List of 1976 debut albums - FamousFix List (2025)

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Boston is the debut studio album by Boston-based American rock band Boston. Produced by Tom Scholz and John Boylan, the album was released on August 25, 1976 in the United States by Epic Records. Scholz had first begun playing music in the late 1960s after graduating from MIT with a master's degree, which led to a senior position at Polaroid. After being involved in the Boston music scene for several years, Scholz concentrated on demos recorded in his apartment basement with singer Brad Delp. His previous group, Mother's Milk, had received numerous rejection letters from major record labels in the early 1970s. By 1975, the demo tape had fallen into the hands of CBS-owned Epic Records, who signed the band.

• Albums produced by John Boylan (record producer)· 36T
• Albums recorded at Capitol Studios· 162T
• CBS Records albums· 266T

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Air Supply is the debut album by Australian soft rock band Air Supply which was released on CBS Records in December 1976. The album peaked at No.17 on the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart. It includes the single, "Love and Other Bruises" released ahead of the album in October which reached No.6 on the Kent Music Report Singles Chart. The second single, "Empty Pages", issued in February 1977 did not reach the Top40. The album reached gold status in Australia. It wasn't until the album Lost In Love that the band broke through international charts.

• Albums produced by Peter Dawkins (musician)· 25T
• CBS Records albums· 266T
• Air Supply albums· 18T

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Love Lifted Me is the title of Kenny Rogers' first solo album for United Artists Records, released in 1976. This is Rogers' first solo effort following the break-up of The First Edition earlier that year.

• Albums arranged by Bill Justis· 29T
• Albums produced by Larry Butler (producer)· 40T
• Kenny Rogers albums· 38T

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Take The Heat Off Me is the debut album by Boney M.. The album became a major seller outside of the United States, where the album just missed making the chart. Includes the hits "Daddy Cool" (#65 on the Billboard Hot 100, #11 on the Club Play Singles chart), "Sunny" and "Baby Do You Wanna Bump". The title – track is the cover of the 1974 Italian hit Nessuno mai (No one ever), sung by the Sicilian artist Marcella Bella and written by her brother Gianni Bella with Giancarlo Bigazzi.

• Hansa Records albums· 47T
• Albums produced by Frank Farian· 49T
• Boney M. albums· 8T

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Dreamboat Annie is the debut album by American rock band Heart. At the time, the band was based in Vancouver British Columbia, and the album was recorded in B.C. and first released in Canada by the local label Mushroom Records in the summer of 1975. It was released in the United States on 14 February 1976 through the subsidiary of Mushroom Records in Los Angeles. The album contains three hit singles which became staples on FM radio. Producer Mike Flicker helped the group to polish their sound and obtain a recording contract with the label.

• Mushroom Records albums· 217T
• Albums produced by Mike Flicker· 16T
• Heart (band) albums· 16T

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Sí Se Puede! is the 1976 charity album debut of Los Lobos and the Salas Brothers of Tierra. Proceeds from this album went towards the United Farm Workers of America.

• Tejano music albums· 8T
• Charity albums· 142T
• Los Lobos albums· 25T

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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers is the eponymous debut album by the band of the same name, released on November 9, 1976 by Shelter Records.

• Shelter Records albums· 22T
• Albums produced by Denny Cordell· 22T
• Tom Petty albums· 29T

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Blondie is the eponymous debut album by American rock band Blondie, released in December 1976 on Private Stock Records.

• Private Stock Records albums· 8T
• Blondie (band) albums· 14T
• Albums produced by Craig Leon· 21T

I'm EasyAlbum by Keith Carradine

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I'm Easy is a 1976 album by Keith Carradine recorded at Devonshire Sound Studios, North Hollywood, and Elektra Sound Recorders, Los Angeles. The album, named after the hit single "I'm Easy", reached number 61 on the US Billboard 200.

• Asylum Records albums· 172T
• 1976 albums· 1,009T

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Krokus (also known - by the band in particular - as First Album) is the self-titled first album by Swiss band Krokus. It was the only Krokus album to feature Hansi Droz and Remo Spadino. It is also the only Krokus album to show a progressive rock style. The album has become a collector's item since it was limited pressed (560 copies) and has never been reissued and is only available on the original vinyl.

• Krokus (band) albums· 19T