Andy Helliwell

Ah, I had forgotten Alice was an option! Definitely not my favourite of hers but well worth a listen...

Suspect it won't take many votes to get over the line so a bit of tactical voting from the jazz lovers amongst us might do the trick. I'd say Joe, Freddie and Herbie are our best bets from what I've seen people put up so far...

Lovely stuff - very good chance of making my 5...

Added to the list. McCoy Tyner and Joe Henderson debuts also in the queue...

Open Sesame - Freddie Hubbard

True Blue - Tina Brooks

Basra - Pete La Roca

Dialogue - Bobby Hutcherson

First thoughts jazz-wise for #5DebutAlbums50s60s - four of my favourite Blue Note debuts for the artists as band leader. And they look nice together :)

Thanks as always Richard - what a terrific top 100 all the way down. Delighted to see Pale Saints and Catherine Wheel sneak in...

Evening Richard, evening all, tracked down some WiFi in the depths of Somerset so it's make my mind up time... Leaving a couple of classics for the next round...

1. Pale Saints
2. The Sundays
3. Catherine Wheel
4. The Levellers
5. Ned's Atomic Dustbin

#5debutalbums9094

The drums on Pearl date it more accurately than Carbon 14 testing, but other than that it sounds remarkably fresh and as great as ever. Won't quite make my 5 but looking forward to seeing it live in a couple of months...

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Haha! I really enjoyed it - not sure whether despite or because of it being a bit, erm, cryptic! I love the way Alan Garner writes.

Three Brit award nominations (plus more for Dave)! Excellent news.

Fear not, it's definitely going to be my number one.

Impossible, but if I had to, Hideous Towns

Oh no, so sorry to see this ☹️

Salisbury Arts Centre

Ride

Also very happy with my second... 11 April 1990

First gig venue / band

Nearly snap...

5 March 1990

I think the OP might have had genre fiction in mind but:

The Adventures Of China Iron by Gabriela Cabezón Cámara
The South by Tash Aw
Clear by Carys Davies
The Safekeep by Yael ven der Wouden
Our Wives Under The Sea by Julia Armfield
Our Evenings by Alan Hollingshurst
Fair Play by Tove Jansson

Yep, likewise!

Objectively it's not in my five, but emotionally it is. There are a few in that category and I haven't really made up my mind what to do yet!

Can definitely second the love for Perfect Golden Circle, brilliant. Some great books there Paul, and some I'm meaning to read - Seascraper is on my list...

I haven't decided any of mine yet but almost everything you've posted so far is in with a chance of making mine - still know every word of the Levellers, Neds and Sundays, after all these years...

Some excellent books there, and some great recommendations - I second The Underground Railroad, Parable Of The Sower and Ed's suggestions. For 20s/30s Americana try Ragtime by EL Doctorow or My Antonía by Willa Cather. For more like Things Fall Apart try Abdulrazak Gurnah - Paradise or Afterlives.

Just a magical record 🖤

Lovely to see a few on my run this morning. Beautiful birds, great picture.

Likewise 😂

Yep, just remembered that The Comforts Of Madness, Nowhere, and Reading Writing And Arithmetic were all 1990 😬

Blue Sunshine (album) - Wikipedia

Can I be the first of several hundred people to suggest it might be this you are thinking of? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Su...

Catherine Wheel - Ferment

Can't resist posting two for #5DebutAlbums9094 - have Catherine Wheel become a bit forgotten? This is a superb album...

Dry - PJ Harvey

Let's get going with #5DebutAlbums9094 then - a remarkable and timeless debut. Got to be up there...

Thanks as always Richard - I don't envy you the job of counting all that up! Very grateful for your efforts and it's a decent list all in all!