893 Essential Debut Albums
Thank you for taking the time to thoughtfully consider and then submit your list of your favorite debut albums of all time. It's from all those listener lists like yours that we have tabulated the results and compiled this, the 893 Essential Debut Albums, as chosen by you. Listen weekdays during our May member drive, 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. (CDT), as well as Saturday 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. CDT.
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Ode to SunshineDelta Spirit601
SnapshotThe Strypes602
Thunder Lightning StrikeThe Go! Team603
Barton HollowThe Civil Wars604
With a Little Help From My FriendsJoe Cocker605
Miss HappinessWalt Mink606
Janet JacksonJanet Jackson607
The BalconyCatfish & the Bottlemen608
ZZ Top's First AlbumZZ Top609
JuntaPhish610
Take Offs and LandingsRilo Kiley611
Sing the GreysFrightened Rabbit612
JustifiedJustin Timberlake613
Collapsed in SunbeamsArlo Parks614
Gorilla ManorLocal Natives615
Reinventing Axl RoseAgainst Me!616
Tubular BellsMike Oldfield617
CrossJustice618
plusEd Sheeran619
Who Is Jill Scott? [Words And Sounds Volume 1]Jill Scott620
Breaking GlassHazel O'Connor621
UnitedPhoenix622
Mommy's Little MonsterSocial Distortion623
Wanted on VoyageGeorge Ezra624
Conor OberstConor Oberst625
The Soul SessionsJoss Stone626
Cold Spring HarborBilly Joel627
H.E.RH.E.R628
Moby GrapeMoby Grape629
Duncan SheikDuncan Sheik630
Killing is my BusinessMegadeth631
Youth NovelsLykke Li632
AppleMother Love Bone633
The New SoundsMiles Davis634
Royal BloodRoyal Blood635
You Don't Mess Around With JimJim Croce636
SlipknotSlipknot637
If You Can Believe Your Eyes and EarsThe Mamas and the Papas638
VisageVisage639
RatatatRatatat640
These Four WallsWe Were Promised Jetpacks641
Bizarre Ride 2 the PharcydePharcyde642
Logic Will Break Your HeartThe Stills643
DivaAnnie Lennox644
Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've VanishedAnimal Collective645
The Incredible Shrinking DickiesThe Dickies646
LightfootGordon Lightfoot647
AboveMad Season648
TheloniousThelonious Monk649
It's My Way!Buffy Sainte-Marie650
Script of the BridgeThe Chameleons651
SouthsideTexas652
The BlastersThe Blasters653
The RunawaysThe Runaways654
Lonesome DreamsLord Huron655
Songs from a Ghost TownTrampled By Turtles656
Jurassic 5Jurassic 5657
TreatsSleigh Bells658
YesYes659
Love Angel Music BabyGwen Stefani660
What Did You Expect from The Vaccines?The Vaccines661
The Airing of GrievancesTitus Andronicus662
Good FeelingTravis663
PonyOrville Peck664
Small Talk at 125th and LenoxGil Scott-Heron665
FailerKathleen Edwards666
Tourist HistoryTwo Door Cinema Club667
Stuck on NothingFree Energy668
Hours Were the BirdsAdrianne Lenker670
Post-NothingJapandroids671
No BurdenLucy Dacus672
Presenting The Fabulous Ronettes Featuring VeronicaThe Ronnettes673
A Walk Across the RooftopsBlue Nile674
Broken BellsBroken Bells675
I Get WetAndrew W.K.676
Bang Bang Rock & RollArt Brut677
Benjamin BookerBenjamin Booker678
Viva La WomanCibo Mato679
(I'm) StrandedThe Saints680
Sirens of the DitchJason Isbell681
Luna ParkLuna682
Make A RecordThe Suicide Commandos683
The Dresden DollsThe Dresden Dolls684
No Time for DreamingCharles Bradley685
DeluxeBetter Than Ezra686
The Grateful DeadThe Grateful Dead687
PsychopompJapanese Breakfast688
Monster MovieCan689
Bo DiddleyBo Diddley690
The NationalThe National691
boygeniusboygenius692
Soundtrack to the EndCommunist Daughter693
I am the movieMotion City Soundtrack694
I'll Cry if I Want ToLesley Gore695
Sex PacketsDigital Underground696
Layla and Other Assorted Love SongsDerek and the Dominos697
fake it flowersbeabadoobee698
After School SessionChuck Berry699
Meat PuppetsMeat Puppets699
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