It’s (mostly) March debuts: From Iggy Pop to Icicle Works, Tone Loc to Tones on Tail, Power Station to Pet Shop Boys — this week, I'm spinning tracks from debut albums released in the month of March* between 1977 and 1990 (*for the most part, that is!).
'Please' is the debut studio album by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys, released on March 24, 1986. According to the duo, the album's title was chosen so that people had to go into a record shop and say "Can I have the Pet Shop Boys album, 'Please'?". The album spawned four hit singles: "West End Girls", "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)", "Suburbia", and "Love Comes Quickly."
Parlophone Records/EMI America
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The Icicle Works is the eponymous debut album by The Icicle Works, released on March 23, 1984.
Beggars Banquet Records
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Tone Loc's single, "Funky Cold Medina," was released on March 18, 1989, and rose to No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 the following month where it went platinum, selling more than one million copies and becoming the second-ever platinum-certified rap single.
