these musical firsts forever change the
sound of rock and roll welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 rock debut
albums in history for this list we’ve
chosen two entries per decade based on a
combination of the album’s critical and
commercial success its impact for the
band and its influence on future artists
we’ve also omitted the more overtly punk
and heavy metal releases number 10
Boston Boston
classic-rock wouldn’t be what it is
today without Boston’s eponymous debut
even though they were barely known to
the public
Boston took over rock radio airwaves
with the massive single more than a
feeling which helped the album reached
number three on billboard the
multi-platinum certified Boston became
the fastest-selling debut for an
American act and the second best-selling
debut album in the USA number nine
Arcade Fire funeral
Arcade Fire’s funeral was a hauntingly
beautiful and dramatic indie rock effort
that had critics extolling the band’s
use of strings in their pop and folk
influenced tunes dealing with love hope
and mortality the disc earned a Grammy
nomination for best alternative music
album
it also nabbed the number one spot on
multiple year-end and decade end lists
number 8 The Strokes is this it
with is this it The Strokes managed to
create a stunning guitar-driven
opus which they complimented with pop
influences clocking in at a little over
30 minutes the band’s debut reached the
second position of the UK charts
thanks to their gritty and melodic sound
and helped shape modern rock in the new
millennium
number seven oasis Definitely Maybe
on the strength of three top 40 singles
Definitely Maybe topped UK charts during
its first week of release and became the
United Kingdom’s fastest selling debut
ever critics praised the album’s catchy
hooks hopeful themes and the Gallagher
brothers lyrical and vocal abilities as
the band’s fame and popularity spread
around the world
Definitely Maybe ensured their music
would live forever as part of the Brit
pop music scene number six the Stone
Roses the Stone Roses
he’s already
before Britpop there was Madchester the
Stone Roses debut soon became a landmark
in this genre despite a lack of early
critical and commercial recognition by
mixing dance alternative and psychedelic
rock the album subsequently influenced
rock music of the 1990s and is often
named one of the greatest British
records in history
number five Elvis Costello my aim is
true without the dirty and intimate
sound of pub rock as found on Elvis
Costello’s my aim is true punk rock as
we know it may never have existed
backed by a band called clover Costello
showed off his skills as a musician and
as a songwriter on the record his songs
incorporated elements of folk blues and
reggae and were accompanied by some of
pop music’s most clever and biting
lyrics
number four Pearl Jam ten
besides Nirvana’s Nevermind there was no
other album the popularized grunge and
alternative rock among the masses as
much as Pearl Jam’s 10 its blend of
classic hard and post punk-rock featured
memorable hooks and choruses that were
set among socio-politically driven
lyrics sung by Eddie Vedder’s signature
vocals
those sales were slow at first ten
eventually reached the Billboard 200
second spot and went on to mold the
sound of rock for decades to come
number three Guns and Roses Appetite for
Destruction benzene roses first LP
overcame poor initial sales to
eventually top the Billboard Hot 100
thanks to the smash single sweet child
of mine
with 18 million copies sold it is now
the best-selling debut in the US with
its hard rock and heavy metal Tunes
Appetite for Destruction brought sex
drugs and rock and roll back to the
mainstream and showed us why Guns
N’Roses would become known as the most
dangerous band in the world number 2 Led
Zeppelin Led Zeppelin vintage confuse
rock had never been merged with blues
and folk quite like this on the
legendary English band’s debut Zeppelin
delivered some of the heaviest tracks of
the 60s and reached the top 10 of the UK
and US charts in the face of early
lackluster reviews the self-titled
masterpiece altered the sound of hard
rock and heavy metal and later had
critics hailing it as one of the
greatest albums in history number one
the Jimi Hendrix Experience are you
experienced
thanks to the R&B flavors and bluesy
riffs of are you experienced plus the
feedback and distortion heavy tunes the
Jimi Hendrix Experience Treat number two
in the UK and had the us’s best-selling
album in 1968 the psychedelic tour de
force also introduced Jimi Hendrix’s
unparalleled talent as an electric
guitarist and is such an important
musical work it was preserved in the
American National Recording registry do
you agree or disagree with our list
which is your favourite rock debut album
of all time for more entertaining top
10s be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
