Greatest Debut Album Ever
 

My vote has to go to Boston. The production, songs and performances are still amazing nearly 40 years later.

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Are You Experienced. Boom! Hendrix.

Honorable mention:

Please Please Me
Licensed to Ill
The Cars
Gotta include Zep I. Hard not to put it at the top

Those are "my" greatest.

Oh, and Pet Shop Boys and Go-Go's.

Too many. Gah!

Foo Fighters
Nevermind (not technically a debut)
Dookie
Surfer Rosa

illmatic

STP-Core, Pearl Jam-Ten, Edit- obviously not the greatest but some of my favorites, both were pretty damn successful though

The obvious one is Appetite.

Van Halen.

Hell yea.

Goddammit, Dookie isn't a debut album. But it should have been.

Hell yea

Realizing it's probably just me, I think they are posers. No offense to anyone

Probably true, but still a great album.

The Cars

Music from the big pink

Oh man...hard to pick one and might add more later..but Texas Flood is high on my list...he helped rejuvinate the blues, IMO.

Oasis - Definitely Maybe.

It opens with one of the ballsiest opening title ever. Rock n' Roll Star. It has Columbia, Live Forever, Cigarettes and Alcohol, Supersonic...

If you've never listened to the album, and hate Oasis because one of the brothers is a douche, Liam. You should try them, once you realize that the guitarist, Noel Gallagher, wrote all of the songs, you realize they aren't wankers. Just Liam. Noel is hilariously brilliant. Love this album.

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I would say GNR's Appetite is a great debut, as well.

Black Sabbath's debut album from 1970, self titled, and Led Zeppelin I are a tie for me.

This is a good one. Illmatic is arguably the greatest hip hop album of all time.

Kill Em All


Though I don't think it was fully appreciated at the time it was released.

Have gotten the most mileage with one of the debuts already mentioned, probably. Aerosmith's first album was underrated.

All Things Must Pass, for a solo debut.

Live Forever is orgasmic.

I love debut albums. Most bands never reach the passion and immediacy that they achieve on that first release.

So many good ones.

Boston's self-titled one has to be up there. Changed a lot of how rock was perceived, produced, etc.

As much shit as I've given them this past week, my choice would be:

Van Halen's "Van Halen"

The first time you heard it, it was like a ****ing sledge hammer slamming against your head. You never heard a guitar sound like that. The swagger and sex and rock-n-roll was huge, massive and loud. Every song was an anthem.

And unlike most rock albums of their specific generations, Van Halen's self titled debut still sounds incredible.

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Honorable mention:

Patti Smith's "Horses"
- One of my favorite albums regardless. Horse/Land of a Thousand Dances/La Mer is one of the greatest songs ever. Gloria might be the best cover ever.

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Rage Against the Machine's "Rage Against the Machine"
- I still just go nuts every time I hear "Killing in the Name Of" and "Freedom." So much "**** you!" in a time of general apathy and "me first" attitudes.

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The Doors' "The Doors"
- I don't need to explain this one.

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Portishead's "Dummy"
- Trip hop, as a genre, was really only around for about five years or so, but in that short period some of the greatest albums of all time were produced, which includes Portishead's landmark "Dummy."

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the xx's "xx"
- To quote Barry in High Fidelity "A sly declaration of new classic status slipped into a bunch of safe ones...very pussy!" However, the moment I heard this album I couldn't believe what I was hearing. Checked the video...nothing made sense...a handful of pimply faced limey nerds putting out some of the most moving, introspective, minimalistic brilliance I've ever heard.

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I thought that before I clicked the link.

Oh, and this one:

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Tom Scholz is a god.

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Because its the first thing that came to mind and I still listen to it without skipping/fast forwarding.

This.

Sublime- 40 oz to Freedom
This changed everything for me. The amazing blend of reggae, punk rock, hip hop, dub, ska, an dancehall just blew my doors open after the very first listen. Brad's voice is almost heavenly, and so full of soul. The bass lines, the drums, and the guest musicians from the LBC could immediately take you to a sunny summer day in So Cal. I still listen to it without skipping any tracks, even after all these years, and all the copies of the cd I've gone through.

Nor is Surfer Rosa, but its certainly a damn good album, their best IMO.

For my money, you called the best one a bit later.. GNR.

Killer album. I'll ad an obscure one. For live, raw, sonic destruction you can't beat King King by the Red Devils. They were one and done.

DAMMIT!!! You beat me too it. My choice also.:clap:

From modern rock...

Arcade Fire - Funeral
Radiohead - Pablo Honey
Weezer - Blue album
The Strokes - Is this it?

Apart from Radiohead, for each of these bands, their debut was their best.

Pure homerism here, but King Crimson's "In the Court of the Crimson King" is on the list. Pete Townshend called it "an uncanny masterpiece."

