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Coffee Break: Debut/side one/track one

by Anna Reed

May 03, 2017

What songs do you want to hear for today's 9:30 Coffee Break?
What songs do you want to hear for today's 9:30 Coffee Break?MPR Graphic / Tracy Kompelien

For this morning's Vinyl Tap pick, we played Van Halen's "Runnin' With The Devil", the first song on the first side of the band's first album.

Brian says the song would have to be included in any conversation about the greatest debut album/side one/track ones of all time. So, let's have that conversation now.

For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, what great debut album/side one/track ones do you want to hear?

Respond with your song ideas in the comments below.

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Songs played

The Stone Roses - I Wanna Be Adored
Fiona Apple - Sleep To Dream
R.E.M. - Radio Free Europe
Weezer - My Name Is Jonas
Ani DiFranco - Both Hands
Neutral Milk Hotel - Song Against Sex
Jimi Hendrix - Foxy Lady
LCD Soundsystem - Daft Punk Is Playing At My House
Rage Against The Machine - Bombtrack

Coffee Break: Debut/side one/track one