My Favorite Debuts by 
RoundTheBend 
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.
- Chart updated: 09/09/2016 05:15
- (Created: 01/15/2013 23:04).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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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]
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2004
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36,113
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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
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12,042
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[First added to this chart: 01/16/2013]
Year of Release:
1994
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15,327
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[First added to this chart: 09/09/2016]
Year of Release:
1967
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22,494
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[First added to this chart: 09/09/2016]
Year of Release:
1967
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27,395
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[First added to this chart: 09/09/2016]
Year of Release:
1957
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4,267
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[First added to this chart: 09/09/2016]
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[First added to this chart: 01/16/2013]
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1980
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2,155
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[First added to this chart: 09/09/2016]
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[First added to this chart: 01/16/2013]
Year of Release:
2000
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7,427
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My Favorite Debuts composition
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| 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% |
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| Foo Fighters | 1 | 1% | |
| Howlin' Wolf | 1 | 1% | |
| Talking Heads | 1 | 1% | |
| The Smashing Pumpkins | 1 | 1% | |
| Amy Winehouse | 1 | 1% | |
| Hank Williams With His Drifting Cowboys | 1 | 1% | |
| Little Richard | 1 | 1% | |
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27 | 27% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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My Favorite Debuts chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 2 from 30th to 32nd Grace by Jeff Buckley |
| Down 2 from 31st to 33rd Dummy by Portishead |
| Down 2 from 32nd to 34th Royal Blood by Royal Blood |
| New entries |
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 Weezer (Blue Album)by Weezer |
| Showbiz by Muse |
| Leavers |
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 Blowin' Your Mind!by Van Morrison |
| Tapestry by Carole King |
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From RoundTheBend 09/09/2016 04:50
RoundTheBend 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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80/100
From Strangel 09/08/2016 12:14
Strangel 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 pantoffeljoscha 07/25/2015 00:14
Go on, please. Good start for a very good theme
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From 
tgarritsen 12/09/2013 01:15
tgarritsen 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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75/100
From 
sheep21 03/31/2013 01:08
sheep21 03/31/2013 01:08
Agree with guigs on this chart being expanded.
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75/100
From guigs13 01/16/2013 02:38
Nice picks! You should expamd this chart, it's a nice theme, only the debuts.
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