Takes a special kind of idiot to make the same mistake 3 times! Once again this should be #5DebutAlbums2026

And again #5DebutAlbums2026 Not 2006! I'm obviously stuck in the past.

Might help if I use the right tag. #5DebutAlbums2026

#5DebutAlbums2006 Group B, album 3 Beatrice Dillon - Workaround Interesting experimental take on looped electronic dance, especially with the addition of live instruments from collaborators. A bit too stripped back for my electronic tastes, but will really appeal to some. #MusicSky #VinylCommunity

#5DebutAlbums2006 Group B, Album 2. Boygenius - The record This is going to do really well in the vote. Takes on so many different styles of modern singer-songwriter and indie-rock and churns them out better than most of their usual proponents. #MusicSky #VinylCommunity #NowPlaying

Another #AlphabettiDischetti redux Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - The Boatman's Call Of all the many Cave albums I own, this may well be my favourite. His/their more recent work has incredible acclaim and musical depth, but as an out-an-out songwriter this was peak Cave. #VinylCollection #Vinyl

#5DebutAlbums2026 Group B. Album 1. English Teacher - This could be Texas Maybe my yardstick for the entire vote and one of my favourite albums of the last decade. Hits loads of my wish list. Eclectic, quirky, melodic baselines and strings, repetitive vocal loops. #VinylCommunity #Vinyl

#1001Albums #Dan'sDiscSlog Album #196 Sebadoh - Bubble and Scrape Pretty decent indie effort. Some songs stronger than others but enough variety to keep you interested throughout. #MusicSky #VinylCommunity #NowPlaying

#5DebutAlbums2006 Group A results. 1) Rocket - R is for Rocket 2) Durand Jones - Wait til I get Over 3) Jacob Alon - In Limerence 4) Jarv Is - Beyond the Pale 5) Rina Sawayama - Sawayama Rocket go through to the final round. Jones and Alon will need to win a play-in to get there. #VinylCommunity

#5DebutAlbums2026 Group A. Album 5. Finishing up Group A with one of the 'discoveries' on my list. Rocket - R is for Rocket Great band live who have managed to covert that experience into a quality album. 90s revival Alt-rock delivered with a Dream-pop voice. #VinylCommunity #Vinyl #NowSpinning

#5DebutAlbums2026 Group A, Album 4 Durand Jones - Wait til I get over Another genre bending album that nails them all. Sometimes experimental jazz, sometimes R&B and sometimes downright beautiful soul. #MusicSky #VinylCommunity #NowPlaying

#5DebutAlbums2026 Group A, Album 3 Rina Sawayama - Sawayama Impressive genre bending debut. Power-pop, R&B, Alt-rock, and metal are all there and all done extremely well. Much of that is not my go-to genres, so may to re-listen before I decide if it goes through. #MusicSky #VinylCommunity

#5DebutAlbums2026 Group A, Album 2 Jarv Is - Beyond the Pale Jarvis Cocker's other band used extensive touring to test out and adapt their songs. The results are impressive and led to Cocker's highest rated work of the 21st century. #VinylCommunity #Vinyl #NowSpinning

#5DebutAlbums2026 Group A, Album 1 Jacob Alon - In Limerence This Mercury nominee may be the most beautiful album of the lot. But how far can its stripped back style go when up against more musically complex albums? #VinylCommunity #Vinyl #NowSpinning

#5DebutAlbums2026 Group 5 Heartworms - Glutton for punishment Wet leg - self titled Dry Cleaning - New long leg Snocaps - self titled (Wildcard 2) Female fronted acts have dominated my new music buying choices in the last couple of years and here are 4 great examples. #VinylCommunity #MusicSky

#5DebutAlbums2026 Group 4 Dove Ellis - Blizzard Cameron Winter - Heavy Metal Lambrini Girls - Who let the dogs out Yard Act - The Overload (Wildcard 1) A diverse mix of styles on this one. Wildcard will be filled by an album I see getting traction on the hashtag. #VinylCommunity #MusicSky

#5DebutAlbums2026 Group 3: Softcult - When a flower doesn't grow Panic Shack - self titled Miki Berenyi Trio - Tripla Kim Deal - Nobody loves you more Jockstrap - I love you Jennifer B The first three are personal favourites, but there's stiff competition including an Alt-rock legend. #MusicSky

