Greatest rock debut albums ever?

[Guest Edwin MacPhisto]

I'll second, third, fourth, whatever the votes for Grace, My Aim Is True, The Clash, Surfer Rosa, Slanted & Enchanted, and Appetite for Destruction, and throw in a couple of my own:

 

Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin (surpassed by 2 quite quickly, but still fantastic)

Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine (a bit recent, but one of the fiercest, purest rock albums to come out of the 90's.  Sure, there's rapping, but by god, those riffs are amazing)

 

Unfortunately, you guys have already snagged most of the biggies.  Most artists have a good debut, but their second or third album totally blows that one out of the water, so it's easy to forget...

[Guest The Man in Blak]

Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced?

Van Halen - Van Halen

Guns 'n Roses - Appetite for Destruction

nine inch nails - pretty hate machine

Stone Temple Pilots - Core  (yes, I'm serious)

[Guest goodhelmet]

I was just listening to this album today- Bob Seger System- Ramblin' Gamblin' Man. Great album. Too bad he went MOR on me in the mid70's.

[Guest Mystery Eskimo]

I think Murmur by REM deserves a mention. IMO, with the excepetion of Up, they've never surpassed it.

[Guest pochorenella]

A Perfect Circle- Mer De Noms

 

It debuted at #4 on the billboards, the highest ever for a rock debut album

 

Humm, I didn't remember that fact, and I consider myself a Billboard freak. But that one's kind of unfair since everybody knew Tool's singer was in it.

And keeping with the Billboard theme, the very first Hard Rock debut album to reach #1 was Quiet Riot's Metal Health back in 1983(82?). The next one was Guns N' Roses mighty Appetite many years later.

And another Billboard fact, the best-selling rock debut ever is Boston's with 16 million copies. I also like that one but not more than my first picks.

[Guest snuffbox]

AC/DC - High Voltage

Buckcherry

Disturbed - The Sickness

Guns N Roses - Appetite

Pearl Jam - 10

Relative Sh - Our Time With You

[Guest saturnmark4life]

KISS

Pixies - Surfer Rosa

The Smiths

System of a down

Ozzy - Blizzard of ozz

all i can think of right now.

[Guest]

G n' R- Appetite for Destruction

Metallica-Kill 'em All

[Guest TheyCallMeMark]

5. Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard Of Ozz

4. Black Sabbath's first record (the name eludes me).

3. Pearl Jam - Ten

2. Guns N Roses - Appetite For Destruction

 

And finally... my favourite debut album ever...

 

Jimmi Hendrix - Are You Experienced?