Greatest debut albums
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peteykirch
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Ben Folds Five - S/T 1995
Ben Folds - Rockin the Suburbs 2001
The Rentals - Return of the Rentals 1995
Bucket Mouse
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I'd go with Boston. Like 6 of the 8 songs on the album still get radio play today.
Just wall to wall great songs.
MoonsaultSlayer
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This image will forever be linked to my uncle's wedding when I was a kid when he gave shirts with this on it to all members of the wedding party (I was a forever ring-bearer for my aunts and uncles since I was the oldest nephew/cousin in the fam). I was the coolest early elementary school kid.
NipplesAndToes23
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I'm not sure if this counts, but Groove Theory is a really good album. I listened to it earlier this year for the first time. Amel's work outside from this album I think is just okay. It seemed to me like she needed to keep the producer from this album.
Where do EPs and mixtapes fall on this?
I want to give a shoutout to Joyce Wrice's Stay Around EP
She brought back the 90s feel of R&B.
https://open.spotify.com/user/1278063432/playlist/4sPsLCleeHKxPrpf1a431f
Kali Uchis first piece Drunken Babble was a mixtape I think, but Por Vida is her first official album and if ain't damn good, I don't know what is. I was looking up Erykah Badu tour dates and then I ran into her and I'm glad I did.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWYGh9luFuk
Kamaiyah released a damn good album last year. A Good Night in the Ghetto is that West Coast party music with a modern vibe. I've been bumping this shit so much this year and I can't wait for her second release this year, Don't Ever Get It Twisted.
That album cover is queen shit.
IceDoesntHelp
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Billy Talent - Billy Talent, the greatest debut album from a band ever.
Always loved the drums on Silent Alarm.
ErasureAcer
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Already mentioned:
The Killers
Third Eye Blind
Nine Inch Nails
and my addition, Haddaway
The Killers
Third Eye Blind
Nine Inch Nails
and my addition, Haddaway
CountAntonius
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One of my favorites.
Fuck yes. They sound so raw but incredible, especially in particularly crazy sections
you know what i'm going to listen to silent alarm right now again
Prototype Viktor
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Tela
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not counting the many EP's
Amon Tobin - Bricolage
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TMV
not counting the many EP's
Amon Tobin - Bricolage
For some reason that late 80s to 90s rap era had so many debut albums become classics.
Illmatic - Nas
Enter the 36 Chambers - Wu-Tang Clan
Reasonable Doubt - Jay-Z
Ready to Die - Notorious B.I.G
Straight Outta Compton - N.W.A
Doggystyle - Snoop Dogg
The Chronic - Dr. Dre
I'm probably forgetting a lot too.
Illmatic - Nas
Enter the 36 Chambers - Wu-Tang Clan
Reasonable Doubt - Jay-Z
Ready to Die - Notorious B.I.G
Straight Outta Compton - N.W.A
Doggystyle - Snoop Dogg
The Chronic - Dr. Dre
I'm probably forgetting a lot too.
x24hrs2livex
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Reasonable Doubt, Jay's best album IMO.
Get Rich or Die Tryin. 50 dominated rap when this dropped.
Its Dark And Hell is Hot. X went hard the whole CD.
Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. She was great. Perfect rapper/singer combo.
Get Rich or Die Tryin. 50 dominated rap when this dropped.
Its Dark And Hell is Hot. X went hard the whole CD.
Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. She was great. Perfect rapper/singer combo.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
I mean, 50 Cent never really topped Get Rich or Die Tryin, so, that.
TheGameshark
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Love the first King Crimson record. So ambitious for that time.
From someone less known, the first and at this point only Melody's echo chamber album is incredible.
From someone less known, the first and at this point only Melody's echo chamber album is incredible.
ODDI
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I really like Mute Math
Turned out to be their best album though
Break the Same studio and live versions:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEiFP63sZBo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_42HwkNmzDk
Yooooo!!!
YESSS 100%
Also Sneaker Pimps - Becoming X
The Incarnation
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The Strokes: Is this it.
Prototype Viktor
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forgot about this
thoseAREmySHOES
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It took THIRTY-FIVE posts!
