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



Nitram

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Jul 16, 2013
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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.
 






aolstudios

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Nov 30, 2011
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brighton
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 👏🏼
 








Blue3

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Jan 27, 2014
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Lancing
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

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Jul 19, 2014
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Not in Whitechapel
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Not sure of the order but they wrap up the Champions League places.
 






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