Ten Favorite Debut Albums
(alphabetically by artist, with a preference for albums that represented a high point (if not always the absolute pinnacle) in their artists’ discographies)
Homesongs by Adem
Strange Angels by Laurie Anderson
A Walk Across the Rooftops by The Blue Nile
Songs of Leonard Cohen by Leonard Cohen *
Infamous Angel by Iris DeMent
Searching for the Young Soul Rebels by Dexys Midnight Runners
Alas, I Cannot Swim by Laura Marling
Vengeance by New Model Army
Sparrows Point by Richard Shindell
Tindersticks (1993) by Tindersticks
* The only artist in both this list and my list of swansongs.
— September 1, 2021