# Name the 5 best debut albums of all time, in order (Please limit your list to 5) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 27, 2016, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-5-best-debut-albums-of-all-time-in-order-please-limit-your-list-to-5/755779 "2016-05-27T01:32:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2016, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-5-best-debut-albums-of-all-time-in-order-please-limit-your-list-to-5/755779/81 "2016-05-28T17:04:08Z")
> [@scabpicker](#): > > Oooh! yes. Astronomy Domine off Piper at the Gates of Dawn is another one of those. Yes, which is why it’s ironic that it was left off the American version of the album. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2016, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-5-best-debut-albums-of-all-time-in-order-please-limit-your-list-to-5/755779/82 "2016-05-28T17:41:58Z")
**Ten - Pearl Jam Mother Earth - Within Temptation \* Boy - U2 Fallen - Evanescence Weezer - Weezer** \*had an EP preceding it(the EP is horrible, by the way) ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2016, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-5-best-debut-albums-of-all-time-in-order-please-limit-your-list-to-5/755779/83 "2016-05-28T23:34:41Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > Yes, which is why it’s ironic that it was left off the American version of the album. Wow, I had no idea. That makes me realize that I’ve never listened to the American track listing. Which is good. I hate See Emily Play. Astronomy Domine and Lucifer Sam is the only way to start that record. ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2016, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-5-best-debut-albums-of-all-time-in-order-please-limit-your-list-to-5/755779/84 "2016-05-29T18:15:18Z")
Here’s a few that I don’t believe have been mentioned yet: 1-Little Feat - Little Feat 2-Talking Heads '77 - Talking Heads 3-Outlandos d’Amour - Police 4-Blind Melon-Blind Melon 5-Greetings from Asbury Park - Bruce Springsteen ---
**Author:** ![KellyCriterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b3f665/32.png) [@KellyCriterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KellyCriterion)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2016, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-5-best-debut-albums-of-all-time-in-order-please-limit-your-list-to-5/755779/85 "2016-05-30T00:20:16Z")
> [@Accidental\_Martyr](#): > > _Bleach_ was Nirvana’s debut album. Thanks. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2016, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-5-best-debut-albums-of-all-time-in-order-please-limit-your-list-to-5/755779/86 "2016-05-30T05:42:03Z")
A lot of good ones mentioned but I have to add two that have been overlooked. ABBA - Arrival Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Welcome to the Pleasuredome ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2016, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-5-best-debut-albums-of-all-time-in-order-please-limit-your-list-to-5/755779/87 "2016-05-30T10:10:09Z")
Since we’re a couple of pages in, I will say a solid runner up for me was **Get the Knack**. Great songs end to end. **My Sharona** is iconic, but lots of other tracks make folks smile when they come on. Good Girls Don’t. What a fun, teenage rude kinda song. ---
**Author:** ![Ellis\_Aponte\_Jr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@Ellis\_Aponte\_Jr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellis_Aponte_Jr)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2016, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-5-best-debut-albums-of-all-time-in-order-please-limit-your-list-to-5/755779/88 "2016-05-30T12:59:57Z")
> [@Isamu](#): > > A lot of good ones mentioned but I have to add two that have been overlooked. > ABBA - Arrival Great album, but it was their fourth, after _Ring Ring_, _Waterloo_, and the self-titled third one. They even had a “greatest hits” album that preceded _Arrival_. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2016, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-5-best-debut-albums-of-all-time-in-order-please-limit-your-list-to-5/755779/89 "2016-05-30T13:15:40Z")
Oh snap - I missed the word “debut” in the title! sorry. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2016, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-5-best-debut-albums-of-all-time-in-order-please-limit-your-list-to-5/755779/90 "2016-05-30T15:11:56Z")
Here’s a couple: Guns N’ Roses – Appetite For Destruction Foo Fighters (eponymous) ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2016, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-5-best-debut-albums-of-all-time-in-order-please-limit-your-list-to-5/755779/91 "2016-05-30T17:55:46Z")
Here’s some more: Mamas and Papas - If you can believe… Judee Sill Steely Dan - Can’t buy a thrill and the overlooked gem: Left Banke - Walk Away Renee (You might be surprised at how great this one is) ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2016, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-5-best-debut-albums-of-all-time-in-order-please-limit-your-list-to-5/755779/92 "2016-05-30T20:32:14Z")
Lots of good suggestions. I’ll throw out one I think is overlooked: John Prine: _John Prine_. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2016, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-5-best-debut-albums-of-all-time-in-order-please-limit-your-list-to-5/755779/93 "2016-05-30T20:55:39Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > Guns N’ Roses – Appetite For Destruction That’s a great shout. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2016, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-5-best-debut-albums-of-all-time-in-order-please-limit-your-list-to-5/755779/94 "2016-05-30T22:50:39Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Lots of good suggestions. I’ll throw out one I think is overlooked: > > John Prine: _John Prine_. Oh, yes! ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2016, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-5-best-debut-albums-of-all-time-in-order-please-limit-your-list-to-5/755779/95 "2016-05-30T23:18:02Z")
Garbage: _Garbage_ Joe Jackson: _Look Sharp_ Big Audio Dynamite: _This Is Big Audio Dynamite_ Guns N’ Roses: _Appetite for Destruction_ Pearl Jam: _Ten_ (greatest band of all time- if they die in a plane crash after this album) ---
**Author:** ![Art\_Rock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/art_rock/32/525_2.png) [@Art\_Rock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Art_Rock)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2016, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-5-best-debut-albums-of-all-time-in-order-please-limit-your-list-to-5/755779/96 "2016-05-31T07:42:41Z")
1. Tori Amos - Little earthquakes (a top 10 album of all time for me) 2. Dire Straits - Dire Straits 3. Agnes Obel - Philharmonics 4. David Sylvian - Brilliant trees 5. Kate Bush - The kick inside ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2016, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-5-best-debut-albums-of-all-time-in-order-please-limit-your-list-to-5/755779/97 "2016-05-31T08:42:26Z")
Air - Moon Safari ---
**Author:** ![mcgato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@mcgato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mcgato)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2016, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-5-best-debut-albums-of-all-time-in-order-please-limit-your-list-to-5/755779/98 "2016-05-31T13:24:08Z")
One that I haven’t seen listed: Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D’Arby Any others on my list have been mentioned already. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2016, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-5-best-debut-albums-of-all-time-in-order-please-limit-your-list-to-5/755779/99 "2016-06-04T05:22:18Z")
A few more good ones I thought of: Sugarcubes-_Life’s Too Good_ Cake-_Motorcade of Generosity_ Veruca Salt-_American Thighs_ ---
**Author:** ![EBird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@EBird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EBird)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2016, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-5-best-debut-albums-of-all-time-in-order-please-limit-your-list-to-5/755779/100 "2016-06-04T14:30:46Z")
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