Debut albums - your favorites

[GOS]

Oh boy...I don't know if QQ has a thread like this, but I love the idea of it. This comes down to taste a lot and of course what you perceive as the ultimate debut album. No way I can think of them all and in some cases an album might be my favorite and I don't immediately realize it's their debut.

A couple come to mind for me....

Led Zeppelin - WOW!!!! What a stunner of an album that was...and still is.
Black Sabbath - again....considering the genre...I still LOVE, LOVE this album and it's simply powerful I think.
Van Halen - Van Halen Wow, wow!
Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Oz...are you kidding me? I think I ran off the road when I first heard this one....

I realize I focused on hard rock...but that's my comfort zone.

What you all think are your favorite debut albums?

 

[timbre4]

Ambrosia, The Doors, In The Court of the Crimson, Grace - Jeff Buckley, Toy Matinee


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[GOS]

Oh yeah, The Doors! I agree...

 

[quadsearcher]

*ahem* .......... Boston...........

 

[Clint Eastwood]

Jimi Hendrix-Are you experienced....first time I heard Purple Haze I lost my mind...Foxey Lady and Hey Joe...killer songs..

Heart-Dreamboat Annie-magic man still haunts me...and crazy on you...great songs

Boston-more than a feelling...foreplay/long time...whoa...lots of emotional baggage with these songs

Led Zep-Dazed and Confused..enough said

Doors- a taste of what was to come..of course Light My Fire was awesome

 

[Gmat25]

King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King
Emerson, Lake, and Palmer
Crosby, Stills, and Nash
Alan Parsons Project - Tales of Mystery and Imagination
Jackson Browne
Judee Sill - very unknown, but great songwriter!

Not officially a debut for Fleetwood Mac, but for the current lineup their 'white album' which is out in DD surround is pretty darn good!

 

[GOS]

*ahem* .......... Boston...........

Oh yeah! I agree with this one too. I still find that album a must listen at high volumes....

 

[elmer]

In no particular order King Crimson, ELP, The Cars, Steely Dan, Sade, Amy Winehouse (Frank), Leo Kottke (6 &12 String Guitar), Return To Forever (both the first acoustic S/T, and electric Hymn of the 7th Galaxy). Many more of course but these were not only the first to come to mind, but ones I wore out.

 

[GOS]

In no particular order King Crimson, ELP, The Cars, Steely Dan, Sade, Amy Winehouse (Frank), Leo Kottke (6 &12 String Guitar), Return To Forever (both the first acoustic S/T, and electric Hymn of their 7th Galaxy). Many more of course but these were not only the first to come to mind, but ones I wore out.

The Cars debut.....of course. A monumental achievement.

 

[GOS]

I still enjoy Cheap Trick debut album. To my ears, Oh Candy is a perfect piece of pop/rock perfection.

 

[GOS]

Another of my favorite albums - but maybe not to others... Piper At The Gates Of Dawn - Pink Floyd. I still play this one often and it caters to that weird place in my brain that loves this oddball, childlike, psychedelic masterpiece.

 

[Gmat25]

A few more:

Big Star - Number #1 Record
Elvis Costello - My Aim is True
Nas - Illmatic (my son's favorite!)
The Band - Music from the Big Pink
The Ramones

 

[ar surround]

Nice choices. Here are a few more:

Steely Dan - Can't Buy a Thrill
The Beatles - Please Please Me
Chicago - Chicago Transit Authority
Dire Straights - Dire Straights
Fleetwood Mac (McVies, Fleetwood, Buckinham, Nicks version) Fleetwood Mac
Moody Blues (Hayward/Lodge version) Days of Future Past
Santana - Santana

The list goes on and on and on...Oh what a wonderful world!

(Edit: Eventually I'll learn how to spell Dire Straits)

 

[dr. simple]

GET THE KNACK!

 

[GOS]

Nice choices. Here are a few more:

Steely Dan - Can't Buy a Thrill
The Beatles - Please Please Me
Chicago - Chicago Transit Authority
Dire Straights - Dire Straights
Fleetwood Mac (McVies, Fleetwood, Buckinham, Nicks version) Fleetwood Mac
Moody Blues (Hayward/Lodge version) Days of Future Past
Santana - Santana

The list goes on and on and on...Oh what a wonderful world!

Yeah, Moody Blues debut has been a huge part of my musical journey. Still love it....so different.

 

[GOS]

AC/DC - High Voltage

What a wonderful album.....really nothing like it at that time was there? I don't think so ...

 

[dr. simple]

Besides "Get The Knack", I have to agree with:
Boston
The Cars
Dire Straits
Ambrosia
Toy Matinee

And I'd also add Foreigner and - if you haven't heard this, you must - Brent Bourgeois.

 

[rtbluray]

Coming in 5.1 surround this Friday:

 

[ubertrout]

I agree with many of the posts here, but to my mind (and the public's - it's the best-selling debut ever), I'd vote Guns n' Roses - Appetite for Destruction.

Fun fact - there were some plans to release their follow up double-double album in surround, but that didn't materialize, no doubt partially due to lack of a format to put it on.

 

[~dave~~wave~]