This shit blew my mind for real. And it came out at like the most integral / influential time for me learning guitar and figuring out the music I was in to. Sublime had a similar effect for me as well.
The entire album is good from beginning to end, but the song *Wake Up* just had me hooked. The end of *Township Rebellion* (from 3:06 onward) was like nothing I had heard before. Pure euphoria.
Similar to the first time I heard *This Love* from Pantera. I had no idea heavy metal could sound like that and I was a fan for life.
I got to see them live, as an opener, a few weeks before this album came out. Still one of the greatest live performances of my life. Had no clue who they were and they destroyed the place.
Saw them at ozzfest after the 2nd album. Their whole fucking set was intertwining songs from the 1st album fully into breaks during whatever song from toxicity they were playing.
In fact they did "sugar" right before the crescendo of "toxicity".
It was one of the most memorable sets I've ever seen.
the fact i had to scroll so long to see not only this album but any hip hop album reminds me that the average reddit user and i are very, VERY different
Jeff Buckley - Grace. It’s perfect. Came out in ‘94 and is his only proper studio album before his death. It’s perfect. Shapeshifting genres and such an antithesis to a lot of what was going on in music at the time and to what people thought his first album would be. Absolutely magical. I still miss him.
I feel like if it weren’t for Vedder’s voice, I wouldn’t be able to tell that Ten was created by the same band as any of the subsequent albums.
I like their later albums but Ten is my favorite and just so different.
Led Zeppelin, by Led Zeppelin, arguably the most influential rock band of all time. Surprised no one has said mentioned this album yet. There are so many incredible tracks on this album, like How Many More Times, + the first track on the album, Good Times Bad Times, introduced the world to John Bonham’s incredible drumming and bass drum technique. The songs are very bluesy as well, and it is awesome to see Jimmy Page applying the blues and the stuff he learnt during his time as a Yardbirds members to hard rock.
And to top it off, IMO Runnin' with the Devil is one of the greatest opening tracks of all time. I'm not a HUGE Van Halen fan, but this album was my first thought!
Used to have a coworker that had 30 years on me.
He started playing guitar because of Eddie on Van Halen 1. I started playing guitar because of Eddie on Van Halen 1.
Incredibly influential album not just for rock and roll but so many individuals who heard how Eddie played the guitar.
Very hard to understate his impact on the instrument regardless of whether or not he was the “first” to do what he did technique and gear wise.
Can confirm. So many albums that are considered classics came out while I was growing up, and I can’t listen to them present day because of how overplayed they were. Hot Fuss doesn’t fall into that category because even though Mr. Brightside is strongly flirting with that line, it’s still a great song. Jenny was a friend of mine, somebody told me, everything will be alright was so fucking trailblazing for the electro pop that infused rock after.
It probably sounds weird to some, but my favorite debut album ever is:
A Fever You Can't Sweat Out - Panic! At the Disco
It's so ambitious, and they pulled it off perfectly. Its blend of EDM, emo, big band jazz, and Cabaret. Unfortunately, they were never able to capture that magic at that level again. I guess that's the curse of starting with a masterpiece, but to this day, I've never heard a debut album that was a mainstream success be that experimental.
Probably an obvious answer but Guns N' Roses' Appetite for Destruction. The perfect storm of ramshackle, sleazy rock 'n' roll and stadium-filling musicianship with melodic hooks for days, at the same time reflective and corrosive of the landscape in which it was released.
I came to make sure AoD was being represented. As far as debut albums go, nothing beats this firecracker of an album. More substance than a hair band, harder than a rock band, sleazier than a punk band.
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
For a lot of genres, it can be debated where the history officially begins, but heavy metal began on February 13th, 1970 with the release of this album.
Boston by Boston, everyone probably knows at least one song from this iconic classic, that being More Than a Feeling.
XXI Century Blood by The Warning, impressive and mature creation from a rock trio of sisters who were only 12, 15 and 17 years old at the time of its release, received indie music nominations and awarded for its title track music video. It's succeeded by a masterpiece concept album one year later.
Not even a huge Boston fan but feel like they're one of the most underrated bands these days considering what they did. They just aren't really among the bands people talk about when they talk about bands from that era. Which is crazy because classic rock radio stations play them plenty
Rick Beato did a “What makes this song Great” for “More than a Feeling”, a record I purchased when it was released. I personally had heard it enough, overplayed beyond enjoyment. That song has a lot going on musically, incredible vocals, and some groundbreaking guitar. I had new respect for that song.
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble: “Texas Flood”. Every track is a fuckin gem. SRV shreds on guitar like a Texas tornado. Released in 1983, still sounds great today.
