Best Debut Album

[CloudAtlas]

I've always thought The Cars debut album to be their best.

[holphie]

Adele: 19 (I have come to like it more than 21 and certainly more than 25)
Norah Jones: Come Away With Me
Police: Outlandos d'Amour

So many great debut albums!

[d6jg]

I haven’t read this very old thread from it’s start but it’s fair to say there are some brilliant debut albums out there. For then to be truly great they have to be better than anything else by the same artist imho.
So
Television, Marquee Moon

[SlimChances]

reviving old thread I started.

Just listening to a used disc I found the debut album for Little Feat self titled. Excellent stuff

[RonM]

A unique addition to this list. A band from Winnipeg, Manitoba called Mood Ja Ja. They released a self-titled album in 1972. It was there first and last album as a group. Greg Leskiw of the band went on to join The Guess Who. This album was a mixture of soft rock / jazz and was produced by Phil Spector.

A couple of tunes from Mood Ja Ja

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfRMwyZ0Uhk&feature=relmfu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObFzoBk_Ly8&feature=related

If you can find the album I recommend it. Still listen to it often - 40yrs later.

Actually, Leskiw started up Mood jga jga AFTER he'd played with the Guess Who. Their self-titled album was released in 1975; he played with the Guess Who from 70 to 72, I believe. The Mood jga jga album was produced by Phil Ramone, not Phil Spector. Which was undoubtedly a better idea.

Worth getting, but not apparently commercially available anywhere. Download at http://www.raremp3.co.uk/2010/05/moo...-jga-1975.html.

Leskiw actually has some great more recent recordings, in particular Moonglow by the group called Swing Soniq. He sings and plays guitar. It's great, and is generally available.

R.

[garym]

may have already been listed, but this morning listening to John Prine's debut. A classic.

[bomboloni]

...off the top of my head.

The Clash by The Clash
Crosby Stills & Nash by Crosby Stills & Nash
For Emma, Forever Ago by Bon Iver

[GeeJay]

One that I'm kinda surprised hasn't been mentioned: "Pretenders" by The Pretenders.

One of my favorites that hardly anyone has heard of these days: "Lone Justice" by Lone Justice.

Oh, and I'll place a vote for Lyle's debut, too...if for no other reason than we went to the same high school and college. Gotta support my fellow Texan!

[slice235]

Best 1st and Last

A unique addition to this list. A band from Winnipeg, Manitoba called Mood Ja Ja. They released a self-titled album in 1972. It was there first and last album as a group. Greg Leskiw of the band went on to join The Guess Who. This album was a mixture of soft rock / jazz and was produced by Phil Spector.

A couple of tunes from Mood Ja Ja

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfRMwyZ0Uhk&feature=relmfu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObFzoBk_Ly8&feature=related

If you can find the album I recommend it. Still listen to it often - 40yrs later.

[garym]

How about Lynyrd Skynyrd's (Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

good one. produced by Al Kooper. Seem to recall that Tom Dowd had something to do with the engineering, but could be wrong. At the time of release, I wasn't familiar with the band, but they opened for The Who on the Quadrophenia tour. Saw them in Dallas and they were very good.

[C_W]

How about Lynyrd Skynyrd's (Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd)

[fathom39]

Van Halen
Like Boston, this album introduced a new sound and style that proved itself to be popular and successful for a long time.

[SlimChances]

In a similar vein to Pearl Jam's Ten , Temple of the Dog was the the self titled debut and only album by a band that included early vocals by Eddie Vedder although most of the vocals were by Chris Cornell. Excellent album with tracks like Say Hello to Heaven, Hunger strike and the title song

[mbg]

Ten - Pearl Jam

+1 for this.

Still sounds fresh today.

[mrfantasy]

Tori Amos

Depending on how you count "Little Earthquakes" was not Tori Amos' first album: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y_Kant_Tori_Read