Is it PotG?
Thrifty non-licker
Cry Before Dawn - Witness for the World.
Brilliant price of work.
OMD's was class too.
Brilliant price of work.
OMD's was class too.
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[Music] What is the greatest debut album of all time ?
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Good shouts all of them, and I owned all of them!
Just some bloke banging on some shiny pipes, normal day at work for me when I’m bored
Kill ‘Em All was a game changer of a debut. I still remember the WTF feeling I had when I first heard Hit the Lights, a friend had stuck it on the end of a mix-tape he’d made for me.
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As well as playing 19 other instrumentsJust some bloke banging on some shiny pipes, normal day at work for me when I’m bored
cheshunt seagull
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Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers.
At the same time? Fair play obviously I underestimated him, extreme multitaskingAs well as playing 19 other instruments
Is it PotG?
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At the same time? Fair play obviously I underestimated him, extreme multitasking
I was just about to look up Tubular Bells and had one of those do not click on the first things that come up momentsAs well as playing 19 other instruments
stewart12
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I was tempted by this but more in terms of it's historical context (the birth of the biggest and most influential band of all time). And whilst it's a pretty good album and has some very good songs on it, I wouldn't rank it that highly by their standards, maybe like their 7th or 8th best album?
aolstudios
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Could be. Still a fabulous thing though
maffew
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Kraftwerk?
aolstudios
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Not a bad debut 
Blues Guitarist
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The Kick Inside by Kate Bush was another awesome first album.
METALMICKY
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London Stadium June 28th next summer? Could be the beginning of the the end with Nicko's health issues.
Maiden wise so many great albums but I'll go for The Number of the Beast.
aolstudios
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Not a debut, so much as a rebirth...
Cosmic Joker
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These are all great choices (although I'm less familiar with the Cowboy Junkies one than the others).In terms of creating a fresh sound, having a ‘banger after banger’ track listing, and standing the test of time, it is hard to look past the Stone Roses.
As a close contender though, and with a slight technicality request: Surfer Rosa by Pixies? Given that Wikipedia et al describe the preceding Come On Pilgrim as a ‘mini album’ and Surfer Rosa as ‘first full-length album’…
As another one that opened my eyes to ‘just where music could go’, the first Jesus & Mary Chain album is another landmark for me. And although it’s not particularly ground-breaking musically, the quality and technique of ‘one take recording’ in The Trinity Sessions by Cowboy Junkies is up there.
Rounding off my top half-dozen, I’d go for She Hangs Brightly by Mazzy Star and Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division.
Those are all personal choices from my ‘time’. I’m sure there are ‘classics’ that are more conventional and universal picks though. Patti Smith Horses for example… Lord this is hard!
I was also going to put forward if you ignore mini albums and go for debut full length then Surfer Rosa may take the prize. Another band around the same time where you can do the same thing and ignore two early mini albums, is My Bloody Valentine with Isn't Anything.
but god, yeah Patti Smith's Horses. Opening with the line "Jesus died for somebody's sins, but not mine" can't really be topped.
Three debut albums not mentioned yet but should be are The Smiths eponymous (forget about what Morrisey later became), Portishead eponymous and Tricky with Maxinquaye.