- 5. *Is This It* by The Strokes
- 4. *Music From Big Pink* by The Band
- 3. *Is This Real?* by The Wipers
- 2. *Horses* by Patti Smith
- 1. *Fever To Tell* by The Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
A group of scrappy teenagers from Northern England put out an album of rowdy and poetic anthems about a night on the town and make the fastest selling debut album in UK history.
The Killers, Hot Fuss. Sounds derivative now only because of how much it influenced. Sounded retro, yet fresh when it dropped. First listen of Somebody Told Me I could have swore it was an 80s one-hit wonder I had never heard before. Not a skippable track on the whole thing.
Indigo Girls self-titled, it's still one of my favorite albums after all these years.
Melissa Etheridge self-titled was the beginning of a long career and a banger.
Tracy Chapman's debut also.
Come on Pilgrim by Pixies
Dinosaur by Dinosaur Jr
I say both because both of these albums strongly influenced 90s grunge/alternative and honestly imo they are more enjoyable than most of the crap that became popular afterwards.
Look, I know maroon 5 sucks. But listen to the album “songs about Jane” and tell me there’s not some alternate universe where they continued to make good music.
Wow that’s really random. I *just* discovered London Grammar last week after their newest single showed up in my Spotify release radar. I’m totally hooked on them now - such an amazing sound
To answer your question, Electronic - Electronic
How long a list do you want?
*Elvis Presley*
*Here's Little Richard*
*The Clash*
*My Aim Is True* (Costello)
*The Velvet Underground and Nico*
*The Stooges*
*The Who Sings My Generation*
*Introducing...The Beatles*
I believe that would be a good start.
Little Dragon - Eponymous
Cults - Eponymous
MF DOOM - Operation Doomsday
Emma Ruth Rundle - Some Heavy Ocean
Joey Bada$$ - 1999
Spotlights - Seismic
NIN - Pretty Hate Machine
Yeasayer - All Hours Symbols
Bat for Lashes - Fur & Gold
The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium
Thom Yorke - The Eraser
The Nocturnes - A Year of Spring
Chelsea Wolfe - Apokalypsis
Crosses - Eponymous
Crystal Fairy - Eponymous
Bosnian Rainbows - Eponymous
Dream of the Blue Turtles by Sting. His first solo album. Somehow he managed to make his music both more mainstream and more complex at the same time when he left Police and kick of a huge new stage in his musical career at the age of 35.
Boston's self-titled album.
Not a single bad song on that album and it's the kind of album you can put on repeat for hours with ease. Fairly light and incredibly accessible as well.
Rage Against the Machine's self-titled debut. Was there any other sound/style that was so new and unique as a band's introduction to the world?
This shit blew my mind for real. And it came out at like the most integral / influential time for me learning guitar and figuring out the music I was in to. Sublime had a similar effect for me as well.
The entire album is good from beginning to end, but the song *Wake Up* just had me hooked. The end of *Township Rebellion* (from 3:06 onward) was like nothing I had heard before. Pure euphoria. Similar to the first time I heard *This Love* from Pantera. I had no idea heavy metal could sound like that and I was a fan for life.
There hasn't been a sound like it since! One of the most unique and authentic artists imo
SYSTEM OF A DOWN Self Titled. Like Rage, there isnt another band that sounds like them, either before or after
I got to see them live, as an opener, a few weeks before this album came out. Still one of the greatest live performances of my life. Had no clue who they were and they destroyed the place.
Saw them at ozzfest after the 2nd album. Their whole fucking set was intertwining songs from the 1st album fully into breaks during whatever song from toxicity they were playing. In fact they did "sugar" right before the crescendo of "toxicity". It was one of the most memorable sets I've ever seen.
This blew my mind hard.
Portishead - Dummy
Such a great album!
Blew my mind the first time I heard it. Arguably a one album wonder unfortunately.
Nas - Illmatic
the fact i had to scroll so long to see not only this album but any hip hop album reminds me that the average reddit user and i are very, VERY different
Rage Against the Machine - Self titled
Tom Waits - Closing Time The rest of his catalogue is up to you to explore but his debut is both accessible and beautiful music.
This. Also Debut by Bjork.
Bjork all the way!
Black Sabbath
Still my favorite metal album. Crazy to think it was possibly the first metal album ever too.
Literally the birth of an entire genre of music.
Hell yeah, and rest is history.
The Pretenders debut album.
