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Johnny AbruzzoJohnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 11,920
edited March 2011 in Other Music
Inspired by the poll that Kat posted in the Porch, pick your 5 favorite debut albums.

Here are some of my favorites (I'm having trouble making a top 5):
Pearl Jam: Ten
Led Zeppelin: I
Arcade Fire: Funeral
Jimi Hendrix: Are You Experienced?
The Doors
Franz Ferdinand
Bruce Springsteen: Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ
The Cranberries: Everybody's Doing It So Why Can't We
Bad Company
Derek & the Dominoes: Layla...
The Killers: Hot Fuss
John Legend: Get Lifted
Wolfmother
Oasis: Definitely Maybe
The Stone Roses

Supergroups: Temple of the Dog, Mad Season: Above, Them Crooked Vultures

Ok, time to follow my own rule and narrow it down to 5. No order:
Ten
Led Zep I
Franz Ferdinand
Everybody's Doing it, So Why Can't We
Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs
Spectrum 10/27/09; New Orleans JazzFest 5/1/10; Made in America 9/2/12; Phila, PA 10/21/13; Phila, PA 10/22/13; Baltimore Arena 10/27/13;
Phila, PA 4/28/16; Phila, PA 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22;
Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; Phila, PA 9/7/24; Phila, PA 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24

Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
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  • philthehipphilthehip Posts: 2,084
    That is a hard one and alot of what you have listed are some of my fave albums. Here are some more First albums which I love.

    Ray LAmontagne - Trouble
    The Black Keys - The Big Come Up
    Wu Tang Clan - Enter the Wu Tank - 36 Chambers
    Velvet Underground & Nico
    Traffic - Mr Fantasy
    The Smiths - Hatful of Hollow

    Basically there are far too many for me to pick a top 5
  • EvoLukinEvoLukin Posts: 188
    Hard one. Here are the first five that came to mind.

    PJ-Ten
    Strokes-Is this it
    KOL-Youth and Young Manhood
    Led Zepp - I
    R.E.M. - Murmur
    U2 - Boy
    "Smelly Velvet"-EV on Stone's velvet shorts(ATL 94)

    Atlanta,GA 1994 1&2
    N.Charleston, SC 1996
    Greenville, SC 1998
    Atlanta, GA 2000
    Columbia, SC 2008
    EV(2009) - Atlanta 1
  • Johnny AbruzzoJohnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 11,920
    EvoLukin wrote:
    Hard one. Here are the first five that came to mind.

    PJ-Ten
    Strokes-Is this it
    KOL-Youth and Young Manhood
    Led Zepp - I
    R.E.M. - Murmur
    U2 - Boy

    I tried so hard to like Murmur, but some of the songs seem so dull. What am I missing? I'm a big fan of Green & Automatic for the People.
    Spectrum 10/27/09; New Orleans JazzFest 5/1/10; Made in America 9/2/12; Phila, PA 10/21/13; Phila, PA 10/22/13; Baltimore Arena 10/27/13;
    Phila, PA 4/28/16; Phila, PA 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22;
    Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; Phila, PA 9/7/24; Phila, PA 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24

    Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 30,579
    top of my head:

    zep
    skynyrd
    pretenders
    pj
    big audio dynamite
    hendrix
    stephen stills

    in some cases, the artist never did anything as good.
    If I had known then what I know now...

    Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
    VIC 07
    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
    Columbus 10
    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
  • LizardLizard So Cal Posts: 12,091
    hard to pick 5 like others have said but I have to throw 1 into the mix:

    BOSTON!!!!!!!!!
    So I'll just lie down and wait for the dream
    Where I'm not ugly and you're lookin' at me
  • English DashEnglish Dash Posts: 38
    Good post. Without much thought:

    Pearl Jam - TEN
    Led Zeppelin - I
    Brad - Shame
    Queens Of The Stone Age
    Alice In Chains - Facelift
  • BLACK35BLACK35 Hanover, Ontario Posts: 22,845
    Hard to choose, well here are my 5
    1- Pj - Ten
    2- Guns N Roses - Appetite for Destruction
    3 - Motley Crue - Shout at the Devil
    4 - The Killers - Hot Fuss
    5 - Nirvana
    2005 - London
    2009 - Toronto
    2010 - Buffalo
    2011 - Toronto 1&2
    2013 - London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
    2014 - Cincinnati, St. Louis, Detroit
    2016 - Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, Ottawa, Toronto 1
    2018 - Fenway 1&2
    2022 - Hamilton, Toronto
    2023 - Chicago 1&2
    2024 - Las Vegas 1&2
  • Johnny AbruzzoJohnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 11,920
    Well, since few of us can come up with a Top 5...

