Great debut albums!

Some great debuts that were pretty influential, too.

Television - Marquee Moon
Patti Smith - Horses
Richard Hell & the VoidoiRAB - Blank Generation

...not quite as influential but equally great.

The Dictators - Go Girl Crazy
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Showbiz - Muse
Nocturne - The Human Abstract
Kezia - Protest the Hero
Boston - Boston
Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine
The Blue Album - Weezer

(in before ToeAndNo bashes)
 
The debut albums of the following artists/banRAB are all great and in all cases among the finest in their entire discography:
The Clash, Sex Pistols, Elvis Costello, R.E.M., B-52's, The Velvet Underground, The Jam, The Sonics, The Who, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Joy Division, George Harrison, Bo Diddley
 
I really enjoy Saucers and Animals too. Just like the Barrett stuff a lot more.

VU&Nico is fairly famous, Procol Harum's "White Shade Of Pale" is f*cking amazing.
 
Everyone who's read one or more music magazines know that Led Zeppelin, Patti Smith, Television, Joy Division, The Velvet Underground, Elvis Costello etc etc had great debuts because they are mentioned quite often. I don't need to know if they were good - I'd rather know what it is you think makes them good.

Janszoon, The Cure's debut album is called "Three Imaginary Boys". The album "Boys Don't Cry" is a US rerelease of that album with a slightly different song lineup and coverart.
 
I think it's funny that anyone that says "my favorite record is Piper at the Gates of Dawn" usually concludes it with "but I don't really like Pink Floyd." It was good psychedelic pop, but it's far from the best. Hell, it's far from the best recorded in the same studio at the same time.
 
I assume you're counting All Things Must Pass as Harrison's first "real" album? Might have to throw Lennon's Plastic Ono Band in there too.
 
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