[RoundTheBend]

Hello All-

I wanted to get your opinion on what you thought was the best debut album, and or a list of your favorite.

Here's the ones I have listened to a lot and many of them I am amazed it is their debut, sometimes in a good way and sometimes, I think wow they sucked!

The Beatles: Please Please Me- Good
Radiohead: Pablo Honey- Not so good, but everything afterwards is amazing: WTF!!!
Led Zeppelin: Led Zeppelin- Awesome
Arcade Fire: Funeral- Awesome
Foo Fighters: Foo Fighters- Awesome
Red Hot Chili Peppers:The Red Hot Chili Peppers- Not So Good
The Rolling Stones: Aftermath (I know it isn't really their debut, but their first CD where they wrote all the music.- Good
U2: Boy- Good
Nirvana: Bleach- Good
R.E.M.: Murmur- Good
Pearl Jam: Ten- Good
Smashing Pumpkins: Gish- Good
Muse: Showbiz Amazing
Velvet Underground: The Velvet Underground & Nico- Amazing
Jimmi Hendrix Are You Experienced- Amazing
Buddy Holly The Chirping Crickets- Good
Beastie Boys Licensed to Ill- Good
Sex Pistols Never Mind the Bullocks, Here's- Good
Coldplay Parachutes- Amazing
Rage Against the Machine Rage Against the Machine- Amazing
The Strokes Is This It?- Amazing
The Shins Oh, Inverted World- Amazing
Debut Björk- Amazing
Weezer Weezer- Amazing


Here is what Amazon says their top 100 are.

1. Boy by U2
2. Birth Of The Cool (Rudy Van Geld... by Miles Davis
3. The Velvet Underground & Nico by The Velvet Underground
4. Led Zeppelin by Led Zeppelin
5. Unknown Pleasures [Collector's E... by Joy Division
6. The Piper At The Gates of Dawn (... by Pink Floyd
7. Bleach by Nirvana
8. Bob Dylan by Bob Dylan
9. Kill 'Em All by Metallica
10. Funeral by Arcade Fire
11. Reasonable Doubt by Jay-Z
12. The Smiths by The Smiths
13. Grace by Jeff Buckley
14. My Aim Is True by Elvis Costello
15. Horses by Patti Smith
16. Here Come The Warm Jets by Brian Eno
17. Elvis Presley by Elvis Presley
18. Appetite For Destruction [Explicit] by Guns N' Roses
19. The Who Sings My Generation by The Who
20. Movement [Collector's Edition] by New Order
21. Slanted & Enchanted by Pavement
22. Catch A Fire by Bob Marley
23. The College Dropout [Explicit] by Kanye West
24. Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J. by Bruce Springsteen
25. England's Newest Hitmakers by The Rolling Stones
26. Pablo Honey [Explicit] by Radiohead
27. Murmur by R.E.M.
28. Talking Heads 77 by Talking Heads
29. Coltrane by John Coltrane
30. Ten by Pearl Jam
31. Paid In Full by Eric B. and Rakim
32. The Doors (40th Anniversary Mixes) by The Doors
33. Are You Experienced by Jimi Hendrix
34. Ready To Die The Remaster (U.S. ... by The Notorious B.I.G.
35. The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill by Lauryn Hill
36. Van Halen by Van Halen
37. The Chirping Crickets by Buddy Holly
38. The Clash (UK Version) by The Clash
39. Enter The Wu-Tang [Explicit] by Wu-Tang Clan
40. Licensed To Ill by The Beastie Boys
41. Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's ... by Sex Pistols
42. Madonna (Bonus Tracks) by Madonna
43. The Chronic [Explicit] by Dr. Dre
44. Doggystyle [Explicit] by Snoop Doggy Dogg
45. A Pesar De Todo by Vicente Fernández
46. Peoples' Instinctive Travels & t... by A Tribe Called Quest
47. Illmatic [Explicit] by Nas
48. Marquee Moon by Television
49. Pink Flag by Wire
50. Exile In Guyville by Liz Phair
51. The Modern Lovers by The Modern Lovers
52. Five Leaves Left by Nick Drake
53. Parachutes by Coldplay
54. Entertainment! (Expanded & Remas... by Gang Of Four
55. Come Away With Me by Norah Jones
56. Dummy by Portishead
57. Gish by Smashing Pumpkins
58. Music From Big Pink by the band
59. The Stooges [Deluxe Edition] by The Stooges
60. Pretenders [Reissue] by The Pretenders
61. Santana by Santana
62. Creedence Clearwater Revival by Creedence Clearwater Revival
63. Dreamboat Annie by Heart
64. New York Dolls by New York Dolls
65. Outlandos D'Amour by The Police
66. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers by Tom Petty & The Heart Breakers
67. Rage Against The Machine [Explicit] by Rage Against The Machine
68. Brown Sugar [Explicit] by D'angelo
69. Funkadelic by Funkadelic
70. RUN-DMC by RUN-DMC
71. Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes
72. Give Up by The Postal Service
73. Incognegro [Explicit] by Ludacris
74. Calle 13 (Explicit Version) by Calle 13
75. Alejandro Fernandez by Alejandro Fernández
76. Get Rich Or Die Tryin by 50 Cent
77. Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc. by Dwight Yoakam
78. Superfuzz Bigmuff: Deluxe Edition by Mudhoney
79. Falta amor by Maná
80. Lee Ann Womack by Lee Ann Womack
81. Takin' Off (Rudy Van Gelder Edit... by Herbie Hancock
82. Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
83. Is This It by The Strokes
84. Weezer by Weezer
85. Little Earthquakes by Tori Amos
86. Violent Femmes: Deluxe Edition by Violent Femmes
87. Blue Lines by Massive Attack
88. The B-52's by The B-52's
89. Monster Movie by Can
90. Confusion Is Sex by Sonic Youth
91. Debut by Bjork
92. Storms Of Life by Randy Travis
93. Viva Hate by Morrissey
94. (Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd) by Lynyrd Skynyrd
95. Oh, Inverted World by The Shins
96. Roxy Music by Roxy Music
97. Homework by Daft Punk
98. Diamond Life by Sade
99. CooleyHighHarmony by Boyz II Men
100. #1 Record/Radio City by Big Star

