Said second album should not be confused with Electric Light Orchestra Part II, which is the self-titled debut for the spin-off band of the same name.Electric Light Orchestra's first album was self-titled note the title No Answer used in the US was due to a miscommunication between their UK and US record labels.The second is often referred to as The Wedding Album due to its wedding-themed cover art. Duran Duran released two self-titled albums, one in 1981 and another in 1993.Crystal Castles' 2008 debut LP and 2010 sophomore album (dubbed Crystal Castles II by fans).( The Chicago Transit Authority, Chicago's debut, was also a self-titled release prior to a change of name due to legal trouble with the actual CTA.) The entirety of Chicago's discography, with only a few exceptions, in the form of Chicago and a Roman numeral.Cheap Trick's 1977 debut Cheap Trick and the band's 1997 thirteenth album of the same name.
Eric Carmen has two of these: The first one, released in 1975 and the last one, in 1984 (at least for sixteen years, until he released a new studio album in 2000).(Though the third album is sometimes called Mariachi El Bronx III instead.)
They also put out some mariachi music under the side project Mariachi El Bronx, and all of those albums are named Mariachi El Bronx.
Bachman-Turner Overdrive's first two albums, Bachman-Turner Overdrive and Bachman-Turner Overdrive II.Roberto Carlos has released 58 albums in a career spanning five decades 35 of them are titled simply Roberto Carlos.You’d be surprised: The road to unimpeachable greatness is often paved with forgotten false starts. And please don’t us until you make sure your favorite band’s classic first album is actually, in fact, their first album. EPs and mixtapes were not considered, and we skipped solo debuts by artists who were already in well-known bands, which is why you won’t see John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band, Paul Simon, or The Chronic. With that in mind, albums got knocked down a few slots if the artist went on to far greater achievements conversely, we gave a little extra recognition to debuts that were so great you almost can’t fault the artist for not making anything as good for the rest of their career. What makes a killer debut album? First off, a sense of a band or artist arriving fully formed, ready to upend the game right at that very second. Here are the 100 greatest out-of-the-box LP statements ever.
2022 is the anniversary of some truly historic debuts - including classics by Pavement, Mary J Blige, Roxy Music, and the Clipse.