Best Ever Debut Albums by 
AAL2014 
This is a topic I've been interested in tackling for a long time. One of my favorite bar room music talk topics. Debut albums are interesting to me because it's the artists first major statement. Many of those statements can be underwhelming, others can be groundbreaking, and some earth-shattering. Those in the latter two can be found here.
But anyway, here are the top debut albums of all time. This list mainly shows my favorites as compiling a realistic greatest list would require me to listen to many more to form a more accurate list.
- Chart updated: 09/08/2023 03:15
- (Created: 06/07/2016 04:30).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 11/22/2021]
Year of Release:
1983
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Rank Score:
1,714
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[First added to this chart: 01/10/2022]
Year of Release:
1973
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401
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[First added to this chart: 11/21/2021]
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[First added to this chart: 04/18/2017]
Year of Release:
1974
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Rank Score:
457
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[First added to this chart: 11/22/2021]
Year of Release:
1992
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Rank Score:
1,090
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[First added to this chart: 04/16/2020]
Year of Release:
1988
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Rank Score:
487
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[First added to this chart: 11/22/2021]
Year of Release:
1989
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3,934
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[First added to this chart: 04/18/2017]
Year of Release:
1963
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3,891
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[First added to this chart: 04/18/2017]
Year of Release:
1995
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2,322
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[First added to this chart: 08/08/2020]
Total albums: 100. Page 5 of 10
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Best Ever Debut Albums composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 17 | 17% | |
| 1970s | 27 | 27% | |
| 1980s | 18 | 18% | |
| 1990s | 21 | 21% | |
| 2000s | 10 | 10% | |
| 2010s | 7 | 7% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Nas | 1 | 1% | |
| Flying Colors | 1 | 1% | |
| The Stooges | 1 | 1% | |
| The Mahavishnu Orchestra With John McLaughlin | 1 | 1% | |
| Living Colour | 1 | 1% | |
| Mastodon | 1 | 1% | |
| The Notorious B.I.G. | 1 | 1% | |
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Best Ever Debut Albums chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
|---|
| Up 29 from 68th to 39th The Modern Lovers by The Modern Lovers |
| Up 4 from 25th to 21st The College Dropout by Kanye West |
| Up 2 from 15th to 13th Marquee Moon by Television |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 8 from 52nd to 60th Straight Outta Compton by N.W.A |
| Down 6 from 55th to 61st Iron Maiden by Iron Maiden |
| Down 5 from 22nd to 27th Dreamboat Annie by Heart |
| New entries |
|---|
 Songs Of Leonard Cohenby Leonard Cohen |
| The Stone Roses by The Stone Roses |
| Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division |
| Leavers |
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 Rushby Rush |
| The Rolling Stones by The Rolling Stones |
| Ultramega OK by Soundgarden |
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