Fave Debut Albums by Australian Rock Bands

[Strapping Young Lad]

I'll go a bit more obscure.

Non-intentional Lifeform's first and only full album.

 

[Toump Ass]

Silver Savannah Band - Pure Silver (1978)

Highly recommended for Pink Floyd fans especially.


Amazing and diverse album.

 

[Eddie Dingle]

X - Aspirations (1980)
Terry - Terry HQ (2016)
The Go-Betweens - Send Me A Lullaby (1982)
Big Supermarket - 1800 (2018)
The Moodists - Engine Shudder (*prob a mini-LP) (1983)
Ooga Boogas - Romance And Adventure (2008)
Sleeper & Snake - Junction and High (2019)

Massive love for X and Ooga Boogas

 

[rank and file]

Ammonia - Mint 400
Silverchair - Frogstomp
Allegiance - DESTITUTION
Slightly Odds of course

Just saw a TV ad for CD Dodd scrap metal.
Dave Harrison is part of a Perth HM supergroup put together to make the first HM jingle.

 

[2006_Eagles]

Just saw a TV ad for CD Dodd scrap metal.
Dave Harrison is part of a Perth HM supergroup put together to make the first HM jingle.

That's pretty cool

 

[Borough Blood]

A few already mentioned plus

Eddy Current Suppression Ring - Eddy Current Suppression Ring
Dappled Cities Fly - A Smile
Dirty Three - Dirty Three
My Disco - Cancer
Royal Headache - Royal Headache

 

[stax on the mull]

feedtime s/t first is a good un

 

[Pistol Night]

 

[dumb]

machine gun fellatio - bring it on

 

[CliffMcTainshaw]

There are plenty.
Normie Rowe - It Ain't Necessarily So, But It Is… (1965)



(Johnny Young & Kompany) - Young Johnny (1966)

The Master's Apprentices - The Master's Apprentices (1967)

The Loved Ones - Magic Box (1967)



Chain – Live (1970)

Spectrum - Part One (1971)



Daddy Cool - Daddy Who? (1971)

Blackfeather - At the Mountains of Madness (1971)

Coloured Balls - Ball Power (1973)

Ariel - A Strange Fantastic Dream (1973)

The Dingoes - The Dingoes (1974)



AC DC - High Voltage (1974)

I followed the truck and watched this happen!



Ayers Rock – Big Red Rock (1974)

Skyhooks - Living In The '70s (1974)

Crossfire – Crossfire (1975)

Marcia Hines - Marcia Shines (1975)
Trivia: Former US Secretary of State Colin Powell was her cousin and so is Grace Jones.



The Saints - (I'm) Stranded (1977)

Cold Chisel - Cold Chisel (1978)

The Sports – Reckless (1978)

Icehouse - Flowers (1980)

Men At Work - Business as Usual (1981)



The Divinyls – Desperate (1983)

Do-Re-Mi - Domestic Harmony (1985)

Crowded House - Crowded House (1986)

Archie Roach - Charcoal Lane (1990)

Christine Anu - Stylin’ Up (1995)

Savage Garden - Savage Garden (1997)

Bachelor Girl - Waiting for the Day (1998)



Madison Avenue -The Polyester Embassy (2000)



Crowded House - Crowded House (2006)

5 Seconds of Summer, '5 Seconds of Summer' (2014)

 

[Mootsy]

Tame Impala - Innerspeaker!

 

[Pweter]

Cog released 2 EPs, Just Visiting I and Just Visiting II. Spotify has them combined as an album so I'll twist the rules thanks to Spotty and say Cog - Just Visiting is a great debut album

 

[GhostofJimJess]

I could name a stack of great debut Oz albums, but I'll restrict my top 16 or so to where the debut is actually my favourite release by that band.

(Note: List vulnerable to change when I later realise what I've omitted)

1. Sunnyboys - Sunnyboys
2. Celibate Rifles - Sideroxylon
3. Radio Birdman - Radios Appear
4. Midnight Oil - Midnight Oil
5. Died Pretty - Free Dirt
6. Happy Hate Me Nots - Out
7. Trilobites - American TV
8. Hoodoo Gurus - Stoneage Romeos
9. You Am I - Sound As Ever
10. Tyrnaround - Succeeds Where Daylight Fails
11. TISM - Form and Meaning
12. Painters & Dockers - Kiss My Art
13. Blue Ruin - Flame
14. Saints - I'm Stranded
15. Skyhooks - Living in the 70’s
16. The Stems - At First Sight

 

[screech]

The Sleepy Jackson - Lovers

 

[Fossie 32]

There are plenty.
Normie Rowe - It Ain't Necessarily So, But It Is… (1965)



(Johnny Young & Kompany) - Young Johnny (1966)

The Master's Apprentices - The Master's Apprentices (1967)

The Loved Ones - Magic Box (1967)



Chain – Live (1970)

Spectrum - Part One (1971)



Daddy Cool - Daddy Who? (1971)

Blackfeather - At the Mountains of Madness (1971)

Coloured Balls - Ball Power (1973)

Ariel - A Strange Fantastic Dream (1973)

The Dingoes - The Dingoes (1974)



AC DC - High Voltage (1974)

I followed the truck and watched this happen!



Ayers Rock – Big Red Rock (1974)

Skyhooks - Living In The '70s (1974)

Crossfire – Crossfire (1975)

Marcia Hines - Marcia Shines (1975)
Trivia: Former US Secretary of State Colin Powell was her cousin and so is Grace Jones.



The Saints - (I'm) Stranded (1977)

Cold Chisel - Cold Chisel (1978)

The Sports – Reckless (1978)

Icehouse - Flowers (1980)

Men At Work - Business as Usual (1981)



The Divinyls – Desperate (1983)

Do-Re-Mi - Domestic Harmony (1985)

Crowded House - Crowded House (1986)

Archie Roach - Charcoal Lane (1990)

Christine Anu - Stylin’ Up (1995)

Savage Garden - Savage Garden (1997)

Bachelor Girl - Waiting for the Day (1998)



Madison Avenue -The Polyester Embassy (2000)



Crowded House - Crowded House (2006)

5 Seconds of Summer, '5 Seconds of Summer' (2014)

Magic Box was the first LP I bought. Love Strange Fantastic Dream.

 

[citizen-erased]

Elsewhere for 8 minutes is still my go to S4K record.
Get born is still fun.