Post by Erik Rupp on Aug 30, 2011 9:02:46 GMT -5
Sometimes a group or artist hits the nail right on the head with his/her/their very first album.
Sometimes that album is an all time classic. A few probably come to mind right now.
Here are a few that I thought of off the top of my head...
Boston - Boston: A phenomenal mainstream Hard Rock album. Yeah, it's commercial as hell, but it's also amazingly well written and produced. There's a reason why it's sold over twenty million copies.
Van Halen - Van Halen: They rewrote the Hard Rock and 70's Heavy Metal handbook with this album. This album literally created (for better or worse, depending on your point of view) the 80's L.A. Rock scene and ushered in a new style of lead guitar playing. Few albums have been more influential than Van Halen's first album.
The Beatles - Please Please Me: Sure, this album wasn't as revolutionary as some of their later albums, and, yeah, it may not be their best album, but as a debut album this one sent a message - "Here's something new and exciting. PAY ATTENTION!!" And the songs are all well crafted and performed with a lot of enthusiasm and energy.
Guns 'N' Roses - Apetite For Destruction: - This album was the beginning of the end for the slick Pop Metal scene of the 80's. (Nirvana's Nevermind along with Pearl Jam's Ten finished the job a few years later.) Apetite is loaded with great riffs and raw energy. Hell the album, while well produced, sounds nasty and raw throughout. Mike Clink did a great job of polishing the band's rough edges just a bit, but not to the point where they lost their edge altogether.
KISS - Kiss: Love them or hate them, the first KISS album is loaded with great Hard Rock and Proto-Metal songs like, "Strutter," "Firehouse," "Cold Gin," "Deuce," "100,000 Years," and, "Black Diamond." Those songs would all be featured in their set list on and off for decades. No American band had this mix of British and American Hard Rock styles prior to this album. This was something radically new at the time. With influences ranging from Led Zeppelin, the Who, Grand Funk Railroad, and Black Sabbath to The Beatles, the Stones, Slade, and The Raspberries, KISS' debut album blends a lot of different styles together to create their own. This was the beginning of a musical empire that has continued for almost 40 years.
Feel free to add some more albums to the conversation...
Sometimes that album is an all time classic. A few probably come to mind right now.
Here are a few that I thought of off the top of my head...
Boston - Boston: A phenomenal mainstream Hard Rock album. Yeah, it's commercial as hell, but it's also amazingly well written and produced. There's a reason why it's sold over twenty million copies.
Van Halen - Van Halen: They rewrote the Hard Rock and 70's Heavy Metal handbook with this album. This album literally created (for better or worse, depending on your point of view) the 80's L.A. Rock scene and ushered in a new style of lead guitar playing. Few albums have been more influential than Van Halen's first album.
The Beatles - Please Please Me: Sure, this album wasn't as revolutionary as some of their later albums, and, yeah, it may not be their best album, but as a debut album this one sent a message - "Here's something new and exciting. PAY ATTENTION!!" And the songs are all well crafted and performed with a lot of enthusiasm and energy.
Guns 'N' Roses - Apetite For Destruction: - This album was the beginning of the end for the slick Pop Metal scene of the 80's. (Nirvana's Nevermind along with Pearl Jam's Ten finished the job a few years later.) Apetite is loaded with great riffs and raw energy. Hell the album, while well produced, sounds nasty and raw throughout. Mike Clink did a great job of polishing the band's rough edges just a bit, but not to the point where they lost their edge altogether.
KISS - Kiss: Love them or hate them, the first KISS album is loaded with great Hard Rock and Proto-Metal songs like, "Strutter," "Firehouse," "Cold Gin," "Deuce," "100,000 Years," and, "Black Diamond." Those songs would all be featured in their set list on and off for decades. No American band had this mix of British and American Hard Rock styles prior to this album. This was something radically new at the time. With influences ranging from Led Zeppelin, the Who, Grand Funk Railroad, and Black Sabbath to The Beatles, the Stones, Slade, and The Raspberries, KISS' debut album blends a lot of different styles together to create their own. This was the beginning of a musical empire that has continued for almost 40 years.
Feel free to add some more albums to the conversation...
