The Greatest Debut Album Of All Time... (as voted by Mad Eyed Screamer)

I always love these topics since I'm 50 -- there's inevitably music from younger folks I will find mentioned that I've not heard, will listen to, and then really like. Maybe you'll find some here, though some of this is pretty mainstream.

I went through my several hundred albums list and came up with this -- these are albums where I think the band's best (or, in some cases, only good) album is their debut:

Sex Pistols -- Never Mind the Bollocks
Gang of Four -- Entertainment! (still pretty much my favorite record of all time)
Wire -- Pink Flag
The Ramones
Liz Phair -- Exile in Guyville
The Screaming Blue Messiahs -- Gun Shy
Sugar -- Copper Blue
The Stone Roses
Archers of Loaf -- Icky Mettle (most underrated band of the 90s IMO)
The Tubes
The Strokes -- Is This It
Weezer (the blue one)

Honorable Mention
The Dead Kennedys -- Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
Van Halen (tough one -- I might be the only person in the world who might like Van Halen II better)

These are other debuts I think are pretty good but these bands have better albums that came later IMO:

The Clash
Steely Dan -- Can't Buy a Thrill
REM -- Murmur (although the EP Chronic Town was technically before it and I like that even better)
The Psychedelic Furs
The Police -- Outlandos D'Amour
Foo Fighters

Copper Blue is great.

One of the best fusions of metal, grunge, noise and melody you will ever hear.
 
Bob Mould is so great. Sugar was terrific; Husker Du is right up there with my favorite bands too.
Saw Sugar perform Copper Blue back in 94 I think.

Last saw Bob a couple of years ago and my ears were ringing for 2 days afterwards. Not sure I can hack that at my age anymore.
 
The Scream - Siouxsie and the Banshees.
Killing Joke - Killing Joke.
 
My fav debut albums

The Cars - The Cars
Flying Burrito Bro - Gilded Palace of Sin
Jaz Z.- Reasonable Doubt
Eric B and Rakim - Paid in Full
Moby Grape - Moby Grape
X - Los Angeles
Mothers of Invention - Freak Out
Captain Beefheart & MB - Safe As Milk
Metallica - Kill Em All
Machine Head - Burn My Eyes
Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks
Black Flag - The First Four Years
Down - Nola
Mink Deville - Cabretta
 
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