Perfect Debute Albums

Most of my choices have already been mentioned so here's some that haven't:

Flying Burrito Bros - Gilded Palace Of Sin
Tony Williams Lifetime - Emergency!
Blue Nile - A Walk Across the Rooftops
Flora Purim - Butterfly Dreams
Big Audio Dynamite - This Is
Mick Taylor - Mick Taylor
Electric Flag - Electric Flag
Allman Brothers Band - Allman Brothers
The Band - The Band
Dream Academy - Dream Academy
Swing Out Sister - It's Better To Travel
Michael Jackson - Off the Wall (his first real solo album)
Lush - Gala
Miroslav Vitous - Moutain In the Clouds
Robert Palmer - Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley
Traffic - Mr. Fantasy
Bob Marley & the Wailers - Catch A Fire (their Island records debut)
Sheryl Crow - Tuesday Night Music Club

A really nice thread. So much better than the recent spate of negative music ones.

So far as I know, "Music From Big Pink" was The Band's debut. However, their self-titled album ("the brown album") is a great examle of a sophomore release that, to my mind, was even stronger than their debut.

Mr. Ghosthouse, you are absolutely right and that's the album I was thinking of.

Onhwy61- you have some great stuff listed. Nice depth. Especially like Flying Burrito Bros.

I don't know about "perfect" but there are some pretty damned amazing debut albums listed here. Let's add Fresh Cream to the list.