Rolling Stone "discounted" the debut if the artist went on to greater success, and gave extra recognition to debuts where the success was never repeated. They skipped debuts from artists who had left well-known bands.
This explains why Greetings From Asbury Park did not make the top 25, but does not explain why Boston is not in the top ten.
As is the case with most Rolling Stone lists, it suffers from a bit of pandering and political correctness. So while their guidelines were not a bad idea, some of their choices (and the running order) are, in my opinion, missteps.
Here are the final 25 titles in their top 100 debuts...
77. Drake “Thank Me Later”
78. The Stone Roses (S/T)
79. Elvis Presley (S/T)
80. The Byrds “Mr. Tambourine Man”
81. Gang Of Four “Entertainment”
82. The Congos “Heart Of The Congos”
84. Whitney Houston
85. Rage Against The Machine (S/T)
86. Kendrick Lamar “Good Kid M.A.A.D. City”
87. The New Pornographers “Mass Romantic”
88. Daft Punk “Homework”
89. Yaz “Upstairs At Eric’s”
90. Big Star “#1 Record”
91. M.I.A. “Arular”
92. Moby Grape (S/T)
93. The Hold Steady “Almost Killed Me”
94. The Who “Sings My Generation”
95. Little Richard “Here’s Little Richard”
96. Madonna (S/T)
97. DJ Shadow “Endtroducing”
98. Joe Jackson “Look Sharp”
99. The Flying Burrito Brothers (S/T)
100. Lady GaGa “The Fame”
I probably have the least problem with this list-I'd have included Madonna, and Whitney Houston. Also The Stone Roses and Big Star. In fairness, I've never actually heard Lady GaGa's debut (saw a video once on MTV-looked like Madonna all over again).
WHITNEY HOUSTON-
HOW WILL I KNOW
BIG STAR-IN THE STREET
JOE JACKSON-
IS SHE REALLY GOING OUT WITH HIM
MADONNA-BORDERLINE
THE WHO-MY GENERATION
Wait, Drake in on that list? That's... that's a joke, right?
ReplyDeleteRolling Stone would only make a serious list!
DeleteDrake must be the greatest thing since....Milli Vanilli!
It's probably the section of the list I least relate to, at least in terms of music genre and style.
ReplyDeleteAnd can a debut album be considered great if all that followed it flopped? Or what if there wasn't another album? (GTR comes to mind - amazing disc.)
I hear ya, Alex-What about the House Of Lords debut, or Giuffria?
DeleteI think the album should be judged on it's own merit regardless of what followed it....and I think the list was influenced too much but what followed the debuts...
LC
Yaz. I had that cassette tape back in the day. hahahaha.
ReplyDeleteThose were the days...I still have my old Walkman in a box somewhere....jsut in case cassettes ever come back, I'm ready!
Delete"DRAKE"?
ReplyDeleteDamn! I feel so old on this blog. (I might have to stop 'Following'.)
The only "Drake" I ever heard of was...
...SHEE-IT! I never heard of ANY "Drake". (Isn't that a kind of duck or something?)
"...I hope I die before I get old!"
[Oops. Too late.]
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What if it means getting laid to the music of Drake?
DeleteIf it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and smells like a duck...
ReplyDelete...I'll quack while I fu*k.
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