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sound of rock and roll welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 rock debut
albums in history for this list we’ve
chosen two entries per decade based on a
combination of the album’s critical and
commercial success its impact for the
band and its influence on future artists
we’ve also omitted the more overtly punk
and heavy metal releases number 10
Boston Boston
classic-rock wouldn’t be what it is
today without Boston’s eponymous debut
even though they were barely known to
the public
Boston took over rock radio airwaves
with the massive single more than a
feeling which helped the album reached
number three on billboard the
multi-platinum certified Boston became
the fastest-selling debut for an
American act and the second best-selling
debut album in the USA number nine
Arcade Fire funeral
Arcade Fire’s funeral was a hauntingly
beautiful and dramatic indie rock effort
that had critics extolling the band’s
use of strings in their pop and folk
influenced tunes dealing with love hope
and mortality the disc earned a Grammy
nomination for best alternative music
album
it also nabbed the number one spot on
multiple year-end and decade end lists
number 8 The Strokes is this it
with is this it The Strokes managed to
create a stunning guitar-driven
opus which they complimented with pop
influences clocking in at a little over
30 minutes the band’s debut reached the
second position of the UK charts
thanks to their gritty and melodic sound
and helped shape modern rock in the new
millennium
number seven oasis Definitely Maybe
on the strength of three top 40 singles
Definitely Maybe topped UK charts during
its first week of release and became the
United Kingdom’s fastest selling debut
ever critics praised the album’s catchy
hooks hopeful themes and the Gallagher
brothers lyrical and vocal abilities as
the band’s fame and popularity spread
around the world
Definitely Maybe ensured their music
would live forever as part of the Brit
pop music scene number six the Stone
Roses the Stone Roses
he’s already
before Britpop there was Madchester the
Stone Roses debut soon became a landmark
in this genre despite a lack of early
critical and commercial recognition by
mixing dance alternative and psychedelic
rock the album subsequently influenced
rock music of the 1990s and is often
named one of the greatest British
records in history
number five Elvis Costello my aim is
true without the dirty and intimate
sound of pub rock as found on Elvis
Costello’s my aim is true punk rock as
we know it may never have existed
backed by a band called clover Costello
showed off his skills as a musician and
as a songwriter on the record his songs
incorporated elements of folk blues and
reggae and were accompanied by some of
pop music’s most clever and biting
lyrics
number four Pearl Jam ten
besides Nirvana’s Nevermind there was no
other album the popularized grunge and
alternative rock among the masses as
much as Pearl Jam’s 10 its blend of
classic hard and post punk-rock featured
memorable hooks and choruses that were
set among socio-politically driven
lyrics sung by Eddie Vedder’s signature
vocals
those sales were slow at first ten
eventually reached the Billboard 200
second spot and went on to mold the
sound of rock for decades to come
number three Guns and Roses Appetite for
Destruction benzene roses first LP
overcame poor initial sales to
eventually top the Billboard Hot 100
thanks to the smash single sweet child
of mine
with 18 million copies sold it is now
the best-selling debut in the US with
its hard rock and heavy metal Tunes
Appetite for Destruction brought sex
drugs and rock and roll back to the
mainstream and showed us why Guns
N’Roses would become known as the most
dangerous band in the world number 2 Led
Zeppelin Led Zeppelin vintage confuse
rock had never been merged with blues
and folk quite like this on the
legendary English band’s debut Zeppelin
delivered some of the heaviest tracks of
the 60s and reached the top 10 of the UK
and US charts in the face of early
lackluster reviews the self-titled
masterpiece altered the sound of hard
rock and heavy metal and later had
critics hailing it as one of the
greatest albums in history number one
the Jimi Hendrix Experience are you
experienced
thanks to the R&B flavors and bluesy
riffs of are you experienced plus the
feedback and distortion heavy tunes the
Jimi Hendrix Experience Treat number two
in the UK and had the us’s best-selling
album in 1968 the psychedelic tour de
force also introduced Jimi Hendrix’s
unparalleled talent as an electric
guitarist and is such an important
musical work it was preserved in the
American National Recording registry do
you agree or disagree with our list
which is your favourite rock debut album
of all time for more entertaining top
10s be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
you
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