50 Fantastic “Flying Solo” Albums | Scarface’s ‘Mr. Scarface Is Back’ (1991)

September 23, 2018 Jesse Ducker

Our staff has selected 50 notable debut solo albums by artists who either said farewell to their respective groups or simply took a temporary hiatus from the fold.

50 Fantastic “Flying Solo” Albums | Erick Sermon’s ‘No Pressure’ (1993)

September 23, 2018 Daryl McIntosh

Our staff has selected 50 notable debut solo albums by artists who either said farewell to their respective groups or simply took a temporary hiatus from the fold.

50 Fantastic “Flying Solo” Albums | SisQó’s ‘Unleash the Dragon’ (1999)

September 23, 2018 Daryl McIntosh

Our staff has selected 50 notable debut solo albums by artists who either said farewell to their respective groups or simply took a temporary hiatus from the fold.

50 Fantastic “Flying Solo” Albums | Gwen Stefani’s ‘Love. Angel. Music. Baby.’ (2004)

September 23, 2018 Kate Seldman

Our staff has selected 50 notable debut solo albums by artists who either said farewell to their respective groups or simply took a temporary hiatus from the fold.

50 Fantastic “Flying Solo” Albums | Sting’s ‘The Dream of the Blue Turtles’ (1985)

September 23, 2018 Andy Healy

Our staff has selected 50 notable debut solo albums by artists who either said farewell to their respective groups or simply took a temporary hiatus from the fold.

50 Fantastic “Flying Solo” Albums | Justin Timberlake’s ‘Justified’ (2002)

September 23, 2018 Grant Walters

Our staff has selected 50 notable debut solo albums by artists who either said farewell to their respective groups or simply took a temporary hiatus from the fold.

50 Fantastic “Flying Solo” Albums | Peter Tosh’s ‘Legalize It’ (1976)

September 23, 2018 Daryl McIntosh

Our staff has selected 50 notable debut solo albums by artists who either said farewell to their respective groups or simply took a temporary hiatus from the fold.

50 Fantastic “Flying Solo” Albums | Frank Turner’s ‘Sleep Is For The Week’ (2007)

September 23, 2018 Chris Powers

Our staff has selected 50 notable debut solo albums by artists who either said farewell to their respective groups or simply took a temporary hiatus from the fold.

50 Fantastic “Flying Solo” Albums | Jody Watley’s ‘Jody Watley’ (1987)

September 23, 2018 Quentin Harrison

Our staff has selected 50 notable debut solo albums by artists who either said farewell to their respective groups or simply took a temporary hiatus from the fold.

50 Fantastic “Flying Solo” Albums | Jack White’s ‘Blunderbuss’ (2012)

September 23, 2018 Sarah Paolantonio

Our staff has selected 50 notable debut solo albums by artists who either said farewell to their respective groups or simply took a temporary hiatus from the fold.

Saint Etienne’s Debut Album ‘Foxbase Alpha’ Turns 35 | Album Anniversary

Evocative of time (early ‘90s) and emblematic of place (London), ‘Foxbase Alpha’ is a gorgeous pastiche of symbiotic sounds and expertly incorporated samples.

Olivia Newton-John’s ‘Physical’ Turns 45 | Album Anniversary

Having been previously regarded as a predominantly country and adult contemporary artist, Newton-John’s provocative eleventh studio affair set about to frame the singer in a new light.

Freddie Hubbard’s ‘First Light’ Turns 55 | Album Anniversary

With ‘First Light,’ the legendary trumpeter pushed the musical envelope to make something radically different from his previous works, as he distanced himself from the soul-jazz model.