apologies if this thread already exists in some form (and if so, feel free to scrub this one).

what are some of your favorite debut albums by a band or artist? nothing tops that first album for you, even if it's just as good. one-album artists are acceptable, too, as long as their one album is a masterpiece.

i'll get us started!

a perfect circle • mer de noms
alkaline trio • goddamnit
austra • feel it break
bauhaus • in the flat field
broadcast • the noise made by people
circa survive • juturna
the fall of troy • doppelgδnger
fever ray • s/t
grinderman • s/t
the horrors • strange house
jeff buckley • grace
king crimson • in the court of the crimson king
liars • they threw us all in a trench and stuck a monument on top
the mars volta • de-loused in the comatorium
ministry • with sympathy (only album of theirs i like)
my brightest diamond • bring me the workhorse
naked city (john zorn) • naked city
new order • movement
sunny day real estate • diary
the time • what time is it
wire • pink flag