Top Five All-Time Greatest Debut Albums

[godsshoeshine]

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
  Another thread where everyone has way overlapping tastes. Yawn.

made complete with rhett complaining instead of posting his own list

[vansmack]

Just a few worthy selections I haven't seen mentioned yet:
 
 King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King
 The Who Sings My Generation
 The Stooges - The Stooges
 The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced?
 The Kinks - The Kinks
 Talking Heads - '77
 
 And my list,
 
 U2- Boy
 The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground & Nico
 Joy Division -- Unknown Pleasures
 The Clash -- The Clash
 Social Distortion - Social Distortion

[dtran9]

Jeff Buckley - Grace
 Radiohead - Pablo Honey
 Ryan Adams (solo debut) - Heartbreaker
 Nick Drake - Fives Leaves Left
 Rage Against the Machine - RATM

[Dr. Anton Phibes]

The La's-The La's
 Jason & The Nashville Scorchers-Reckless Country Soul
 Gang Of Four-Entertainment!
 John Prine-John Prine
 Sugar-Copper Blue

[chaz]

Originally posted by vansmack:
 
 
 Social Distortion - Social Distortion

I'm pretty sure that Mommy's Little Monster was SD's first proper LP......didn't the self titled record come out sometime in the 90's?

[Justin Tonation]

Not a "best" list but a "great" list of stuff no one's mentioned:
 
 Blue Nile  A Walk Across the Rooftops
 The Saints  I'm Stranded
 The The  Soul Mining ( Burning Blue Soul or whatever it was called was released as Matt Johnson)
 The Feelies  Crazy Rhythms
 The Dream Syndicate  The Days of Wine and Roses
 
 OK, two more, of more recent vintage:
 
 Eric Matthews  It's Heavy In Here
 Sun  Sun (Australian duo on Staubgold)

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[HoyaSaxa03]

First off, Bob Dylan s/t blows! he doesn't write the majority of it and it sounds like shit.
 
 1) The Pixies - Surfer Rosa
 2) Biggie - Ready to Die
 3) The Apples In Stereo - Fun Trick Noisemaker
 4) Nas - Illmatic
 5) Dave Matthews Band - Remember Two Things (bring it on)
 6) Sunny Day Real Estate - Diary
 
 
 good thread, most first albums suck, or dont really express where the band's sound is going to eventually end up ...

[Relaxer]

Jesus & Mary Chain -- Psychocandy
 Black Flag -- Damaged
 Sex Pistols -- Bollocks
 Joy Division -- Pleasures
 The Stooges

[sonickteam2]

Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:
  First off, Bob Dylan s/t blows! he doesn't write the majority of it and it sounds like shit.
 
 1) The Pixies - Surfer Rosa
 2) Biggie - Ready to Die
 3) The Apples In Stereo - Fun Trick Noisemaker
 4) Nas - Illmatic
 5) Dave Matthews Band - Remember Two Things (bring it on)
 6) Sunny Day Real Estate - Diary
 
 
 good thread, most first albums suck, or dont really express where the band's sound is going to eventually end up ...

.....says the Biggie/DMB fan.....

[Bombay Chutney]

Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:
  First off, Bob Dylan s/t blows! he doesn't write the majority of it and it sounds like shit.
 

I wouldn't be that harsh, but I will agree it's not that great.  Probably my least favorite Dylan album.

[vansmack]

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Should I be worried that I own three of the five you posted, on vinyl no less?

[thirsty moore]

Nah, unless you don't think my Dad's cool.  Those three were pretty much handed out to anyone buying a house in the 70's.
 
 

Originally posted by vansmack:
 Should I be worried that I own three of the five you posted, on vinyl no less?

[HoyaSaxa03]

Originally posted by sonickteam2:
   

Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:
  First off, Bob Dylan s/t blows! he doesn't write the majority of it and it sounds like shit.
 
 1) The Pixies - Surfer Rosa
 2) Biggie - Ready to Die
 3) The Apples In Stereo - Fun Trick Noisemaker
 4) Nas - Illmatic
 5) Dave Matthews Band - Remember Two Things (bring it on)
 6) Sunny Day Real Estate - Diary
 
 
 good thread, most first albums suck, or dont really express where the band's sound is going to eventually end up ...

.....says the Biggie/DMB fan..... [/b]

have you ever listened to ready to die? it's one of the most unbelievable debuts. period.

[snailhook]

black sabbath - s/t
 velvet underground & nico - s/t
 joy division - unknown pleasures
 the smiths - s/t
 gang of four - entertainment!
 
 since i can't narrow it to five, here are the other candidates:
 
 the stooges - s/t
 MC5 - kick out the jams
 patti smith - horses
 can - monster movie
 the jesus and mary chain - psychocandy
 pink floyd - piper at the gates of dawn
 x - los angeles
 the ramones - s/t
 mission of burma - vs
 wire - pink flag