As a 13 yr old I was blown away by the guitar sound on Van Halen’s 1st album. I had never heard anything like that before and for a decade after every rock guitarist tried to sound like Eddie, mistakenly thinking that a "gear upgrade" was all they needed ;-).
Greatest debut album
Mostly listening to rock music from the 60s and 70s, thus I am asking a biased question. My greatest debut album is From Genesis to Revelation by Genesis. I understand there were production issues in the making of the album but Gabriel's voice is astonishing on this LP. I wish I could find a live version of Into the Wilderness but can not. Any help in that would be appreciated. Look forward to hearing others opinions for selfish reasons as I want to grow my collection and appreciate the opinions represented here.