Debut albums that were never bettered

(by the person/band that did them, ofc)

1. The Stone Roses

2. Inform Educate Entertain - Public Service Broadcasting

3. Dire Straits

4. Eden - Everything But The Girl

5. The Kick Inside - Kate Bush 

The Kick inside is a truly great debut album , but The Dreaming , and Hounds of Love and some of the others are great too. Certainly very little stuff released by KB is in any way disappointing. Though some may need a bit of effort and more than a casual listen.

was the latest Bon Iver album any good?

Always thought he was a bit of a big soft shite for locking himself in a cabin for an entire winter just over a girl. Good tunes tho

U2 and Echo & the Bunnymen don't count here do they. Both debut albums were superb and it spurred both of them on to do better. They did, but U2 probably won in the end.