I can easily agree with a half dozen previously listed LP's. The first Hot Tuna album, while not a commercial smash, was excellent.
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Maybe not your style but a phenomenal first album for me was.
Boston s/t.
Not one of their later releases came close to capturing the glory of this one.
Had this on repeat autopilot forever in the student common room! |
dada - "puzzle"
A great early '90s debut alternative rock record from this Santa Barbara, CA band. Great songs and excellent sound quality. Unfortunately, not available on LP, except for a few rare copies from Brazil and Spain. |
Some people just can't deal with tiny purple fishes running laughing through their fingers. Go figure.
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Long live psychedelic horse 💩
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Speaking of Disraeli Gears, have you heard the story Eric Clapton tells about it? Cream were signed to Atco by Ahmet Ertegun, founder/owner/President of Atlantic Records. Ahmet was a Blues and Jazz lover, and was of course pretty pleased with how Fresh Cream turned out, and sold. Clapton says when Ahmet heard the DG recordings, he dismissed the album as "Psychedelic horsesh*t". I couldn't have said it better myself. He released the album anyway, and it sold quite well. About six months after that album was released, George Harrison played The Band's Music From Big Pink album for Eric, and he saw the error of his ways ;-) . |
@Ihasaguy
Cheap Thrills was Big Brothers’s second album.
And the last with Janis.
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Please Please Me - The Beatles, Basically recorded in 1 day |
Not a debut, but first solo album: Diva, Annie Lennox |
Whoopsy daisy, well the first one was good too. 😀
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Disraeli Gears is not Cream’s first album. |
Cream, Disraeli Gears
Terry Reid, Bang, Bang You’re Terry Reid
Santana
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That was awesome on Jagged Little Pill. Completely forgot about that. When I started the post I really didn't mean from a historical perspective. I really just meant from a personal perspective and seems most responded as such and left a ton of great recommendations. It's been fun reading about everyone's likes. |
Jagged Little Pill from Alanis Morissette
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My bad, Aqualung was Not the first. I put it down to bad memory and good times!
I would add Blind Faith to my list. |
@slaw
Have to agree with bdp24, for such incredible talent that Little Village album is an absolute "crock".
But +1 on the Montrose S/T.
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initforthemusic, sorry, never heard of em. 😳
@geoffkait
Your loss.
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Tift Merritt "Bramble Rose" |
I suspect there might be a little bit of confusion over what was meant by greatest debut album in the OP. 😳 I interpret it to mean the most auspicious debut album. Or perhaps the most historically significant. So, in that light I would add Elvis Presley but not Bing Crosby, even though the guy sold a lot of records.
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@geoffkait ,
"I hate to judge"
OK, Why was there any other posts forthcoming? in the way you found to post?
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I just spun The Pretenders. Pretty good debut album! |
@slaw, I beat you to The Traveling Wilburys! I left off the Little Village album (weak material imo. But they were one of the best live bands I've ever seen & heard. Ry Cooder is God ;-), but could have and should have listed that band's true debut album, John Hiatt's Bring The Family. Fantastic! |
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How could I forget ….Montrose "S/T" debut!!!!!!! |
Sorry if these have been mentioned previously....
The Traveling Wilburys "Vol. 1"
Little Village "S/T"
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I agree with many mentioned above. But I truly like the 1st album by Audioslave. Chris Cornell, RIP......Enjoy ! MrD. |
I can’t argue with The Doors, (though I listened to them all through HS and debated whether Jim was really dead) or Led Zeppelin I ( that can never be a wrong answer), same with The Band The Big Pink ( recently purchased the 45 RPM version). But just because I haven’t seen it mentioned but did see Boston seriously mentioned I’ll throw out Meatloaf-Bat Out Of Hell. Matter of fact, I’m putting it on now and turning it way the F-CK up! Just to piss off my wife and neighbors. |
War - All Day Music, 1971 |
Maybe not the best ever, but Gun 'n Roses had a pretty good debut :) |
The Beatles made a pretty big splash with their first album. That was almost 60 years ago.
