outstanding debut albums

Posted by: Sloop John B on 10 September 2011

probably done before but I was thinking as I listened to Dire Straits eponymous album the other night what an amazing assured debut album it is. This got me thinking of others,

Lloyd Cole and the Commotions - Rattlesnakes
Jimi Hendrix Experience- are you experienced?
Vampire Weekend - eponymous

others?

Posted on: 10 September 2011 by naim_nymph

~< 1978 >~

Posted on: 10 September 2011 by kuma

Posted on: 10 September 2011 by TomK

Dire Straits

Magic Numbers

Amy Macdonald.

Posted on: 10 September 2011 by Westcoastman

SJB: The albums listed below plus the Dire Straits and Are You Experienced as you mentioned, continue to standout as brilliant debut albums. All below get repeated listening 40 years on.

King Crimson: In The Court of the Crimson King, 1969

Chicago Transit Authority: Chicago, 1969

Kevin Ayers: Joy of a Toy, 1969

Pink Floyd: Paper At the Gates of Dawn, 1967

Syd Barrett: Madcap Laughs, 1970

Nick Drake: Five Leaves Left, 1969

The Band: Music From Big Pink, 1968

J.J.Cale: Naturally, 1972

Bob Marley and the Wailers: Catch A Fire, 1972 (major label debut)

Roxy Music: Roxy Music, 1972

Led Zeppelin: Led Zeppelin, 1969

Free: Tons of Sobs, 1968

Posted on: 11 September 2011 by graham55

The Doors: The Doors

The Blue Nile: A Walk Across The Rooftops

Jeff Buckley: Grace

Posted on: 11 September 2011 by Colin Lorenson

Originally Posted by kuma:

Kuma,

I thought I was the only person in the known universe with the Valerie Carter album!! Got the follow up too, but its not as good. No-one I've ever met has ever heard of it.

A fine album anyway and a shame she seemingly disappeared.

My nominations

John Mayer - Room for Squares - a really great pop/rock album

Rickie Lee J

Jeff Buckley - Grace

Colin

Posted on: 11 September 2011 by Guido Fawkes

I agree with every album listed so far and would suggest these additions to the list - as always I just wrote downs ones I thought of and I'm sure I have missed some superb debut records. Although debut albums are not always the best album by an artist they often rank amongst the best in my view

Atomic Roooster (Atomic Rooster)
Back in the DHSS (Half Man Half Biscuit)
Big Brother & The Holding Company (Janis Joplin)
Black Sabbath (Black Sabbath)
Bob Dylan (Bob Dylan)

Burlesque (Bellowhead)

Captain Lockheed & The Starfighters (Robert Calvert)
Creedence Clearwater (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
Definitely Maybe (Oasis)

Electric Music For The Mind & Body (Country Joe & The Fish)
Emerson, Lake & Palmer (Emerson, Lake & Palmer)
Fairport Convention (Fairport Convention)
Faultlines (Karine Polwart)
Freak Out (Mothers Of Invention)
Fresh Cream (Cream)

Gryphon (Gryphon)

Hark! The Village Wait (Steeleye Span)

Hawkwind (Hawkwind)
Iron Maiden (Iron Maiden)
Love (Love)
Marquee Moon (Television)
Metro Music (Martha & the Muffins)
Mr. Fantasy (Traffic)
Mr. Tambourine Man (Byrds)

Music From A Doll's House (Family)
My Aim Is True (Elvis Costello)
Oh My Darling (Basia Bulat)

One Nation Underground (Pearls Before Swine)
Paddy On The Road (Christy Moore)
Phallus Dei (Amon Duul II)
Planxty (Planxty)
Please Please Me (The Beatles)
Procol Harum (Procol Harum)
Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
Safe As Milk (Captain Beefheart)
Shades of Deep Purple (Deep Purple)

Shadow of the Moon (Blackmore's Night)
Songs for a Seagull (Joni Mitchell)
Steppenwolf (Steppenwolf)

Sweet England (Shirley Collins)
Talking Heads (Talking Heads)
The Animals (Animals)
The B-52s (B-52s)
The Clash (Clash)
The Modern Lovers (Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers)
The Velvet Underground & Nico (Velvet Underground)
Tubular Bells (Mike Oldfield)
Vintage Violence (John Cale)

