What bands or recording artists, can you say, that after releasing so many albums, their first release is still your favorite? I would not include artists with only one or two releases.

Here is my list, there may be more, but this is what I can think of at this time:

Led Zeppelin
the Doors
Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced
Black Crowes - Shake your Moneymaker
the Cars



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Zep's first was my favorite, but I wore it out & now I believe its "III"
I favorize. I will throw in a list later.

This is an album that rocked my boat, and it still does:

Stevie Ray Vaughan & The Double Trouble: TEXAS FLOOD

(If I need to pick up two albums from the 80's to the isolated island with me it would be this one one and TATTOO YOU - my first Stones record)


- Doxa



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Oasis - Definitely Maybe
X - Los Angeles
Van Halen

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ROCKMAN

As for BluzDudes list, I agree about the Cars.
But for Zep, it's Physical Graffitti for me.
And Hendrix...Electric Ladyland.
The Doors...the grand finale...LA Woman.
As for the Black Crowes, I agree their first was the best, but I don't listen to any of them anyways.

What year, Doxa? Will check out.

Sofar.. Little Feat?
Canned Heat?
Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols
Van Halen [www.rocknrollhell.com]
NY Dolls [www.rollingstone.com]
King Crimson In The Court Of The Crimson King
Maybe Savage Rose [www.cduniverse.com]
Janis (Big Brother and..?) [www.cduniverse.com]
13th floor elevators [elevators.blinkenlights.org]

For Doors I like the second 1967, Strange Days best.



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The Doors-The Doors
Jimi Hendrix Expirience-Are You Expirienced
AC/DC-High Voltage

Metallica - Kill 'Em All
Guns N Roses - Appetite for Destruction
Oasis - Definitely Maybe

All great examples. Would also add Cheap Trick, Foo Fighters, Crosby/Stills/Nash, and Stone Roses.

A few.

The Who My Generation is a blinder!

Elvis Presley

Little Richard

Two great Rock N Roll albums

and of course the stones......

Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble! ;^) Texas Flood (1983) is being listened to by me at this very moment and I love it

Pearl Jam

The Doobie brothers - The captain and me -1973
still play it today

Van Halen 1
Appetite for Destruction

Oasis - definitely maybe
The Velvet Underground & Nico

whilst it wasnt originally released as an album per se, Elvis' Sun sessions stand up alongside anything he ever did later.

The J. Geils Band !!!

Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine

Bruce Springsteen - Greetings...
Ultravox
Peter Gabriel
George Harrison - All things must pass
Black Sabbath

Interesting question.

Van Halen
The Doors

Um.....

Jet
Suede

I dunno about High Voltage. Fantastic album. Dirty Deeds is so good too. That whole group of AC/DC albums is excellent. That's a tough one there.

What a goofy question. This one is making me think, which hurts.

Oh, I know -

Talk Is Cheap. I love Main Offender but TIC has Locked Away, probably Keith's best song ever. Such a beautiful song.

From the ones already mentioned I would pick these:

Little Feat
J. Geils Band
Led Zeppelin (well, their third album comes close!)

and let me add these:

Velvet Underground (in spite of Nico)
J.J. Cale
Warren Zevon
Flying Burrito Brothers
AND:
THE MODERN LOVERS!!!



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To add to what I posted above, I'd also include Dr Feelgood's "Down By The Jetty"

off the top of my head...

Television: MARQUEE MOON
Patti Smith: HORSES
Liz Phair: EXILE IN GUYVILLE
Gang Of Four: ENTERTAINMENT!
Wire: PINK FLAG
Laurie Anderson: BIG SCIENCE
THE B-52's

Television - Marquee Moon

Tom Waits - (forget about the title)

Velvet Underground & Nico

That first Robert Johnson ....King Of....
Yeah that one can take ya soul to some wild places...



ROCKMAN

everclear sparkle and fade
third eye blind

Feel The Fear
And Do It Anyway

Pretenders.

Velvet Underground and Nico
Appetite For Destruction
The Stone Roses
Definitely Maybe
Is This It (The Strokes)

There are plenty more, but the above are some of my very favourite debuts and none of those groups have come closre to matching their debuts.