Best debut album

[bone1986]

Surprised no-ones mentioned "Never mind the bollocks"

That is a top album, also like the debuts from
Hard-fi - Stars of CCTV
Kasabian - Kasabian
Ash - 1977
Stereo MC's - Connected
Vanilla Ice - To the extreme

[Longy]

For me it has to be The Stone Roses self titled debut. From the eerie opening baseline of  I Wanna Be Adored to the amazing outro of I am the Resurrection, it is pure class. Hints of The Beatles, The Byrds and Hendrix and the jazz guitar at the end of Bye Bye Badman made this album unforgettable.

More than that though, being in my late teens at the time of its release we were being fed a musical diet of U2, Simple Minds and Hair Rock. We expected a little more after being treated to TheJam, The Smiths and The Jesus and Mary Chain.

The vibe in the North of England at the time of this album's release was immense. It felt like we had a secret that no-one else knew about. The atmosphere in clubs was fantastic and the fashion that went with the movement was memorable( where are my twenty-one inch bell bottomed baggies Shell??)

People bang on about Oasis, and they have written some excellent tunes, but without The Stone Roses there would be no Oasis (by Noel's own admission).

I played the (vinyl) album constantly for years and never tired of it. I played it the other day, and the hairs on the back of my neck stood to attention.

This album continually makes top ten in best all time album polls . Timeless classic.

Pete

Yep sums up my thoughts as well, still listen to it all the time. Pure classic.

[bolt pp]

Oasis - Definitely maybe.

Their best album. Chock full of classics

How did this thread get past 1 page?

Definitely maybe gets named in first post, end of, move on, have a brandy, go down the shops, get some discount beans or something.

[Raindogs]

A few that haven't been mentioned yet..

Patti Smith - Horses
Roxy Music - Roxy Music
Television - Marquee Moon
Gang of Four - Entertainment!
Wire - Pink Flag
PJ Harvey - Dry
Tricky - Maxinquaye

For some reason over the last 15 years there seems to be lots of really good debut albums but the artists never seem to be able to follow it up with a decent second album ie Portishead, Rage Against The Machine, The Strokes (although the made up for it with a cracking third).  Whether this is because the labels put them into long tours and they don't get a chance to work on a second album or they run out of ideas I don't know.  It seems that most of the newer bands seem to have very short careers. 

[Eyeofsauron]

Jamiroquai - Emergency on Planet Earth

[nirvana]

Another great thread, one of my ongoing marvels in life is how incredibly young people seem fit to burst with a creativity bordering on the magical - would definitely go along with a few of the albums mentioned here. Stone Roses (unbelievably great debut) would probably top my list in terms of putting something out which, however derivative it may be, was like nothing I'd ever heard before - how can you, at the age they were then, be so fookin coolio and brilliant.

Pearl Jam's Ten the same, The Strokes - Is this it more recently. Though I find it hard to enjoy Coldplay now I think Parachutes was a pretty amazing first effort.

Betraying my 'era' I would add albums like Never Mind the Bollocks, eponymous first albums by the Ramones and the Clash (eponymous, not 'arf), Rattus Norvegicus, The Stranglers and Inflammable Material by Stiff Little Fingers.

xx

[jbsc7769]

I was trying to read through what everyones fav was but kind of missed most of it as i was stunned to read that GNR Appetie For Destruction was 20 years old. That has made me feel seriously old.

Anyway, yes, that would be one of mine, Queen's debut is v good, Danger Danger's (obscure American band) and of course Van Halen 1.

Early last year a band called 'Say Anything' release their album '...Is a Boy'. That is certainly my fav debut for at least 15 years and fully 8 months after i purchased it, i still play it at least twice a week.

[tantrum]

The Jimi Hendrix Experience, "Are You Experienced?" (1967)

Led Zeppelin, "Led Zeppelin" (1969)

New York Dolls, "New York Dolls" (1973)

Patti Smith “Horses” - (1975)

The Pixies - “Surfer Rosa” -  (1988)

Björk “Debut’(1993)

 D'Angelo, "Brown Sugar" (1995)

Eels ‘Beautiful Freak’ (1996)

[FlyingPig]

Just thought of a superb debut album. In fact i think its there only album.

Black Grape - Its great when you're straight...Yeah!

I am guessing they never released a second becasue they never stayed straight long enough?

Good whilst it lasted though.

[Nem]

Aqua - Aqua

[Jim-D]

Aqua - Aqua

 

[The Baron]

Green Day.

[ACE2M]

For me it has to be The Stone Roses self titled debut. From the eerie opening baseline of  I Wanna Be Adored to the amazing outro of I am the Resurrection, it is pure class. Hints of The Beatles, The Byrds and Hendrix and the jazz guitar at the end of Bye Bye Badman made this album unforgettable.

More than that though, being in my late teens at the time of its release we were being fed a musical diet of U2, Simple Minds and Hair Rock. We expected a little more after being treated to TheJam, The Smiths and The Jesus and Mary Chain.

The vibe in the North of England at the time of this album's release was immense. It felt like we had a secret that no-one else knew about. The atmosphere in clubs was fantastic and the fashion that went with the movement was memorable( where are my twenty-one inch bell bottomed baggies Shell??)

People bang on about Oasis, and they have written some excellent tunes, but without The Stone Roses there would be no Oasis (by Noel's own admission).

I played the (vinyl) album constantly for years and never tired of it. I played it the other day, and the hairs on the back of my neck stood to attention.

This album continually makes top ten in best all time album polls . Timeless classic.

Pete

Yep sums up my thoughts as well, still listen to it all the time. Pure classic.

For me to, seeing browny at glasto 05 when, shall we say i was 'inebriated' was indescribably brilliant. I'm sure it wasn't the best gig i've ever seen but when the opening bass line for 'i wanna be adored' came rumbling out of the speakers and into the incredibly up for it crowd, i looked around and saw hundreds of people who obviously missed the roses live all appeared to be in the same totally eurphoric state as me. A girl behind me grabbed me in bear hug and shouted that all those twats watching basement jaxx at the mainstage deserved to be flogged. The roses defined my youth, genius.

[Karabiner]

"America" by America.

"Naturally" by JJ.Cale.

[I, Zimbra]

Just thought of a superb debut album. In fact i think its there only album.

Black Grape - Its great when you're straight...Yeah!

I am guessing they never released a second becasue they never stayed straight long enough?

Good whilst it lasted though.

They did a second, called "Stupid, Stupid, Stupid" a couple of years later.

Eels ‘Beautiful Freak’ (1996)

I was going to mention this one, honest...

...also Morcheeba's "Who Can You Trust?", and the Cranberries' debut, "Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?".

Overdose of question marks, but that can't be helped.