Barking Spiders Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 those whose first is generally seen as a total stinker which almost put you off them but next came their stonking sophomore effort and from then on you've stuck with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nail Soup Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 Not sure if this counts, due to the artist having a previous career with the band, but...……... Lou Reed's first solo album was not up to much, but the follow up "Transformer" was a classic. Helped having Bowie and Ronson on board I guess! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger2611 Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 I was never a big fan of the Clash's White Riot but loved everything (up to the final album) they did from there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulThePlug Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 (edited) not realy a Stinker... but Motorheads first album (although didnt get released till later on... or the On Parole versions of the tracks) with them finding their feet.. Then followed up by the Stonker that is Over Kill... 'prolly my fav Motorhead album. Such a change in pace and dynamic. Edited March 15, 2021 by PaulThePlug 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skidder652003 Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 ELO 1 and ELO 2 , both pretty rubbish, On the Third Day and onwards until Out Of The Blue, all belters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bolo Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 Ministry started as a pretty underwhelming synthpop outfit in the early eighties. With their second album 'twitch' they leaned far darker and more 'wave', introducing Paul Barker who would take them in a far more industrial direction. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 Faith No More’s debut ‘Introduce yourself’ is dog stinky poo, their next effort ‘The Real Thing’ is amazing! 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bolo Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 (edited) 9 hours ago, paul_5 said: Faith No More’s debut ‘Introduce yourself’ is dog stinky poo, their next effort ‘The Real Thing’ is amazing! 1. You are bat guano crazy 2. You missed a record. The real thing is a great record but Patton shouldn't have sung it so nasal. Chuck was amazing on Introduce yourself and We care a Lot, like a different band as it were. Edited March 16, 2021 by Bolo 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sprocketflup Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 Had the pleasure of listening to some of Rob Zombies early recordings once, glad I dont have to again. Supports the theory that everyone should be given a chance tho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munurmunuh Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 No one seems to have much to say about the debuts from PJ Harvey, Amy Winehouse and Nirvana. Have to admit I've never listened to any of them! But very very happy with the three follow ups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sprocketflup Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 5 minutes ago, Ricky Rioli said: No one seems to have much to say about the debuts from PJ Harvey, Amy Winehouse and Nirvana. Have to admit I've never listened to any of them! But very very happy with the three follow ups. Hmm, Dont know about the first two but Bleach was a classic, eclipsing Nirvanas later work IMO. i guess this is another one f them subjective threads 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thodrik Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 I really don’t like the first Red Hot Chili Peppers album but I really like the George Clinton produced Freaky Styley. Bleach by Nirvana is probably my favourite Nirvana album. It is also widely critically acclaimed so not one I would think is easily dismissed as a stinker. Also, I dislike all four of the first Pantera albums pre Cowboys from Hell! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casapete Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 3 hours ago, Ricky Rioli said: No one seems to have much to say about the debuts from PJ Harvey, Amy Winehouse and Nirvana. Have to admit I've never listened to any of them! But very very happy with the three follow ups. No real knowledge of the other two, but Amy’s ‘Frank’ is IMHO a great debut album. I bought it shortly after it’s release after hearing one track. Very different to the follow up ‘Back to Black’ and more rooted in her jazz background, but don’t let that put you off. 😉 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pseudonym Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 7 hours ago, Ricky Rioli said: No one seems to have much to say about the debuts from PJ Harvey, Amy Winehouse and Nirvana. Have to admit I've never listened to any of them! But very very happy with the three follow ups. A vote here for Harvey's Dry. I liked it when it came out -- it was quite well-received, as I remember, so I wasn't exactly swimming against the tide -- but I think it is terrific when I listen to it now. Outside of personal antipathy and taste, I doubt there would be much of a consensus that Harvey or Nirvana started weak and became strong. The follow-ups, as you rightly indicate, are magnificent, so it says a lot that they do not really eclipse their precursors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyBass Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 12 hours ago, Roger2611 said: I was never a big fan of the Clash's White Riot but loved everything (up to the final album) they did from there You heathen! Their first album was a classic, the second was quite good but it all went downhill from there. Personal taste and all that; I was a punk. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozza Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 Dylan's eponymous debut seems to get written off. Freewheelin' is where it really started for most. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sprocketflup Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 Not quite the same vein, but I remember the music press at the time really hyping the heck out of the forthcoming debut album by The Sundays, really spreading it on thick they were. So I bought it on the day it came out and couldn't have been more underwhelmed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykesbass Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 11 hours ago, Ricky Rioli said: No one seems to have much to say about the debuts from PJ Harvey, Amy Winehouse and Nirvana. Have to admit I've never listened to any of them! But very very happy with the three follow ups. Not trying to be the cool hipster here, but I genuinely loved Frank when it came out. Must dig it back out to see how it has aged. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Riva Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 Whilst not a full-blown stinker, I found Pablo Honey a bit on the ‘shrug-of-the-shoulders’ side when it came out. Creep was interesting, but other than that, not a lot going on. As a follow up/second album, I thought The Bends was fabulous... 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barking Spiders Posted March 16, 2021 Author Share Posted March 16, 2021 12 hours ago, Bolo said: 1. You are bat guano crazy 2. You missed a record. The real thing is a great record but Patton shouldn't have sung it so nasal. Chuck was amazing on Introduce yourself and We care a Lot, like a different band as it were. I don't like the Real Thing much but FNM hit the target every time with the rest. Just don't like Patton's nasal vocals on it but what a turnaround on thereafter. Underworld Mk1's stuff was pretty uninspiring but then came Mk2 with Dubnoheadwithmybassman which is a bona fide techno, whatever classic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmo Valdemar Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 Judas Priest - debut Rocka Rolla, followed by Sad Wings of Destiny. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDaddy Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 FM Indiscreet - meh Tough it Out - sublime AOR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDaddy Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 Saxon Saxon - meh Wheels of Steel - classic metal 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 IME if subsequent albums are better than the debut, it is because there has been a major change in the line-up of the band accompanied by new song writers, or a general change in musical direction, and even then it is highly subjective. For instance is synth-pop of Depeche Mode's "Speak & Spell" a lesser album than the much darker "Construction Time Again"? Similarly the Cure's "Three Imaginary Boys" and "17 Seconds"? Apart from Robert Smith's singing you wouldn't know that they were from the same band. Someone once said something along the lines of: bands spend 10 years making their debut album and 10 months for the follow up. So it's not surprising that there's the "difficult second album" syndrome. For me a lot of the time if I prefer a later album to a band's debut, it's usually because that's the point at which I discovered them and I'm more familiar with it, rather than it really being better. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jus Lukin Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 (edited) - Edited March 12, 2022 by Jus Lukin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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