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Greatest artist debut album ever?

Posted on 8/11/16 at 10:04 pm
Posted by moffettduck
Mobile, Alabama
Member since Feb 2016
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Posted on 8/11/16 at 10:04 pm
#1 Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual

#2 Ramones - Ramones

#3 Guns and Roses - Appetite for Destruction

#4 Johnny Cash - With His Hot and Blue Guitar

#5 Oasis - Definitely Maybe

What you got?

This post was edited on 8/11/16 at 10:05 pm
Posted by Hetfield
Dallas
Member since Jun 2013
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Posted on 8/11/16 at 10:31 pm to
GNR "Appetite for Destruction"
Posted by kingbob
Sorrento, LA
Member since Nov 2010
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Posted on 8/11/16 at 10:32 pm to
I vote Appetite for Destruction for sure
Posted by ThePTExperience1969
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Apr 2016
13360 posts
Posted on 8/11/16 at 10:34 pm to
Led Zeppelin's debut and Hendrix's Are You Experienced?, MAJOR gamechangers.
This post was edited on 8/11/16 at 10:37 pm
Posted by Paul Allen
Montauk, NY
Member since Nov 2007
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Posted on 8/11/16 at 10:35 pm to
Gary Clark, Jr
Posted by DannyB
Bagram, Afghanistan
Member since Aug 2010
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Posted on 8/11/16 at 11:37 pm to
Some of my favorite debut albums that have not been mentioned in no particular order:

Candlebox - Candlebox
Alice in Chains - Facelift
Blind Melon - Blind Melon
John Mayer - No Room for Squares (bring on the hate!!)
Joss Stone - The Soul Sessions
Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill
Posted by saint amant steve
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2008
5695 posts
Posted on 8/12/16 at 12:55 am to
Black Sabbath might not be the greatest debut album in terms of song quality per se, but it is arguably one of the most impactful records in music history due to its creation of an entirely new music genre.

As another poster mentioned, it's hard to compete with Led Zeppelin and Are You Experienced. The former is a near-flawless performance that arose during the birth of hard rock, while the latter signaled the debut of one of the greatest musicians ever.

Posted by ThePTExperience1969
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Apr 2016
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Posted on 8/12/16 at 1:04 am to
What really stands out about Are You Experienced? is the sound throughout the album. What other rock/soul artist sounded like the Jimi and the Experience in summer of love 1967? Cream and the Doors were stuck in 1966-style rock, whereas Hendrix was making hip-hop beats on the title track and blowing people's minds with the heaviest rock people had ever heard to that point. That debut (along with Sgt. Pepper a month later) influenced the whole gamut of psychedelia that followed.

Caveat: why isn't Jeff Beck's Truth mentioned among the greatest debut albums in history? It's literally the first heavy metal album and all the 70s bands and guitarists swear by it. The Beck/Stewart dynamic was so compelling and clearly set the blueprint for Jimmy Page as he was looking to replace the remnants of the Yardbirds with the same manager no less! Can only imagine what those 4 musicians were like live in 1968 with Waller as drummer.
This post was edited on 8/12/16 at 1:07 am
Posted by Russvegas Dan
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Posted on 8/12/16 at 2:22 am to
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Posted by Mars duMorgue
Sunset Dist/SF
Member since Aug 2015
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Posted on 8/12/16 at 5:54 am to
Meet the Beatles--The album that launched modern rock.
Are You Experienced?--Let there never be surf music again ....
Posted by Deke
Palm Coast, Florida
Member since Jan 2004
1216 posts
Posted on 8/12/16 at 6:37 am to
The Doors
Posted by Tigertown in ATL
Georgia foothills
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Posted on 8/12/16 at 6:41 am to
Agree with Boston

The Cars
Posted by prplhze2000
Parts Unknown
Member since Jan 2007
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Posted on 8/12/16 at 6:49 am to
Led Zeppelin
Nirvana s
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
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Posted on 8/12/16 at 7:28 am to
The Cars
Outlandous D'Amour
Posted by weptiger
Georgia
Member since Feb 2007
10341 posts
Posted on 8/12/16 at 7:33 am to
1. GNR - Appetite for Destruction
2. Boston - Boston
3. Hootie/Blowfish - Cracked Rearview

Definitive top three (3). I think it gets ghey after that with Brit and Backstreet Boys.
Posted by The Spleen
Member since Dec 2010
38865 posts
Posted on 8/12/16 at 7:59 am to
Black Crowes - Shake Your Money Maker


Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West

Posted by Vandyrone
Nashville, TN
Member since Dec 2012
6962 posts
Posted on 8/12/16 at 8:22 am to
Van Halen - Van Halen
Posted by COONASS SUSHI
Area 5150
Member since Sep 2007
130 posts
Posted on 8/12/16 at 8:23 am to
Van Halen---Van Halen
Posted by Darkknight
Member since Mar 2012
1415 posts
Posted on 8/12/16 at 8:24 am to
NWA - Straight Outta Compton
Pearl Jam - Ten
The Clash - The Call Up
Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine
Garth Brooks - Garth Brooks

Posted by madmaxvol
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Member since Oct 2011
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Posted on 8/12/16 at 8:26 am to
I know it is cliche'...but I loved Garth Brooks' debut album.


Staying with a Country theme...I also liked Strait Country from George Strait.

Maybe I've just got bad taste in music...but I can listen to these 25-35 years after their release, and still dig them.
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