893 Essential Debut Albums
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Anna CalviAnna Calvi701
In Your FaceFishbone702
KissKiss703
All Hail the QueenQueen Latifah704
ColtraneJohn Coltrane705
We Started NothingThe Ting Tings706
Deja VuCSNY707
Blunted on RealityThe Fugees708
BlunderbussJack White709
Arora Gory AliceLetters to Cleo710
Better Living Through ChemistryFatboy Slim711
Sink or SwimGaslight Anthem712
Scissor SistersScissor Sisters713
Backstreet BoysBackstreet Boys714
Dear SirCat Power715
Ragin' Full OnfIREHOSE716
James BlakeJames Blake717
MotorheadMotorhead718
On How Life IsMacy Gray719
RaspberriesRaspberries720
The Inner Mounting FlameThe Mahavishnu Orchestra721
Please Please PleaseJames Brown722
RockferryDuffy723
Body CountBody Count724
GPGram Parsons725
Songs the Lord Taught UsThe Cramps726
Patsy ClinePatsy Cline727
Mr. FantasyTraffic728
Silence YourselfSavages729
Built on GlassChet Faker730
Cansei De Ser SexyCSS731
Baby Darling Doll Face HoneyBand of Skulls732
Early in the MorningJames Vincent McMorrow733
Icky MettleArchers of Loaf734
Made of BricksKate Nash735
I'm Still HereSonny Knight and The Lakers736
The La'sThe La's737
Lone JusticeLone Justice738
From Her to EternityNick Cave and the Bad Seeds739
Another Music in a Different KitchenBuzzcocks740
Love MonsterAmy Shark741
Little FeatLittle Feat742
AqualungAqualung743
Lifter PullerLifter Puller744
Spice GirlsSpice Girls745
RemedyBasement Jaxx746
Seconds of PleasureRockpile747
Kill My LandlordThe Coup748
Music Has the Right to ChildrenBoards of Canada749
Old No 1Guy Clark750
ElectronicElectronic751
Bodies of WaterSolid Gold752
Concrete PillboxThe Magnolias753
VowsKimbra754
Get Out the LotionLow Cut Connie755
Some FriendlyCharlatans756
Stretchin' Out in Bootsy's Rubber BandBootsy Collins757
Weather SystemsAndrew Bird758
Pushin' Against A StoneValerie June759
Peter, Paul & MaryPeter, Paul & Mary760
Small FacesSmall Faces761
UntrueBurial762
LovelyThe Primitives763
First TakeRoberta Flack764
BrutalismIDLES765
Ultramega OKSoundgarden766
You Got My Mind Messed UpJames Carr767
The 1975The 1975768
SuicideSuicide769
The Age of the UnderstatementThe Last Shadow Puppets770
G. Love and Special SauceG. Love and Special Sauce771
Simple ThingsZero 7772
UnmapVolcano Choir773
Harry StylesHarry Styles774
TodayGalaxie 500775
Genuine Negro JigCarolina Chocolate Drops776
Dream of the Blue TurtlesSting777
SundownRank and File778
James TaylorJames Taylor779
Con Todo El MundoKhruangbin780
Boz ScaggsBoz Scaggs781
Tonight's The NightThe Shirelles782
Fine Young CannibalsFine Young Cannibals783
Something Else!!!!Ornette Coleman784
RubberneckThe Toadies785
Return to the MoonEL VY786
Bigger, Better, Faster, More!4 Non Blondes787
Final StrawSnow Patrol788
The Blue Moods Of SpainSpain789
Speak for YourselfImogen Heap790
Walk The MoonWALK THE MOON791
Killing JokeKilling Joke792
SmearedSloan793
Iron ManGhostface Killah794
Hand Sown....Home GrownLinda Ronstadt795
Neu!Neu!796
The FutureheadsThe Futureheads797
HomeSpearhead798
Within and WithoutWashed Out799
MaxinquayeTricky