Guns N roses - Appetite for Destruction
Pearl Jam -Ten

Can't decide

Also I would put Blind Melon self titled cd near the top of my list, as well as Black Crowes Shake your Money Maker.

Pre-internet, cable and social media era. I'm sitting in a parking lot with some buddies and a tape of Van Halen was put in. I was blown away. No band or song has moved me initially more since that day in the parking lot.

Black Crowes


Shake your money maker

Ace of Base- Happy nation/ The Sign
Snow- 12 inches of Snow
Naughty by Nature- Independent Leaders
Basia- Time and Tide

That Snow cd is classic!! I still rock that shit!

I still remember the first time I heard it. I was at a friend's house and he told me I had to hear this album from some new band, Van Halen. "Whatever", I thought.

I was blown away.

Them and Boston top my list. Also...

The Cars
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Led Zeppelin
The Beatles

NIN: "Pretty Hate Machine"
Sublime: "40 oz. to Freedom"
Days of the New "The Yellow Album"

Same here, it holds up very well.

For any folkies out there:

John Prine-John Prine
1971

Illegal Smile
Spanish Pipedream
Hello in There
Sam Stone
Paradise
Pretty Good
Your Flag Decal Won't Get You Into Heaven Anymore
Far From Me
Angel From Montgomery
Quiet Man
Donald and Lydia
Six O'clock News
Flashback Blues

If any of those songs don't kick you in the nuts, I'm not sure what to tell you

Nowhere near the best (production wise), but probably my personal fav debut.

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That's pretty damned hard to beat in terms of longevity and relevance.

+1

So many to choose from:
My top five,

Devo-Are We Not Men
The Stooges
Roxy Music
REm-Murmur
Sex Pistols-Never Mind the Bullocks

Debut Album? I'd say Plus by Ed Sheeran.

Dr Dre- Chronic

My favorite band is Boston. They will always be true rock and roll music to me

Appetite or Boston

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Ten and Core were two that came to mind immediately. Licensed to Ill, GnR, Pretty Hate Machine, and Dookie are up there as well.

many amazing albums mentioned so far, I'll throw these out there (or second/third/fourth if they've been named already)

ratm: ratm (self titled). sacc called it, but it's still high on my playlist if I'm feeling angsty
sublime: 40 oz to freedom. fourth'd? fifth'd? it's amazing no matter how many times it's said
wu tang clan: 36 chambers. amazing from front to back
beastie boys: licensed to ill. simply the greatest of all-time. if memory serves, it had so many samples that it literally could not be made today (I may be thinking of paul's boutique though)
killers: hot fuss. great album

and one a bit before my time, when lou reed was lou reed...

velvet underground/nico: the banana album. stunning.

Saw them at starlight last Summer. They were still very good.

Agree with Boston.....saw them last summer in San Diego....Scholz is still amazing (lead singer was meh).

Not sure mentioned......but technically, MJ's "Off the Wall" was a solo debut, right?

And already mentioned - "License to Ill" was amazing.

and a personal, more obscure choice for myself.......Stabbing Westward's "Ungod" was outstanding.

Good call,Mama Kin,One Way Street,Walkin' The Dog,Movin' Out,Dream On,that entire album kicked ass. :thumb:

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THIS!

Still my favorite today.

Goes without saying there were several Camaros involved

Licensed to Ill wasn't their debut cd!!

I agree. That, coupled with the fact that the album was recorded on a 4 track machine in Tom Scholz's basement makes it all the better....That guy, for his time, was innovative as hell.

Good one! I love their first album, and it really has a different sound than their big ones of that era--Get Your Wings, Toys, Rocks, Draw the Line.

Lot of great ones already listed and I have to add one

The Rainmakers,Newsweek magazine even called them the next great rock-n-roll band" after critiquing it.

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Yep, Devo's AWNM is another fantastic debute album:

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Son Volt - Trace

It's an amazing album.

I love Steely Dan so this is right up there with the best debute albums of all time IMHO:

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I'm having a difficult time arguing against Illmatic.

...Erm not much into older music so I guess I don't really have a say.

Dookie isn't a debut

Are you referring to Polywog Stew? That was really pre-Beastie Boys, at least what would become known as the Beastie Boys.

Rage.

It was to me.

This. I still listen to this.

Boston definitely belongs on my list along with Heart's Dreamboat Annie and Meatloaf's Bat out of Hell. Too much good music to pick only one.

License to Ill was the Beastie Boys debut. Cookie Puss was like a single they played in clubs.

MOTHER****ER by the MOTHER****ERS

The tastes in music here are very interesting.
For me, influential debut albums:

The Ramones first album
Never Mind the Bollocks - Sex Pistols
My Aim Is True - Elvis Costello
REM-Gardening At Night
Gin Blossoms - New Miserable Experience
David Lindley - El Rayo X
Chris Whitley - Living With The Law

These are just ones that come immediately to mind.