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