EDIT - NOMINATIONS ARE CLOSED........

Time for the Vote.


This is the FIRST ROUND - you may vote for between 1 and 12 albums in this round.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/BG3JMVW

Entries are alphabetical by band name - if you can't find it look for "The" preceding the band name. I've included all legit nominated bands/albums that were actual debut albums.

Voting will remain open for approx. 4 days - concluding Friday sometime.


The Top 12 from this voting round will make the semifinals - In the semifinals you can then vote for your top 4.
The top 4 will make the finals - in the finals you can vote for 1.












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This got jump started a while ago for me on another debate thread...and then the Rock HOF thread just bumped me over to decide to publish the list......after a brief discussion about whether Boston's was the greatest debut album ever....


Perhaps we need a vote.

So Give me your TOP 10 debut albums (even if not on this list)......then we can have a VOTE OFF.

This is by no means necessarily complete....feel free to nominate anyone you think I missed.

I used many sources including some Rolling Stone lists, other internet online lists, etc....I tried to be pretty inclusive and also touch several genres. Admittedly I am not the biggest rap/hip hop person and country isn't my thing nor was it included in any of the lists I saw really.....

But for Rock - many sub genres, Punk, Hip Hop/Rap, Folk, and Pop I think this covers quite a few of the best.



ROCK including Indy, Grunge and Alternative

The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced
Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
Bruce Springsteen - Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J.
The Police - Outlandos D'Amour
Lynyrd Skynyrd - (Pronounced 'Lh-'nrd 'Skin-'nrd)
Boston - Boston
Stevie Ray Vaughan Texas Flood
Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley
Van Halen - Van Halen
Pearl Jam - Ten
The Strokes - Is This It
Pretenders - Pretenders
The Doors - The Doors
Arcade Fire - Funeral
The Cars - The Cars
The Beatles - Please Please Me recorded 10 of the 14 songs in a 12 hour period
R.E.M. - Murmur
Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
Pavement - Slanted And Enchanted
The Killers - Hot Fuss
Oasis - Definitely Maybe
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
The Jesus And Mary Chain - Psychocandy
Pink Floyd - The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
U2 - Boy
Metallica - Kill 'Em All
Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine
P J Harvey - Dry
Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine
The New Pornographers - Mass Romantic
Mad Season - Above
Temple of the Dog - Temple of the Dog

PUNK including Post Punk and Glam and New Wave

Ramones - Ramones
The Velvet Underground & Nico (3) - The Velvet Underground & Nico
Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols
Patti Smith - Horses
The Clash - The Clash
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes
The B-52's - The B-52's
Weezer - Weezer
Television - Marquee Moon
The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers
X - Los Angeles
New York Dolls - New York Dolls
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell
The Libertines - Up The Bracket
The Stooges - The Stooges
Talking Heads - Talking Heads: 77
Wire - Pink Flag
Devo - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
Gang Of Four - Entertainment!
The Hold Steady - Almost Killed Me



RAP and HIP-HOP

Beastie Boys - Licensed To Ill
N.W.A - Straight Outta Compton
Nas - Illmatic
Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt
Kanye West - The College Dropout
The Notorious B.I.G. - Ready To Die
Run-D.M.C. - Run-D.M.C.
Wu-Tang Clan - Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
De La Soul - 3 Feet High And Rising
Missy Misdemeanor Elliott - Supa Dupa Fly
50 Cent - Get Rich Or Die Tryin'
Drake - Thank Me Later
Eric B. & Rakim - Paid In Full
Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city
Daft Punk - Homework
M.I.A. - Arular
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing.....



FOLK and Singer/Songrwriter

The Band - Music From Big Pink
Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True
Jeff Buckley - Grace
Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
Liz Phair - Exile In Guyville
Norah Jones - Come Away With Me
The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man
Moby Grape - Moby Grape
Joe Jackson - Look Sharp!
The Flying Burrito Bros - The Gilded Palace Of Sin



POP and Brit Pop

Yazoo - Upstairs At Eric's
Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Portishead - Dummy
The Postal Service - Give Up
Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
The Smiths - The Smiths
MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
Fiona Apple - Tidal
Roxy Music - Roxy Music
Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual
Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston
Little Richard - Here's Little Richard
The English Beat - I Just Can't Stop It
The XX - xx
Go-Go's - Beauty And The Beat
The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
Big Star - #1 Record
Madonna - Madonna
Lady GaGa - The Fame
Adele - 19

Greatest: Are You Experienced
Fav: The Clash

I'll do a top 10 later

My top 10 - debuts that I think dramatically changed the music landscape. Where that sound had not been heard before and can be attributed to so much that came after it. In release order:

birth of rock-n-roll
Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley

british pop invasion
The Beatles - Please Please Me recorded 10 of the 14 songs in a 12 hour period

blues based hard rock defined
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin

psych rock, acid rock, R&B, guitar virtuoso
Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced

arena rock
Boston - Boston

punk - was born before this (Stooges), but first really big one (along with Ramones but I like this one better)
The Clash - The Clash

blues guitar is reborn
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Texas Flood

alternative was born
R.E.M. - Murmur

hard rock returns - killing hair bands
Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction

gangster rap
N.W.A - Straight Outta Compton

grunge (better debut album than Nirvana sorry although maybe not as much influence overall but i gotta include it)
Pearl Jam - Ten

Ten actually came out before Nevermind

Bruce Almighty said:

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Ten actually came out before Nevermind

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Nevermind was not their debut though.

Bleach in 1989.


which is why Ten is the better debut album.
Nevermind is certainly the more highly acclaimed album - I guess.

