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Favorite/Best Debut Albums Ever?
Posted by: pinkoos
Date: February 02, 2012 10:20AM
Almost done listening to "The Clash" straight through (not for the first time, of course...just hadn't listened to it for awhile). One helluva debut album.

What are other debut albums you consider "best" or "favorite?"

Try to refrain from googling "best debut albums ever" as that would bias your opinion.

Just think of some off the top of your head.

A few others I thought of:

Pearl Jam "Ten"
"Led Zeppelin"
"The Who Sing My Generation"


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Re: Favorite/Best Debut Albums Ever?
Posted by: MGS_forgot_password
Date: February 02, 2012 10:25AM
Appetite for Destruction
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Re: Favorite/Best Debut Albums Ever?
Posted by: rich in distress
Date: February 02, 2012 10:26AM
alanis... audioslave...


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Re: Favorite/Best Debut Albums Ever?
Posted by: freeradical
Date: February 02, 2012 10:37AM
I don't think that Led Zeppelin found their own voice until the second album.

A lot of first albums are an artist's best though.


Patti Smith - Horses

Pretenders - Pretenders
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Re: Favorite/Best Debut Albums Ever?
Posted by: michaelb
Date: February 02, 2012 10:39AM
You have good taste. I am going to continue to puzzle over this. Zep I is at the top; I didn't know of the Who's debut album.

I am not sure about how consistent The Clash is as an album, certainly a great debut though. But for that period, X's Los Angeles and Gang of Four's Entertainment! are better debuts.

REM's Murmur
Smashing Pumpkin's Gish
NWA's Straight Otta Compton
Sonic Youth's Goo (is that the debut?)
Radiohead's Pablo Honey (not sure on that one)
The New Pornographer's Mass Romantic

struggling to think of any of the recent stuff that has blown me away.
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Re: Favorite/Best Debut Albums Ever?
Posted by: Bosco
Date: February 02, 2012 10:47AM
The Doors
Boston
Van Halen
Led Zeppelin
(all self titled ...and are awesome debut albums)
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Re: Favorite/Best Debut Albums Ever?
Posted by: Racer X
Date: February 02, 2012 10:51AM
Extreme
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Re: Favorite/Best Debut Albums Ever?
Posted by: decay
Date: February 02, 2012 10:58AM
Jane's Addiction

either XXX (indie) or Nothing's Shocking (WB) can be considered their debut

both are great in their own ways


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Re: Favorite/Best Debut Albums Ever?
Posted by: $tevie
Date: February 02, 2012 11:07AM
"John Prine" - John Prine.

"Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1" - I'm not sure if this counts, since it was also their only good album.


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Re: Favorite/Best Debut Albums Ever?
Posted by: JPK
Date: February 02, 2012 11:15AM
Van Halen
Little Village (debut was only release)

JPK
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Re: Favorite/Best Debut Albums Ever?
Posted by: $tevie
Date: February 02, 2012 11:16AM
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JPK
Van Halen
Little Village (debut was only release)

JPK
Oh, I love Little Village and wish they'd put more music out.


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Re: Favorite/Best Debut Albums Ever?
Posted by: billb
Date: February 02, 2012 11:19AM
big pink
doors
cream fresh cream
velvet underground
dire straits
beatles
chicago transit authority
santana
B-52s
Can't But a Thrill



10 a limit ?
pipers at the gate of dawn
hey mr tambourine man
yer album
a little help from my friends
Queen ! of course

Texas Flood (rip stevie)
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Re: Favorite/Best Debut Albums Ever?
Posted by: N-OS X-tasy!
Date: February 02, 2012 11:42AM
Cowboy Junkies, The Trinity Session
Oingo Boingo, Only A Lad


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Re: Favorite/Best Debut Albums Ever?
Posted by: colonel panic
Date: February 02, 2012 11:49AM
Elvis Costello "My Aim is True". But there are so many great first albums like R.E.M. and Dire Straits to name a couple more.


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Re: Favorite/Best Debut Albums Ever?
Posted by: N-OS X-tasy!
Date: February 02, 2012 11:57AM
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colonel panic
Elvis Costello "My Aim is True".

On my list, too.


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Re: Favorite/Best Debut Albums Ever?
Posted by: Black
Date: February 02, 2012 11:57AM
Tears for Fears "The Hurting"



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Re: Favorite/Best Debut Albums Ever?
Posted by: WHiiP
Date: February 02, 2012 11:59AM
the doors
the moody blues ( the debut album after denny laine left)
Boston
dire straits
traveling wilburys
chicago transit authority
santana
elo
allman brothers
beach boys
blood sweat tears
the ventures


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Re: Favorite/Best Debut Albums Ever?
Posted by: raz
Date: February 02, 2012 12:07PM
does "Crosby, Stills, & Nash" count?


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Re: Favorite/Best Debut Albums Ever?
Posted by: $tevie
Date: February 02, 2012 12:09PM
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raz
does "Crosby, Stills, & Nash" count?
I would think so. And that's a great choice!


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Re: Favorite/Best Debut Albums Ever?
Posted by: Buzz
Date: February 02, 2012 12:21PM
gotta go with

Shades of Deep Purple

simply because purple was our high school color...

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and then there's times when it's really better.



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Re: Favorite/Best Debut Albums Ever?
Posted by: Rick-o
Date: February 02, 2012 12:22PM
Here's a few of my favorites off the top of my head...

Chicago - The Chicago Transit Authority

The Cars - Self Titled Debut

The Animals - Self Titled Debut

And probably dozens others, if I had the time to think about it.


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Re: Favorite/Best Debut Albums Ever?
Posted by: jdc
Date: February 02, 2012 12:24PM
does "best" mean the most awards? 5 grammy winner debut album.

you will never guess...

