Last Great Debut Album?

[allmy$to930]

Interpol: Turn on the Bright Lights

[nkotb]

To BookerT and god's shoeshine, I was trying to think of hip-hop albums and drew a blank on both.  You may have points there, especially with The Chronic.

[Sage 703]

Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People
 
 Love this record, and it spawned all of those Toronto bands, as well as paved the way for the massive indie rock bands we've got now.
 
 I second the Strokes.  Vastly underrated record in terms of impact on the music scene.
 
 I also think the Killers is an apt one, but for that realm of music, I might suggest Interpol's debut in lieu of the Killers.
 
 And if we're not talking about just rock music?  Britney Spears, Eminem, Kelly Clarkson...

[Julian, Alleged Computer F**kface]

Originally posted by BookerT:
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Doctor Dre? I've never heard of them... are they a Pixies cover band or something?

[nkotb]

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Originally posted by allmy$to930:
  Interpol: Turn on the Bright Lights

[Sage 703]

Originally posted by Julian, faux celeb-porn CONNOISSEUR:
   

Originally posted by wanderlust featuring j. marshmallow:
  The Strokes - Is This It?
 

This isn't a horrible choice, but I think it's musical affect is proving to not be particularly long-lasting. Are kids in 2010 going to reference the Strokes? Uh, prolly not. But yeah, for 3-4 years there, everything in new rock/indie was reactionary to The Strokes. [/b]

I disagree. I think the Strokes allowed the indie rock crossover - would the White Stripes, Death Cab for Cutie, Bright Eyes, etc have made it as huge if the Strokes hadn't broken down that barrier?

[eros]

Originally posted by Brian Wallace:
 
 Who listens to "Appetite" any way?  Just nostalgic middle-aged guys from the 80's.  Surprise!  Surprise!  Rolling Stone nostalgically looking back at something that happened twenty years ago?!  GET OUT!  Jann Werner would NEVER do that.  He wouldn't do an entire issue devoted to 1967, either.  Jesus, why don't Jann Werner and all his "buddies" just die right now?
 
 Last Great Debut?  That's easy.  "Is This It."  And for the early 2000's, it was just as influential as "Appetite for Destruction."  How many bands sounded like GnR after that came out?  Ok, now how many bands sounded like the Strokes after "Is This It" came out?
 
 I rest my case.  Q.E.D.
 
 Brian

You're talking about the same Rolling Stone that has had Fall Out Boy, Panic at the Disco, and Amy Winehouse on the cover this year?  That one?
 
 I do have to agree though that "Is This It" was a great debut and spawned a lot of imitators the way "Definitely Maybe" and "Ten" did.

[miss pretentious]

Originally posted by allmy$to930:
  Interpol: Turn on the Bright Lights

i love this album, but no. sorry.

[nkotb]

Not a debut, but also
 
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Originally posted by callat703:
  Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People

[vansmack]

Originally posted by BookerT:
  Dre - The Chronic

Good Call.

[miss pretentious]

Originally posted by callat703:
   

Originally posted by Julian, faux celeb-porn CONNOISSEUR:
   

Originally posted by wanderlust featuring j. marshmallow:
  The Strokes - Is This It?
 

This isn't a horrible choice, but I think it's musical affect is proving to not be particularly long-lasting. Are kids in 2010 going to reference the Strokes? Uh, prolly not. But yeah, for 3-4 years there, everything in new rock/indie was reactionary to The Strokes. [/b]

I disagree. I think the Strokes allowed the indie rock crossover - would the White Stripes, Death Cab for Cutie, Bright Eyes, etc have made it as huge if the Strokes hadn't broken down that barrier? [/b]

no. 'the oc' broke that barrier. not the strokes.

[allmy$to930]

If you can count solo spinoffs (like the The Chronic), then I would put Heartbreaker out there.

[nkotb]

Honestly, what impact did Heartbreaker have?  A good album, but you've got to be kidding!
 
 

Originally posted by allmy$to930:
  If you can count solo spinoffs (like the The Chronic), then I would put Heartbreaker out there.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

I still have no clue as to what the exact criteria is, but could I throw this one into the mix? It sold hoooooge, and has spawned its fair share of wannabes.
 
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[TheDirector217]

Originally posted by BookerT:
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DEAR GOD! Thank you.  While I'm at it, I would like to thank whoever named 36 Chambers.  Let me run down the list briefly:
 
 Straight Outta Compton (I'll dismiss "N.W.A. & The Posse", cause most people don't know it exists)
 Illmatic
 Reasonable Doubt
 Ready To Die
 
 I'll name more once it hits me.  Considering that hip-hop has been the most dominant culture/musical genre (just look at Madison Avenue, you can't sell shit without a hip-hop beat in the background) of the past 20 years,  you have to list these albums as well.  While their album sales pale in comparison to Appetite, the influence pound for pound in each respective genre isn't even close.  Guns 'N Roses didn't reinvent the wheel, but these albums did.