[frades]

so let's begin:

year of first full-length album, artist, masterpiece, year of this one, nb of years:

in order of my favorites bands, masterpiece is personnal choice and is not to be discussed here

1983, SONIC YOUTH, Daydream Nation, 1988, 5 years

1986, LES THUGS, As happy as possible, 1993, 7 years

1963, BEATLES, Sgt Pepper's lonely hearts club band, 1967, 4 years

1969, LED ZEPPELIN, III, 1970, 1 years

1983, MADONNA, Like a prayer, 1989, 6 years

1964, ROLLING STONES, it's only rock and roll, 1974, 10 years

1979, The CURE, Disintegration, 1989, 10 years

1996, NADA SURF, Lucky, 2008, 12 years

1984, SOUNDGARDEN, superunknown, 1994, 10 years

1989, OFFSPRING, Rise and Fall, rage and grace, 2008, 19 years

1977, ALAIN BASHUNG, Fantaisie Militaire, 1998, 21 years

1981, DURAN DURAN, Astronaut, 2004, 23 years

special mention for those whose first CD was their masterpeice: CAST, LINKIN PARK, Georges-Alain Jones

what would you add ?