Posted on: 11 September 2011 by floid

Here's a list from me, these are all albums I play a lot

Van Halen - Van Halen

Ten - Pearl Jam

Boston - Boston

Ramones - Ramones

Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks

Metallica - Kill Em All

Santana - Santana

Steely Dan - Can't Buy A Thrill

Police - Outlandos d'Amour

Marillion - Script For A Jesters Tear

Posted on: 11 September 2011 by formbypc

In the rock/pop vein

Van Halen

Rickie Lee Jones

Joe Jackson - Look Sharp

Mr Big (the American heavy rock band)

King Crimson - Court of the Crimson King

Emerson Lake and Palmer

Free - Tons of Sobs

Jazz rock / Fusion

Mahavishnu Orchestra - Inner Mounting Flame

Chick Corea Elektric Band

Posted on: 11 September 2011 by Richard S

Joy Division Unknown Pleasures

Posted on: 11 September 2011 by Richard S

Posted on: 11 September 2011 by BigH47

Posted on: 11 September 2011 by Gale 401

Bjork Debut.

Posted on: 11 September 2011 by Gale 401

I will just say Badfinger.

One of ,if not the best band to some out of Swansea ever.

Stu

Posted on: 11 September 2011 by graham55

Originally Posted by BigH47:

Ah well, arrested development!

Plus, a second album too! (Apparently, 'Stoney and Meatloaf' came first: not that we'd bother!)

Posted on: 11 September 2011 by Gale 401

Some might say this.

Posted on: 11 September 2011 by Gale 401

I WILL SAY THIS.

Posted on: 11 September 2011 by DenisA

I like these...

Airbag - Identity
Blackfield - Blackfield
Sunhouse - Crazy on the Weekend
Clayhill - Cuban Green (mini album)
Owsley - Owsley
Thomas Dolby - The Golden Age Of Wireless
Witness - Before The Calm

Posted on: 11 September 2011 by graham halliwell

Faust - Transparent

Henry Cow - Legend

Portishead - s/t

Goldfraap - Felt Mountain

Hatfield and the North - s/t

Pere Ubu - Datapanic in the Year Zero/Modern Dance

Soft Machine - One

Posted on: 11 September 2011 by naim_nymph

1971

At first I wasn’t completely sure this is the ELO debut album,

can’t help thinking this guys were around doing something in the 1960’s….

although perhaps not as ELO?

Debs

Posted on: 11 September 2011 by Gale 401

Originally Posted by naim_nymph:

1971

At first I wasn’t completely sure this is the ELO debut album,

can’t help thinking this guys were around doing something in the 1960’s….

although perhaps not as ELO?

Debs

Debs,

Wizzard,

Posted on: 11 September 2011 by Redmires

Alanis Morrisette - Jagged Little Pill (debut "International" release)

Posted on: 11 September 2011 by Gale 401

Originally Posted by Redmires:

Alanis Morrisette - Jagged Little Pill (debut "International" release)

That was/is a stonking album.

Was it her Debut?

It was the album that got her to the world though.

Posted on: 11 September 2011 by floid

Originally Posted by Gale 401:

Originally Posted by naim_nymph:

1971

At first I wasn’t completely sure this is the ELO debut album,

can’t help thinking this guys were around doing something in the 1960’s….

although perhaps not as ELO?

Debs

Debs,

Wizzard,

I think you will find it was the Move. Jeff Lynne, Roy Wood and Bev Bevan. Then they formed ELO. Then Roy Wood left and formed Wizzard.

Posted on: 11 September 2011 by naim_nymph

Originally Posted by Gale 401:

Originally Posted by naim_nymph:

1971

At first I wasn’t completely sure this is the ELO debut album,

can’t help thinking this guys were around doing something in the 1960’s….

although perhaps not as ELO?

Debs

Debs,

Wizzard,

Thanks Stu, and floid

So it was the debut ELO album.

My brother (a few years my elder) bought it soon after it come out, at a time when we were young teenagers still living in the parents homestead. We played that ELO record to death, both loved it immensely.

It was a strange thing (and brave) in those days for hairy rock artists to mix it with classical, and it was even stranger that it actually worked brilliantly because mixing rock and classic can easily end up sounding horrendous.

I have it on CD now, wish I had a nice vinyl copy

Debs