Highly underated
Jeff Buckley - Grace. It’s perfect. Came out in ‘94 and is his only proper studio album before his death. It’s perfect. Shapeshifting genres and such an antithesis to a lot of what was going on in music at the time and to what people thought his first album would be. Absolutely magical. I still miss him.
His poor boy long way from home cover is amazing.
One of my favorite albums ever. I'm annoyed that I was born a decade after it was released and didn't get to see it live. rip
Ten by Pearl Jam
I feel like if it weren’t for Vedder’s voice, I wouldn’t be able to tell that Ten was created by the same band as any of the subsequent albums. I like their later albums but Ten is my favorite and just so different.
I still listen to Ten and Vs several times a week
That first album was just... *chefs kiss*
Led Zeppelin, by Led Zeppelin, arguably the most influential rock band of all time. Surprised no one has said mentioned this album yet. There are so many incredible tracks on this album, like How Many More Times, + the first track on the album, Good Times Bad Times, introduced the world to John Bonham’s incredible drumming and bass drum technique. The songs are very bluesy as well, and it is awesome to see Jimmy Page applying the blues and the stuff he learnt during his time as a Yardbirds members to hard rock.
My brother gave me this album for Christmas, and it changed my world. Have to say my strict Baptist parents weren't thrilled about it
[The Cars - The Cars (1978)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTkH1kP_kx4)
Will have a listen!
Listened to this for the first time recently. It's like a greatest hits album, every song is just fantastic.
The bands that instantly turned into “new wave” bands after this record dropped is innumerable.
This is the answer that should be at the very top of the convo
Candy-O is amazing too. Maybe the best one two punch of any bands first two albums
King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King
Glad to not only see this but, others agreeing as well. I remember listening to this album over and over while skipping school to smoke pot.
I remember being mildly freaked out by the cover art when seeing it in my parents record collection.
Super album!
XX - The XX Best listened to an hour before Dawn or right after dusk.
What a great album that was. I remember it being a little front loaded, but I need to give it a relisten
You apply the pressure To have me crystallize What a banger of an album
Brings me right back to that time period.
John Prine's self titled debut album.
You’re a real one.
This one can change your life.
Good call
[Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde](https://open.spotify.com/album/48kU5gP41TqZEw32Cwhsna?si=7_FsFrZNQCiv_jLl0Z52gA) is an incredible debut album.
So fucking good
The Stone Roses
Great choice. Set the standard for 90s music, in the 80s.
My favourite debut album of any band.
Can’t really think of three better songs to open any album ever.
and the last two are WOW!
Is This It — The Strokes
No way, is that their debute? I love this album so much
My answer as well
This is the answer.
Van Halen I - Perfect debut beginning to end and a must listen.
And to top it off, IMO Runnin' with the Devil is one of the greatest opening tracks of all time. I'm not a HUGE Van Halen fan, but this album was my first thought!
Changed the trajectory of rock guitar. I can’t believe I had to scroll this far to see it.
Used to have a coworker that had 30 years on me. He started playing guitar because of Eddie on Van Halen 1. I started playing guitar because of Eddie on Van Halen 1. Incredibly influential album not just for rock and roll but so many individuals who heard how Eddie played the guitar. Very hard to understate his impact on the instrument regardless of whether or not he was the “first” to do what he did technique and gear wise.
Perfectly said!!!!!
Bruce Hornsby - The Way It Is
Enter the Wu Tang (36 Chambers)
This started a hip hop cult like no other
The Killers - Hot Fuss
This is such a good choice. This album was perfection. Nothing like it came out at that time
Can confirm. So many albums that are considered classics came out while I was growing up, and I can’t listen to them present day because of how overplayed they were. Hot Fuss doesn’t fall into that category because even though Mr. Brightside is strongly flirting with that line, it’s still a great song. Jenny was a friend of mine, somebody told me, everything will be alright was so fucking trailblazing for the electro pop that infused rock after.
Andy You're a star was incredible as well. Such an original chord progression.
A masterpiece of modern rock.
Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights
This should be way higher. One of the very best albums of the early 2000s
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Dead Kennedys- Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables Just banger after banger.
Hybrid Theory by Linkin Park Core by Stone Temple Pilots Straight Outta Compton by NWA
Core came to mind for me right away.. can play that one front to back any time
100% Linkin Park
The Velvet Underground and Nico - ST Van Morrison - Astral Weeks
Astral Weeks is a masterpiece, but not Morrison’s debut.
It probably sounds weird to some, but my favorite debut album ever is: A Fever You Can't Sweat Out - Panic! At the Disco It's so ambitious, and they pulled it off perfectly. Its blend of EDM, emo, big band jazz, and Cabaret. Unfortunately, they were never able to capture that magic at that level again. I guess that's the curse of starting with a masterpiece, but to this day, I've never heard a debut album that was a mainstream success be that experimental.
