N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton
REM - Murmur
Pink Floyd - Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico
Patti Smith - Horses
The Stooges - The Stooges
The Jesus & Mary Chain - Psychocandy (this one is tough to beat as best ever)
New York Dolls - New York Dolls
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
Suicide - Suicide

I have a soft spot for New York music from the mid- to late seventies so that's why there's three from that era and location on my top 10.

Piper At The Gates of Dawn? Really?

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Piper At The Gates of Dawn? Really?

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Yeah, I don't know how this would work if your debut album is like your 5th best.

Huge Elvis fan here but Elvis Presley suffers from the practice/strategy of not including his singles on most of his albums(all the way until the mid-70's), so "Elvis Presley", though still amazing with a great cover, had few hits.

Imagine:

That's All Right
Blue Moon of Kentucky
Good Rockin' Tonight
I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine
Milkcow Blues Boogie

You're A Heartbreaker
Baby Let's Play House
I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone
I Forgot To Remember To Forget
Mystery Train


Good topic, I'll hang up and listen.

Ministry's "With Sympathy"

REM Murmur >>> Dookie

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Ministry's "With Sympathy"

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The hell?

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Tanya 93 said:

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Ministry's "With Sympathy"

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The hell?

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With Sympathy was awesome. If I had thought if it I would have added it to my list.

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REM Murmur >>> Dookie

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An actual piece of excrement >>>> Dookie

Weezer - blue album.

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Tanya 93 said:

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Ministry's "With Sympathy"

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The hell?

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An awesome debut album.

On a lighter side...

Even though I don't like the woman, Alanis Moresette comes to mind.

Also, Pearl Jam.

But Jagged Little Pill wasn't her debut, it was like her third album.

Third Eye Blind - Third Eye Blind

David Gray's "A Century Ends."

I'm a huge Floyd fan, but man Piper At The Gates Of Dawn is pretty terrible

In hindsight, Youth and Young Manhood was a great debut album for KOL.

The Beatles - Please Please Me
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Texas Flood
Pretenders - Pretenders
Talking Heads - Talking Heads: 77
Ramones - Ramones
The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground & Nico
Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True
R.E.M. - Murmur
The Band - Music From Big Pink
Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes

Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory

Many already posted, I agree.

Chicago's debut album was awesome and hasn't yet been mentioned. Great songs, new sound.

Boston's first release gets my vote. Excellent, innovative.

And The Band's still stands out for me.

And, I think, Creedence Clearwater Revival's and Buddy Holly's deserve mention also.

Not sure how Counting Crows "August and Everything After" has not been mentioned. That is a fantastic debut album.

also, regarding the OP, not sure I agree with categorizing bands like Arctic Monkeys with Madonna and Lady Gaga.

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Not sure how Counting Crows "August and Everything After" has not been mentioned. That is a fantastic debut album.

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I guess no girls posted before you.

Wu Tang 36 chambers. Game changer

AggieOO said:

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Not sure how Counting Crows "August and Everything After" has not been mentioned. That is a fantastic debut album.

also, regarding the OP, not sure I agree with categorizing bands like Arctic Monkeys with Madonna and Lady Gaga.

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Arctic Monkeys later stuff is certainly edgier/darker perhaps...more like Killers/Arcade Fire/Strokes even a little....but that first album was more pop with an Indie vibe at best imho.

Anyway no offense intended it was more the Brit part that landed them there. And Portishead for example more electronica but I wasn't making so many categories...just kinda broad pop or rock and I'm pretty much a purist more guitar oriented for rock, more synthesizer oriented is pop.

Don't worry about categories - that wasn't the point - just breaking up an otherwise loooong list.

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I bought this album after falling in love with "land of rape and honey". I thought someone had switched CDs out of their cases

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oh, sick burn bro.

i happen to enjoy a wide variety of music. In the early 90s, i was wearing out Counting Crows right alongside AiC, Rage, STP, Tool, etc.

I enjoy a wide variety of music too. But Counting Crows suck elephant testicles.

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I bought this album after falling in love with "land of rape and honey". I thought someone had switched CDs out of their cases

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Did you ever buy their 12 inch singles CD?

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I enjoy a wide variety of music too. But Counting Crows suck elephant testicles.

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thanks for your opinion.

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Junkhead said:

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I enjoy a wide variety of music too. But Counting Crows suck elephant testicles.

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thanks for your opinion.

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First one is free. The rest I'm going to charge you for.

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I bought this album after falling in love with "land of rape and honey". I thought someone had switched CDs out of their cases

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Did you ever buy their 12 inch singles CD?

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How would a 12 inch CD even work?

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Junkhead said:

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thanks for your opinion.

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First one is free. The rest I'm going to charge you for.

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and I am sure you only enjoy universally agreed upon ****ing awesome music.

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Junkhead said:

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I enjoy a wide variety of music too. But Counting Crows suck elephant testicles.

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thanks for your opinion.

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First one is free. The rest I'm going to charge you for.

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and I am sure you only enjoy universally agreed upon ****ing awesome music.

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No, because most people are idiots and can't recognize true musical genius like I can.

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Junkhead said:

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I enjoy a wide variety of music too. But Counting Crows suck elephant testicles.

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thanks for your opinion.

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First one is free. The rest I'm going to charge you for.

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and I am sure you only enjoy universally agreed upon ****ing awesome music.

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No, because most people are idiots and can't recognize true musical genius like I can.

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maybe it is the ear wax or the beard overflowing into your ears.

also, i'd love to know what you consider musical genius and why.

furthermore, i'd like to know why you only consider "musical genius" to be good music or worthy of acclaim.