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| Top Ten Debut Albums
Albums that set the pace for the entirety of their careers......or gave us a
ton of false hope. | | 10 |  | Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters
I unabashedly love the Foo Fighters. Dave Grohl is an idol of mine (as a drummer
and having the balls to decline an offer to drum with Tom Petty, another idol of
mine, and start his own band), so maybe there's a hint of favoritism in squeezing
them in on a list like this, but give it a shot. It sounds more like Nirvana than the
other records. | | 9 |  | The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Most people have heard the other albums, so I'm gonna throw this one in because I
thoroughly enjoy this record front to back, particularly the fact that it starts off with
a driving-blues track called "Born In Chicago"(FYI my hometown) | | 8 |  | The Strokes
Is This It
A perfect example of a debut album that set the bar too high for a band. While I
enjoy their subsequent albums, they've just not been able to match themselves. | | 7 |  | Arcade Fire
Funeral
Starting off a career with an album this good would sink any other bands future by
having to live up to the hype (looking at you Guns 'n Roses). Somehow though,
they've managed to outdo themselves on their follow-ups. | | 6 |  | Big Star
#1 Record
I've said it before, and I'll say it again. These guys coulda, shoulda been huge. | | 5 |  | Jimi Hendrix
Are You Experienced
If you haven't listened to this album, you aren't | | 4 |  | Pink Floyd
The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
If you are going to listen to this expecting a precursor to The Wall, Dark Side of the
Moon, and Wish You Were Here, be prepared to be surprised. VERY surprised
(Thanks, Syd). | | 3 |  | R.E.M.
Murmur
Probably their most punk-sounding album, just because of the manic fury of some
of these tracks ("Radio Free Europe", "Laughing", "Moral Kiosk", "Sitting Still",
"West Of The Fields"), but the jangle-y guitar of Peter Buck makes it sound more
like Big Star and The Byrds on coke. Still, it's one of my favorite albums, and was
named the best album of 1983 by Rolling Stone over Thriller (Finally, they got
something right, not that Thriller sucks). | | 2 |  | Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
Heavy. Like a...well, you know. | | 1 |  | The Beatles
Please Please Me
As much as hipster douchebags will try to deny it just for the sake of being hipster,
The Beatles are bar-none the greatest and most influential band of the 20th
century, and their damn-near perfect ("Boys" is the exception) debut is proof of
that. | |
rapideyemovement
06.27.12 | 3 is really awesome. | taylormemer
06.27.12 | Black Sabbath
Kate Bush | Weesnaw
06.27.12 | list rules, so much good stuff on here. king crimson, van halen, and pearl jam all have awesome debuts too, just off the top of my head | facupm
06.27.12 | Black Sabbath, Kiss, Ozzy's Blizzard of Oz | 6chris15
06.27.12 | Ummm Black sabbath easily had one of the best debut albums ever and so did king Crimson. | newjunkaesthetic93
06.27.12 | Please Please Me doesn't really belong on here. I'm a huge Beatles fan, but having that instead of The Velvet Underground and Nico or The Clash (or a ton of other debuts that are just better) is lame. | iambandersnatch
06.27.12 | i think 10 could be questioned pretty easily since not everyone even thinks that's Dave's best record | Danthearsonist
06.27.12 | Quality list.
I agree with the addition of Black Sabbath though.
Are you experinced should have placed higher though! |
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