    Mediocre debut for a great band:
    Radiohead: Pablo Honey

    Mystery debut album (I can't find it anywhere - hoping for a reissue):
    Queens of the Stone Age
    Spectrum 10/27/09; New Orleans JazzFest 5/1/10; Made in America 9/2/12; Phila, PA 10/21/13; Phila, PA 10/22/13; Baltimore Arena 10/27/13;
    Phila, PA 4/28/16; Phila, PA 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22;
    Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; Phila, PA 9/7/24; Phila, PA 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24

    Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
  • musicismylife78musicismylife78 Posts: 6,116
    postal service

    arcade fire-funeral

    damien rice o

    ray lamontagne trouble

    mars volta-comatorium
  • facepollutionfacepollution Posts: 6,834
    I'll throw Rage Against The Machine in there, and Jeff Buckley. Oh, and Weezer.
  • gregkitefangregkitefan Posts: 1,116
    BLACK35 wrote:
    Hard to choose, well here are my 5
    1- Pj - Ten
    2- Guns N Roses - Appetite for Destruction
    3 - Motley Crue - Shout at the Devil
    4 - The Killers - Hot Fuss
    5 - Nirvana


    Shout At The Devil is the 2nd album from the Crue.
    The debut album is Too Fast For Love and my favorite from the band.
    38
  • foofan1990foofan1990 Posts: 139
    Foo Fighters - S/T
    Pearl Jam - Ten
    Rush - S/T
    Them Crooked Vultures - S/T
    Weezer - Blue Album or Cream - Fresh Cream
  • mookeywrenchmookeywrench Posts: 5,945
    weezer
    Violent femmes
    hendrix
    Green Day
    interpol

    probably not my top five, but they're the first that come to mind
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  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    No order:

    Black Crowes - Shake Your Money Maker
    Arcade Fire - Funeral
    Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction
    Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker
    Pearl Jam - Ten
    Believe me, when I was growin up, I thought the worst thing you could turn out to be was normal, So I say freaks in the most complementary way. Here's a song by a fellow freak - E.V
  • g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,207
    facepollution wrote:
    I'll throw Rage Against The Machine in there, and Jeff Buckley. Oh, and Weezer.

    I agree that was missing along with these...

    Joe Satriani.....Surfing With an Alien
    Bob Marley & The Wailers.......Catch A Fire (1973)
    Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers......Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (1976)
    The Clash......The Clash (1977)
    Talking Heads....Talking Heads: 77 (1977)
    Dire Straits......Dire Straits (1978)
    Metallica .....Kill ‘Em All (1983)
    Stevie Ray Vaughan.......Texas Flood (1983)
    Beastie Boys....... Licensed To Ill (1986)
    Public Enemy | Yo! Bum Rush The Show (1987)
    Eric B. & RAKIM.....Paid In Full (1987)
    Van Halen......Van Halen (1978)

    Peace
    *We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti

    *MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
    .....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti

    *The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)


  • eeriepadaveeeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 42,390
    1. Pearl Jam- Ten
    2. Guns N' Roses- Appetite For Destruction
    3. Arctic Monkeys- Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
    4. Strokes- This Is It
    5. Beastie Boys- License To Ill

    others just bubbling under:
    Black Rebel Motorcycle Club- BRMC
    AIC- Facelift
    Weezer- Blue Album
    DMB- Under The Table & Dreaming
    Foo Fighters- Foo Fighters
    Nirvana- Bleach
    Jane's Addiction- Nothing Shocking
    Kasabian- Kasabian
    Kings Of Leon- Youth & Young Manhood
    NIN- Pretty Hate Machine
    8/28/98- Camden, NJ
    10/31/09- Philly
    5/21/10- NYC
    9/2/12- Philly, PA
    7/19/13- Wrigley
    10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
    10/21/13- Philly, PA
    10/22/13- Philly, PA
    10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
    4/28/16- Philly, PA
    4/29/16- Philly, PA
    5/1/16- NYC
    5/2/16- NYC
    9/2/18- Boston, MA
    9/4/18- Boston, MA
    9/14/22- Camden, NJ
    9/7/24- Philly, PA
    9/9/24- Philly, PA
    Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
    Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
    RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
  • jimed14jimed14 Posts: 9,488
    I love when the person who starts thte thread cannot abide by their own rules. 5 = 5 ... not, a bunch.

    I'll make up for it and only list 2 that haven't been mentioned yet ...

