hamerhead Posted August 29 Posted August 29 Who had the best debut album? I have to go with Boston - great musicianship, not a note out of place, strong songs throughout (well, 'Let Me Take You Home Tonight' wasn't as good as the rest IMHO, but not unlistenable. Everything else on there could have been released as singles). Even they were never able to match it. And that it was all done without computer assistance makes it that much more impressive. 6 Quote
veatch Posted August 29 Posted August 29 Soooo many options here. Boston was a good one. I'll likely vote multiple times here... 5 Quote
Dave Scepter Posted August 29 Posted August 29 (edited) 1 hour ago, hamerhead said: Who had the best debut album? VH-1 or Ozzy's Blizzard of Oz Edited August 29 by Dave Scepter 6 Quote
mathman Posted August 29 Posted August 29 3 hours ago, Dave Scepter said: VH-1 or Ozzy's Blizzard of Oz Both are great but it feels Ozzy should be in a different category. Not his first band. 3 Quote
cynic Posted August 29 Posted August 29 1 minute ago, veatch said: Same could be said for LZ... Yeah. I thought that about Bad Company given they were a bit of a "supergroup". Then I thought about Pearl Jam who also had members from other highly regarded bands (albeit more local than widespread success) coming together. Then I thought that can't be a disqualifier because you'd be left with a pretty short list to choose from if no members could have previous band experience, but would that make 5150 a debut album? In terms of the number of plays a debut album got from me, I'd be hard pressed to guess who came out on top between Boston, Ozzy, and Pearl Jam but I'll go with the latter. 2 Quote
Dave Scepter Posted August 30 Posted August 30 1 hour ago, DaveH said: This album affected me when I was a kid... It gave me nightmares... it still gives me heebie-jeebies 😬 3 Quote
Gabe Posted August 30 Posted August 30 (edited) Best debut albums. For me it’s a toss up between the following: Or would the next album also count as a “debut-album”? Gabe 😀 Edited August 30 by Gabe 1 Quote
hamerican gigolo Posted Friday at 05:09 PM Posted Friday at 05:09 PM On 8/29/2026 at 8:06 PM, DaveH said: She looks alone. I'd be happy to keep her company... ☺️ Quote
joshoowah Posted Friday at 06:10 PM Posted Friday at 06:10 PM Debut albums? How did we manage this many responses without anyone mentioning Texas Flood??? 3 Quote
hamerhead Posted Friday at 06:40 PM Author Posted Friday at 06:40 PM Or Jimi's 'Are you Experienced?' 3 Quote
Submariner85 Posted Friday at 07:45 PM Posted Friday at 07:45 PM It’s all relative to what you like. I think Queensryche’s The Warning was a fantastic debut. Love that album. 1 Quote
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