Albums from the Carter Administration

[moqui]

Honky Tonk Masquerade, Joe Ely
Lubbock (on everything), Terry Allen
Talking Heads 77
Songs the Lord Taught Us, The Cramps
Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables, Dead Kennedys
Back to the Barrooms, Merle Haggard
Ain't Livin' Long Like This, Rodney Crowell
Excitable Boy, Warren Zevon
Paris 1980 Live Aux Baines Douche, James Chance & the Contortions
Los Angeles, X

 

[Bayside44]

Darkness on the Edge of Town, The River.

 

[br801]

Roughly in order of preference...

• This Year's Model (Elvis Costello)
• Rocket to Russia (Ramones)
  
• Squeezing Out Sparks (Graham Parker)
• Pure Pop for Now People (Nick Lowe)
• Give Em Enough Rope (The Clash)
• Shake Some Action (Flamin' Groovies)
  
• Darkness on the Edge of Town (Bruce Springsteen)
  
• New Boots and Panties (Ian Dury)
• Outlandos d'Amours (The Police)
• Misfits (The Kinks)
  
• Repeat When Necessary (Dave Edmunds)

 

[orange79]

Misfits (The Kinks)

Such an underrated album

 

[moqui]

Roughly in order of preference...

• This Year's Model (Elvis Costello)
• Rocket to Russia (Ramones)
  
• Squeezing Out Sparks (Graham Parker)
• Pure Pop for Now People (Nick Lowe)
• Give Em Enough Rope (The Clash)
• Shake Some Action (Flamin' Groovies)
  
• Darkness on the Edge of Town (Bruce Springsteen)
  
• New Boots and Panties (Ian Dury)
• Outlandos d'Amours (The Police)
• Misfits (The Kinks)
  
• Repeat When Necessary (Dave Edmunds)

mostly british bands in there, which violates the rules. those would be the james callaghan admin albums

 

[br801]

mostly british bands in there, which violates the rules. those would be the james callaghan admin albums

Oh hell, I missed that. Only three of those qualify. Will edit my list and add a few more later.

 

[br801]

• Rocket to Russia (Ramones)
• Shake Some Action (Flamin' Groovies)
  
• Darkness on the Edge of Town (Bruce Springsteen)
• Hearts of Stone (Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes)
• Parallel Lines (Blondie)
• Damn the Torpedoes (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)
• Radio Ethiopia (Patti Smith Group)
• Excitable Boy (Warren Zevon)
• The Cars (The Cars)
• Stranger in Town (Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band)
• Pretenders (The Pretenders)

 

[orange79]

• Rocket to Russia (Ramones)
• Shake Some Action (Flamin' Groovies)
  
• Darkness on the Edge of Town (Bruce Springsteen)
• Hearts of Stone (Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes)
• Parallel Lines (Blondie)
• Damn the Torpedoes (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)
• Radio Ethiopia (Patti Smith Group)
• Excitable Boy (Warren Zevon)
• The Cars (The Cars)
• Stranger in Town (Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band)
• Pretenders (The Pretenders)

Solid list. IMO, the bolded album is the best debut album ever.

 

[CuseTG2003]

Television, Marquee Moon

Title track is one of the best guitar jams ever written IMO.

 

[br801]

Solid list. IMO, the bolded album is the best debut album ever.

Yeah, that's a great record that doesn't get its due.

 

[bozophobe]

Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance
Devo - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
Tom Verlaine - s/t
Suicide - s/t
Iggy Pop - The Idiot, Lust for Life
Jim Carroll Band - Catholic Boy
Lou Reed - Street Hassle
The Tubes - Remote Control
Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage

 

[tbonezone]

also a shout out to cheap trick live and my sharona.