[slowpogo]

Crowded House - Crowded House

They faded into two-hit-wonder status in the US...as Neil Finn became a legend (justly) everywhere else in the world. A great debut.

 

[steviebee]

x2 on The Doors....c'mon now, what a first album! Back Door Man can still burn most womens' knickers off....

hell, most mens', come to that.....

 

[tru blu]

I'm sure I've repeated stuff, but...


Velvet Underground The Velvet Underground and Nico

Television Marquee Moon

Eno Here Come the Warm Jets

Patti Smith Horses

Miles Davis Birth of the Cool

Joy Division Unknown Pleasures

Talking Heads Talking Heads '77

Tricky Maxinquaye

M.I.A. Arular

 

[skullguise]

Wow, some great posts! Did some collection perusing, and came up with a few more great album debuts for me:

* Chameleons UK (my favorite band!) - Script Of The Bridge
* The Blue Nile - A Walk Across The Rooftops
* The Cramps - Gravest Hits (ep) or Songs The Lord Taught Us (LP)
* Sarah McLachlan - Vox
* The Pixies - Surfer Rosa
* The Pogues - Red Roses For Me
* Mission of Burma - Vs.
* Public Image Ltd - First Issue
* The Starnglers - IV
* Bauhaus - In The Flat Field
* Ultravox - Ultravox!

 

[LostPhil]

Gomez - Bring It On
Belle & Sebastian - Tigermilk
Gorillaz - Gorillaz
The Holloways - So This Is Great Britain

All IMO of course

 

[PatrickT]

Weezer - Weezer (The Blue Album)
Third Eye Blind - 3EB
...
And a few others I can't think of at the moment

 

[mrdeadfolx]

Quote:

Originally Posted by jilgiljongiljing /img/forum/go_quote.gif Pantera - Cowboys From Hell

I was gonna say CFH was the best debut album ever, but it's actually Pantera's fifth album, after Metal Magic, I Am the Night, Power Metal and Projects in the Jungle. CFH is just their Major label debut.

I also forgot to mention Journey and Boston's self-titled debuts. Both incredible albums.

 

[sunseeker888]

Tears for Fears - The Hurting

Dire Straits

and oh man the Doors (1967) takes the cake for me as well.

 

[trb36]

Spock's Beard - The Light

 

[Deckard79]

Sun Kil Moon - Ghosts of the Great Highway
American Music Club - California (although Restless Stranger/Engine were released posthumously)
Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left
The Twilight Sad - Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters
The Specials - The Specials
Susheela Raman - Salt Rain
Suede - Suede

Could bore you forever with this....!

 

[Relayer71]

Boy - U2
Asleep In The Back - Elbow
Turn On The Bright Lights - Interpol
This Is The Way It Goes And Goes - Juno
Reading, Writing And Arithmetic - The Sundays
Trans Am -Trans Am
Murmur - R.E.M.

 

[Relayer71]

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrdeadfolx /img/forum/go_quote.gif Divine Heresy - Bleed The Fifth Pearl Jam - Ten Alice in Chains - Sap Guns n' Roses - Appetite for Destruction

Sap was an EP released after their 2nd album - Facelift was their debut.

 

[jonnyhambone]

Blind Faith

 

[rederanged]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Duggeh /img/forum/go_quote.gif REM - Murmur. A brilliant album, but would its sound have lead you to think that they would become one of the biggest bands in the world?

Didn't the Chronic Town EP come out before Murmur? I just picked that one up on vinyl for a couple of bucks. Having been an REM fan for 20+ years, I can't believe I'd never heard this really excellent recording. I love the raw, deceptively simple sound.

 

[balanceofpower]

Guns N Roses - Appetite for Destruction is the first that came to mind. Definitely a breath of fresh air when it was released among the hairspray bands that were stinking the rock/metal scene.