    Aerosmith - Aerosmith
    Doves - Lost Souls


    (edit ... I forgot Love wasn't really the Cult's debut ... scratch that. )
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  • craigbcraigb Posts: 806
    1. Pearl Jam - Ten
    2. Led Zeppelin - I
    3. Oasis - Definitely Maybe
    4. Blind Faith - Blind Faith
    5. Brad - Shame
    "Speak clearly if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall"

    Los Angeles 10.7.2009
  • Drop1The0LeashDrop1The0Leash Posts: 954
    Johnny Abruzzo wrote:

    Mystery debut album (I can't find it anywhere - hoping for a reissue):
    Queens of the Stone Age

    This is one of the greatest albums of all time! Totally in the top 5 for debut albums. Good news is they are re-releasing it at the end of the year and will be touring it!!!
    2006: Albany
    2008: MSG I, MSG II, Newark(EV)
    2009: Albany 1-2(EV), Philly 3
    2010: Boston, MSG I
    2013: Buffalo, Brooklyn II, Hartford
    2016: MSG 1, MSG II, Fenway 1
  • Clunk09Clunk09 Posts: 6
    Pearl Jam - Ten
    Kings of Lean- Youth and Young Manhood
    The Living End- The Living End
    Guns N Roses- Appetite For Destruction
    Grinspoon- Guide to Better Living
  • GardenpartyGardenparty Posts: 1,910
    Rage Against the Machine

    is a good one
    “I know this song so well, I can smoke a cigarette, have a drink, brush my teeth, take a shit, and mow the lawn while singing it. But I'll only be doing a couple of those things during this version.”
  • Got a hard hard headGot a hard hard head Posts: 638
    Pearl Jam - 10
    Grandaddy - Under The Western Freeway
    Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights
    Arcade Fire - Funeral
    The White Stripes - s/t
    It's gonna be a glorious day...
  • dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam Posts: 139,721
    1. Pearl Jam - Ten
    2.Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
    3.Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
    4.The Doors - The Doors
    5.Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
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    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
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  • MysteryTrainMysteryTrain Singapore Posts: 1,189
    In no particular order:

    Patti Smith - Horses
    R.E.M. - Murmur
    Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced?
    Michael Jackson - Off The Wall
    Counting Crows - August & Everything After
  • Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    The Doors
    Ten
    The Clash
    Pretty Hate Machine
    Are you experienced
    Velvet Underground & Nico
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • Johnny AbruzzoJohnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 11,920
    jimed14 wrote:
    I love when the person who starts thte thread cannot abide by their own rules. 5 = 5 ... not, a bunch.

    I'll make up for it and only list 2 that haven't been mentioned yet ...

    Aerosmith - Aerosmith
    Doves - Lost Souls


    (edit ... I forgot Love wasn't really the Cult's debut ... scratch that. )

    Haha - yeah, I couldn't get it down to 5. I'm not keeping track of the responses or anything like that. Rules are made to be broken!
    Spectrum 10/27/09; New Orleans JazzFest 5/1/10; Made in America 9/2/12; Phila, PA 10/21/13; Phila, PA 10/22/13; Baltimore Arena 10/27/13;
    Phila, PA 4/28/16; Phila, PA 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22;
    Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; Phila, PA 9/7/24; Phila, PA 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24

    Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
  • petrocspetrocs Posts: 4,342
    Oasis- Definately Maybe
    Pearl Jam- Ten
    Arctic Monkeys- Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
    Strokes- This Is It
    The Stone Roses- S/T
    Shows:
    9/24/96 MD. 9/28/96 Randalls. 8/28-29/98 Camden. 9/8/98 NJ. 9/18/98 MD. 9/1-2/00 Camden. 9/4/00 MD. 4/28/03 Philly. 7/5-6/03 Camden. 9/30/05 AC.
    10/3/05 Philly. 5/27-28/06 Camden. 6/23/06 Pitt. 6/19-20/08 Camden. 6/24/08 MSG. 8/7/08 EV Newark, NJ. 6/11-12/09 EV Philly, PA. 10/27-28-30-31/09 Philly, PA., 5/15/10 Hartford,5/17/10 Boston, 5/18/10 Newark, 5/20-21/10 MSG
  • g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,207
    KevDylan wrote:
    In no particular order:

    Patti Smith - Horses
    R.E.M. - Murmur
    Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced?
    Michael Jackson - Off The Wall
    Counting Crows - August & Everything After

    Nice call with the MJ list I forgot all about him and that album. A very good and forgotten album.

    Peace
    *We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti

    *MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
    .....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti

    *The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)


  • English DashEnglish Dash Posts: 38
    Been thinking debut albums:
    Van Halen I
    Blind Melon
    Ben Harper
    Jellyfish
    Guns n Roses
  • TDMize15TDMize15 Posts: 166
    Hmmm. Quite a good question. Hard to narrow it down, but I would say:


    1. The Strokes- Is This It
    2. Norah Jones- Come Away With Me
    3. Arcade Fire- Funeral
    4. MGMT- Oracular Spectacular
    5. Stevie Ray Vaughan- Texas Flood
    All the rusted signs, we ignore throughout our lives, choosing the shiny ones instead...

    And he who forgets, will be destined to remember...
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