Your right. Brain fart, though I like Ten more than Nevermind.

Boston

Every song on the first album got radio airplay. Can't get much better than that.

Van Halen and Zepplin close seconds.

A great debut album from a hair band was Tesla's first one. Some really good tunes on that one.

Zombie Jon Snow said:

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My top 10 - debuts that I think dramatically changed the music landscape. Where that sound had not been heard before and can be attributed to so much that came after it. In release order:

birth of rock-n-roll
Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley

british pop invasion
The Beatles - Please Please Me recorded 10 of the 14 songs in a 12 hour period

blues based hard rock defined
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin

psych rock, acid rock, R&B, guitar virtuoso
Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced

arena rock
Boston - Boston

punk - was born before this (Stooges), but first really big one (along with Ramones but I like this one better)
The Clash - The Clash

blues guitar is reborn
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Texas Flood

alternative was born
R.E.M. - Murmur

hard rock returns - killing hair bands
Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction

gangster rap
N.W.A - Straight Outta Compton

grunge (better debut album than Nirvana sorry although maybe not as much influence overall but i gotta include it)
Pearl Jam - Ten

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That's some good work there! (though I give the nod to The Ramones, that was the real first punk album)

I would add.... Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath : Heavy metal is born.

Although he was featured in a lot of Dre's albums, Snoop's Doggystyle was a huge. It seemed like every teenager in the 90s had that CD!

I'd add

Stone Temple Pilots -- Core (for rock nominees list)
and
Matchbox 20 -- Yourself or Someone Like You (for pop nominee list)

Each of these helped dominate 90s airwaves.

The Clash
Outlandos D'Amour
Ten
Rage Against the Machine
My Generation
Licensed to Ill
Ramones
Are You Experienced
Funeral
Please Please Me

Jagged little Pill
Hot Fuss
Bat out of hell
Fizzy fuzzy big & buzzy
Sad wings of destiny

Lots of good ones, I'll try to stick with albums I didn't see listed yet.

Deftones - Adrenaline
Ghost - Opus Eponymous
Mastodon - Remission
Pantera - Cowboys From Hell
A Perfect Circle - Mer De Noms
QOTSA - Rated R
Radiohead - Pablo Honey
Smashing Pumpkins - Gish
Tool - Opiate

I'll also go with Albums i haven't already seen...


Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More

Dave Matthews Band - Under The Table and Dreaming

Max Power said:

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Pantera - Cowboys From Hell

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You forgot about this gem

Korn - Korn

Started nu-metal...

Power Metal doesn't count, everyone knows that.

Head Ninja In Charge said:

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Texags Rap Music Delegation member casting my vote for Nas' Illmatic. A perfect, perfect, perfect rap album.

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straight out the ****ing dungeons of rap

Life's a *****, and then you die.

who's world is this, the world is yours.

nasty nas in your area, about to cause mass hysteria



First time I remember hearing someone say word is bond that didn't involve a knight in a medieval ages movie.

The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced?
Van Halen - Van Halen
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Ozz
Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction
Metallica - Kill 'Em All
Pearl Jam - Ten
Alice In Chains - Facelift
Black Crowes - Shake Your Money Maker
Lenny Kravitz - Let Love Rule
Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Texas Flood
The Doors - The Doors
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
The Band - Music From Big Pink

As a high school kid in the late 90's, it was a good thing.

Now, I tend to agree with you.

Appetite is always my answer to this discussion. But another one I liked a lot was Collective Soul's debut album with the song "Shine" among other great songs.

Philo B 93 said:

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Appetite is always my answer to this discussion. But another one I liked a lot was Collective Soul's debut album with the song "Shine" among other great songs.

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Mildly interesting fact: Collective Soul had the most spins in alternative radio in the 00s.

Plenty of good choices.

GNR. And I have never even liked them
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The Doors is a great album.

REM and The Clash

Not mentioned I'd add Weezer Blue album.

If we add in first major release Sublime - Sublime and Green Day - Dookie.

Stretching the definition a bit, but jagged little pill was her first internationally released album.

Section.80 was Kendrick's first studio album, not GKMC.

My list would include:

Weezer - Blue
Smashing Pumpkins - Gish
The Postal Service - Give Up
Arcade Fire - Funeral
Nas - Illmatic
Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill
Franz Ferdinand - ST
NIN - Pretty Hate Machine
The Strokes - This Is It
Bon Iver - For Emma

And I don't know if it's a debut if there's only one, but Jeff Buckley's Grace is pretty incredible.

Bonus, ADHD off Section.80

MW03 said:

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Section.80 was Kendrick's first studio album, not GKMC.

My list would include:

Weezer - Blue
Smashing Pumpkins - Gish
The Postal Service - Give Up
Arcade Fire - Funeral
Nas - Illmatic
Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill
Franz Ferdinand - ST
NIN - Pretty Hate Machine
The Strokes - This Is It
Bon Iver - For Emma

And I don't know if it's a debut if there's only one, but Jeff Buckley's Grace is pretty incredible.

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I had Jeff Buckley listed and I agree.

As for Kendrick Lamar. Section 80 was electronic download only not released as an actual album whatever that means. I don't know if that matters. Times have changed for sure. But that seems to be why Rolling Stone listed GKMC and not section 80. Thats a nitpick by them.

Another rap entry: Eminem - The Slim Shady LP

And for best track 1 of a debut album, DMX "Intro" off It's Dark and He'll is Hot

Interesting. If we got to mixtapes, things get even weirder...

Frank Ocean - Nostalgia, Ultra
CTR - Acid Rap
A$AP Rocky - Long.Live.A$AP.