Which of these is the best debut album?

brianlux

The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Are You Experienced

GB281198 said:

Haha!  The Dude, chooglin'!

GB281198

Creedence Clearwater Revival: self-titled

I couldn't resist I didn't want CCR to get shut out. That's a tough list to pick from. Hendrix is probably the best.

vito

The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Are You Experienced

UK Version 

My Generation

vito

The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Are You Experienced

vito said:

The Who Sings My Generation

The album was made immediately after the Who got their first singles on the charts and, according to the booklet in the Deluxe Edition, it was later dismissed by the band as something of a rush job that did not accurately represent their stage performance of the time. While it didn't sell as well as later albums, peaking at #5 on the UK charts and failing to chart in the US, critics have since retrospectively rated it as one of the best rock albums of all time, especially noting its hard sound unusual for the time, and presaging various hard rock styles such as punk and heavy metal.

All I can say if it's regarded as one of the best albums of all time how can it not be one of the best debut albums, if not the best of all time?🙏Someone asked about what the band would vote, I know what Eddie would vote! Okay no more Who homerism from me😎

Loujoe

Black Sabbath: self-titled

dankind said:

brianlux said:

Zep takes the lead. 
I was a big fan of that album when it came out (still give it respect, but not so much a fan these days).  A high school friend of mine turned me on to that record.  He was a huge fan.  One day he came over with his Marshall stack and set it up out in the back yard and showed me a few Zeppelin riffs he had learned.  Pretty sure you could hear that a mile away, haha!

I have a buddy who told me that he thought it was new Janis Joplin music the first time he heard it. 

Roberta Plant

g under p

The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Are You Experienced

I took a month off fasting from the grid of communication. That said interesting thread but the choices given I had to choose the Jimi Experience.  Close behind PJ & 10.

 My honorable mentions Rage Against The Machine....the cover was so striking. I first heard songs from album while at intermission at a RUSH concert the Test For Echo Tour. After hearing the songs I can recall who the hell was that band with those riffs. Someone yelled out RATM, I yelled back, name of the album, answer same name. I promptly went out and got it the next day.

The other Living Colour VIVID. They became a huge hit back in '88 on MTV with Cult Of Personality but the entire album it worth good listening 🎶 . Songs about the city from where they came NYC. First saw them open for the Rolling Stones at RFK Stadium and they were energetically wild stirring up 50,000 rock people and I've latched on ever since.

Oh one can throw in Kill Em All it was so different, Led Zep and even though I don't particularly care for the band their debut was a monster GnRs Appetite For Destruction stands out. 

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brianlux

The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Are You Experienced

GB281198 said:

I couldn't resist I didn't want CCR to get shut out. That's a tough list to pick from. Hendrix is probably the best.

Tough choices for sure.  And it was very difficult to be limited to the number of choices.  Could have easily listed 20!

vito said:

vito said:

The Who Sings My Generation

The album was made immediately after the Who got their first singles on the charts and, according to the booklet in the Deluxe Edition, it was later dismissed by the band as something of a rush job that did not accurately represent their stage performance of the time. While it didn't sell as well as later albums, peaking at #5 on the UK charts and failing to chart in the US, critics have since retrospectively rated it as one of the best rock albums of all time, especially noting its hard sound unusual for the time, and presaging various hard rock styles such as punk and heavy metal.

All I can say if it's regarded as one of the best albums of all time how can it not be one of the best debut albums, if not the best of all time?🙏Someone asked about what the band would vote, I know what Eddie would vote! Okay no more Who homerism from me😎

No shame in praising The Who!   When early Who stuff came out, we used our tennis rackets in gym as air guitars and windmilled like crazy fools!