A lot of music acts hit the ground running with their first album… and some even PEAKED that early!  “Rolling Stone” put together a list of the 100 best DEBUT albums of all time.  It definitely spanned to genres and artists I never would have thought of…

HERE’S THE TOP 20:

1.  “Licensed to Ill”, Beastie Boys, 1986

2.  “The Ramones”, The Ramones, 1976

3.  “Are You Experienced”, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, 1967

4.  “Appetite for Destruction”, Guns N’ Roses, 1987

5.  “The Velvet Underground and Nico”, The Velvet Underground, 1967

6.  “Straight Outta Compton”, N.W.A, 1988

7.  “Never Mind the Bullocks”, The Sex Pistols, 1977

8.  “Is This It”, The Strokes, 2001

9.  “Music from Big Pink”, The Band, 1968

10.  “Horses”, Patti Smith, 1975

11.  “Illmatic”, Nas, 1994

12.  “The Clash”, The Clash, 1979

13.  “Pretenders”, The Pretenders, 1980

14.  “Reasonable Doubt”, Jay-Z, 1996

15.  “Funeral”, Arcade Fire, 2004

16.  “The Cars”, The Cars, 1978

17.  “Please Please Me”, The Beatles, 1963

18.  “Murmur”, R.E.M., 1983

19.  “The College Dropout”, Kanye West, 2004

20.  “Unknown Pleasures”, Joy Division, 1979

Never would I expect to see The Pretenders next to Jay-Z or Arcade Fire next to the Cars, but there you have it!  What do you think of the list so far?  You can check out the remaining 100 at RollingStone.com.