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The Doors
Still the best..... |
Last 40 years, huh?
Pablo Honey - Radiohead
Jeff Buckley - Grace
A.M. - Wilco
Something About Airplanes - Death Cab For Cutie
Definitely Maybe - Oasis
Stone Roses - Stone Roses
Methodrone -Brian Jonestown Massacre
Parachutes - Coldplay
Should The World Fail To Fall Apart - Peter Murphy
Out Of The Silent Planet - Kings X
Bleach - Nirvana
Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters
Accelerator - The Future Sound Of London
Facelift - Alice In Chains
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@geoffkait - which means you must like Greta Van Fleet. Real life conversation:
"There are no good bands any more, who sound like the old great rock bands."
"Well, there is this new-ish band, Greta Van something, they sound a lot like Zep."
"No way-- too derivative."
:)
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Naturally it's J.J. Cale's album "Naturally". |
My best is Van Halen
Was in Okinawa at the time. My buddy went to the PX and bought Van Halen because he liked the way the cover looked. We were just all blown away with it. That album made its way up and down the barracks, being recorded by everyone
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Roxy Music
Tracy Chapman
The Cars
Stabilizers
plenty of others...
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Chicago Transit Authority, Supersessions with Mike bloomfield and Al Cooper, Blind Faith. |
Keith Richards first solo album, Talk Is Cheap.
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initforthemusic, sorry, never heard of em. 😳
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Surfer Rosa
The Undertones
Trace
!!Destroy-Oh-Boy!!
All released in last 40 years!
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I hate to judge before all the facts are in but it appears no good bands have debuted in the last forty years. Maybe I’m misreading the results of the poll.
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#1 Record- Big Star.
Here Are The Sonics- The Sonics.
Are You Experienced- Jimi Hendrix Experience.
Surfer Rosa- Pixies.
The Stooges- The Stooges.
Ramones- Ramones.
New York Dolls- New York Dolls.
The Undertones- The Undertones.
L.A.M.F.- Heartbreakers.
The Modern Lovers- The Modern Lovers.
Damned, Damned, Damned- The Damned.
Trace- Son Volt.
!!Destroy-Oh-Boy!!- The New Bomb Turks.
Kill City- Iggy Pop & James Williamson.
Roky Erickson & The Aliens- Roky Erickson & The Aliens.
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Tears for Fears The Hurting
Who would have thought an album about personal family psychological problems and dysfunctions could become a huge hit?
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+1 on Can't Buy a Thrill-- great playing, virtually every song radio friendly, pretty timeless and decent sonics.
On Zep 1, I don't find any of the Zep albums to be particularly good recordings. (Yes, I have the grails, plums, RLs, Classic 45s in some cases). The best sounding Zep 1 among US East Coast, US West Coast firsts, early UK Plum (not a turquoise), Classic 33, 45 that I have here is a Japanese 2nd pressing. It has a little more clarity and punch than the others. The other one that sounds better than most is the SHoffman Forum 'fav' Piros remaster, pressed at Monarch in the mid-'70s with certain deadwax that I can't remember off the top of my head.
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As a 13 yr old I was blown away by the guitar sound on Van Halen’s 1st album. I had never heard anything like that before and for a decade after every rock guitarist tried to sound like Eddie, mistakenly thinking that a "gear upgrade" was all they needed ;-). |
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There’s so so many good ones on this post, interesting that no one mentioned Prince. "produced, arranged, composed, and performed by Prince" The album was the first to feature a credit indicating that.... Pretty amazing for someone who was I think 19. |
Surprised no one mentioned Bad Company's first self titled with Paul Rodgers on vocals. Everybody I knew had that one. |
Have to add Steely Dan-Can't Buy a Thrill, Cat Stevens-Tea for the Tillerman, Heart-Dreamboat Annie, Eagles-Self Titled, Jackson Brown-Self titled/Saturate Before Using, Creedence Clearwater-Self titled, The Who-My Generation, Yes-The Yes Album... great topic and SO many possibilities! |