The Scollard
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In The Court Of The Crimson King - King Crimson
I love Boston's debut album, and many of the other albums mentioned here, but ITCOTCK is number 1. Tell me, how many other debut albums mentioned here managed to define a music genre that is still running strong today? I doubt there's any that have had such an impact on music. But that's what King Crimson did when they released this album in 1969. In The Court of the Crimson King managed to define the genre now known as prog rock that was beginning to be formed, shaping it's growth in the years to come. Without this album, bands like Pink Floyd (compare Piper at the Gates of Dawn and A Saucerful of Secrets to what came after), Rush, Genesis, and Supertramp probably wouldn't have been the same as they ended up being. That's how much of a splash this album made.
The album is also really good, cutting out the blues elements that had defined rock in the 50s and 60s and replacing them with elements from jazz and classical music. Every song is great, with the weakest (but still interesting) section being the improv sections of Moonchild, and with the highs being found everywhere else. From the distorted vocals and saxophone of 21st Century Schizoid Man, to the soft lament of I Talk to the Wind, to the dark and funerary Epitaph, to the light lullaby of Moonchild, and finishing it off with the title track, which busts out the Mellotron. The moment when the each verse ends and Greg Lake belts out "In the Court of the Crimson KIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGG" sends chills down my spine even today. It's fantastic, and will always be #1.
I love Boston's debut album, and many of the other albums mentioned here, but ITCOTCK is number 1. Tell me, how many other debut albums mentioned here managed to define a music genre that is still running strong today? I doubt there's any that have had such an impact on music. But that's what King Crimson did when they released this album in 1969. In The Court of the Crimson King managed to define the genre now known as prog rock that was beginning to be formed, shaping it's growth in the years to come. Without this album, bands like Pink Floyd (compare Piper at the Gates of Dawn and A Saucerful of Secrets to what came after), Rush, Genesis, and Supertramp probably wouldn't have been the same as they ended up being. That's how much of a splash this album made.
The album is also really good, cutting out the blues elements that had defined rock in the 50s and 60s and replacing them with elements from jazz and classical music. Every song is great, with the weakest (but still interesting) section being the improv sections of Moonchild, and with the highs being found everywhere else. From the distorted vocals and saxophone of 21st Century Schizoid Man, to the soft lament of I Talk to the Wind, to the dark and funerary Epitaph, to the light lullaby of Moonchild, and finishing it off with the title track, which busts out the Mellotron. The moment when the each verse ends and Greg Lake belts out "In the Court of the Crimson KIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGG" sends chills down my spine even today. It's fantastic, and will always be #1.
Goose_Se7en
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Saw this thread just now and was so surprised to see it took 37 posts for this to prop up. Also nice to see it was you Bounce who posted it.
SallyIsNow
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Bounceounce
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I have an obligation to do so whenever the opportunity appears.
Feelies created some excellent Post-punk here. The first song is still one of the best openers ever.
You're on point and awesome. It still sounds fresh 37 years later. Funny to see Weezer's Blue Album getting mentioned in here beside it.
They actually released a new and good record this year btw.
Every single track is amazing, including songs on the demo tape that should have been on the main album (Darkness of Greed especially, which was later recorded once again for The Crow).
Settle For Nothing never got played live after the early 90s enough (and then they stopped playing Take The Power Back for some reason), too many people wanted the big hits.
Super Furry Animals - Fuzzy Logic (1996)
A sustained assault of crunchy glam and catchy hooks. Raw, fun, effortless, and arguably still their most consistent and concise album.
Lewis Taylor - Lewis Taylor (1996)
Prog-psych bedroom soul from an enigmatic multi-instrumentalist genius. Ghost of Marvin Gaye vocals over technicolor soundscapes and shifting compositions.
Superkewl
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Factually Correct
Man with Knife
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It's great that Take The Power Back is part of the Prophets Of Rage live setlist now. Saw them a couple of weeks ago and it was the highlight of the show (for me).
We have a winner.
JoJoShabadoo
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Just thought of another one.
The Postal Service - Give Up
Their first and only album. I could never get into Death Cab for Cutie but this album is great.
The Postal Service - Give Up
Their first and only album. I could never get into Death Cab for Cutie but this album is great.
GiantBombGamer
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Some great ones in here already, have to add some when I'm not have asleep tomorrow...for now,
Queens of the Stone Age- Self titled.
Queens of the Stone Age- Self titled.
First thing I thought of, but it's probably not even in my top twenty best debuts.
Oh yeah, speaking of debuts: Debut by Bjork.
I got lucky seeing the them play Take The Power Back in 2008. Sounds better live.
