[Music] What is the greatest debut album of all time ?

[Nitram]

Strong arguments for the Stone Roses and Joy Division.
Depending on my mood I would include Madness One Step Beyond, Dire Straits Dire Straights, Hendrix Are you Experienced, and probably my strongest call Led Zeppelin.

 

[Cosmic Joker]

Television, Marquee Moon also needs to be on this thread.

 

[aolstudios]

These are all great choices (although I'm less familiar with the Cowboy Junkies one than the others).

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.

Horses is a top shout

 

[Doonhamer7]

Appetite for Destruction was quite a statement of intent.

It is a great album - more like most bands 3rd or 4th album when they’ve evolved and matured as songwriters

 

[Pevenseagull]

After due consideration

Throwing Muses

 

[Blue3]

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?

Yes I tend to agree there are some better first albums but none other had such an impact

 

[Whitechapel]

Not sure of the order but they wrap up the Champions League places.

 

[aolstudios]

Yes I tend to agree there are some better first albums but none other had such an impact

Good point ^