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

[Is it PotG?]

Cry Before Dawn - Witness for the World.

Brilliant price of work.

OMD's was class too.

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

Probably Santana or CSN or Mike Oldfield or Pink Floyd or Love

Depending on my mood

Good shouts all of them, and I owned all of them!

 

[BN9 BHA]

Some great albums on here but as expected most have just posted their own favourite (nothing wrong with that) but just to go back to the original question in the thread title word for word I’ll throw this in

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Just some bloke banging on some shiny pipes, normal day at work for me when I’m bored

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

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.

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

 

[Flounce]

Just some bloke banging on some shiny pipes, normal day at work for me when I’m bored

As well as playing 19 other instruments

 

[cheshunt seagull]

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers.

 

[BN9 BHA]

As well as playing 19 other instruments

At the same time? Fair play obviously I underestimated him, extreme multitasking

 

[Is it PotG?]

At the same time? Fair play obviously I underestimated him, extreme multitasking

 

[BN9 BHA]

As well as playing 19 other instruments

I was just about to look up Tubular Bells and had one of those do not click on the first things that come up moments

 

[stewart12]

The Beatles Please Please Me

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]

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?

Could be. Still a fabulous thing though

 

[maffew]

Astonishing debut album with a simply ridiculous opening track.

Incredible album

have a watch of this, Adam Betts drumming is insane, Goldie in aww

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

I was tempted by this but more in terms of its 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?

Kraftwerk?

 

[aolstudios]

Not a bad debut

 

[Blues Guitarist]

The Kick Inside by Kate Bush was another awesome first album.

 

[Flounce]

An album that blew me away when I first heard it, not to everyone’s taste, but it is to mine

 

[METALMICKY]

The Stranglers - Ruttus Vorvegicus
Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden

Both EPIC

Example for 2

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]

Not a debut, so much as a rebirth...

 

[Cosmic Joker]

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!

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.