Rick Beato zaprezentowal, jego zdaniem, najlepsze debiutanckie albumy w kategorii rock.

Led Zeppelin - LeD Zeppelin
Boston - Boston
Van Halen - Van Halen
Guns N' Roses – Appetite for Destruction
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced?
The Doors - The Doors
The Velvet Underground and Nico - The Velvet Underground
The Beatles - Please, Please Me
The Cars - The Cars
The Police - Outlandos d'Amoure
Pearl Jam - Ten
Nirvana - Bleach
Temple of the Dog -Temple of the Dog
Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine
Smushing Pumpkins - Gish
Oasis - Deninitely Maybe
Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory
Steely Dan - Can't Buy a Thrill i
The Band - Music from Big Pink
Heart - Dreamboat Annie
Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine

honorowo:
The Black Crowes - Shake Your Moneymaker
The Eagles - Eagles
Stone Temple Pilots - Core
Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols
Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Ozz