{"id":7667,"date":"2017-08-17T08:47:52","date_gmt":"2017-08-17T07:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/?p=7667"},"modified":"2017-09-05T12:50:20","modified_gmt":"2017-09-05T11:50:20","slug":"the-biggest-indie-debut-albums","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/08\/17\/the-biggest-indie-debut-albums\/","title":{"rendered":"The biggest indie debut albums"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Having a number one album nowadays is reserved for the ever-marketable boybands like One Direction or sure-fire hitmakers like Adele. But, tucked away in the record stores are the little indie gems that have made waves over the last few years. We take a look at some of the big indie classic debut albums that defied the odds and racked up big sales figures despite their niche status.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/AM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7668 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/AM-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"am\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/AM-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/AM-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/AM-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/AM-45x45.jpg 45w, https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/AM.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Arctic Monkeys \u201d\u201c Whatever People Say I Am, That\u2019s What I\u2019m Not\u201d\u00a6<\/h3>\n<p>The Sheffield four-piece burst onto the scene with the catchy <em>I Bet You Look Good On the Dancefloor <\/em>way back in 2005 and have become firm favourites ever since. Their debut album was hotly anticipated, going on to sell more than 363,000 copies in its first week in the UK. The band are thought to be a definitive indie band who have continued to dominate the charts with subsequent offerings such as <em>Favourite Worst Nightmare<\/em> and <em>AM<\/em>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/kasabian.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7670 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/kasabian-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"kasabian\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/kasabian-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/kasabian-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/kasabian-768x769.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/kasabian-1022x1024.jpg 1022w, https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/kasabian-45x45.jpg 45w, https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/kasabian.jpg 1095w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Kasabian \u201d\u201c Kasabian<\/h3>\n<p>A self-titled debut is always a winner, and Kasabian are no different. With tracks like <em>LSF<\/em>, <em>Club Foot<\/em> and <em>Processed Beats<\/em>, it\u2019s easy to see why this album was so well-loved and well received. Sergio Pizzorno and co. went on to sell more than one million copies of their debut in the UK, and the band would play Glastonbury\u2019s \u201d\u02dcOther Stage\u2019 in 2005, the year after the album was released. The band are still going strong, with each following album reaching number 1 in the charts.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/FF.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7671 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/FF-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"ff\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/FF-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/FF-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/FF-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/FF-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/FF-45x45.jpg 45w, https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/FF.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Franz Ferdinand \u201d\u201c Franz Ferdinand<\/h3>\n<p>We told you self-titled debuts were good, didn\u2019t we? Franz Ferdinand\u2019s first single, <em>Take Me Out<\/em>, was easily one of the biggest songs of the early 2000s. The album sold more than 1.27 million copies in the UK alone, and the Scottish band\u2019s debut won the 2004 Mercury Music Prize. It even bagged a nomination for Best Alternative Album at the Grammy Awards, but lost out to Wilco\u2019s <em>A Ghost Is Born<\/em>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/strokes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7672 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/strokes-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"strokes\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/strokes-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/strokes-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/strokes-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/strokes-45x45.jpg 45w, https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/strokes.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>The Strokes \u201d\u201c Is This It?<\/h3>\n<p>Debuts don\u2019t get much stronger than New York outfit The Strokes\u2019 first offering, <em>Is This It?<\/em> The album has sold over three million copies worldwide to date and \u00a0received plenty of accolades when released back in 2001. <em>Rolling Stone<\/em> magazine named it as the 8<sup>th<\/sup> best debut album of all time, the 2<sup>nd<\/sup> best album of the 00s and <em>NME<\/em> placed it in fourth place of the top 500 albums of all time.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/killers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7673 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/killers-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"killers\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/killers-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/killers-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/killers-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/killers-45x45.jpg 45w, https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/killers.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>The Killers \u201d\u201c Hot Fuss<\/h3>\n<p>It was hard to escape the success of <em>Mr Brightside<\/em> upon its release well over a decade ago \u201d\u201c and who would want to escape such an immense track? It stole our hearts and got us grooving, and still does to this day. The Killers created a masterpiece, along with many other strong tracks such as <em>All These Things That I\u2019ve Done<\/em> and <em>Smile Like You Mean It<\/em>. Their debut, <em>Hot Fuss<\/em>, was a massive hit and sold more than two million copies in the UK. In record speak, it\u2019s been certified seven times platinum.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Has this given you a yearning for the indie classics of yesteryear? You\u2019re in luck, as all of <a href=\"https:\/\/store.musicmagpie.co.uk\/category\/music\/cd\/?condition=used#prm_creative=pre-owned-cd&amp;prm_name=pre-owned-cd-TNM&amp;prm_position=L&amp;prm_id=TNML\">these albums and many more<\/a>\u00a0are available at amazing prices from the musicMagpie Store. Build your collection for a fraction of the price!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/store.musicmagpie.co.uk\/category\/music\/cd\/?condition=used#prm_creative=pre-owned-cd&amp;prm_name=pre-owned-cd-TNM&amp;prm_position=L&amp;prm_id=TNML\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5210\" src=\"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/SHOP-NOW.png\" alt=\"SHOP NOW\" width=\"299\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Having a number one album nowadays is reserved for the ever-marketable boybands like One Direction or sure-fire hitmakers like Adele. But, tucked away in the record stores are the little indie gems that have made waves over the last few years. We take a look at some of the big &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":7677,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[159],"tags":[1932,1581],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7667"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7667"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7667\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7771,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7667\/revisions\/7771"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}