Going by the criteria of great debut albums and not necessarily a band best album, I would add:
Tears for Fears - The Hurting
Dexy's Midnight runners - Searching for the Young Soul Rebels
Deacon blue - Rain Town
Dio - Holy Diver
James Blunt - Back to Bedlam
The Courteeners - At Jude
Soft Cell -Non Stop Erotic Cabernet
Fantastic song especially the 12 inch version, very emotionalNon Stop Erotic Cabaret, what a brilliant album - I still get goose pimples when I hear Marc Almond sing.
Couple of personal favourites, in no particular order, some of which have already been named by others.
I'm really into debut albums for some reason. They have something special about them and I often like them better than the most popular albums...
Oasis - Definitely Maybe
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
U2 - Boy
Jeff Buckley - Grace
The Cure - Three Imaginary Boys
Echobelly - Everyone's Got One
The Long Blondes - Someone To Drive You Home
The The - Soul Mining (or Burning Blue Soul, depending on your preferred definition)
Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Patti Smith - Horses
Roxy Music - Roxy Music
Nirvana - Bleach
Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine
Plus some metal stuff, which I also listen to a lot, but suppose not many on here do (although I was pleased to see Holy Diver mentioned before).
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
Mercyful Fate - Melissa
Danzig - Danzig
Satyricon - Dark Medieval Times
Dio - Holy Dover
Metallica - Kill'em All
...and both Morrissey and The Smiths.
True! They weren't on my radar.Echobelly's a great shout, also just remembered The Cranberries - Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?,
“Standing in the door of the Pink Flamingo, Crying in the rain”Non Stop Erotic Cabaret, what a brilliant album - I still get goose pimples when I hear Marc Almond sing.
Generation Terrorists could have been on there too, but in my opinion it needed a few less songs. Still a great album though. Most bands never record something as great as Motorcycle Emptiness, let alone on their debut.
Lloyd Cole and the Commotions - Rattlesnakes. Not a bad song on it.
I know Grace isn't on that album, but I love the middle eight in this one.
Will give it a go.Another good album that got a bit lost. Have you heard Lloyd's last proper album? There's a couple of smashers on it.
Going by the criteria of great debut albums and not necessarily a band best album, I would add:
Tears for Fears - The Hurting
Dexy's Midnight runners - Searching for the Young Soul Rebels
Deacon blue - Rain Town
Dio - Holy Diver
James Blunt - Back to Bedlam
The Courteeners - At Jude
Soft Cell -Non Stop Erotic Cabernet