Colin Jacobson
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I gotta say that solo albums from people in prior bands should count. It's a totally different thing to be a collaborating member of a group than to be the main creative force in a project.
It's DIFFERENT but not "totally". All three of those mentioned - Lennon, Gabriel and Simon - were either the main songwriters or close to that status.
My point was their work didn't herald a new talent. We knew well what to expect from them. When I think of "debuts" I think of unknown talents totally new to us, not artists who'd already produced tons of work.
And Plastic Ono Band wasn't Lennon's first solo album anyway, so there!