Bands whose first album was your favorite of theirs....

Manowar's Battle Hymns might still be their greatest album. Sign of the Hammer is amazing too but I'm not sure if that's better than their debut.


Walls of Jericho is also the best album Helloween has ever made.

Rami Airola wrote:

Manowar's Battle Hymns might still be their greatest album. Sign of the Hammer is amazing too but I'm not sure if that's better than their debut.


Walls of Jericho is also the best album Helloween has ever made.

But it was preceded by the Helloween EP. Which apparently is an album, because albums are albums but also EPs are albums.

Lari wrote:

Rami Airola wrote:

Manowar's Battle Hymns might still be their greatest album. Sign of the Hammer is amazing too but I'm not sure if that's better than their debut.


Walls of Jericho is also the best album Helloween has ever made.

But it was preceded by the Helloween EP. Which apparently is an album, because albums are albums but also EPs are albums.

Oh yeah, that's true. Haven't heard it though. I wonder if it's a better package than Walls of Jericho. It has some great songs but it lacks the amazing How Many Tears. By the way, Wikipedia calls it an album ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helloween_%28album%29 ) so this must settle the argument whether EPs are albums or not   

Hmmmmm... Even if we'd say EPs should not count, what should we do with Walls of Jericho.. The original vinyl had fewer songs than the 1987 CD release, which was a combination of the Helloween EP and the original Walls of Jericho, thus basically a different record. So, if someone thinks the CD version is better than the original vinyl, technically he can't say Helloween's first album was the best even though technically it is   




I wonder if Manowar had any odd EPs before Battle Hymns

Boris2008 wrote:

I'm probably going to be alone on this one, but.

I agree with you. But this is also the only PF album I like...so take that for whatever it's worth. I don't get the appeal of this band. But I do dig this record quite a bit. I don't own it, but my brother is a major Floyd dude, so I borrow it from him from time to time.

Rami Airola wrote:

I wonder if Manowar had any odd EPs before Battle Hymns

Not according to Wikipedia.

But along with the whole EP/LP thing, and what counts: do demo tapes count then?

Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
Praying Mantis - Time Tells No Lies
Sabbat - Envenom
Heir Apparent - Graceful Inheritance
Cauldron Born - Born of the Cauldron
Satan's Host - Metal from Hell
Jag Panzer - Ample Destruction
Discharge - Hear Nothing, See Nothing, Say Nothing
Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness
Crimson Glory - Crimson Glory

Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus
Demolition Hammer - Tortured Existence
Testament - The Legacy
Vio-lence - Eternal Nightmare
Whiplash - Power and Pain

I usually prefer 2nd or 3rd albums, here's a few that come to mind with debut ruling them all:

Exodus
Nasty Savage
Candlemass
Tourniquet
Tankard

Good call on the Candlemass, everyone. I should've thought of that. As for Crimson Glory, I can't decided which one of the first two is better...

Timo Tolkki Classical Variations and Themes

THIS!

Just thought of a couple:

Stormwitch -- Walpurgis Night

Cirith Ungol -- Frost And Fire

It's a close call but

Metal Church - Metal Church

Boris2008 wrote:

It's a close call but

Metal Church - Metal Church

Yeah I'd have a hard time picking a favorite for them.

007 wrote:

Boris2008 wrote:

It's a close call but

Metal Church - Metal Church

Yeah I'd have a hard time picking a favorite for them.

As much as I adore every album of that band's discog (except for maybe Masterpeace), the debut is by far their milestone and crowning achievement.

corplhicks wrote:

007 wrote:

Boris2008 wrote:

It's a close call but

Metal Church - Metal Church

Yeah I'd have a hard time picking a favorite for them.

As much as I adore every album of that band's discog (except for maybe Masterpeace), the debut is by far their milestone and crowning achievement.

For me the Mike Howe era blows away the David Wayne stuff.

MetallicSeminarian wrote:

corplhicks wrote:

007 wrote:

Boris2008 wrote:

It's a close call but

Metal Church - Metal Church

Yeah I'd have a hard time picking a favorite for them.

As much as I adore every album of that band's discog (except for maybe Masterpeace), the debut is by far their milestone and crowning achievement.

For me the Mike Howe era blows away the David Wayne stuff.

I prefer the Howe era, too. Blessing In Disguise is my favorite Metal Church album.