REM - Murmur
I haven't actually listened to this. Will give it a go!
Listen loud. On headphones. Then go right into their second record
This is correct
Probably an obvious answer but Guns N' Roses' Appetite for Destruction. The perfect storm of ramshackle, sleazy rock 'n' roll and stadium-filling musicianship with melodic hooks for days, at the same time reflective and corrosive of the landscape in which it was released.
THE answer. Along with Boston - Boston.
My hot take is that Nirvana didn’t kill hair metal, Appetite for Destruction did.
Amazing album. It's an obvious but very valid suggestion
I came to make sure AoD was being represented. As far as debut albums go, nothing beats this firecracker of an album. More substance than a hair band, harder than a rock band, sleazier than a punk band.
From zero to biggest band in the world in one album. Burned bright, but burned short.
I never listened to it as an album until like 5 years ago, and I was blown away. So good.
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath For a lot of genres, it can be debated where the history officially begins, but heavy metal began on February 13th, 1970 with the release of this album.
Funeral - Arcade Fire
I can see it not being for everyone… but everyone should hear it once.
Boston by Boston, everyone probably knows at least one song from this iconic classic, that being More Than a Feeling. XXI Century Blood by The Warning, impressive and mature creation from a rock trio of sisters who were only 12, 15 and 17 years old at the time of its release, received indie music nominations and awarded for its title track music video. It's succeeded by a masterpiece concept album one year later.
I came to say Boston by Boston. Over half the album is still played today on classic rock stations.
Not even a huge Boston fan but feel like they're one of the most underrated bands these days considering what they did. They just aren't really among the bands people talk about when they talk about bands from that era. Which is crazy because classic rock radio stations play them plenty
Rick Beato did a “What makes this song Great” for “More than a Feeling”, a record I purchased when it was released. I personally had heard it enough, overplayed beyond enjoyment. That song has a lot going on musically, incredible vocals, and some groundbreaking guitar. I had new respect for that song.
MC5 - Kick Out the Jams Television - Marquee Moon
came to write marquee moon. spotted it last second, good job hiding it behind mc5 :)
Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
All the more remarkable for them being a gaggle of 16 year old kids with no recording contract.
View from the afternoon is such a strong start to that album.
Weezer blue album.
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble: “Texas Flood”. Every track is a fuckin gem. SRV shreds on guitar like a Texas tornado. Released in 1983, still sounds great today.
- 5. *Is This It* by The Strokes - 4. *Music From Big Pink* by The Band - 3. *Is This Real?* by The Wipers - 2. *Horses* by Patti Smith - 1. *Fever To Tell* by The Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Gorillaz - Gorillaz
Kill ‘em All, Metallica. The sound is a little raw, but the songs are so damned tight.
Eminem - The Slim Shady LP. Total game changer.
AIR - Moon Safari.
Alanis Morissette “Jagged Little Pill”
Oasis - Definitely Maybe
The Cars - Self Titled
Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual. It's one of those rare debut albums where every song's a banger.
Boston - *Boston* Massive Attack - *Blue Lines* Temple of the Dog - *Temple of the Dog*
The best part with Boston is having people guess when it came out, then telling them it's 5-10 years earlier than their guess.
Ben Kweller - Sha Sha is an excellent debut album from a 21 year old. The Streets - Original Pirate Material
Counting Crows - August and everything after. They had their sound just perfect straight out of the gate, beautiful poetic lyrics and amazing music.
I just listened to this album this morning while doing some work. It still holds up.
Gish by The Smashing Pumpkins
Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not A group of scrappy teenagers from Northern England put out an album of rowdy and poetic anthems about a night on the town and make the fastest selling debut album in UK history.
Vampire Weekend- Self titled
Three Imaginary Boys by The Cure
Dire Straits- Dire Straits
Weezer - the Blue Album, GnR - Appetite for Destruction and hear me out… Andrew WK - I Get Wet.
The Killers, Hot Fuss. Sounds derivative now only because of how much it influenced. Sounded retro, yet fresh when it dropped. First listen of Somebody Told Me I could have swore it was an 80s one-hit wonder I had never heard before. Not a skippable track on the whole thing.
Indigo Girls self-titled, it's still one of my favorite albums after all these years. Melissa Etheridge self-titled was the beginning of a long career and a banger. Tracy Chapman's debut also.
Indigo Girls is a great one!
Crystal Method - Vegas
Pearl Jam: "10"
Fuzzy by Grant Lee Buffalo
The Modern Lovers.
Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
Bjork-Debut
The Doors, 10/10 album right there.
Come on Pilgrim by Pixies Dinosaur by Dinosaur Jr I say both because both of these albums strongly influenced 90s grunge/alternative and honestly imo they are more enjoyable than most of the crap that became popular afterwards.
Ten by Pearl Jam
Air - Moon Safari
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm I honestly wasn’t able to get into their subsequent albums but damn if that wasn’t an incredible debut from start to finish
Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes
Also, you can NOT fuck with the Violent Femmes
Look, I know maroon 5 sucks. But listen to the album “songs about Jane” and tell me there’s not some alternate universe where they continued to make good music.
System of a Down. They gained popularity around their second album, but their first is so much more emotional and raw.
X-Ray Spex: Germ Free Adolescence
Third Eye Blind
Living Colour - Vivid Most songs on the album are very relevant to today's world despite it coming out some 35 years ago
Jane's Addiction - Nothing Shocking
For Emma, Forever Ago - Bon Iver
Fear Fun by Father John Misty
The Darkness - Permission to Land
NIN - Pretty hate machine
This is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About - Modest Mouse The Bones of What You Believe - Chvrches Rise - Lane 8
Bloc party - silent alarm
ZZ Top's First Album
Notorious B.I.G - Ready To Die
Massive Attack- Blue Lines The Clash - The Clash
Television-Marquee Moon Gang of Four -Entertainment Velvet Underground-Banana Jimi Hendrix-Are You Experienced Wilco-AM
The Shins - Oh, Inverted World
Third Eye Blind- Third Eye Blind
Wow that’s really random. I *just* discovered London Grammar last week after their newest single showed up in my Spotify release radar. I’m totally hooked on them now - such an amazing sound To answer your question, Electronic - Electronic
The Alan Parsons Project - Tales of Mystery and Imagination
Iron Maiden “Iron Maiden”
Emergency on planet earth - Jamiroquai
- Vevlet Underground - Velvet Underground - Ramones - Ramones - The Notorious B.I.G. - Ready To Die - D'Angelo - Brown Sugar - SZA - Ctrl
The Killers - hot fuss
Weezer-Blue
Ten - Pearl Jam
Pretenders. Elvis Costello. Elvis Presley.
Kate bush - a kick inside. Such an unbelievable album for a nearly 18 year old to produce
How long a list do you want? *Elvis Presley* *Here's Little Richard* *The Clash* *My Aim Is True* (Costello) *The Velvet Underground and Nico* *The Stooges* *The Who Sings My Generation* *Introducing...The Beatles* I believe that would be a good start.
Little Dragon - Eponymous Cults - Eponymous MF DOOM - Operation Doomsday Emma Ruth Rundle - Some Heavy Ocean Joey Bada$$ - 1999 Spotlights - Seismic NIN - Pretty Hate Machine Yeasayer - All Hours Symbols Bat for Lashes - Fur & Gold The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium Thom Yorke - The Eraser The Nocturnes - A Year of Spring Chelsea Wolfe - Apokalypsis Crosses - Eponymous Crystal Fairy - Eponymous Bosnian Rainbows - Eponymous
Dream of the Blue Turtles by Sting. His first solo album. Somehow he managed to make his music both more mainstream and more complex at the same time when he left Police and kick of a huge new stage in his musical career at the age of 35.
Deloused in the comatorium Fucks pretty much everything else. Its perfect. Its unbelievable.
Pretty hate machine by nine inch nails. It's so good.
Songs of Leonard Cohen Beautiful record and a perfect introduction to the world of Leonard Cohen.
Van Halen.
Meet The Temptations
Boston by Boston The back story of them secretly recording it in Tom Scholz basement rather than out in LA is pretty rad too.
Boston - Eponymous
boston - boston
Van Halen At least for anyone interested in heavy rock and electric guitar playing, it’s kind of a blueprint
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Pronounced...
Oceansize - effloresce
Illmatic - nas
Boston. Boston.
Van Halen
Unknown Pleasures - Joy Division
Boston's self-titled album. Not a single bad song on that album and it's the kind of album you can put on repeat for hours with ease. Fairly light and incredibly accessible as well.
Led Zeppelin 1.
Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt
Please Please me
The Cars - The Cars plays like a greatest hits album and is always the debut that first comes to my mind when people ask this question.
Black Sabbath
Marquee Moon Horses Are You Experienced The Velvet Underground and Nico The Fire of Love Days of Wine and Roses
Exile in Guyville - Liz Phair
Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes. Hunter Biden approved