So what is the greatest debut album by a band, in your opinion?

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Posted: 12/14/2013 4:04:55 PM EDT

I vote Boston's self titled debut, or GunsnRoses Appetite as the greatest debut albums ever. If you listen to the albums, nearly every song on there was a hit as a single.
So what do you think?

Posted: 12/14/2013 4:08:17 PM EDT

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I vote Boston's self titled debut, or GunsnRoses Appetite as the greatest debut albums ever. If you listen to the albums, nearly every song on there was a hit as a single.
So what do you think?

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Those are both great! Though the G'NR isn't really self-titled.

I'd add Yes's first album.. Yes.

RUSH is a great first album too.

Posted: 12/14/2013 4:08:35 PM EDT

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Guns 'n' Roses Appetite for Destruction

Posted: 12/14/2013 4:09:02 PM EDT

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Kill 'Em All.

Posted: 12/14/2013 4:10:23 PM EDT

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Dammit... "Self titled" means only the band name.

Appetite For Destruction was the name of the album. It wasn't titled simply "Guns and Roses".

Posted: 12/14/2013 4:10:37 PM EDT

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Those were the two that came to my mind as well :D

Posted: 12/14/2013 4:11:11 PM EDT

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Posted: 12/14/2013 4:11:42 PM EDT

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Pearl Jams "10" was pretty solid.

The list will be pretty big.

Posted: 12/14/2013 4:11:58 PM EDT

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Boston's self-titled album rocked

Posted: 12/14/2013 4:12:13 PM EDT

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Posted: 12/14/2013 4:12:48 PM EDT

[#10]

The Cars

The Cars

Posted: 12/14/2013 4:12:49 PM EDT

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Well I was only asking for debut albums, self titled will really narrow the field.

Posted: 12/14/2013 4:13:17 PM EDT

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Cowboys from Hell

Posted: 12/14/2013 4:13:37 PM EDT

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Posted: 12/14/2013 4:14:13 PM EDT

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I don't have that great of a music knowledge, and am no where near saying that this is the "greatest," but I liked just about every track on Hybrid Theory by Linkin Park. I know they are probably not a GD approved band, and I haven't liked a ton of their stuff since then, but that one was great IMO.

Posted: 12/14/2013 4:15:13 PM EDT

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Pulled it out. Putting it on the player.

Posted: 12/14/2013 4:15:22 PM EDT

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That, or Meet The Beatles

Posted: 12/14/2013 4:15:34 PM EDT

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Foreigner

Posted: 12/14/2013 4:15:55 PM EDT

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Van Halen by Van Halen

Posted: 12/14/2013 4:16:15 PM EDT

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Band of Gypsies

Posted: 12/14/2013 4:16:28 PM EDT

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Posted: 12/14/2013 4:16:40 PM EDT

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Yes.

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Posted: 12/14/2013 4:16:56 PM EDT

[#22]

Pearl Jam 10

Posted: 12/14/2013 4:17:09 PM EDT

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LOL... I confused the thread title with the OP. Two different topics actually..

Appetite For Destruction, yes.

Van Halen

Kill 'Em All

Texas Flood

Posted: 12/14/2013 4:17:29 PM EDT

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I vote Boston's self titled debut, or GunsnRoses Appetite as the greatest debut albums ever. If you listen to the albums, nearly every song on there was a hit as a single.
So what do you think?

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Boston, hands down.

Posted: 12/14/2013 4:19:59 PM EDT

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Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Mer De Nomes.

Posted: 12/14/2013 4:20:58 PM EDT

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Guns N Roses Appetite for Destruction.

Posted: 12/14/2013 4:21:56 PM EDT

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Is NIN a band?

If not, my vote goes to Van Halen. Maybe The Ramones or VU.

Posted: 12/14/2013 4:22:28 PM EDT

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Pearl Jam 10.

Posted: 12/14/2013 4:23:00 PM EDT

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Posted: 12/14/2013 4:24:13 PM EDT

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Posted: 12/14/2013 4:25:36 PM EDT

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I vote Boston's self titled debut, or GunsnRoses Appetite as the greatest debut albums ever. If you listen to the albums, nearly every song on there was a hit as a single.
So what do you think?

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This was the first thing I thought of when I read the title of your post

Posted: 12/14/2013 4:25:38 PM EDT

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The first Foreigner album was pretty hot. Night Moves is sort of a debut album, since it wasn't The Silver Bullet Band before that.

ETA: How could I leave it off? Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols.

Posted: 12/14/2013 4:26:41 PM EDT

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One of the greatest 90's releases......Uncle Tupelo's "No Depression" set the scene for a decade of Alt country goodness...too bad J Cash never covered any Uncle Tupelo, that would have been epic.

Posted: 12/14/2013 4:27:50 PM EDT

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I'm on the Boston or GnR bandwagon.

Flip a coin. Either is a great choice to be number 1...maybe with a slight nod to Boston since I had an LP.

Posted: 12/14/2013 4:29:46 PM EDT

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Probably. Only thing that comes close for me is VH1. Nevemind is an honourable mention, but they released "bleach" the EP first

Posted: 12/14/2013 4:30:13 PM EDT

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Jagged Little Pill has to be way up on the list. Every track was a hit.

Posted: 12/14/2013 4:30:28 PM EDT

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Three Days Grace

Posted: 12/14/2013 4:31:19 PM EDT

[#38]

"Fallen" by Evanescence

Posted: 12/14/2013 4:31:52 PM EDT

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Guns N' Roses-Appetite For Destruction

Posted: 12/14/2013 4:34:34 PM EDT

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The first Foreigner album was pretty hot. Night Moves is sort of a debut album, since it wasn't The Silver Bullet Band before that.

ETA: How could I leave it off? Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols.

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I forgot about the Pistols too. I don't know that it matters however a lot of the tracks had been either bootlegged or released as singles.

For that matter, didn't GnR have a cassette EP floating around with stuff that eventually appeared on Lies?

Posted: 12/14/2013 4:36:02 PM EDT

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One of the greatest 90's releases......Uncle Tupelo's "No Depression" set the scene for a decade of Alt country goodness...too bad J Cash never covered any Uncle Tupelo, that would have been epic.

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The Beach Boys called. They want their Pendleton wool shirts back.

Posted: 12/14/2013 4:37:38 PM EDT

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Boston!

Posted: 12/14/2013 4:38:49 PM EDT

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in the top 10

Posted: 12/14/2013 4:40:23 PM EDT

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GnR
LedZeppelin
Van Halen
Pearl Jam

Posted: 12/14/2013 4:41:02 PM EDT

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One of the greatest 90's releases......Uncle Tupelo's "No Depression" set the scene for a decade of Alt country goodness...too bad J Cash never covered any Uncle Tupelo, that would have been epic.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKo_1rVClOk&feature=share&list=PL549659C7DB2A57F3&index=1

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thats not Hanson?

Posted: 12/14/2013 4:41:22 PM EDT

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Jagged Little Pill has to be way up on the list. Every track was a hit.

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I haven't listened to or thought about it in years, but there are a couple really good songs on that one.

Posted: 12/14/2013 4:41:46 PM EDT

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I vote Boston's self titled debut, or GunsnRoses Appetite as the greatest debut albums ever. If you listen to the albums, nearly every song on there was a hit as a single.

So what do you think?

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I thought of Appetite.

Nirvana had an album before Nevermind.

The Beastie Boys had a great debut album too.