Best Debut Albums

[eversonpoe]

Nothing is as bad as “Mother.” But, I totally absolutely 100% concur with your opinion, here.

wooooooof yeah that song is...bad

i'm really surprised to see several people including Candyass by Orgy. while it's really good and has amazing singles, the album doesn't feel as cohesive or as realized to me as Vapor Transmission does.

[Archive_Reports]

wooooooof yeah that song is...bad

i'm really surprised to see several people including Candyass by Orgy. while it's really good and has amazing singles, the album doesn't feel as cohesive or as realized to me as Vapor Transmission does.

To me it has a bit of a darker edge and feels a little less polished.

[halo eighteen]

wooooooof yeah that song is...bad

i'm really surprised to see several people including Candyass by Orgy. while it's really good and has amazing singles, the album doesn't feel as cohesive or as realized to me as Vapor Transmission does.

Eva and The Spectrum (? bonus track at the end) are probably the best things that band has ever done, but I do think the debut album is better overall.

My picks are definitely

Abandoned Pools - Humanistic
Autolux - Future Perfect
the B-52's - S/T*
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
the Cranberries - Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?
Editors - The Back Room
Florence + the Machine - Lungs
IAMX - Kiss + Swallow
Interpol - Turn On the Bright Lights
the Killers - Hot Fuss
Metric - Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?**
Our Lady Peace - Naveed
Placebo - S/T
the Presets - Beams
She Wants Revenge - S/T
the Spores - Imagine the Future***
Switchblade Symphony - Serpentine Gallery
U2 - Boy
the xx - xx

*Cosmic Thing comes damn close.
**I know that Grow Up and Blow Away is technically their first but it was shelved for years before being released, so...
***Admittedly not knowing if that's their first album. I only know of Doom Pop otherwise, but it seems like there's perhaps other bands with the same name as well.

[eversonpoe]

KISS-KISS. Most people would go with Alive or Destroyer, but the debut wins out for me.

i should probably put this in the "controversial" thread but hands down, my favorite KISS album is Dynasty, and Songs From The Elder is in second place. same with my wife. and we unabashedly love watching their ridiculous 80s videos. we're weird KISS fans.

*scrolls through his iTunes library*

i definitely have no idea what some of those are without the artists listed hahaha

This is the best debut album ever.

yes it is

Abandoned Pools - Humanistic

oooh that's a close one for me. i love Armed To The Teeth just as much...i don't know if i could choose between them. did you get into them because they did the Clone High theme song? because that's how i got into them haha. also had NO idea they put out two more albums at the beginning of the decade.

[GulDukat]

i should probably put this in the "controversial" thread but hands down, my favorite KISS album is Dynasty, and Songs From The Elder is in second place. same with my wife. and we unabashedly love watching their ridiculous 80s videos. we're weird KISS fans.

I love this. It's such a goofy, dated video.

[MrLobster]

i definitely have no idea what some of those are without the artists listed hahaha

well, if a title is intriguing I can help with an artist and perhaps suggest a track or two to get an idea...

[halo eighteen]

oooh that's a close one for me. i love Armed To The Teeth just as much...i don't know if i could choose between them. did you get into them because they did the Clone High theme song? because that's how i got into them haha. also had NO idea they put out two more albums at the beginning of the decade.

ooh! I forgot all about that show lmao. I was following Garbage around on tour in like 2001/2002? And AP opened up those shows. They blew me away every night, they even did songs that never showed up until yeeears later like 9 Billion, Tighter Noose and Red Flag.. and their fucking Army of Me cover ♥♥ Pretty sure I saw them open up for APC once at some point too, but nothing can top those shows with Garbage for me.

The "band" is really just Tommy Walter who (stupid trivia) was originally the bassist for the Eels for the beautiful freak album (that might even be a contender for this thread lol).

[wight rabbit]

i'm really surprised to see several people including Candyass by Orgy. while it's really good and has amazing singles, the album doesn't feel as cohesive or as realized to me as Vapor Transmission does.

Really? I feel they're pretty cohesive. For me, Candyass sounds like the band performing in some dark, grimey club, whereas Vapor Transmission sees them performing in some super flashy, futuristic club. I've always preferred Candyass because of that imagery. It makes it more intriguing to me.

Also, here's my list:

Audioslave - Audioslave
CKY - Vol. 1 [This album is just solid all the way through.]
Chris Cornell - Euphoria Mourning [This is more of a stylistic preference.]
The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium [Don't get me wrong, the albums that followed are great... I just don't think anything has topped the vibe of the debut.]
Orgy - Candyass
A Perfect Circle - Mer de Noms [Thirteenth Step was great, but I find myself skipping tracks on that one. I always listen to Mer de Noms all the way through.]
Son of Sam - Songs from the Earth [To be fair, I never gave the second album a chance because Davey wasn't involved.]
30 Seconds to Mars - 30 Seconds to Mars [No fucking contest. I can't stand the commercial direction the band went on the subsequent follow-ups. They had something special with that first album.]
Tricky - Maxinquaye [Nothing after this album ever fully grabbed me.]

That's all I've got, I think.

[Archive_Reports]

Really? I feel they're pretty cohesive. For me, Candyass sounds like the band performing in some dark, grimey club, whereas Vapor Transmission sees them performing in some super flashy, futuristic club. I've always preferred Candyass because of that imagery. It makes it more intriguing to me.

Also, here's my list:

Audioslave - Audioslave
CKY - Vol. 1 [This album is just solid all the way through.]
Chris Cornell - Euphoria Mourning [This is more of a stylistic preference.]
The Mars Volta - De-Loused at the Comatorium [Don't get me wrong, the albums that followed are great... I just don't think anything has topped the vibe of the debut.]
Orgy - Candyass
A Perfect Circle - Mer de Noms [Thirteenth Step was great, but I find myself skipping tracks on that one. I always listen to Mer de Noms all the way through.]
Son of Sam - Songs from the Earth [To be fair, I never gave the second album a chance because Davey wasn't involved.]
30 Seconds to Mars - 30 Seconds to Mars [No fucking contest. I can't stand the commercial direction the band went on the subsequent follow-ups. They had something special with that first album.]
Tricky - Maxinquaye [Nothing after this album ever fully grabbed me.]

That's all I've got, I think.

That 30STM album is so good. I was lucky enough to be able to see them right after they released it in a 500 capacity venue and they killed it.