Great Album Openers
 

As a newbie i thought i would get something out there, here are (in my opinion!) 3 great album openers:

Budgie - Breadfan (Never turn your back on a friend 1973)
Metallica - Battery (Master of puppets 1986)
Ben Folds - Anne Waits (Rockin the suburbs 2001)

Not the best 3 as that would be very hard to decide..but 3 good ones. Any opinions?

The Cat

Aracarsenal- At the Drive-In (Relationship of Command)
There is a war going on for your mind- Flobots (Fight with tools) [Sadly the best song on the album]
Five Years- David Bowie (The rise and fall..)
Cygnus...Vismund Cygnus-The Mars Volta (Frances the Mute)
Spirit of the Radio- Rush (Perm Waves)
Death on Two Legs- Queen (Night at the Opera)
Miseria Cantare- AFI (Sing the Sorrow)
Prison Song- System of a Down (Toxicity)
Church Mouth- Portugal. The Man (Church Mouth)

Tha Mobb - Lil Wayne (Tha Carter 2)
Out There - Dinosaur Jr. (Where You Been)
I Ain't No Joke - Erik B. and Rakim (Paid in Full)
Rhymin and Stealin - Beastie Boys (Licensed to Ill)
The Wolf is Loose - Mastodon (Blood Mountain)
MC Chris is Dead - mc chris (MC Chris is Dead)
Steamrock Fever - Scorpions (Taken By Force)
I Was a Lover - TV On the Radio (Return to Cookie Mountain)
Seven Nation Army - White Stripes (Elephant)
Blue Orchid - White Stripes (Get Behind Me Satan)
Baba O'Riley - The Who (Who's Next)

Alone Again Or- Love (Forever Changes)
Care of Cell #44- The Zombies (Odessey & Oracle)
David Watts- The Kinks (Something Else by the Kinks)

Neighbourhood#1 (Tunnels) - Arcade Fire (Funeral)
Needle In The Hay - Elliot Smith (Elliot Smith)
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath (Black Sabbath)
Just Like Honey - The Jesus & Mary Chain (Psycocandy)
Allison - Slowdive (Souvlaki)
Teen Age Riot - Sonic Youth (Daydream Nation)
2112 - Rush (2112) (Yes all 20+ minutes!)
Debaser - Pixies (Doolittle)
Singapore - Tom Waits (Rain Dogs)
Inbetween Days - The Cure (The Head On The Door)
Black Dog - Led Zeppelin (IV)

Alone again or, Awesome 'Forever Changes' has to be one of the best albums evre made IMO

I never thought that Tom Waits' openers were anything spectacular , still don't, he fills out the middle of his albums with awesomeness though. Rain Dogs makes up for it with just about the most brilliant closer ever.

One Of These Days - Meddle (Pink Floyd)
What's Going On? - S/T (Marving ***e)
Only Love Can Break Your Heart - Singles:Best of (Saint Etienne)
Angel Of Death - Raining Blood (Slayer)

the only one that springs to mind as punching you in the face is 'the Classical' from the Fall's ...you know the bloody album

And Sweet Leaf from Masters of Reality. At one time I genuinely thought that was about a nice lady :o:

Furreal though.