One of the best debut albums of the 80s?

[EcosseMackem]

I'm surprised no-one has mentioned this
A bit poppy for me at the time but sounds great almost 40 years on

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[chris tracy]

Terrence trentdarby introducing to the hardline

 

[Marcosplace]

High Land Hard Rain by Aztec Camera. Roddy Frame wrote these songs as a teenager.

 

[riffraff]

Did someone mention the decade music tried to forget upthread? Are they mad?

The greatest debut album of all time The Clash.

*raised eyebrows*

 

[NewAdventuresInWiFi]

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Great album but not quite in their top 5 for me like.

 

[Ambivalent Dave]

Great album but not quite in their top 5 for me like.

It’s their only debut album though

 

[zwartekat]

It’s their only debut album though

It is actually also their best.

 

[raindog]

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[Paddy O'Dors]

Did someone mention the decade music tried to forget upthread? Are they mad?

Obviously someone who only ever listened to Simon Bates and DLT on Radio 1. If only he'd stayed up and listened to John Peel instead.

 

[raindog]

A worthy mention

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[Captain Deltic]

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[RichDevoto]

Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D’Arby

Jesus Tex no! The horror, the horror!

Heaven 17 and Human League - both take me right back to Hero’s on Fawcett Street circa autumn 1981.

Not strictly a debut as they’d had something else out with different personnel that sank without trace but ‘Fabrique’ by Fashion was mind blowing to me and a tragedy it never caught on.

And on a similar vein of tragedy that it never caught on - a different style of music but once again, ‘Script of the Bridge’ by The Chameleons was a superb debut.

Now you’re talking sense! Not Fashion, mind.

 

[Tex]

Jesus Tex no! The horror, the horror!


Now you’re talking sense! Not Fashion, mind.

Open your mind to TTD Richie.
Although thinking back, out of your vast vinyl collection I struggle to recall a single Black artist in the entire set, you massive racist. Get some funk in your bones lad. A great joy in my yoof was drunkenly blundering around Chambers dancefloor to ‘Dance Little Sister’

 

[Surrey Mackem]

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Great album

 

[Tex]

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Great album

Bit of a guilty pleasure but every song but one (Friends of Mine) a direct ripoff of Japan. Nick Rhodes even came out with a book of Polaroid photos after Sylvian did his.

 

[FootballFan]

Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby -1987

 

[Ben Gardner]

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Great album

Love Planet Earth and Careless Memories.

In truth, I'm just bumping the thread to annoy @Aituk7

 

[Aituk7]

Love Planet Earth and Careless Memories.

In truth, I'm just bumping the thread to annoy @Aituk7

Why would it annoy me?

 

[Ben Gardner]

Why would it annoy me?

 

[Bob Fleming]

London 0 Hull 4 by The Housemartins

Great tunes, very political and yet very poppy.

Spawned some great singles, shame I never got the chance to see them live.

I recall their appearance on The Tube where they did an outstanding a cappella version of Caravan of Love.

And let's not forget Paul Heaton went on to form The Beautiful South and Norman Cook became Fatboy Slim.

I'm reminded of this because of a nice interview / article in The Guardian the other day.

The Housemartins: how we made Happy Hour

Brilliant album. One of my favourite LPs I had. Always love sticking a houaemartins playlist on Spotify.