#5DebutAlbums2026 Group B Boy Genius - the record English Teacher - This could be Texas Beatrice Dillon - Workaround My New Band Believe - self titled Ellur - At home with my mind Two of my favourite Yorkshire acts, who I've seen live many times. So I'll try not to be biased. #VinylCommunity

Enjoyed the tournament for the last debut albums vote so going all out for #5DebutAlbums2026. 5 groups of 5, then playoffs. Group A Rina Sawayama - Sawayama Duran Jones - Wait till I get over Jarv Is - Beyond the pale Jacob Alon - In Limerence Rocket - R is for Rocket #VinylCommunity #MusicSky

Another #AlphabettiDischetti redux. Radiohead - The Bends Speaking of albums that grew on me. Liked it from day one but the more I listened to it, the better it got. By the time OK Computer was released, I was chomping at the bit for more Radiohead. #VinylCollection #Vinyl #NowSpinning

#NowSpinning Geese - Getting Killed No album has grown on me more in recent years than this. Didn't even make my top 5 last year, but a couple more listens and I had to bite the bullet (pun intended) and buy it. I definitely get the hype now. #VinylCommunity #Vinyl

An #AlphabettiDischetti redux Blur - The Ballad of Darren Since Discogs have changed their alphabetical ordering, moving albums that start with 'the' to list by the second word, I've got some catching up to do. Decent recent effort from Blur. More laid back than their peak. #VinylCollection #Vinyl

#NowSpinning Lightning Seeds - Dizzy Heights Picked this up recently because it was cheap. To be honest it has reminder me how disappointment it was A massive step down from Jollification. Has its moments though. #VinylCommunity #Vinyl #MusicSky

Final #5DebutAlbums9599 playoff. Supergrass - I should Coco Vs Placebo - self titled Been stuck in traffic so long I can jump straight to the result. Winner: Supergrass. I'm sorry Brian, I still love you. But the energy of Coco is infectious. #VinylCommunity #Vinly #NowSpinning

Winner of #5DebutAlbums9599 playoff 3. Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill Hardest choice so far, but I sing along with more (read all) of this. So it wins, just. #VinylCommunity #Vinyl #MusicSky

#5DebutAlbums9599 Playoff 3 Elastica - self titled Vs Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill And yes I know it is technically Alanis's third album but the powers that be deemed it eligible. No mansplaining needed. #VinylCommunity #Vinyl #NowSpinning

Winner of #5DebutAlbums9599 Playoff 2 Eels - Beautiful Freak I've gained so much more respect for this album during this process. Always enjoyed it, but listening to it alongside other top debuts of the era you realise how great it really is. #MusicSky #CDCollection #VinylCommunity

#5DebutAlbums9599 Playoff 2: Eels - Beautiful Freak Vs Garbage - self titled Garbage has already knocked out one quirky Alt-rock album in Mansun. But this is a different prospect altogether. #NowSpinning #VinylCommunity #Vinyl #CDCollection

The winner of #5DebutAlbums9599 playoff 1: Fiona Apple - Tidal Not close in the end. I'll always love 1977, but Tidal is something really special. #VinylCommunity #Vinyl #MusicSky

It's final play-off day for #5DebutAlbums9599 No spying here! Playoff 1: Ash - 1977 Vs Fiona Apple - Tidal. Two very different albums, but both fully formed debuts. The winner makes my final list. #VinylCommunity #Vinyl #CDCollection

Winner of #5DebutAlbums9599 Play-In 4 Placebo - self titled Feel like I've done Tricky dirty here. Been a long day of 8 albums and I'm flagging. Tricky (the 7th album) dragged more in the end than Placebo (the 8th) so that's the deciding factor. Earlier in the day it may have won. #VinylCommunity

Final #5DebutAlbums9599 Play-In Tricky - Maxinquaye Vs Placebo - self titled Two massively different debuts, but only one can make it through to the final round. #VinylCommunity #Vinyl #NowSpinning #MusicSky

The winner of #5DebutAlbums9599 Play-in 3: Garbage - self titled Gutted to be losing AOTGL. I originally said it might be the hill I die on, but now I've listened to so many great debuts from the era, it's not quite there. Still love it though. #VinylCommunity #Vinyl #MusicSky

#5DebutAlbums9599 Play-in 3 Mansun - Attack of the Grey Lantern Vs Garbage - self titled Battle of the character narrative driven alternative albums. Only one can make it to the final round. #VinylCommunity #Vinyl #NowSpinning #MusicSky

