My Favorite Debuts by RoundTheBend

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Some of the artists with the best debuts almost never topped their debut effort, which I find interesting. I'm in NO WAY saying that they got lucky or whatever, but sometimes it is hard to top AMAZING!!!

Still not 100% complete (it's a larger undertaking than I originally realized if I wanted to truly represent all of my favorite debuts because I probably have forgotten them)... but anyway, here's what I have for now based on what I've either recently listened to or spent the time to remember an artists debut.

Also, I've included solo efforts like Eddie Vedder and John Lennon, even though the initial effort was to see what it was like for a budding musician to release their first record... in those instances, both artists were already well into their career.

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Funeral 
Canada Arcade Fire
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Honestly... I don't think any other artist had a better debut. This site's ranking of this album kind of speaks to it... but that's my opinion too. [First added to this chart: 09/09/2016]
Year of Release:
2004
Appears in:
2,824 charts
Rank Score:
41,834
Rank in 2004:
1
Rank in 2000s:
3
Overall Rank:
15
Average Rating:
Top rated 88 (3,598 votes)
Comments:
400
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Rage Against The Machine 
United States Rage Against The Machine
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This used to be at my number one spot because I forgot about Funeral being a debut. This album is also a FANTASTIC debut. [First added to this chart: 01/16/2013]
Year of Release:
1992
Appears in:
1,227 charts
Rank Score:
11,992
Rank in 1992:
2
Rank in 1990s:
25
Overall Rank:
122
Average Rating:
 83 (1,607 votes)
Comments:
91
3. New entry
Weezer (Blue Album) 
United States Weezer
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[First added to this chart: 01/16/2013]
Year of Release:
1994
Appears in:
1,428 charts
Rank Score:
16,910
Rank in 1994:
4
Rank in 1990s:
15
Overall Rank:
78
Average Rating:
 84 (1,894 votes)
Comments:
138
4. (3) Down1
Are You Experienced 
United States The Jimi Hendrix Experience
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[First added to this chart: 09/09/2016]
Year of Release:
1967
Appears in:
2,163 charts
Rank Score:
24,291
Rank in 1967:
4
Rank in 1960s:
12
Overall Rank:
39
Average Rating:
Top rated 87 (2,417 votes)
Comments:
169
5. (4) Down1
The Doors 
United States The Doors
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[First added to this chart: 09/09/2016]
Year of Release:
1967
Appears in:
2,340 charts
Rank Score:
29,172
Rank in 1967:
3
Rank in 1960s:
10
Overall Rank:
30
Average Rating:
Top rated 87 (2,761 votes)
Comments:
207
6. (5) Down1
Here's Little Richard 
United States Little Richard
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[First added to this chart: 09/09/2016]
Year of Release:
1957
Appears in:
410 charts
Rank Score:
3,944
Rank in 1957:
2
Rank in 1950s:
7
Overall Rank:
452
Average Rating:
 79 (478 votes)
Comments:
40
7. (6) Down1
6- And 12-String Guitar 
United States Leo Kottke
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[First added to this chart: 09/09/2016]
Year of Release:
1969
Appears in:
55 charts
Rank Score:
256
Rank in 1969:
95
Rank in 1960s:
417
Overall Rank:
5,223
Average Rating:
 78 (45 votes)
Comments:
4
8. (7) Down1
Boy 
Ireland U2
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[First added to this chart: 01/16/2013]
Year of Release:
1980
Appears in:
408 charts
Rank Score:
2,218
Rank in 1980:
16
Rank in 1980s:
125
Overall Rank:
812
Average Rating:
 75 (738 votes)
Comments:
39
9. (8) Down1
Welcome To The Beautiful South 
United Kingdom The Beautiful South
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[First added to this chart: 09/09/2016]
Year of Release:
1989
Appears in:
55 charts
Rank Score:
255
Rank in 1989:
75
Rank in 1980s:
776
Overall Rank:
5,236
Average Rating:
 74 (63 votes)
Comments:
4
10. (9) Down1
Parachutes 
United Kingdom Coldplay
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[First added to this chart: 01/16/2013]
Year of Release:
2000
Appears in:
965 charts
Rank Score:
7,996
Rank in 2000:
5
Rank in 2000s:
36
Overall Rank:
207
Average Rating:
 78 (1,681 votes)
Comments:
95
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My Favorite Debuts composition

Decade Albums %


1930s 0 0%
1940s 0 0%
1950s 12 12%
1960s 14 14%
1970s 12 12%
1980s 15 15%
1990s 20 20%
2000s 19 19%
2010s 8 8%
2020s 0 0%
Artist Albums %


Elbow 1 1%
Eddie Vedder 1 1%
Franz Ferdinand 1 1%
The Clash 1 1%
U2 1 1%
The Kingston Trio 1 1%
Tame Impala 1 1%
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Country Albums %


United States 62 62%
United Kingdom 27 27%
Mixed Nationality 3 3%
Australia 2 2%
Germany 1 1%
Iceland 1 1%
Ireland 1 1%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 98 98%
Yes 2 2%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 99 99%
Yes 1 1%

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From 09/09/2016 04:50
Showbiz and Blue didn't make my chart! Shit... I done messed up. No seriously, thanks for the catch! hahaha. I must have accidently not marked them as debuts or something on my spreadsheet I was trying to make this on.
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From 09/08/2016 12:14
Great concept list. The Doors would get my vote in this list. To think that a band could write quite possibly the greatest ever rock-era track (The End) as a young band on their first album is quite astounding. Funeral is a bit over-hyped by millennialist for mine. It's a great album but a bit too over-over-inflated in its production. And whilst I think Pablo Honey is relatively weak for Radiohead, once again it is undervalued due to comparison with their other work. It should be higher. Piper at the Gates and An Awesome Wave are incredible debuts also. And where is Gorillaz? Showbiz by Muse? Weezer's Blue Album? Aphex Twin? Burial? It's a great list you've come up with though.
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From 07/25/2015 00:14
Go on, please. Good start for a very good theme
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From 12/09/2013 01:15
Since you stated on your overall chart you liked late 60's music I expected to see at least The Doors, Are You Expierenced and/or Velvet Underground and Nico.
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From 03/31/2013 01:08
Agree with guigs on this chart being expanded.
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From 01/16/2013 02:38
Nice picks! You should expamd this chart, it's a nice theme, only the debuts.
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