Top Ten Debut Albums

I'll second that..might even make my list when I can decide on my ten

 

another great debut album is the rolling stones' first (self-titled) album.

 

It's already been mentioned, but the "Are You Experienced?" album is quite simply amazing.

 

Pressed Rat's list is very complete, and somebody else mentioned "In the Court of the Crimson King". The only one missing IMO would be Soft Machine One (1968). This was another one of those unimaginably influential albums, that defined the whole Canterbury music scene.

 

Only two great debut albums stick out in my mind, those are:-

Liberation - The Divine Comedy (Well, they're first proper album)

and

Showbiz - Muse

 

James Gang - Yer Album

Fleetwood Mac (1967)

John Mayall's Blues Breakers

Johnny Winter - The progressive blues experiment

Pink Floyd - Piper at the gates of dawn

Cream - Fresh Cream

Scorpions - Lonesome Crow

Grateful Dead

Aerosmith

Ted Nugent - solo

 

My Top Ten debuts would probably go something like


1. 13th Floor Elevators - Psychedelic Sounds Of (1966)
2. The Doors - S/T (1967)
3. The Soft Machine - Volume One (1968)
4. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures (1979)
5. Portishead - Dummy (1994)
6. Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left (1969)
7. Jeff Buckley - Grace (1994)
8. My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything (1988)
9. Tricky - Maxinquaye (1995)
10. The Stooges - S/T (1969)

 

jagged little pill - alanis morissette
sweet is the melody - aselin debison
autobiography - ashlee simpson
rock'n'roll machine - the donnas
middle of nowhere - hanson
dummy - portishead
metasexual - joydroop
failer - kathleen edwards
i'm not anybody's girl - kaci
come away with me - norah jones

 

oh lord, I never thought anyone would mention ashlee simpson on these boards, let alone mention her in the best debut albums.

 

Hehehe... I think she was already mentioned here though... I think in the thread "You know who sucks..."

 

Nice to see Joy Division added on here.

 

how could i forget joy division!! i'll have to re-arrange my list!

1. the velvet underground & nico - the velvet underground & nico 1967
2. leonard cohen - songs of leonard cohen 1968
3. pink floyd - the piper at the gates of dawn 1967
4. the 13th floor elevators - the psychedelic sounds of 1966
5. joy division - unknown pleasures 1979
6. captain beefheart - safe as milk 1967
7. oasis - definitely maybe 1994
8. mc5 - kick out the jams 1969
9. badly drawn boy - the hour of bewilderbeast 2000
10. the jesus and mary chain - psychocandy 1985