I couldn't go wrong with that LP,,,NO SIR!!

Mariah Carey-Mariah Carey

Whitney Houston-Whitney Houston

Madonna-The 1st LP

Lauryn Hill-The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Nicole Renee-Nicole Renee(You guys should def check her out eek the sistah is b-a-a-a-d. She reminds me a lot of Prince)

Mary J Blige-Whats the 411

Rafael Saadiq-Instant Vintage

Aaliyah-Age Ain't Nothing But A Number

And of course Prince-For You
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Reply #20 posted 11/13/02 3:27pm

Moonbeam

Madonna- Madonna
Blondie- Blondie
Eurythmics- In the Garden
Bjork- Debut
Roxette- Look Sharp!
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Reply #21 posted 11/13/02 4:01pm

kondwanii

Sade Diamond Life
Mariah Carey self title
Mya self title
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Reply #22 posted 11/13/02 4:18pm

Supernova

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Harlepolis said:

How come nobody mentioned "FOR YOU"?? Its a strong one considering that all the instruments were played by the man. I couldn't go wrong with that LP,,,NO SIR!!

It seems like the subject line is making some misinterpret the initial question.
This post not for the wimp contingent. All whiny wusses avert your eyes.
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Reply #23 posted 11/13/02 4:39pm

lillith

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matchbox20 wink
you're only as old as you feel..............so how old do i feel horny

Now that food has replaced sex in my life, I can't even get into my own pants.
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Reply #24 posted 11/13/02 4:48pm

Moonbeam

The albums I listed are examples of what I believe are the best debuts. I do not believe that those are their best albums.
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Reply #25 posted 11/13/02 5:49pm

NWF

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The Specials
The English Beat
ABC
Gang of Four
The Selecter
The Pretenders
The Waitresses
The B-52's
Big Audio Dynamite
The Clash (although many say "London Calling" was their best)
Sex Pistols
Guns-n-Roses

...But you know what, I tend to think that if artists have successful debut LP's then it's hard for them to repeat themselves. That theory's been tried & true with many artists, including some of these.
NEW WAVE FOREVER: SLAVE TO THE WAVE FROM THE CRADLE TO THE GRAVE.
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Reply #26 posted 11/13/02 7:28pm

JANFAN4L

star Terence Trent D'arby, Introducing...
star Pretenders, Pretenders
star Tracy Chapman, Tracy Chapman
star JJ Fad, Supersonic
star Boogie Down Productions
star Shanice, Inner Child
star Tamia, Tamia
star D-Nice, My Name Is D-Nice
star De La Soul, 3 Feet High & Rising
star Alanis Morrisette, Jagged Little Pill
star Paula Abdul, Forever Your Girl
star Hootie & The Blowfish, Cracked Rear View
star Billy Lawrence, One Might Say
star Carole King, Tapestry
star Lauryn Hill, Miseducation...
star Cyndi Lauper, She's So Unusual
star SWV, It's About Time
star Brownstone, From The Bottom Up
star Zhane, Pronounced...
star Digable Planets, Reachin'...
star Lucy Pearl, Lucy Pearl
star Sade, Diamond Life
star Rachelle Ferrell, Rachelle Ferrell
star The Smiths, The Smiths
star Nas, Illmatic
[This message was edited Wed Nov 13 19:45:18 PST 2002 by JANFAN4L]
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Reply #27 posted 11/13/02 7:57pm

SkletonKee

JANFAN4L said:

star Terence Trent D'arby, Introducing...
star Pretenders, Pretenders
star Tracy Chapman, Tracy Chapman
star JJ Fad, Supersonic
star Boogie Down Productions
star Shanice, Inner Child
star Tamia, Tamia
star D-Nice, My Name Is D-Nice
star De La Soul, 3 Feet High & Rising
star Alanis Morrisette, Jagged Little Pill
star Paula Abdul, Forever Your Girl
star Hootie & The Blowfish, Cracked Rear View
star Billy Lawrence, One Might Say
star Carole King, Tapestry
star Lauryn Hill, Miseducation...
star Cyndi Lauper, She's So Unusual
star SWV, It's About Time
star Brownstone, From The Bottom Up
star Zhane, Pronounced...
star Digable Planets, Reachin'...
star Lucy Pearl, Lucy Pearl
star Sade, Diamond Life
star Rachelle Ferrell, Rachelle Ferrell
star The Smiths, The Smiths
star Nas, Illmatic


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my god...are we twins? i agree with 95% of what you have...including shanice and cyndi lauper...just omit the hip hop stuff and alanis and we are matches...
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Reply #28 posted 11/13/02 8:21pm

Bladerunner

JANFAN4L said:

star Terence Trent D'arby, Introducing...
star Pretenders, Pretenders
star Tracy Chapman, Tracy Chapman
star JJ Fad, Supersonic
star Boogie Down Productions
star Shanice, Inner Child
star Tamia, Tamia
star D-Nice, My Name Is D-Nice
star De La Soul, 3 Feet High & Rising
star Alanis Morrisette, Jagged Little Pill
star Paula Abdul, Forever Your Girl
star Hootie & The Blowfish, Cracked Rear View
star Billy Lawrence, One Might Say
star Carole King, Tapestry
star Lauryn Hill, Miseducation...
star Cyndi Lauper, She's So Unusual
star SWV, It's About Time
star Brownstone, From The Bottom Up
star Zhane, Pronounced...
star Digable Planets, Reachin'...
star Lucy Pearl, Lucy Pearl
star Sade, Diamond Life
star Rachelle Ferrell, Rachelle Ferrell
star The Smiths, The Smiths
star Nas, Illmatic
[This message was edited Wed Nov 13 19:45:18 PST 2002 by JANFAN4L]


Tapestry was King's second album.
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Reply #29 posted 11/13/02 8:40pm

mistermaxxx

Rick James"Come&Get It",Terrence Trent D'arby"Introducing,The Jimi Hendrix "Experience"Whitney Houston Debut,Ice Cube "Amerikkka's Most Wanted,Nwa"Straight outta Compton",Jesse Johnson's Revue,Madonna Madonna,Outkast Debut,Nas Debut,Michael Jackson"Got To Be There"Christopher Cross"Christopher Cross"
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