Great Album Openers

The Monkey · 03-11-2009, 11:48 AM

Off the top of my head:

Like a Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan (Highway 61 Revisited)
Lust for Life - Iggy Pop (Lust for Life)
Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix (Are You Experienced?; re-release)
Beetlebum - Blur (Blur)
Sunday Morning - The Velvet Underground (VU & Nico)
Astronomy Domine - Pink Floyd (The Piper at the Gates of Dawn)
Sympathy for the Devil - The Rolling Stones (Beggar's Banquet)
Dead Leaves on the Dirty Ground - The White Stripes (White Blood Cells)

Davey Moore · 03-11-2009, 01:10 PM

My Favorites, in no particular order:

Everything in It's Right Place - Radiohead (Kid A)
A Salty Salute - Guided By Voices (Alien Lanes)
Care of Cell 44 - The Zombies (Odessy and Oracle)
London Calling - The Clash (London Calling)
Nebraska - Bruce Springsteen (Nebraska)
Alone Again Or - Love (Forever Changes)
Sunday Bloody Sunday - U2 (War)
In the Flesh? - Pink Floyd (The Wall)
Where the Streets Have No Name - U2 (The Joshua Tree)
A Minor Place - Bonnie "Prince" Billy (I See A Darkness)
Randy Described Eternity - Built to Spill (Perfect from Now On)
Suzanne - Leonard Cohen (Songs of Leonard Cohen)
Bring Da Ruckus - The Wu Tang Clan (Enter the Wu Tang, 36 Chambers)
Gimme Shelter - The Rolling Stones (Let it Bleed)
Time Has Told Me - Nick Drake (Five Leaves Left)
Torn Foam Blue Couch - Grand Archives (The Grand Archives)
Two of Us - The Beatles (Let it Be)
Dry the Rain - The Beta Band (The Three EPs)
Maggot Brain - Funkadelic (Maggot Brain)
Pink Moon - Nick Drake (Pink Moon)
Summer Babe - Pavement (Slanted and Enchanted) <-- I am not a huge fan of this band or this album even though it is so praised, but I really liked the first song on the album.
The Queen is Dead - The Smiths (The Queen is Dead)

ixtlan22 · 03-11-2009, 04:23 PM

"Lightsabre ****sucking Blues"- McLusky. Epic.

gotjuice · 03-12-2009, 09:29 PM

I didn't like the album as much as The Earth Is... or Those Who Tell The Truth, but Birth and Death of the Day off Explosions in the Sky's newest album is an amazing opener. With a lot of post-rock you expect the opening song to build into a powerful ending, but this one hits you right from the beginning. Kind of blew me away the first time I heard it.

Surell · 03-12-2009, 09:33 PM

I like Intro from Da Drought 3. I like how Wayne uses a Jamaican accent. I wouldn't say Great, though, but good.

Darkest Hour · 03-13-2009, 10:08 PM

bullet for m valentine -the poison

The Cat · 03-14-2009, 03:49 PM

Bombtrack - Rage Against the Machine...great opener
Growing Old - The Origin

03-11-2009, 11:48 AM	#1 (permalink)
The Monkey Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Sweden Posts: 803	Off the top of my head: Like a Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan (Highway 61 Revisited) Lust for Life - Iggy Pop (Lust for Life) Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix (Are You Experienced?; re-release) Beetlebum - Blur (Blur) Sunday Morning - The Velvet Underground (VU & Nico) Astronomy Domine - Pink Floyd (The Piper at the Gates of Dawn) Sympathy for the Devil - The Rolling Stones (Beggar's Banquet) Dead Leaves on the Dirty Ground - The White Stripes (White Blood Cells) __________________ Now another stranger seems to want you to ignore his dreams as though they were the burden of some other My Last.fm

03-11-2009, 01:10 PM	#2 (permalink)
Davey Moore The Great Disappearer Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: URI Campus and Coventry, both in RI Posts: 462	My Favorites, in no particular order: Everything in It's Right Place - Radiohead (Kid A) A Salty Salute - Guided By Voices (Alien Lanes) Care of Cell 44 - The Zombies (Odessy and Oracle) London Calling - The Clash (London Calling) Nebraska - Bruce Springsteen (Nebraska) Alone Again Or - Love (Forever Changes) Sunday Bloody Sunday - U2 (War) In the Flesh? - Pink Floyd (The Wall) Where the Streets Have No Name - U2 (The Joshua Tree) A Minor Place - Bonnie "Prince" Billy (I See A Darkness) Randy Described Eternity - Built to Spill (Perfect from Now On) Suzanne - Leonard Cohen (Songs of Leonard Cohen) Bring Da Ruckus - The Wu Tang Clan (Enter the Wu Tang, 36 Chambers) Gimme Shelter - The Rolling Stones (Let it Bleed) Time Has Told Me - Nick Drake (Five Leaves Left) Torn Foam Blue Couch - Grand Archives (The Grand Archives) Two of Us - The Beatles (Let it Be) Dry the Rain - The Beta Band (The Three EPs) Maggot Brain - Funkadelic (Maggot Brain) Pink Moon - Nick Drake (Pink Moon) Summer Babe - Pavement (Slanted and Enchanted) <-- I am not a huge fan of this band or this album even though it is so praised, but I really liked the first song on the album. The Queen is Dead - The Smiths (The Queen is Dead) __________________ The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over.

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ixtlan22 Loves Jan Terri Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 184	"Lightsabre ****sucking Blues"- McLusky. Epic. __________________ "Peculiar travel suggestions are dancing lessons from God." -Bockonon-

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The Cat ..Just Not Your Kind Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Germany Posts: 188	Bombtrack - Rage Against the Machine...great opener Growing Old - The Origin __________________ Just Because Your paraniod......Doesn't Mean They Are Not After You!

03-12-2009, 09:29 PM	#4 (permalink)
gotjuice Rose City til I die! Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Boise, ID Posts: 366	I didn't like the album as much as The Earth Is... or Those Who Tell The Truth, but Birth and Death of the Day off Explosions in the Sky's newest album is an amazing opener. With a lot of post-rock you expect the opening song to build into a powerful ending, but this one hits you right from the beginning. Kind of blew me away the first time I heard it.