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- So while some debut albums may not get a lot of critical love at the time and only become classics in the years that follow (think Led Zeppelin's first effort, King Crimson's or even Linkin Park's "Hybrid Theory"), others arrive like a lightning strike, announcing themselves to the world in a way that's impossible to ignore.
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Jan 16, 2019 · If someone’s favorite recording artist releases a new album, upon hearing it, the listener might immediately dub the project an instant classic. The word classic might be used...
- Joshua Colon
- Weezer — Weezer
- Led Zeppelin — Led Zeppelin
- The Strokes — Is This It?
- Jeff Buckley — Grace
- Guns N’ Roses — Appetite For Destruction
Packed with mega hits (and mega videos for) “Say It Ain’t So,” “Buddy Holly,” and “Undone – The Sweater Song,” Weezer’s self-titled debut record (later dubbed The Blue Albumdue to its blue cover) is still an alt-radio staple and one of the crown jewels of the ’90s. Weezer recorded the album fairly early in their career; they formed in 1992 and bega...
Led Zeppelin ushered in a new era of guitar-driven rock ‘n’ roll with their lightning-charged debut. Within weeks, Zeppelin clones were popping up on both sides of the Atlantic. Deep Purple pretty much immediately changed their sound. Black Sabbath’s Paranoidmirrors many facets of this release verbatim — not to mention the meteoric rise of Grand Fu...
With Is This It?, the Strokes introduced guitar to the 21st century. During a time when commercial radio was nearly and completely saturated with boy bands, 808 beats, and hi-fi R&B vocal arrangements, Is This It?provided youthful angst with a new punching bag and a bowl of musical chicken soup for all turn-of-the-millennium adolescent wandering so...
Jeff Buckley died of accidental drowning on May 29, 1997, during a fully clothed, impromptu swim in the Mississippi River. I felt the need to open with that because Gracetremors with fragility from open to close. Recorded on Columbia Records in 1993 and released the following August, Grace took the singer/songwriter model exemplary of the mid-to-la...
Appetite for Destruction is the de-facto, chart-topping, tour-de-force debut album, due in equal parts to its massive commercial success, its unprecedented musical ingenuity, and sadly, the group’s inability to follow it up. Written mostly while the group was performing the Los Angeles club circuit, Appetite was actually years in the making. The ba...
As we celebrate the 25th anniversary of Nas' classic rap-conquering debut, "Illmatic," let's look back at the debut albums that wowed the world and won us over on their first listen.
Oct 22, 2020 · Sure there’s a couple albums that I’ve left out but these albums greatness instantly stood out. In 2012 Compton rapper Kendrick Lamar released his second album and major label debut “good kid, m.A.A.d. city“. Another album that is on my “instant classic” list.
Oct 26, 2012 · 1. Groundbreaking: To be a classic, an album must be groundbreaking, both sonically and lyrically. There are many albums that are of superior quality (Chronic 2001 comes to mind) but are...
Lets talk - Albums that became instant classics to you. Recently I discovered Arthur Verocai and listened to his self titled debut from the 70s and have been absolutely blown away by the exquisite musicality and arrangements, easily an instant classic for me.
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Nov 10, 2023 · While the latter is harder to come by, there’s a whole host of debut albums that made an immediate superstar of their maker, and became instant classic. This makes it difficult to narrow them down...
