Title: TOP 3 BEST DEBUT ROCK ALBUMS EVER Source:
youtube URL Source:http://various Published:Jun 25, 2018 Author:YOUR OPINION Post Date:2018-06-25 17:47:16 by Liberator Keywords:MUSIC, ALBUMS, EXTINCT-ART Views:5736 Comments:86
Fully subjective of course, but most of us (loosely the Baby-Boomer Generation) have grown up listening to the best music this culture has been able to offer -- namely from the 50s-late 80s. We more than other generation were able to fully gauge, critique and appreciate each era and genre fully with a discriminating ear.
For the sake of this exercise of opinion, the premise and challenge is, "BEST 3 DEBUT ALBUMS".
The stiffest competition would actually be between the 70s and 80s.
Rock Music (as a viable "Pop Music" genre died in the 20th Century. ergo, RIP, 1955-1999
Given the 1950s were mostly a decade of singles as were much of the 60s, they are numerically at a disadvantage.
I would give the nod to the 1970s as by far the best decade for album themed music. It combined the best of production value, technology resources, and conscious decision by record companies to produce "theme" albums. Often artists and groups would be embarrassed to include "filler".
I'm going to cheat and submit 5 Top Debut Albums (in chronological order):
1) Chicago (Transit Authority, 1970) 2) Derek and the Dominoes (Layla, 1972) 3) Bad Company (Bad Company, 1974) 4) Boston (1976) 5) Foreigner (1977)
#61. To: sneakypete, Jameson, Deckard, Hank Rearden, A K A Stone (#23)
5. Ramones - Ramones - Kicked the door down for a generation of punk rockers
Which pretty much describes why none of their crap is even semi-good.
The Ramones -- gotta be in the mood for it. It all sounds the same. The Ramones: The Pork Rinds or Scrapple of Rock & Roll.
The R&R HoF and its owners are a joke, needless to say.
The thing with the R&R HoF is that they seem to especially revel in "edgy", in mediocre New Wave/Punk artists, bands and music that AT the time (25-35 years ago) were considered out-of-mainstream, amusing side-shows and curiosities. Yes, like The Ramones, Joan Jett, and (are you kidding me??) the Sex Pistols. ALL 3 IN THE HALL OF FAME.
SOMEHOW, the idiots who run the R&R HoF got away with anointing themselves the Supreme Court of Music (sorta like how the SPLC anointed themselves Supreme Court of "Morality" and "Tolerance". And for SOME odd reason their "license" to be "Arbitor-of-Morality" is never revoked and themselves tossed into the Dungeon where they belong). But I digress...sorry.
Isn't the R&R Hall of Fame just a fake grading system that validates crap, semi-crap and Grade D+ mediocrity as an exercise in false memory and yes, an anti-consensus of opinion? One of its primary criteria seems to be in to elevating style over substance. Not coincidentally, during the past 5-6 years REAL legendary bands have been getting inducted, only because of public outcry.
Anyhoo, THIS HoF process of inducting crummy bands from the 70s & 80s has been a good example of "The Mandela Effect" and advancing false memories. At the time acts like Punk were especially FRINGE. Their musical skills were sloppy at best, necessitating LOUDNESS to compensate for the lack of artistry and professionalism.
Guess who hasn't made the R&R Hall of Fame? The Guess Who. Boston. Foreigner. Bad Company. The Doobie Bros. Chubby Checker. Pat Benatar. Dick Dale. Tommy James. Carole King. Four Seasons. The Monkees (YES -- THE MONKEES!).
