Best British Album Debut - Progressive Rock Music Forum

AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

^That's true but it doesn't change anything. A lot of bands from the original British invasion changed their sound within a few years including the Beatles and Stones who also did covers in their early days.

Whatever, dude. With the Beatles and the Stones, it was a gradual evolution from album to album, year to year, over several releases. There is a radical difference between The Magnificent Moodies and DoFP, and a 40% change in bandmembers (or 2/5ths, if you prefer). Completely different genre of rock, completely different compositional style, even an influx of different instrumentation.

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The Dark Elf wrote:

AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

^That's true but it doesn't change anything. A lot of bands from the original British invasion changed their sound within a few years including the Beatles and Stones who also did covers in their early days.

Whatever, dude. With the Beatles and the Stones, it was a gradual evolution from album to album, year to year, over several releases. There is a radical difference between The Magnificent Moodies and DoFP, and a 40% change in bandmembers (or 2/5ths, if you prefer). Completely different genre of rock, completely different compositional style, even an influx of different instrumentation.

Oh no! Not a very different lineup change! A different sound too! Oh, the horrors. Regardless, none of that means that DoFP should be considered their first album(or debut) no matter how you want to slice it.

cstack3 wrote:

Tought poll, I gave ELP some love!

Same here. It's their best imo(no filler "cowboy songs").

Ummm Paul, you forgot to include Khan?

ELP

Snicolette wrote:

Wasn't The Moody Blues debut "The Magnificent Moodies?"

Yes, I mentioned that "Days of Future Passed" wasn't the Moody Blues first album in the introduction to my poll.

I didn't include "The Magnificent Moodies" in the poll for the same reason that The Dark Elf very eloquently stated earlier. The Moody Blues were a totally different band with a new sound and a new line-up in 1967 and a far cry from their 1965 roots as a Birmingham beat band.

Edited by Psychedelic Paul - January 24 2020 at 00:56

Grumpyprogfan wrote:

Ummm Paul, you forgot to include Khan?

I thought of Khan but I ran out of room to include them, having already used up all 25 poll options.

Mirakaze wrote:

Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Blacksword wrote:

I've not heard them all, but of those I know, ELP is my favourite debut, closely followed by The Enid, Moody Blues and KC fairly equally.

I think the Moody Blues had an album out before DOFP though. DOFP is their debut album, in the same way that Trespass is the Genesis debut.

I was conveniently ignoring the fact that "Days of Future Passed" isn't the Moody Blues debut album just so I could vote for it. I know they released an album titled "The Magnificent Moodies" back in 1965, but "Days of Future Passed" was the first proggy album with the classic line-up.

Sorry for the nitpick but that's cheating a bit. By that logic, From Genesis To Revelation also shouldn't be on the list because it's in a style that's not prog and which the band never pursued again afterwards. Or what about Renaissance's debut, which didn't involve a single person from the band's "classic" line-up?

The main difference is that Genesis and Renaissance were both prog bands right from the beginning, but the Moody Blues were a Birmingham beat band back in 1965 and not the slightest bit proggy, and besides, I doubt if anyone would have voted for "The Magnificent Moodies" 1965 album in a prog poll.

Psychedelic Paul wrote:

It's good to see King Crimson have won the poll by a wide margin - and deservedly so - although I voted for the Moody Blues.

Why?

No, I know how to behave in the restaurant now, I don't tear at the meat with my hands. If I've become a man of the world somehow, that's not necessarily to say I'm a worldly man.

When I first saw this poll I thought this is easy King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King but there are a few good ones, it wasn't so easy I went with King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King just slightly ahead of ELP

Edited by Enchant X - January 24 2020 at 01:51

Poll Question: Which British Prog band had the best debut album?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Alan Parsons Project - Tales of Mystery & Imagination (1976)	1	[1.05%]
Barclay James Harvest - Barclay James Harvest (1970)	0	[0.00%]
Camel - Camel (1973)	2	[2.11%]
Caravan - Caravan (1968)	1	[1.05%]
Curved Air - Air Conditioning (1970)	2	[2.11%]
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Emerson, Lake & Palmer (1970)	15	[15.79%]
The Enid - In the Region of the Summer Stars (1976)	0	[0.00%]
Family - Music in a Doll's House (1968)	2	[2.11%]
Genesis - From Genesis to Revelation (1969)	1	[1.05%]
Gentle Giant - Gentle Giant (1970)	9	[9.47%]
Hatfield & the North - Hatfield & the North (1974)	2	[2.11%]
Hawkwind - Hawkwind (1970)	1	[1.05%]
Jade Warrior - Jade Warrior (1971)	1	[1.05%]
Jethro Tull - This Was (1968)	1	[1.05%]
King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King (1969)	35	[36.84%]
Moody Blues - Days of Future Passed (1967)	6	[6.32%]
National Health - National Health (1978)	5	[5.26%]
Pink Floyd - Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967)	7	[7.37%]
Procol Harum - Procol Harum (1967)	1	[1.05%]
Renaissance - Renaissance (1969)	1	[1.05%]
Spooky Tooth - It's All About (1968)	0	[0.00%]
Traffic - Mr. Fantasy (1967)	1	[1.05%]
Van der Graaf Generator - The Aerosol Grey Machine (1969)	0	[0.00%]
Wishbone Ash - Wishbone Ash (1970)	0	[0.00%]
Yes - Yes (1969)	1	[1.05%]
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