Name the 5 best debut albums of all time, in order (Please limit your list to 5)

Cafe Society
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Definitely Maybe (1994)
Blue Lines (1991)
The Stone Roses (1989)
Homework (1997)
Appetite for Destruction (1987)

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  1. Counting Crows: August and Everything After
  2. The eponymous Led Zeppelin
  3. The eponymous The Cars
  4. The eponymous Boston
  5. Joan Osborne: Relish

I seem to have a predilection for eponyms. :smiley:

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Well, and it seems to be pretty common for debut albums to be eponymous.

Now I’m wondering what percentage of debut albums are eponymous—and also what percentage of eponymous albums are debut albums.

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No idea, but it’s good marketing strategy if you have a solid band concept; you give the single image for the group without the distraction of that implied by a different title. Of course, it’s been done to death, so maybe it’s not as good a strategy anymore.

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Well, and then there’s a small percentage of bands that go all in, such as “Black Sabbath” by Black Sabbath, from their album Black Sabbath.

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AKA: the Bad Company trifecta.

I could never abide by Counting Crows, but that first album hit big.

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There is one example of the single, the LP and the label being identical. But that’s another thread

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This is reminding me of another example that should be listed here:

Iron Maiden’s - Iron Maiden - Containing the song Iron Maiden
Other’s that have been mentioned that are on my list:
Black Sabbath
Appetite For Destruction
Rage Against The Machine
The Doors

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Van Halen
The Cars
Bad Company
Led Zeppelin
Boston

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My five favorite DEBUT albums are-

1- Matchbox Twenty- You or Someone Like You (1996)
2- Michelle Branch- The Spirit Room (2001)
3- Trisha Yearwood- Trisha Yearwood (1991)
4- Jars Of Clay - Jars Of Clay (1995)
5- Sara Evans- Three Chords and The Truth (1997)

Numbers 1-4 were commercially successful, with #1 selling over 12m copies and 2-4 each being certified 2x Platinum (2m+ sales). Sara Evans debut album (#5) had three singles released and none reached the Top 40 on the US Country charts. The album received overwhelming critical acclaim, but it was neo-traditional county at a time when pop-country was taking over…

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  1. King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King
  2. Steve Hackett - Voyage of the Acolyte (nicknamed the lost Genesis album)
  3. Boston - Boston
  4. Camel - Camel
  5. Pink Floyd - Piper at the Gates of Dawn
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There is this thread I started several years back (and which has been resurrected more than once), which was actually inspired by the so-called “Bad Company trifecta”.

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The Mothers of Invention Freak Out!
King Crimson In the Court of the Crimson King
Brian Eno Here Come the Warm Jets
Patti Smith Horses
Kate Bush The Kick Inside

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I’m amazed it took that long for someone to mention it.
The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
Lazer Guided Melodies - Spiritualized
Against Perfection - Adorable
Nowhere - Ride
The Fear of Watching Fireworks - The American Analog Set (I mean, I had to …)

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Good point. Criminally left off my list. I even checked my CDs, where I have two copies of it one in a bloody great box set. I must be blind.

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Most of the great ones have been said, so I’ll mention a few of my favorite, lesser known ones.

  1. Camera Obscura - Biggest Bluest Hi-Fi
  2. EMA - Past Life Martyred Saints
  3. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell
  4. Lykke Li - Youth Novels
  5. Milla Jovovich - The Divine Comedy
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No argument. It is a great, great album. John Squire’s guitar work is so damn fun to listen to. I love his wah wah work at the end of Waterfall especially.

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Seconded. Of course, when we’re restricted to just 5, some stuff is always going to fall off.

Oh, speaking of baggy… I always felt the Inspiral Carpets were criminally underrated. Their debut was great - for instance This Is How It Feels.

And The Charlatans weren’t just a bunch of Roses wannabes.