Alternative Rock's 50 Greatest Debut Singles (diffuser.fm, 2016)

Info:  «You don’t get a second chance to make a first impression. That’s an opportunity that the artists in this gallery didn’t waste. We’re exploring the 50 greatest debut singles in alt. rock. Some of these singles launched incredible albums. Others marked the beginning of remarkable careers. A select few even started an entire genre of music. Read More: Alternative Rock’s 50 Greatest Debut Singles» (diffuser.fm)
Source: diffuser.fm
Date of publication: 29th November 2016
Spotify playlist latest update: 6th February 2017
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Full list

Italic songs (2/50) are available on Spotify only in live version. Some songs may be not available in all countries.

Lily Allen - Smile (2006)
Arcade Fire - Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels) (2004)
Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor (2005)
Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead (1979) (live version)
Björk - Human Behavior (1993)
Blondie - X Offender (1976)
Blur - She's So High (1990)
The Clash - White Riot (1977)
Collective Soul - Shine (1994)
Elvis Costello - Less Than Zero (1977)
The Cure - Killing an Arab (1978)
The Damned - New Rose (1976)
Foo Fighters - This is a Call (1995)
The GoGo's - Our Lips Are Sealed (1980)
Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood (2000)
Green Day - Longview (1994)
Interpol - PDA (2002)
Joe Jackson - Is She Really Going Out with Him? (1978)
The Jam - In the City (1977)
Jane's Addiction - Jane Says (1988)
Joy Division - Transmission (1978)
The Killers - Mr. Brightside (2003)
The Knack - My Sharona (1979)
LCD Soundsystem - Losing My Edge (2002)
Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins - Rise Up With Fists!! (2006)
Living Color - Cult of Personality (1988)
Massive Attack - Daydreaming (1990)
MGMT - Time to Pretend (2008)
Mudhoney - Touch Me I'm Sick (1988)
Oasis - Supersonic (1994) (live version)
Pavement - Summer Babe (1991)
Pearl Jam - Alive (1991)
Pixies - Gigantic (1988)
Portishead - Numb (1994)
Radiohead - Creep (1992)
Rage Against the Machine - Killing in the Name (1992)
Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop (1976)
R.E.M. - Radio Free Europe (1981)
Scissor Sisters - Laura (2003)
Sex Pistols - Anarchy in the U.K. (1976)
Sigur Rós - Svefngenglar (1999)
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Hong Kong Garden (1978)
The Smiths - Hand in Glove (1983)
Stone Temple Pilots - Sex Type Thing (1992)
The Stooges - I Wanna Be Your Dog (1969)
The Strokes - Hard to Explain (2001)
Supergrass - Caught by the Fuzz (1994)
TV on the Radio - Staring at the Sun (2004)
Violent Femmes - Blister in the Sun (1983)
Weezer – Undone - The Sweater Song (1994)

NME's 51 Greatest Debut Albums of the Last 51 Years

Directly from NME: "This is NME’s celebration of the best debut albums from the last 50 years. It's not a countdown. Instead, we've selected one album from each year." The list appeared in the November 6 issue (cover pictured above) where Warpaint's The Fool was elected best debut album of 2010. So, I added The Fool to the playlist and I magically changed it from a Top 50 to a Top 51. Enjoy!

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THE PLAYLIST
(45 albums out of 51, 88,23%)

1960. Joan Baez - Joan Baez
1961. The Shadows - The Shadows
1962. Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan
1963. The Beatles - Please Please Me
1964. Dusty Springfield - A Girl Called Dusty
1965. The Who - My Generation
1966. The Mothers of Invention - Freak Out!
1967. The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico
1968. The Band - Music From Big Pink
1969. The Stooges - The Stooges
1970. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
1971. Thin Lizzy - Thin Lizzy
1972. Neu! - Neu!
1973. New York Dolls - New York Dolls
1974. Brian Eno - Here Come The Warm Jets
1975. Patti Smith - Horses
1976. Ramones - Ramones
1977. Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols
1978. Devo - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
1979. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
1980. Killing Joke - Killing Joke
1981. Depeche Mode - Speak and Spell
1982. ABC - The Lexicon of Love
1983. R.E.M. - Murmur
1984. The Smiths - The Smiths
1985. Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy
1986. Beastie Boys - Licensed To Ill
1987. Guns n'Roses - Appetite For Destruction
1988. My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything
1989. The Stone Roses - Stone Roses
1990. The La's - The La's
1991. Massive Attack - Blue Lines
1992. Manic Street Preachers - Generation Terrorists
1993. Suede - Suede
1994. Oasis - Definitely Maybe
1995. Elastica - Elastica
1996. Super Furry Animals - Fuzzy Logic
1997. Roni Size - New Forms
1998. Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
1999. Eminem - The Slim Shady LP
2000. Coldplay - Parachutes
2001. Strokes - Is This It
2002. The Libertines - Up The Bracket
2003. Dizzee Rascal - Boy In Da Corner
2004. Kanye West - The College Dropout
2005. Arcade Fire - Funeral
2006. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
2007. Klaxons - Myths of the Near Future
2008. Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles
2009. The XX - XX
2010. Warpaint - The Fool

Listen to it on Spotify:
Mammoth (full albums, 561 tracks, about 1 day): HTTP, URI. (SR0545)
Lite (three tracks each album, 135 tracks, about 8 hour): HTTP, URI. (SR0546)

Previously from NME:
Best 75 Tracks and Albums of 2010
50 Best New Bands of 2010
50 Awesome Music Movies
100 Tracks of the Decade (2000-2009)