Rolling Stone: 100 Best Debut Albums of All Time (2022-07-01)

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#	Year	Title	Artist	Type	Rating	Releases
1	1976	Ramones	Ramones	Album	4.2	21
2	1994	Ready to Die	The Notorious B.I.G.	Album	4.1	14
3	1967	The Velvet Underground & Nico	The Velvet Underground & Nico	Album	4.4	43
4	1993	Enter the Wu‐Tang (36 Chambers)	Wu‐Tang Clan	Album	4.6	17
5	1975	Horses	Patti Smith	Album	4.3	26
6	1967	Are You Experienced	The Jimi Hendrix Experience	Album	4.05	54
7	2019	WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?	Billie Eilish	Album	4.3	56
8	1987	Appetite for Destruction	Guns N’ Roses	Album	4.4	68
9	1977	The Clash	The Clash	Album	4.15	26
10	1993	Exile in Guyville	Liz Phair	Album	4.25	8
11	1983	Murmur	R.E.M.	Album	4.05	24
12	2002	Lord Willin’	Clipse	Album	3.5	6
13	2012	channel ORANGE	Frank Ocean	Album	3.8	12
14	1968	Music From Big Pink	The Band	Album	3.7	24
15	1987	Paid in Full	Eric B. & Rakim	Album	3.7	10
16	1983	Madonna	Madonna	Album	4.2	39
17	1978	Handsworth Revolution	Steel Pulse	Album		7
18	2001	Is This It	The Strokes	Album	4.3	22
19	1979	Unknown Pleasures	Joy Division	Album	4.3	54
20	2018	Invasion of Privacy	Cardi B	Album	4.1	13
21	1963	Please Please Me	The Beatles	Album	3.85	76
22	1992	Dry	PJ Harvey	Album	4.4	12
23	1977	Never Mind the Bollocks Here’s the Sex Pistols	Sex Pistols	Album	4.3	52
24	1979	Pretenders	Pretenders	Album	4	27
25	1996	Tidal	Fiona Apple	Album	4.5	12
26	1998	It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot	DMX	Album	3	9
27	1969	Led Zeppelin (I)	Led Zeppelin	Album	4.5	64
28	2017	Ctrl	SZA	Album	4.25	8
29	2004	The College Dropout	Kanye West	Album	4.2	19
30	1978	The Cars	The Cars	Album	4.25	27
31	1994	Illmatic	Nas	Album	4.2	21
32	2006	Taylor Swift	Taylor Swift	Album	3.9	56
33	1995	Brown Sugar	D’Angelo	Album	3	11
34	1992	Slanted and Enchanted	Pavement	Album	4.25	18
35	1996	Reasonable Doubt	Jaÿ‐Z	Album	3.9	10
36	1978	Germfree Adolescents	X‐Ray Spex	Album	3.65	13
37	1984	Run‐D.M.C.	Run‐D.M.C.	Album	3.4	17
38	1977	Marquee Moon	Television	Album	4.3	23
39	2021	SOUR	Olivia Rodrigo	Album	3.65	53
40	1978	Van Halen	Van Halen	Album	4.1	35
41	2018	X 100PRE	Bad Bunny	Album	3.5	2
42	1989	3 Feet High and Rising	De La Soul	Album	3.95	17
43	1979	The B‐52’s	The B‐52s	Album	4.5	20
44	1967	Songs of Leonard Cohen	Leonard Cohen	Album	4.55	19
45	1994	Dummy	Portishead	Album	4.4	20
46	2001	Songs in A minor	Alicia Keys	Album	4.65	31
47	1967	The Doors	The Doors	Album	4.6	51
48	1986	Licensed to Ill	Beastie Boys	Album	4.1	26
49	1979	Entertainment!	Gang of Four	Album	4.5	17
50	2003	The Last Don	Don Omar	Album	4	10
51	1997	Homework	Daft Punk	Album	4.15	20
52	1980	I Just Can’t Stop It	The Beat	Album		15
53	1997	Supa Dupa Fly	Missy Misdemeanor Elliott	Album	3.4	8
54	2003	Fever to Tell	Yeah Yeah Yeahs	Album	4.45	14
55	1973	(pronounced ’lĕh-’nérd ’skin-’nérd)	Lynyrd Skynyrd	Album	4.25	19
56	1969	The Stooges	The Stooges	Album	4.4	22
57	1956	Elvis Presley	Elvis Presley	Album	3.85	18
58	1979	Cut	The Slits	Album	4	12
59	1992	Rage Against the Machine	Rage Against the Machine	Album	4.45	37
60	1981	Beauty and the Beat	Go‐Go’s	Album	3	12
61	1992	What’s the 411?	Mary J. Blige	Album	3.5	7
62	1977	Pink Flag	Wire	Album	4.15	12
63	1988	Straight Outta Compton	N.W.A	Album	4	18
64	1977	My Aim Is True	Elvis Costello	Album	3.4	21
65	1994	Definitely Maybe	Oasis	Album	4.25	37
66	1984	Diamond Life	Sade	Album	4	25
67	1994	Grace	Jeff Buckley	Album	4.05	21
68	1996	Endtroducing.....	DJ Shadow	Album	4.55	21
69	1970	Black Sabbath	Black Sabbath	Album	4.5	49
70	1985	Psychocandy	The Jesus and Mary Chain	Album	3.75	18
71	1991	Ten	Pearl Jam	Album	4.2	32
72	2005	LCD Soundsystem	LCD Soundsystem	Album	4.5	11
73	1967	The Piper at the Gates of Dawn	Pink Floyd	Album	3.75	80
74	1976	The Modern Lovers	The Modern Lovers	Album	4.25	15
75	1980	Los Angeles	X	Album	4	7
76	1971	John Prine	John Prine	Album	4	13
77	2005	Arular	M.I.A.	Album	3.8	10
78	1996	Hard Core	Lil’ Kim	Album	4.65	3
79	1984	The Smiths	The Smiths	Album	4.45	20
80	2013	Same Trailer Different Park	Kacey Musgraves	Album	4.5	8
81	1973	New York Dolls	New York Dolls	Album	4	10
82	1994	Weezer (Blue Album)	Weezer	Album	4.35	35
83	1983	Kill ’Em All	Metallica	Album	4.2	65
84	1989	Pretty Hate Machine	Nine Inch Nails	Album	2.85	31
85	1972	Roxy Music	Roxy Music	Album	3.9	20
86	2004	Hot Fuss	The Killers	Album	3.7	28
87	1983	She’s So Unusual	Cyndi Lauper	Album	4.5	30
88	1983	Violent Femmes	Violent Femmes	Album	4.15	22
89	1985	Whitney Houston	Whitney Houston	Album	4.15	21
90	2010	Thank Me Later	Drake	Album	3.5	9
91	2002	Up the Bracket	The Libertines	Album	4.5	14
92	1982	Upstairs at Eric’s	Yazoo	Album	4.4	25
93	2013	Settle	Disclosure	Album	3.35	15
94	2004	Funeral	Arcade Fire	Album	4.2	14
95	2008	The Fame	Lady Gaga	Album	4.15	210
96	1989	Bleach	Nirvana	Album	4.15	43
97	2006	Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not	Arctic Monkeys	Album	4.15	16
98	1978	Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!	DEVO	Album	4.15	11
99	1972	#1 Record	Big Star	Album	2.9	10
100	2013	Pure Heroine	Lorde	Album	3.85	16

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