Rolling Stone: 100 Best Debut Albums of All Time

Ramones

Ramones (1976)

Ready to Die

The Notorious B.I.G. (1995)

The Velvet Underground

The Velvet Underground (1969)

Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

Wu-Tang Clan (1993)

Horses

Patti Smith (1975)

Are You Experienced

The Jimi Hendrix Experience (2013)

WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?

Billie Eilish (2019)

Appetite for Destruction

Guns N’ Roses (1987)

The Clash (2013 Remastered)

The Clash (1977)

Murmur

R.E.M. (1983)

Lord Willin'

Clipse (2002)

channel ORANGE

Frank Ocean (2012)

Music From Big Pink (Remastered 2000)

The Band (1968)

Madonna

Madonna (1983)

Handsworth Revolution (Deluxe Edition)

Steel Pulse (1978)

Is This It

The Strokes (2001)

Unknown Pleasures (2019 Digital Master)

Joy Division (1979)

Invasion of Privacy

Cardi B (2018)

Please Please Me

The Beatles (1963)

Dry

PJ Harvey (1992)

Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols (1977)

Pretenders (Expanded Edition) [2006 Remaster]

Pretenders (1979)

Tidal

Fiona Apple (1996)

It's Dark and Hell Is Hot

DMX (1998)

Led Zeppelin (Remastered)

Led Zeppelin (1969)

Ctrl

SZA (2017)

The College Dropout

Kanye West (2004)

The Cars

The Cars (1978)

Illmatic

Nas (1994)

Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift (2006)

Brown Sugar

D’Angelo (1995)

Slanted and Enchanted

Pavement (1992)

Reasonable Doubt

JAY-Z (1996)

Germfree Adolescents

X‐Ray Spex (2009)

RUN-DMC (Expanded Edition)

Run-DMC (1984)

SOUR

Olivia Rodrigo (2021)

Van Halen

Van Halen (1978)

X 100PRE

Bad Bunny (2018)

3 Feet High and Rising

De La Soul (1989)

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen (1967)

Dummy

Portishead (1993)

Songs In A Minor

Alicia Keys (2001)

The Doors

The Doors (1967)

Licensed to Ill

Beastie Boys (1986)

Entertainment!

Gang of Four (1979)

The Last Don

Don Omar (2003)

Homework

Daft Punk (1997)

I Just Can’t Stop It (2012 Remaster)

The English Beat (1980)

Supa Dupa Fly

Missy Elliott (1997)

Fever to Tell

Yeah Yeah Yeahs (2003)

Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd

Lynyrd Skynyrd (1973)

The Stooges

The Stooges (1969)

Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley (1956)

Cut

The Slits (1978)

Rage Against the Machine

Rage Against the Machine (1992)

What's the 411?

Mary J. Blige (1992)

Pink Flag

Wire (1977)

Straight Outta Compton

N.W.A (1988)

My Aim Is True

Elvis Costello (1977)

Definitely Maybe

Oasis (1994)

Diamond Life

Sade (1984)

Grace

Jeff Buckley (1994)

Endtroducing (Deluxe Edition)

DJ Shadow (2016)

Black Sabbath

Black Sabbath (1970)

Psychocandy

The Jesus and Mary Chain (1985)

Ten

Pearl Jam (1991)

LCD Soundsystem

LCD Soundsystem (2005)

The Piper at the Gates of Dawn

Pink Floyd (1967)

The Modern Lovers

The Modern Lovers (1976)

Los Angeles

X (1979)

John Prine

John Prine (1971)

Arular

M.I.A. (2005)

Hard Core

Lil' Kim (1996)

The Smiths

The Smiths (1984)

Same Trailer Different Park

Kacey Musgraves (2013)

New York Dolls

New York Dolls (1973)

Weezer

Weezer (2001)

Kill 'Em All (Remastered)

Metallica (1983)

Pretty Hate Machine

Nine Inch Nails (1989)

Roxy Music

Roxy Music (1999)

Hot Fuss

The Killers (2004)

She’s So Unusual

Cyndi Lauper (1990)

Violent Femmes

Violent Femmes (1982)

Whitney Houston

Whitney Houston (1985)

Thank Me Later

Drake (2010)

Up the Bracket

The Libertines (2002)

Upstairs at Eric’s

Yazoo (1982)

Settle

Disclosure (2013)

Funeral

Arcade Fire (2004)

The Fame

Lady Gaga (2008)

Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

Arctic Monkeys (2006)

Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!

Devo (1978)

#1 Record

Big Star (1972)

Pure Heroine

Lorde (2013)