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Bork
Executive Hillbilly
Location: Vinson Mountain, GA 
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- Posted: 03/30/2010 18:09
- Post subject: Best debut albums
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Couldn't find this anywhere else, but feel free to hit me on the head if there's already a thread about this. Following up on the comment from Badfaith about losing interest after the debut album, it still seems to me that the debut rarely is an artist's best album. Here, then, are the top 10 debut albums of all time:
1. AC/DC - High Voltage (1975)
2. Bruce Springsteen - Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ (1973) Later topped by The Wild, The Innocent...
3. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd (1973)
4. Kris Kristofferson - Kristofferson (1970)
5. Stevie Ray Vaughan - Texas Flood (1983)
6. Guns N Roses - Appetite for Destruction (1987)
7. Taj Mahal - Taj Mahal (1968)
8. Santana - Santana (1969) - Later topped by both Abraxas and Santana III
9. Van Halen - Van Halen (1978)
10. Little Richard - Here's Little Richard (1957)
For eight of the artists above they never managed to top their debut, but as I was looking further down my list this turned out to be a fairly rare phenomenon. In total there are 15 debut albums on my top 100. Anyone counted how many there are on the overall top 100?
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Applerill
Autistic Princess <3
Gender: Female
Age: 31
Location: Chicago
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- Posted: 03/30/2010 18:42
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OK, I'm gonna be pretty strict with this list, not allowing things like Little Earthquakes or Jagged Little Pill on here, since technically they made smaller albums before those.
1. Weezer-The Blue Album
2. Evanescence-Fallen
3. Arcade Fire-Funeral
4. Vanessa Carlton-Be Not Nobody
5. Black Sabbath-Black Sabbath
6. Jeff Buckley-Grace
7. Pink Floyd-The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
8. Diablo Swing Orchestra-The Butcher's Ballroom
9. Machinae Supremacy-Deus Ex Machinae
10.Patti Smith-Horses[/i]
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- Posted: 03/30/2010 18:49
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Tasmin Archer - Great Expectations 
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cartoken
The Seer
Gender: Male
Age: 40
Location: Paris 
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- Posted: 03/30/2010 19:17
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best debut albums ever are :
1- The Strokes - Is This It (2001)
2- The Killers - Hot Fuss (2004)
3- Arcade Fire - Funeral (2004)
4- Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted (1992)
5- Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell (2003)
6- ENIGMA- MCMXC (1991)
7- Weezer - Weezer (blue album) (1994)
8- Jeff Buckley- Grace (1994)
9- Norah Jones - Come Away With Me (2002)
10- Little Richard - Here's Little Richard (1957)
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Charicature
Age: 50
Location: Vermont
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- Posted: 03/30/2010 20:10
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No ranking for me, but here's a listing of great debuts I'm familiar with nonetheless.
Liquidizer - Jesus Jones
Definitely Maybe - Oasis
Hot Fuss - The Killers
Hopes and Fears - Keane (I still say it's the best of their three releases)
Fuzzy - Grant Lee Buffalo
Resident Alien - Spacehog (did they ever even follow it up?)
The Presidents of the United States Of America - The Presidents of the United States of America (a snarky album but with a lot of charm)
Sixteen Stone - Bush (all downhill from there)
Ten - Pearl Jam
Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes
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RFNAPLES
Level 8
Gender: Male
Age: 76
Location: Durham, NC, USA
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- Posted: 03/30/2010 20:12
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Boston-Boston-1976
Guns 'n' Roses-Appetite For Destruction-1987
Mike Oldfield-Tubular Bells-1973
New York Dolls-New York Dolls-1973
Patti Smith-Horses-1975
Pearl Jam-Ten-1991
Ramones-Ramones-1976
Television-Marquee Moon-1977
The B-52's-The B-52's-1979
The Doors-The Doors-1967
The Jimi Hendrix Experience-Are You Experienced-1967
The Pretenders-The Pretenders-1980
The Sex Pistols-Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols-1977
The Velvet Underground-The Velvet Underground And Nico-1967
Van Halen-Van Halen-1978
Wu-Tang Clan-Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)-1993
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Bork
Executive Hillbilly
Location: Vinson Mountain, GA
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- Posted: 03/30/2010 20:33
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| RFNAPLES wrote: | | The Band-The Band-1969 |
Great album, but not their debut. Music from Big Pink preceded it with more than a year.
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HyperBully
Gender: Male
Location: US
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- Posted: 03/31/2010 00:53
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The Clash - The Clash (1977)
The Doors - The Doors (1967)
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced (1967)
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin (1969)
Nirvana - Bleach (1989)
Patti Smith - Horses (1975)
Pavement - Slanted & Enchanted (1992)
Pearl Jam - Ten (1991)
Pink Floyd - The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967)
R.E.M. - Murmur (1983)
The Ramones - Ramones (1976)
The Strokes - Is This It (2001)
The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967)
Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes (1982)
Weezer - Blue Album (1994)
The Who - My Generation (1965)
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40footwolf
Gender: Male
Age: 34
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- Posted: 03/31/2010 01:16
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My ten personal favorite, in no order:
In The Court of the Crimson King-King Crimson
Black Sabbath-Black Sabbath
Unknown Pleasures-Joy Division
Mos Def and Talib Kweli are Black Star-Black Star
Mr. Bungle-Mr. Bungle
Mirrored-Battles
The Velvet Underground and Nico-The Velvet Underground
Apologies to the Queen Mary-Wolf Parade
This is a Long Drive for Someone With Nothing to Think About-Modest Mouse
Red Roses For Me-The Pogues
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RFNAPLES
Level 8
Gender: Male
Age: 76
Location: Durham, NC, USA
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