Greatest Debut Album Ever ?

[PseudoChef]

Operation Ivy - Energy

it was their first full length release but that band was so awesome and you can listen to them over and over and over again. not to mention they spawned Rancid.

you can't hope to make a better debut album than Energy.

Technically, Hectic was their debut.

Is that really a debut? I mean, I know there are other discs but they might be considered self distributed demos.

Correct. 1,000 Hours was their technical debut. That evolved into 1,000 Smoothed Out Slappy Hours. Kerplunk was then their second full length album.

For my generation (born in '82), I don't think anything can topple Appetite. Pure perfection.

 

[GregR]

Technically, Hectic was their debut.



Correct. 1,000 Hours was their technical debut. That evolved into 1,000 Smoothed Out Slappy Hours. Kerplunk was then their second full length album.

For my generation (born in '82), I don't think anything can topple Appetite. Pure perfection.

yes, hectic was their debut, but Energy is largely considered their first (and only) debut. everything that was on hectic was on energy. hectic was so obscure that it is impossible to get. the only way anyone could have gotten hectic was to be on gilman street circa 1988. but that CD can be played forever and not get old.

 

[Brutus Brewer]

VH
The Black Crowes-Shake Your Money Maker

 

[kjung]

Van Halen - Van Halen

Changed rock guitar forever. Listen to Eruption

Eruption, if memory serves (and granted, there's a LOT that I don't remember from those days !) is all BASS guitar, not Eddie.

 

[MeatyPortion]

Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables - Dead Kennedys

Straight Outta Compton - NWA

Pretty Hate Machine - Nine Inch Nails

Cowboys From Hell - Pantera (if you don't count their minor label fiascos)

Use Once and Destroy - Superjoint Ritual

Driver Not Included - Orange 9mm (the best rap-rock-crossover band ever)

Behind the Green Pachinko - Pachinko (just beats out their sophmore effort : Splendor in the Ass II: Electric Boogaloo)

 

[Wade E]

Creed - My Own Prison
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Pearl Jam - Ten
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
The Doors - The Doors
Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes
Van Halen - Van Halen
Boston - Boston
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin

 

[user 30639]

Driver Not Included - Orange 9mm (the best rap-rock-crossover band ever)

I loved that CD, haven't listened to it in years though.

All the ones that immediately came to mind when I saw the topic have already been mentioned. Zep, GnR, Pearl Jam, SRV, The Doors. So I'll go with Rage Against The Machine's self-titled debut.

 

[eschatz]

Herbie Hancock, "Takin' Off" Blue Note 1962

+1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Eastside Brewer]

It depends on your criteria of Greatness. If it's Money grossed and postion on the charts in the least amount of time, then it has to be Boston. However if you look at Greatest as the impact on human culture and the Music Industry and History itself, it is hard to not think of the Beatles and Micheal Jackson. Of course I think we are all partial to the music we grew up on so for me it has to be Van Halen- Van Halen.

Eastside

 

[Wade E]

Forgot all about Rage Against the Machine. Best album IMO ever!

 

[user 22118]

Beat me to it. Rage Against the Machine. That album structured the next five years of my life and I can still turn it on. It is like the Bob Dylan of the nineties where the political thoughts can still portray relevance although it is over 15 years old.

Also, Dr Dre the Chronic was mentioned earlier and is so true. Shaped what the rap scene would become all the way through the current scene. Which also brings Emenim's album that was produced by Dre with "My Name Is".

As someone else said, if we are talking about Historically then I would say Beethoven. If we are talking $$, Boston. If we are talking what I think might be the one in my youth that made the most impact then we have to go with one of the above mentioned.

 

[nealf]

I gotta go with:

DJ Shadow - Endtroducing

 

[knarfks]

I'm in agreement with Weezer blue album. Still probably the most complete album I have ever heard
I also think Pearl Jam - Ten is a close second.

 

[DrMaddVibe]

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Pearl Jam - Ten
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
The Doors - The Doors
Van Halen - Van Halen
Boston - Boston
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin

+100!!!:rockin:

 

[Heineken]

zep I no one does it better

 

[danorocks17]

appetite for destruction - g.n.r.

high voltage - ac/dc

rage against the machine (self titled)

there is so much raw passion on these albums it kills me

 

[hammacks]

... I'll go with Rage Against The Machine's self-titled debut.

Yah beat me to it fellow Spartan

 

[the_bird]

On opposite ends of the spectrum

Nirvana - Nevermind
Norah Jones - Come away with me

"Nevermind" wasn't Nivana's debut. Sub-Pop wasn't a big label back then, but you still have to count "Bleach."

 

[Ashz]

Pixies - Come on Pilgrim

A Perfect Circle - Mer de Noms

Muse - Muse

Misfits - Static Age...debatable on what was actually the first ep....Many releases before this.

off the top of my head.

 

[homebrewer_99]

I think in the late 70's it was Foreigner's first LP...

 

[JPicasso]

Jane's Addiction - Jane's Addiction

It was a live recording and included a cover of "Sympathy for the Devil".
Not only does J.A. kick arse, but it made me realize that the Rolling Stones' earlier stuff wasn't so full of suck* (as their later stuff was)



*(Obviously this is my opinion and everyone is entitled to enjoy the Rolling stones as much as they want. I am not intending to start a flame war. I just don't care for them.... and don't get me started on Aerosmith )

 

[couplebeers]

Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols.

 

[blindtiger]

Ramones - Ramones

 

[GreenwoodRover]

My list:
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin (my favorite band)
Pearl Jam - ten (not really my favorite band but dam if you could get away from it for the first 5 years after its release)
Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill (not tecnhically the members debut but their debut as the BBoys)
Phish - Junta (changed my musical perspective)

 

[HorribleCatfish]

Led Zeppelin - I
Living Colour - Vivid
Marillion - Script for a Jester's Tear
Toadies - Rubberneck
Alice in Chains -Facelift

 

[Homercidal]

Zep I - Cause it's Zep!

Appetite For Destruction - Awsum album and easily their best.

VH - VH Cause its' Van Halen and even though they made a lot of great music afterwards, like Zep, the guitar on VH was a breakthrough.

And, while I can appreciate Boston for their music, I just can't stand listening to them for very long. Same guitar sound, same singing voice. To me it's just irritating after a while.

 

[lustreking]

I've got to put another vote in for Weezer's blue album. I still give that one regular play.

 

[rsmith179]

Britney Spears, "Baby One More Time"... Nothing is better than a debut album with a schoolgirl music video!

 

[HoppyDaze]

+1. When that came out, I remember thinking, "man, for the next 15 years this band could be what the Stones were from '65-'80". Oops...

Not sure if Nevermind counts as Nirvana's debut or not under the criteria, but it certainly reshaped the music landscape for half a decade.

these two albums here represent two of the more difined musical revolutions when I was growing up...Both absolutely brilliant and unmatched, but completely different. I feel lucky to have that music as I grew up...

 

[jonp9576]

van halen 1.