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alan @akw9960bskysocial.bsky.social · 1d

Hi Richard, my #5DebutAlbums8084 top 5
An absolutely brilliant 5 year period of ground-breaking debut albums
1 Orange Juice
2 The Smiths
3 THE THE
4 Altered Images
5 Prefab Sprout

Just missing out Lloyd Cole
HM:- ABC, New Order, The Beat, UB40,
REM, Aztec Camera, Blue Nile, David Sylvian, D.Fagen

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alan @akw9960bskysocial.bsky.social · 1d

From Her To Eternity? Firstborn is the second album

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alan @akw9960bskysocial.bsky.social · 1d

I haven't decided on which one. Difficult choices to make.

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alan @akw9960bskysocial.bsky.social · 3d

Yes for sure

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alan @akw9960bskysocial.bsky.social · 10d

#ArtistFave15

The Field Mice

My number 1 ( could only be)

Sensitive

www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHEs...

Sensitive

YouTube video by The Field Mice - Topic

www.youtube.com

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alan @akw9960bskysocial.bsky.social · 11d

#ArtistFave15

The Field Mice

2. Missing The Moon

www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2Pn...

The Field Mice - Missing The Moon

YouTube video by I. Zurutuza

www.youtube.com

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alan @akw9960bskysocial.bsky.social · 12d

#ArtistFave15

The Field Mice

3. If you need someone

www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiJK...

If You Need Someone

YouTube video by The Field Mice - Topic

www.youtube.com

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alan @akw9960bskysocial.bsky.social · 13d

#ArtistFave15

The Field Mice

4. Clearer

www.youtube.com/watch?v=nro3...

The FiELD MiCE ~ Clearer

YouTube video by Rich U

www.youtube.com

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alan @akw9960bskysocial.bsky.social · 14d

You could say. I was only 19 at the time.

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alan @akw9960bskysocial.bsky.social · 14d

That's a shame Drew, I had about 8 more lined to do.
Disappointed I missed out on a couple of these challenges

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alan @akw9960bskysocial.bsky.social · 14d

The B-side is great as well. I bought it when it was first released as 7 inch.

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alan @akw9960bskysocial.bsky.social · 14d

#ArtistFave15

The Field Mice

5. Below The Stars

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrt3...

Field Mice - Below The Stars

YouTube video by TheCosmiCInterlude

www.youtube.com

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alan @akw9960bskysocial.bsky.social · 14d

#5debutalbums8084

Orange Juice - You Can't Hide Your Love Forever

Anyone who looks at my profile, will realise how much this LP means to me. I don't think James Kirk gets enough credit and when he left the band a lot of that magic disappeared.
My No.1

www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rY8...

In A Nutshell

YouTube video by Orange Juice - Topic

www.youtube.com

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alan @akw9960bskysocial.bsky.social · 15d

#ArtistFave15

The Field Mice

6. Tilting At Windmills

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAsK...

Tilting At Windmills

YouTube video by The Field Mice - Topic

www.youtube.com

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alan @akw9960bskysocial.bsky.social · 15d

#5debutalbums8084

Not Forgetting!!! Prefab Sprout - Swoon

Good chance of making my top 5 - do I choose this or Lloyd Cole?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnAN...

Elegance

YouTube video by Prefab Sprout - Topic

www.youtube.com

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alan @akw9960bskysocial.bsky.social · 16d

three of these are vying for my top 5 (excl Blancmange). This is a really tough group.

alan @akw9960bskysocial.bsky.social · 16d

This is in my top 5 albums of all time. I saw the original line-up a number of times in the early 80s. Tender Object and In A Nutshell are my favs. I have never heard anything said about how important James Kirk was to the band and they weren't the same after he left.

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Jason Myles @agarr45.bsky.social · 16d

#5debutalbums8084

Long Ryders - Native Sons (1984).

Brilliant, punky update on the folk, jangle & country rock of The Byrds. I Had A Dream is a total banger & Ivory Tower features a real life Byrd in Gene Clark.