Is a question which has been asked in the past, but now it is time to answer the question.

 

I thought up many ways on how to decide which is the greatest debut album of all time, and tossed most of them out of the window to come down to an "album of the year" style voting system.

 

How to vote

 

Post a ranked list of between 1 and 25 debut albums which you think are the greatest of all time.

 

You can edit the lists at any time up-to the end of voting which will be Good Thursday (20th March), where I will spend Good Friday and maybe Easter Saturday processing the lists and begin the countdown on Easter Sunday/Monday.

 

In the case of bands which released self-made albums before signing to a record label, the first album released on the record label can count (for example We Are Scientists, even though "With Love and Squalor" is their 3rd album, it was the first album released though a label, and so will count as their debut album.

 

See also Brigs thread in multimedia

WHat do you do if, as in the case of the Beatles, their debut album is different in the UK than in North AMerica? (I think it was, anyway.)

The Beatles is a special case (same with The Who) and other bands whose first album was different between countries.

 

I'm going to say that you can include both Please Please Me & Introducing... The Beatles in your list

Gotcha! Thanks.

Pablo Honey will not be #1 on my list.

It'll be on my list somewhere. And so will Parachutes, but not number 1.

 

This is harder than I htought it would be. Neither Genesis or Peter Gabriel's debuts were all that great, imo, even though they're favorite artists of mine.

Funeral will be on there for me (Arcade Fire). 77 by Talking Heads. Boy by U2.....those are the first ones that are popping to mind.

this should be pretty easy for me, as i do not know nearly as much music as all of you

3 of my 5 favorite albums are debut albums (coldplay, muse, arctic monkeys)

Boy is a stunning album. It'll make my list.

 

I may as well start mine, but for now it's in no particular order.

 

Introducing...The Beatles

Parachutes - Coldplay

Pablo Honey - Radiohead

Boy U2

Lost Souls - Doves

The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones

Led Zeppelin I - Led Zeppelin

Foo Fighters - Foo FIghters (Not their personal best, but a sign of things to come)

Bleach - Nirvana

Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols - The sex Pistols

The Smiths - The Smiths

Throwing Copper - Live (Major Label Debut...I think. I'll see if Mental Jewelery was still indie)

Grace - Jeff Buckley

August And Everything After - Counting Crows (YEah, I stole it from Justins' list, but it's BRILLIANT. THanks for reminding me)

Beatles - Please Please Me

Janee's adddiction - self titled

ah. i've listened only to SOME debut albums. but i will download some. and post my list here ;)

Briggins Final List:

 

1. Arcade Fire - Funeral

2. Coldplay - Parachutes

3. Mute Math - Mute Math

4. Thom Yorke - The Eraser

5. U2 - Boy

 

6. Young Galaxy - Young Galaxy

7. Up All Night - Razorlight

8. Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand

9. Justice - t

10. Oasis - Definitely Maybe

 

11. Pilate (Pilot Speed) - Caught By the Window

12. Keane - Hope & Fears

13. Radiohead - Pablo Honey

14. DJ Shadow - Endtroducing

15. The Killers - Hot Fuss

 

16. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular

17. Editors - The Back Room

18. Audioslave - Audioslave

19. The Thrills - So Much For The City

20. Blackbud - From the Sky

 

21. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am.....

22. Muse - Showbiz

23. Talking Heads - 77

24. Jets Overhead - Bridges

25. Scissor Sisters - Scissor Sisters

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

i could probably do mine now.

1. Grace- Jeff Buckley

2 parachutes- coldplay

3. showbiz- muse

4. whatever people say i am, thats what i'm not- arctic monkeys

5. gordon- barenaked ladies

6.yourself or something like you- matchbox 20

7. august and everything after- counting crows

8. hot fuss- killers

9.ten- pearl jam

10.hopes and fears- keane

11.definately maybe- oasis

12.is this it- strokes

13. ...is a real boy- say anything

14.desireless- eagle eye cherry

15.under the table and dreaming- dave matthews band

16.distraction- steven mark

Definatly maybe - Oasis

Whatever people say I am... - Arctic Monkeys

The Stone Roses - The stone roses

Showbiz - Muse

Word gets around - Stereophonics

Franz Ferdinand - (s/t)

 

Only Stereophonics and The Stone roses have amazing debuts though.

The Stone Roses - The stone roses

 

Truly amazing !

In no particular order, I'll rank them later!

 

Radiohead - Pablo Honey

Coldplay - Parachutes

Apocalyptica - Plays Metallica by Four Cellos

Architecture in Helsinki - Fingers Crossed

Arcade Fire - Funeral

Damien Rice - O

Explosions in the Sky - How Strange, Innocence

Sigur Rós - Von

LAter tonight I'll start a thread in the non-coldplay multimedia section for people to upload debut albums that need some more lovin'.

 

Like DJ Shadow - Endtroducing...its a masterpiece

In no particular order:

 

Coldplay - Parachutes

Editors - The Back Room

Embrace - The Good Will Out

Muse - Showbiz

Blackbud - From The Sky

Doves - Lost Souls

Secret Machines - Now Here Is Nowhere

Thirteen Senses - The Invitation

Oasis - Definitely Maybe

 

There's probably more, but those are the main ones.

I havn't heard Boy by U2. Perhaps I need to give that one a listen.

Everyone who ever puts Definatly maybe as a top album ever again go listen to The Stone Roses first (very much an inspiration but soooo sooo much better)

 

Thats a recommendation to all Oasis fans, the Stone Roses

LAter tonight I'll start a thread in the non-coldplay multimedia section for people to upload debut albums that need some more lovin'.

 

Like DJ Shadow - Endtroducing...its a masterpiece

 

 

Here is teh link. Dave maybe you want to add this to the first post?

 

http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/showthread.php?p=2261204#post2261204

Coldplay- Parachutes

The Fray- How to Save a Life

Lifehouse- No Name Face

Dave matthews Band- Remember Two Things

Keane- Hopes and Fears

Creed- My Own Prison

Led Zeppelin- Led Zeppelin I

Mat Kearney- Nothing Left to Lose

 

No particular order, just my favorites

Here's my list in no particular order :

 

Coldplay - Parachutes

Arcade Fire - Funeral

Stereophonics - Word Gets Around

Weezer - Weezer (Blue Album)

The Beatles - Please Please Me

Maroon 5 - Songs About Jane

Alicia Keys - Songs In A Minor

Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights

The Strokes - Is This It

Keane - Hopes And Fears

Gorillaz - Gorillaz

Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am...

Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Green Day - Dookie (their major label debut, does it count?)

 

I must admit that the list was based on my personal taste. :D

parachutes - coldplay

pablo honey - radiohead

hot fuss - the killers

is this it - the strokes

yours to keep - albert hammond jr.

get born - jet

everything in transit - jack's mannequin

how to save a life - the fray (don't hit me!!)

oh, inverted world - the shins (i'm pretty sure this is debut)

aha shake heartbreak - kings of leon

hopes and fears - keane

 

those are the ones that I think are pretty great for debuts, anyway.

is The Eraser counted as a debut album?

1 - Keane, Hopes and Fears

2 - Thom Yorke, The Eraser

3 - Coldplay, Parachutes

4 - Audioslave, Audioslave

5 - Kasabian, Kasabian

6 - Muse, Showbiz

7 - Editors, Back Room

8 - Kaiser Chiefs, Employment

9 - The Killers, Hot Fuss

10 - The Fray, How to Save a Life