[GARY]

[CellarDoor]

CellarDoor wrote :

[19loveless91]

Debut albums on my chart:
#10 - Is This It (The Strokes)
#13 - Parachutes (Coldplay)
#14 - Third Eye Blind (Third Eye Blind)
#17 - Odbrana i Poslednji Dani (Idoli; well first LP at least...)
#18 - Dummy (Portishead)
#21 - Time (Time)
#22 - Marquee Moon (Television)
#23 - Isn't Anything (MBV; if you don't count any of the previous EPs and mini albums)
#30 - Blue Album (Weezer)
#32 - Silent Alarm (Bloc Party)
#33 - Funeral (Arcade Fire)
#38 - Boy (U2)
#41 - In the Court of the Crimson King (King Crimson)
#44 - Madvillainy (Madvillain)
#45 - Since I Left You (Avalanches)
#52 - Xx (the xx)
#54 - Enter the Wu-tang (Wu-Tang Clan)
... ok there's too many to do the whole thing... But yeah there are many... In plenty of cases I think the artists failed to live up to the greatness of their debuts.
Though in some cases the debuts were the only albums I listened by the band - eg. Television, Bloc Party, Third Eye Blind, ...

[monosyllables]

I don't know if I'd count artists that really only have a couple releases. So, like, bands like Television and the Modern Lovers and the Sex Pistols have great "debuts," but I mean the Sex Pistols, for one, literally never released another studio album.
Now you look at an artist like Elvis Costello -- an absolutely thrilling debut! And it kept getting better from there!
And then there's a band like the Foo Fighters; with the exception of some real hum-dingers from Colour and the Shape, I really don't think they ever topped their debut album.

[40footwolf]

Black Sabbath-Black Sabbath
Five Leaves Left-Nick Drake
Unknown Pleasures-Joy Division
This is a Long Drive For Someone With Nothing to Think About-Modest Mouse
In the Court of the Crimson King-King Crimson
f#a#(infinity)-Godspeed You! Black Emperor
The Velvet Underground and Nico-The Velvet Underground
Are You Experienced?-The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Mirrored-Battles
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I love all music. It makes you feel like living. Silence is death.

-John Cassavettes

[Norman Bates]

[Mind Movie]

Lol, first five in my chart are all debut albums.

[CellarDoor]

[videoheadcleaner]

http://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/vi...php?t=1582

July 2011