This doesn't mean that what they released after was not good but not as great as their first record. Here are a few records that to me fall in the category:

_ Led Zeppelin : Led Zeppelin
_ Aerosmith : Aerosmith
_ Dexy Midnight Runners : Searching for the soul of young rebels(great title too)
_ Elvis Costello : My aim is true.
_ The Ramones : Ramones.
_ Wilco : A.M.

Do you have the same impression with other artists' first release?

Interesting topic, because I know a number of debut albums that I consider to be "their best", to some degree at least anyway.

Cheap Trick (1977)
Blondie (1976)
Black Sabbath (1970)
Van Halen (1977)
Blue Oyster Cult (1972)

Also, a few underrated first records that are really great in my opinion:

Supertramp (1970)
Judas Priest, Rocka Rolla (1974)

An honourable mention, of course, goes to The Rolling Stones (1964)

Probably a couple more but I cant think of any right now.

The strokes - is this it
Arctic monkeys - whatever people say

GNR - Appetite
Warren Zevon - Self Titled (close with his second, Excitable Boy)
Living Colour - Vivid
Black Crowes - Shake Your Money Maker



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Interesting topic, because I know a number of debut albums that I consider to be "their best", to some degree at least anyway.

Cheap Trick (1977)
Blondie (1976)
Black Sabbath (1970)
Van Halen (1977)
Blue Oyster Cult (1972)

Also, a few underrated first records that are really great in my opinion:

Supertramp (1970)
Judas Priest, Rocka Rolla (1974)

An honourable mention, of course, goes to The Rolling Stones (1964)

Probably a couple more but I cant think of any right now.

No to all of them. well I’ll give you BOC

BLUE ÖYSTER CULT 1972
The Cars 1977
Boston 1975

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BLUE ÖYSTER CULT 1972
The Cars 1977
Boston 1975

The first Cars album was in 1978
The first Boston album was in 1976

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Interesting topic, because I know a number of debut albums that I consider to be "their best", to some degree at least anyway.

Cheap Trick (1977)
Blondie (1976)
Black Sabbath (1970)
Van Halen (1977)
Blue Oyster Cult (1972)

Also, a few underrated first records that are really great in my opinion:

Supertramp (1970)
Judas Priest, Rocka Rolla (1974)

An honourable mention, of course, goes to The Rolling Stones (1964)

Probably a couple more but I cant think of any right now.

No to all of them. well I’ll give you BOC

Yes, I remember quite well that we are not exactly on the same page as far as music goes.

Sex Pistols only album.

Ian Dury and the Blockheads - New boots and panties.

(I'll go with Elvis Costello and 'My aim is true' as well...

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Big Star. Devo. Weezer. NY Dolls. John Prine. X. Modern Lovers. Pearl Jam. Wire. Rage Against the Machine. Lynyrd Skynyrd. Gang of Four. Portishead. Television. Pavement. NAS. Pretenders. Velvet Underground. Joy Division. The Band. Wu Tang Clan. Leonard Cohen. Audioslave. Scott Weiland. Dr. Dre. Snoop. David Gilmour. George Harrison. John Lennon. Them Crooked Vultures. Chris Cornell. Cream. Buffalo Springfield. Queens of the Stone Age. Kings of Leon. Sunny Day Real Estate. Coldplay. Postal Service. Suicidal Tendencies. Jerry Cantrell. KISS.



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Right on!

MONTROSE

There can really be no disagreement on this one!

The Pretenders.

The La’s
The Sex Pistols
The Heartbreakers
The Modern Lovers

I don't think of it as the Stones' first album being their best. I didn't hear it until I'd been a Stones fan since '69, and Let It Bleed. I thought the first album was interesting, with a few highlights like King Bee, but it seemed overall kind of thin and not recorded all that great. I love the earliest Stones, but this was not the greatest album.

To me Led Zeppelin's first is their crowning achievement. The Stones might be Sticky Fingers.

R.E.M.-Murmur

The B-52’s

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The strokes - is this it
Arctic monkeys - whatever people say

Yes, I agree with these two picks; Is This It, in particular. The effect that album had on me is immeasurable. From a purely musical-standpoint, I think Appetite For Destruction was GnR’s best work.

I adore the Beatles and Stones’ respective debut efforts, but they were recorded during the formative years of 60’s music evolution. Both groups could only grow, develop, and get better.

don't think of it as the Stones' first album being their best


Yeah thats right .....
Was thinkin' more best debut album .... rollmops will understand



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Joy Division-Unknown Pleasures

Big Country—-The Crossing

Bring the beat in:

Nas - Illmatic
Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Snoop Doggy Dogg - Doggy Style

Specials - The Specials
Too Much Pressure - The Selecter
I Just Can't Stop It - The Beat

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Bring the beat in:

Nas - Illmatic
Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Snoop Doggy Dogg - Doggy Style

Good call with Snoop’s debut. There was a time - about a decade ago - when I’d listen to that regularly, alongside 2Pac’s All Eyez on Me and Greatest Hits.

The Stone Roses

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Big Star. Devo. Weezer. NY Dolls. John Prine. X. Modern Lovers. Pearl Jam. Wire. Rage Against the Machine. Lynyrd Skynyrd. Gang of Four. Portishead. Television. Pavement. NAS. Pretenders. Velvet Underground. Joy Division. The Band. Wu Tang Clan. Leonard Cohen. Audioslave. Scott Weiland. Dr. Dre. Snoop. David Gilmour. George Harrison. John Lennon. Them Crooked Vultures. Chris Cornell. Cream. Buffalo Springfield. Queens of the Stone Age. Kings of Leon. Sunny Day Real Estate. Coldplay. Postal Service. Suicidal Tendencies. Jerry Cantrell. KISS.

Interesting! Wonderwall Music is Harrison's best album?

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The Stone Roses

Fantastic album!

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Big Star. Devo. Weezer. NY Dolls. John Prine. X. Modern Lovers. Pearl Jam. Wire. Rage Against the Machine. Lynyrd Skynyrd. Gang of Four. Portishead. Television. Pavement. NAS. Pretenders. Velvet Underground. Joy Division. The Band. Wu Tang Clan. Leonard Cohen. Audioslave. Scott Weiland. Dr. Dre. Snoop. David Gilmour. George Harrison. John Lennon. Them Crooked Vultures. Chris Cornell. Cream. Buffalo Springfield. Queens of the Stone Age. Kings of Leon. Sunny Day Real Estate. Coldplay. Postal Service. Suicidal Tendencies. Jerry Cantrell. KISS.

Interesting! Wonderwall Music is Harrison's best album?

Unfinished music by Lennon his best?

Looks like my hip hop picks were already mentioned in this post.
Not agreeing on Dr Dre though: 2001 is better than The Chronic.

King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King