Paul: Wings At The Speed Of Sound (there isnt 1 track that bugs me unlike all his others).

John: Plastic Ono Band

George: All Things Must Pass or Cloud Nine

Ringo: Ringo's Rotogravure (havent heard it the whole way thru for years as its not available online (and im not desperate enough to *cough* 'download' it) but the memories are of a really good album - better than Ringo).

John : Plastic Ono Band or Imagine

George :All Things Must Pass

Ringo : Liverpool 8

 All Things Must Pss.

Even the 'a' have to pass away!!!

Venus & Mars - McCartney

Other then the first 3 songs and Listen to What The Man Said, it's insufferable. My answer to the original question is, probably, All Things Must Pss.

GniknuS said:

Many great points have been made, Sun King brought up S&G and another example would be Bob Dylan. While his debut didn't necessarily flop, it still was miles away from what was to come. Imagine a music world without Dylan, now that's depressing.

From Wikipedia:

The performances on his first Columbia album, Bob Dylan (1962), consisted of familiar folk, blues and gospel material combined with two original compositions. The album made little impact, selling only 5,000 copies in its first year, just enough to break even. Within Columbia ...]]> Sun, 03 Jul 2011 17:49:58 +0100 http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/albums/favorite-solo-album/page-5/#p39150 The albums http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/albums/favorite-solo-album/page-5/#p39150 GniknuS said:

Many great points have been made, Sun King brought up S&G and another example would be Bob Dylan. While his debut didn't necessarily flop, it still was miles away from what was to come. Imagine a music world without Dylan, now that's depressing.

From Wikipedia: The performances on his first Columbia album, Bob Dylan (1962), consisted of familiar folk, blues and gospel material combined with two original compositions. The album made little impact, selling only 5,000 copies in its first year, just enough to break even. Within Columbia Records, ...]]> Thu, 30 Jun 2011 23:23:15 +0100 http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/albums/favorite-solo-album/page-5/#p39124 The albums http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/albums/favorite-solo-album/page-5/#p39124 Mccartneys Flaming Pie and Off the ground

]]> Thu, 30 Jun 2011 05:15:42 +0100 http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/albums/favorite-solo-album/page-5/#p39102 The albums http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/albums/favorite-solo-album/page-5/#p39102 The only band I can think of who had 2 truly great opening albums is Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. I wrote this on the USA discog about Capitol, but it really works here as well: At Capitol, the dollar speaks louder than artistic integrity or intelligence. Replace Capitol with any other label, and that rings true. Gnik, you said something about being complacent. And that is true. Why stretch your mind if you think that's the be all end all? Because most likely it isn't. I thought the Beatles were it. They're not. I love so many more bands now then 8 ...]]> Wed, 29 Jun 2011 17:52:31 +0100 http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/albums/favorite-solo-album/page-5/#p39100 The albums http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/albums/favorite-solo-album/page-5/#p39100 I like this discussion, I'd suggest starting a seperate thread for it but I don't think we could possibly live up to this debut.
Many great points have been made, Sun King brought up S&G and another example would be Bob Dylan. While his debut didn't necessarily flop, it still was miles away from what was to come. Imagine a music world without Dylan, now that's depressing.
I think you just have to get lucky, almost every bands story is the same, but take the Beatles. Had one particular thing happened differently or not ...]]> Wed, 29 Jun 2011 17:35:37 +0100 http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/albums/favorite-solo-album/page-4/#p39094 The albums http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/albums/favorite-solo-album/page-4/#p39094 The reason the debuts are their bests because they don't have any pressure, and therefor can be loose. This is taken away once on the label, and the quality then drops, almost inevitably. That is what happens all the time. There needs to be this band that changes how music is created, someone. Now, I support my local independent record shops quite a bit (I've dropped $100 before in one shot), and I pine for the ways of the 60's in this regard. Walrus, I still love the "Rubber Soul was the Beatles sixth album" part. It's true. Except for ...]]> Wed, 29 Jun 2011 13:42:28 +0100 http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/albums/favorite-solo-album/page-4/#p39092 The albums http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/albums/favorite-solo-album/page-4/#p39092 The first album is usually all the best songs the band members have written in their lives up until that point. The second album is any left over songs, plus any that have been written since the debut. You can see where this is going...

I think bands also can become complacent. After having loads of energy in an attempt to gain fans, get a record deal and sell an album, they relax after having several top 10 singles and take their eye off the ball. The Artic Monkeys had two UK #1s with Whatever People Say I Am..., Kaiser Chiefs ...]]> Wed, 29 Jun 2011 12:26:56 +0100 http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/albums/favorite-solo-album/page-4/#p39089 The albums http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/albums/favorite-solo-album/page-4/#p39089 GniknuS said:

As to your other points, I feel like it's completely switched because bands can have really good debuts (example being the Strokes) but I'm usually pretty shocked if the follow up is any good. I wonder what happens? It seems so weird that most bands digress as they go, or they lose that original sound that was the reason their debut was so great in the first place.

I think it's more that bands are expected to have incredible debuts to get record deals. (Another band I'd throw in there are Arctic Monkeys.) As The Walrus said, if they ...]]> Wed, 29 Jun 2011 11:39:31 +0100 http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/albums/favorite-solo-album/page-4/#p39082 The albums http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/albums/favorite-solo-album/page-4/#p39082 (By the way - why is the last "why" in your sig spelled "hhwhy," Gnik?)
It's true. Something (or someone) needs to change. The problem is nobody is willing to change a booming business. To them it's "Why fix something that ain't broke?" Whereas we think "FIX BABY FIX (10 apples to any one who gets the joke). It's a joke that people can become famous on limited work. The Beatles never had "American Idol" or YouTube to get them famous. The system is a sham that conspires against the truly talented.

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