The winner of my #5DebutAlbums9599 Play-in 2: Supergrass - I Should Coco Not close in the end. I love FLC but no album captures what it was like to be young in the '90s as much as I Should Coco. Saw them live last year and it's still good enough to get me throwing my arthritic body around. #Vinyl

#5DebutAlbums9599 Play-in 2: Supergrass - I Should Coco Vs Fun Loving Criminals - Come Find Yourself Two albums I played to death in the '90s, but who will make it into the final round? #VinylCommunity #Vinyl #CDCollection #NowSpinning

Winner of my #5DebutAlbums9599 Play-in 1: Ash - 1977 Tough choice as both had their merits. Chemical Brothers were more influential, but Ash were more fully formed in terms of their signature style. In the end, had to go with the album I actually enjoyed the most. #VinylCommunity #Vinyl #MusicSky

#5DebutAlbums9599 been great but only had 1 absolute standout walk straight into my top 5. For the rest, I'm channelling 12-year-old be and making a tournament. 4 play-ins followed by 4 play-offs to decide positions 2 to 5. First up Play-in 1: 1977 Vs Exit Planet Dust #VinylCommunity #Vinyl

Strong #5DebutAlbums9599 contender. Eels - Beautiful Freak Completely unique and brilliant. Quirky throughout but not for one moment does that feel forced. #CDCollection #MusicSky #NowSpinning

Probably the most successful band to qualify for #5DebutAlbums9599 Foo Fighters - self titled They would go on to create some great albums, but as much as I like their debut, it doesn't reach the rarified air (no pun intended) of others on my list. #VinylCommunity #Vinyl

#1001Albums #Dan'sDiscSlog Album #195 The Police - Reggatta de blanc I've never had strong feelings about the Police, but there is no doubt they had a pretty unique sound and that is deployed well on this album. #MusicSky #NowPlaying #VinylCommunity

Next for #5DebutAlbums9599 Garbage - self titled. Garbage were the cover stars of the first issue of NME I ever bought. I was intrigued by the description of their music and their multi-national make up. Went out and bought the album and was instantly hooked. #VinylCommunity #Vinyl

#1001Albums #Dan'sDiscSlog Album #194 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Murder Ballads One of the greatest concept albums of all time. Cave writes death like nobody else. Great cameos, with PJ Harvey being a high point, since Cave and Harvey make up 10%+ of my whole collection. #VinylCommunity #Vinyl

This mornings #AphabettiDischetti doubles up as #5DebutAlbums9499 The Bluetones - Expecting to fly A band that could really write a catchy song, especially a chorus. But the depth isn't quite there in contrast to the others on the list. Fun but somewhat repetitive. #CDCollection #NowSpinning

Something a bit different next for #5DebutAlbums9599 Fun Loving Criminals - Come find yourself. I've always loved this album but it is so unlike anything else I was listening to at the time. Unquestionably cool, but beyond that I can't explain why I love it so much. #CDCollection #MusicSky

This has been deemed eligible for #5DebutAlbums9599 so have to give it a go. Alanis Morrisette - Jagged Little Pill If we were going on most successful debut, this would walk it for this period. Based upon merit, it is less clear cut. But a strong entry nonetheless. #VinylCommunity #Vinyl

Next #5DebutAlbums9599 contender Placebo - self titled One of the more important albums of my youth, and not just because Brian Molko awakened something important in me. Still great to this day, they would produce better work than this. But another great youthful debut. #VinylCommunity #Vinyl

Another strong #5DebutAlbums9599 contender Tricky - Maxinquaye Anything winning multiple album-of-the-year polls in 1995 must be pretty special and this definitely is. An unselfish album too with Tricky handing over much of the limelight to the brilliant vocals of Martina Topley-Bird #MusicSky

#1001Albums #Dan'sDiscSlog Album #193 Taylor Swift - Evermore My daughter's favourite albums so I'm listening to her copy. She is delighted I am finally listening to it. Lives up to much of the hype. Not a fan of when it goes too country, but the slower songs are really good. #VinylCommunity

Tonight's #AlphabettiDischetti also qualifies for #5DebutAlbums9599 The Chemical Brothers - Exit Planet Dust An industrial take on electronic dance that keeps its gritty urgency throughout. Such an instant classic it is cited as an influence on two other debuts on my shortlist. #CDCollection