As a statement of intent:

[video]https://youtu.be/fADaagZLxc0[/video]

‘red cinders in the sand’ by matt johnson subsequently rebadged as the the.

listening to it after buying it in the early 90s – sucked me into a world i dont think ive ever left.

Green Day “Burnout”
Foo Fighters “This is a call”
Royal Blood “Out of the Black”
Kings of Leon “Red morning light”

Lloyd Cole – Perfect Skin
Blue Nile – Walk Across the Rooftops

Stuck in the 80s – yes :_)

Skids – Into the Valley or, continuing the theme, Big Country – In a Big Country.

Was going to say Cherub Rock by Smashing Pumpkins, by then I realised Gish is the first album, d’oh

Angel Of Death – Reign in Blood – Slayer
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Oh debut album…

Black Label – New American Gospel – Lamb of god

Green Day “Burnout”

Sorry not a debut album!

My choice would be Extreme -Pornograffiti – first track is Decadant Dance. Again not a debut album but their first popular one, it’s a track you simply can’t have loud enough.

Straight Outta Compton – NWA, Straight Outta Compton
You’re Gonna Get Yours – Public Enemy, Yo! Bum Rush The Show

Yes, I know, I had the long shorts and basketball boots n everything…

A few spring to my mind:
Disorder – Joy Division
Dreams Never End – New Order
Just Like Honey – Jesus and Mary Chain
Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt – We Are Scientists
Love Burn – Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Novocaine For The Soul – Eels

Novocaine For The Soul – Eels

+1

Xtal

Guns Blazing – UNKLE

Dry the rain – Beta Band.

Bone machine off surfer rosa-pixies

*fist bumps all round*

R.E.M. – Radio Free Europe, from Murmur.

A lot of the people I listen to introduce themselves to the public with EPs, so it can be tricky.

Massive Attack “Safe From Harm”
Gang Starr “Step in the Arena”
De La Soul “The Magic Number” (and even the intro before that)
Björk – “Human Behavior” (I think strictly she had an obscure album out 15 years before – how old is she!)

Jacqueline by Franz Ferdinand

Mahavishnu Orchestra – Meeting of the Spirits (1971)
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQG7XpCiSVA[/video]

Pet Shop Boys – Two divided by zero

New Order – Dreams Never End

Depeche Mode – New Life

Leftfield – Release The Pressure

Elbow – Any Day Now

The Specials – A Messge To You Rudy

Crystal Fighers – Solar System

Faithless: Reverence

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kb49W1u7QaY[/video]

The more you look, the more amazing ones there are:
Portishead – Mysterons
Roni Size & Reprazent – Railing

Kylie – I Should Be So Lucky

Ride. Seagull. Absolutely brilliant squall of noise (especially if you have the volume cranked up) from a band that were known for being generally more melodic from their early EPs.

Haven’t read all of the thread so this might have been said.
One of the Radio 2 shows did a load of stuff like this a while back, got nominations and then voted. If I remember rightly, the one that won on that occasion was the Counting Crows “Round Here”

They also did ‘Best opening line’ at one point, which got scooped by Werewolves of London

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlB-amJ44g0[/video]

Only songs that come to mind have already been mentioned:
GNR
RATM
NWA
Honourable mention to Mr Bungle. First CD I ever bought. Didn’t even own a CD player to play it on!

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pcaeq4KDjpQ[/video]

First thing I thought of, pretty sure it was the first track on their first EP too, all gold 🙂

Timeless: Inner City Life/Pressure/Jah

Proper groundbreaking stuff from Goldie

eh-oh lets go
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iymtpePP8I8[/video]

[video]https://youtu.be/9ipCKIxdHTs[/video]

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuqF_LC_U7Y[/video]

Autechre – Kalpol Intro.

[video]http://youtu.be/HC6QJsxRypQ[/video]

Has anyone mentioned kick out the jams?

Not the best song nor the best album or best band but for a first album announcent… hard to beat

In the spirit of the thread, “Afraid To Shoot Strangers” by Iron Maiden.

For me, its pretty difficult to get past Orphan Girl by Gillian Welch (Revival being the album).

[video]https://youtu.be/9qZOOb02u-4[/video]

Or Oh My Lover on Dry (PJ Harvey)

Currently loving emotions and math (Margaret Glaspy)

[video]https://youtu.be/u4_8EWls_sA[/video]

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrwCj6sL2pk[/video]

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSR6ZzjDZ94[/video]

Another vote for:
Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath on debut album Black Sabbath.

Some good mentions already, but I’m going for this… Justice – Genesis…

[video]https://youtu.be/VKzWLUQizz8[/video]

Also rather good… Evil Nine – Crooked…

[video]https://youtu.be/U6dxYka2tRk[/video]

Oh, and this… Freeland – We Want Your Soul

[video]https://youtu.be/9Nz5CJi7gZc[/video]

Good shout by Binners with The Streets too.

Fugazi, Waiting Room.

Ok, EP, but close enough to an album for me

Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath on debut album Black Sabbath.

You mean the very moment music itself was born.

Iron maiden – Prowler. The raw power and time changes just sum up what was to become of Maiden even before Dickinson
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCViwXz7zAM[/video]

Two albums from 30 years ago pop pickers, back when I was a teenager! 😈 😯

Given he was finally laid to rest in recent days, George’s “Faith”…
[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Cs3Pvmmv0E[/video]

And this track has been a fave of mine for years, I love the intro and first verse, T’Pau’s “Heart and soul”…
[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwrYMWoqg5w[/video]

And back even further to 1981 for Phil, never realised this classic was his first…
[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkADj0TPrJA[/video]