Uncut: The 100 Greatest Debut Albums (2006)

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#	Year	Title	Artist	Type	Rating	Releases
1	1967	The Velvet Underground & Nico	The Velvet Underground & Nico	Album	4.4	48
2	1977	Marquee Moon	Television	Album	4	25
3	1967	Are You Experienced	The Jimi Hendrix Experience	Album	4.1	56
4	1989	The Stone Roses	The Stone Roses	Album	4.3	38
5	1968	Music From Big Pink	The Band	Album	3.75	26
6	1977	The Clash	The Clash	Album	4.1	27
7	1969	Led Zeppelin (I)	Led Zeppelin	Album	4.5	69
8	1979	Unknown Pleasures	Joy Division	Album	4.3	55
9	1972	Roxy Music	Roxy Music	Album	3.9	22
10	1969	The Stooges	The Stooges	Album	4.4	26
11	1965	My Generation	The Who	Album	4.05	28
12	1976	Ramones	Ramones	Album	4.2	23
13	1965	Mr. Tambourine Man	The Byrds	Album	3.9	17
14	1967	The Piper at the Gates of Dawn	Pink Floyd	Album	3.75	82
15	1964	England’s Newest Hit Makers	The Rolling Stones	Album	3.65	39
16	1973	New York Dolls	New York Dolls	Album	4	12
17	1963	Please Please Me	The Beatles	Album	3.85	76
18	1975	Horses	Patti Smith	Album	4.15	26
19	1977	Never Mind the Bollocks Here’s the Sex Pistols	Sex Pistols	Album	4.3	55
20	1979	Specials	The Specials	Album	3.75	21
21	1984	The Smiths	The Smiths	Album	4.4	20
22	1983	Murmur	R.E.M.	Album	4	29
23	1969	The Gilded Palace of Sin	The Flying Burrito Bros.	Album	3	8
24	1972	#1 Record	Big Star	Album	2.9	12
25	1966	Freak Out!	The Mothers of Invention	Album	3.95	15
26	1966	Buffalo Springfield	Buffalo Springfield	Album	4	40
27	1988	Isn’t Anything	My Bloody Valentine	Album	4	22
28	1967	The Doors	The Doors	Album	4.6	53
29	1969	Five Leaves Left	Nick Drake	Album	4.45	18
30	1994	Definitely Maybe	Oasis	Album	4.2	39
31	1977	My Aim Is True	Elvis Costello	Album	3.4	24
32	1969	Kick Out the Jams	MC5	Album + Live	2.5	19
33	1979	Entertainment!	Gang of Four	Album	4.55	17
34	1972	Can’t Buy a Thrill	Steely Dan	Album	3.75	31
35	1970	Black Sabbath	Black Sabbath	Album	4.45	51
36	2005	Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not	Arctic Monkeys	Album	4.05	24
37	1978	Real Life	Magazine	Album	3.75	9
38	1967	Safe as Milk	Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band	Album	4.4	21
39	1973	Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J.	Bruce Springsteen	Album	3.55	124
40	1977	Pink Flag	Wire	Album	4.15	13
41	1987	Yo! Bum Rush the Show	Public Enemy	Album	3.75	11
42	1976	The Modern Lovers	The Modern Lovers	Album	4.25	17
43	1978	The Scream	Siouxsie and the Banshees	Album	3.4	12
44	1982	You Can’t Hide Your Love Forever	Orange Juice	Album	2	5
45	1994	Grace	Jeff Buckley	Album	4.2	25
46	1979	Cut	The Slits	Album	4	12
47	1988	Straight Outta Compton	N.W.A	Album	4	20
48	1980	Pretenders	Pretenders	Album	4.15	30
49	1977	Talking Heads: 77	Talking Heads	Album	4.05	64
50	1985	Psychocandy	The Jesus and Mary Chain	Album	3.7	20
51	1967	Moby Grape	Moby Grape	Album	3	7
52	1982	The Lexicon of Love	ABC	Album	3.5	23
53	1989	3 Feet High and Rising	De La Soul	Album	3.8	17
54	1968	Randy Newman Creates Something New Under the Sun	Randy Newman	Album	4	4
55	1977	New Boots and Panties!!	Ian Dury	Album	2.65	15
56	1962	Bob Dylan	Bob Dylan	Album	3.9	20
57	1988	Surfer Rosa / Come On Pilgrim	Pixies	Album + Compilation	5	16
58	1966	Tim Hardin 1	Tim Hardin	Album		4
59	1980	Boy	U2	Album	4	46
60	1977	Blank Generation	Richard Hell & the Voidoids	Album	5	6
61	1967	Songs of Leonard Cohen	Leonard Cohen	Album	4.55	20
62	1980	The Affectionate Punch	The Associates	Album	4	6
63	1978	The Modern Dance	Pere Ubu	Album	3.95	13
64	1972	Neu!	Neu!	Album	3.75	13
65	1980	Searching for the Young Soul Rebels	Dexys Midnight Runners	Album	4.35	11
66	1986	Licensed to Ill	Beastie Boys	Album	4.15	27
67	1977	Suicide	Suicide	Album	3.65	13
68	1978	Another Music in a Different Kitchen	Buzzcocks	Album	4	9
69	1980	Crocodiles	Echo and the Bunnymen	Album	3.65	13
70	1971	Judee Sill	Judee Sill	Album		10
71	1982	Songs to Remember	Scritti Politti	Album	2	2
72	2001	Is This It	The Strokes	Album	4.3	24
73	1992	Slanted and Enchanted	Pavement	Album	4.35	18
74	1978	The Kick Inside	Kate Bush	Album	4.15	126
75	1990	The La’s	The La’s	Album	3.5	12
76	1987	Appetite for Destruction	Guns N' Roses	Album	4.45	74
77	1999	The Slim Shady LP	Eminem	Album	3.95	17
78	2002	Up the Bracket	The Libertines	Album	4.5	14
79	1972	Jackson Browne / Saturate Before Using	Jackson Browne	Album	4.5	18
80	1977	Cheap Trick (1977 album)	Cheap Trick	Album	4	9
81	1991	Ten	Pearl Jam	Album	4.25	34
82	1979	Y	The Pop Group	Album	3.5	11
83	1971	Little Feat	Little Feat	Album	4.5	12
84	1995	Maxinquaye	Tricky	Album	4.1	17
85	1956	Elvis Presley	Elvis Presley	Album	3.75	19
86	1979	The Undertones	The Undertones	Album	3.75	16
87	1975	Down by the Jetty	Dr. Feelgood	Album	3.5	6
88	1976	Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers	Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers	Album	3.15	15
89	1995	Elastica	Elastica	Album	3.5	8
90	2004	Franz Ferdinand	Franz Ferdinand	Album	4	23
91	1986	Throwing Muses (1986)	Throwing Muses	Album	3.75	3
92	1992	Lazer Guided Melodies	Spiritualized	Album	2.5	12
93	1981	Prayers on Fire	The Birthday Party	Album	4.2	13
94	1991	Yerself Is Steam	Mercury Rev	Album	4.25	6
95	1999	The White Stripes	The White Stripes	Album	4	18
96	1992	Dry	PJ Harvey	Album	4.25	13
97	1970	Just Another Diamond Day	Vashti Bunyan	Album	3	6
98	1995	Foo Fighters	Foo Fighters	Album	4	24
99	1993	Suede	Suede	Album	4	18
100	2004	Funeral	Arcade Fire	Album	4.15	15

Uncut: The 100 Greatest Debut Albums (2006)

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