[en.wikipedia.org]




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Re: Favorite/Best Debut Albums Ever?
Posted by: MEG
Date: February 02, 2012 12:36PM
Off the top of my head In no particular order:

Ramones - Ramones
Pretenders - Pretenders
Elvis Costello - My Aim is True
REM - Murmur
Uncle Tupelo - No Depression
Pete Yorn - Music for the Morning After
Guns n Roses - Appetite for Destruction
The Cars - The Cars
Pixies - Surfa Rosa

Many more debuts that deserve mention: Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Joe Jackson, Jesus & Mary Chain, Smiths, Pearl Jam, Velvet Underground, Sugar
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Re: Favorite/Best Debut Albums Ever?
Posted by: JoeM
Date: February 02, 2012 12:51PM
Hmmm... off the top of my head:

Are You Experienced: The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Meet The Beatles!
Moby Grape
Big Brother & Holding Co/Cheap Thrills
Quicksilver Messenger Service
Fresh Cream by Cream


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Re: Favorite/Best Debut Albums Ever?
Posted by: N-OS X-tasy!
Date: February 02, 2012 01:17PM
Jeff Buckley, Grace


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Re: Favorite/Best Debut Albums Ever?
Posted by: rich in distress
Date: February 02, 2012 01:36PM
raconteurs!


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Re: Favorite/Best Debut Albums Ever?
Posted by: rankandfile
Date: February 02, 2012 02:10PM
Boston - Boston

Cracked Rear View - Hootie and the Blowfish

Meet the Beatles

En Esta Noche (Spanish Version) /On Nights Like This (English Version) - Soraya

John Prine - John Prine

Traveling Wilburys

Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (only studio album) - Derek and the Dominos
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Re: Favorite/Best Debut Albums Ever?
Posted by: chopper
Date: February 02, 2012 02:14PM
Another vote for Van Halen.
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Re: Favorite/Best Debut Albums Ever?
Posted by: Schpark
Date: February 02, 2012 02:17PM
Boston
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Re: Favorite/Best Debut Albums Ever?
Posted by: decay
Date: February 02, 2012 02:19PM
Sex Pistols S/T

L.A.M.F. by The Heartbreakers


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Re: Favorite/Best Debut Albums Ever?
Posted by: Dennis S
Date: February 02, 2012 03:22PM
Santana
Chicago Transit Authority
Led Zeppelin
Janis Joplin - Cheap Thrills
John Prine
The Who Sing My Generation
Meet The Beatles
Are You Experienced
The Doors
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man
With a Little Help From My Friends
Joan Armatrading (1st major label album)
Eagles
Jackson Browne
Cat Stevens
Animals
Steely Dan - Can’t Buy A Thrill
The Monkees
Aretha Franklin - Never Loved A Man
Dreamboat Annie - Heart
Counting Crows - August and Everything After
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Re: Favorite/Best Debut Albums Ever?
Posted by: Zoidberg
Date: February 02, 2012 03:58PM
I was going to say Wall of Voodoo's "Call of the West" but it turns out that it isn't their debut album. Thought for certain it was.

If that's the case, then, I'll go with The Blues Brothers' "Briefcase Full of Blues".

Thanks for the reminder; got to add Steely Dan's "Can't Buy A Thrill".






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Re: Favorite/Best Debut Albums Ever?
Posted by: DeusxMac
Date: February 02, 2012 04:24PM
My personal theory is that many bands, and especially those of lesser talent, only have one really good album in them, and it's their first one.

They've arrive with a new sound. They do an ablum of that sound. And they've got nothing beyond that. Subsequent album(s) just more of the same, now repeated stuff.
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Re: Favorite/Best Debut Albums Ever?
Posted by: N-OS X-tasy!
Date: February 02, 2012 04:49PM
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DeusxMac
My personal theory is that many bands, and especially those of lesser talent, only have one really good album in them, and it's their first one.

I concur with the section I highlighted in red.


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Re: Favorite/Best Debut Albums Ever?
Posted by: (vikm)
Date: February 02, 2012 04:50PM
The Smiths - The Smiths
Gene - Olympian
Villagers - Becoming a Jackal
Oasis - Definitely maybe
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Re: Favorite/Best Debut Albums Ever?
Posted by: sunfalcon
Date: February 02, 2012 05:29PM
Jars of Clay - I think that CD was in my car player for over a year.
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Re: Favorite/Best Debut Albums Ever?
Posted by: Joey Cupcakes
Date: February 03, 2012 03:10AM
I don't listen to them much these days, but "Crosby, Stills & Nash" was more than a great debut album, it was a game changer.
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Re: Favorite/Best Debut Albums Ever?
Posted by: Bernie
Date: February 03, 2012 06:07AM
Boston.



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Re: Favorite/Best Debut Albums Ever?
Posted by: pinkoos
Date: February 03, 2012 09:46AM
Awesome thread.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but it doesn't look like the Stones debut, "The Rolling Stones" was mentioned by anybody.

According to Wikipedia, it was #1 for 12 weeks in 1964. I guess because it's almost all cover songs it can't really be considered a true "debut."

What do you guys think?

EDIT: Forgot the link to the Wiki article - [en.wikipedia.org])



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Re: Favorite/Best Debut Albums Ever?
Posted by: freeradical
Date: February 04, 2012 11:08AM
I think that the Stones first good album was the American release of Out of Our Heads. This was the album that had Satisfaction, Last Time, and Play with Fire on it. Prior to that album, it sounds like they were just experimenting, and trying to find their own sound.
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Re: Favorite/Best Debut Albums Ever?
Posted by: comphernation
Date: February 05, 2012 09:32PM
Two came to mind immediately:

Rickie Lee Jones

Meet the Beatles

Bunches more followed. :-)
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