Favorite debuts plus not-so-favorite debuts

[modestmaus]

off the top of my head:

10cc - s/t
They Might Be Giants - s/t
Weezer - s/t (Blue)
Velvet Underground & Nico
XTC - White Music

Negative junk:

I really love the following bands and what they would go onto do but the debut LPs of The Beach Boys and Sparks leave me pretty cold. :/ With U2's "Boy" I tend to go back and forth between "Hey, this is alright!" and "Hey, this is boring." I feel kind of bad because there's all sorts of fans who insist on "Boy"/"October" being some of their strongest material and while both albums have various tracks that I do enjoy count me as one of those who consider "War" to be U2's first 'actually enjoyable overall' album.

[I. Spaceman]

With U2's "Boy" I tend to go back and forth between "Hey, this is alright!" and "Hey, this is boring."

That's what I do with every U2 album.

All great:

Led Zeppelin
Are You Experienced? - Jimi Hendrix Experience
The Velvet Underground & Nico
More Than A New Discovery - Laura Nyro
Freak Out! - The Mothers Of Invention
Funkadelic - Funkadelic
Safe As Milk - Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band
The Rolling Stones
Please Please Me - The Beatles
After School Session - Chuck Berry
Elvis Presley
Talking Heads '77 - Talking Heads
Ramones
The Stooges
Kick Out The Jams - MC5
The New York Dolls
Aerosmith
Horses - Patti Smith
Queen
The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn - Pink Floyd
The Doors
Los Angeles - X
Tidal - Fiona Apple
The Clash
Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols
Judee Sill
Elastica
Nazz
Emitt Rhodes
Betty Davis

[Sheriff John Stone]

A couple of favorites:

Kiss - Kiss
The Stranglers - Rattus Norvegicus
The Dictators - Go Girl Crazy

[Aum Bop Diddit]

In addition to a number already mentioned:

"Blue Oyster Cult"
"Marquee Moon" Television
"The Who Sing My Generation"

All LPs that sprung fully formed and realized and rank with their best (if not their best)..

[Ovi]

Good calls everybody and let's not forget King Crimson's.