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Old 12-29-2010, 12:25 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Default Rock albums: most solid set of opening songs ever?
Generally speaking, the greatest records in the rock canon tend to be front-loaded - not necessarily because the rest of the album is weak, but because the opening 4, 5 or 6 songs are near perfect. The question is, what record/s have the strongest sets of album openers?

One that immediately springs to mind for me is Nevermind. The first 6 songs are such damn great tracks that you marvel at how Cobain managed to write them all in that short time.

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Old 12-29-2010, 12:47 PM   #2 (permalink)
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"Holy Wars... Punishment Due" is an amazing song to start an album off of.
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Old 12-29-2010, 05:41 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Tommy - The Who
Overture/It's a Boy/1921/Amazing Journey/Sparks/Eyesight to the Blind

Aftermath - The Rolling Stones (US Edition)
Paint It Black/Stupid Girl/Lady Jane/Under My Thumb

Raw Power - Iggy and the Stooges
Search and Destroy/Gimme Danger/Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell/Penetration

The Stooges
1969/I Wanna Be Your Dog/We Will Fall

Ummagumma - Pink Floyd (The Live Disc)
Astronomy Domine (Love the original, but the opening here is beautiful!!!)/Careful With That Axe, Eugene (Best screaming ever)/Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun/Saucerful of Secrets
(Sad the Studio Disc had to mostly fail...)

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars - David Bowie
Five Years/Soul Love/Moonage Daydream/Starman/It Ain't Easy

"Heroes" - David Bowie
Beauty and the Beast/Joe the Lion/"Heroes"/Sons of the Silent Age

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Chuck Berry Is On Top
Almost Grown/Carol/Maybellene/Sweet Little Rock and Roller (The classic Johnny B. Goode closes Side One with style)

High Time - MC5
Sister Anne/Baby Won't Ya/Miss X/Gotta Keep Movin'

The Psychedelic Sounds of The 13'th Floor Elevators
You're Gonna Miss Me/Roller Coaster/Splash 1/Reverberation (Doubt)
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Old 12-30-2010, 10:24 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Noticing that a lot of Iron Maiden albums are front heavy...
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Not a very notable album by any means, but the first four songs on Propagandhi's "Supporting Caste" are nothing short of amazing. It's a pity the rest of the album isn't near as good.
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Pearl Jam-Ten

Admittedly it is slightly toploaded.
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Old 12-31-2010, 04:44 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Generally speaking, the greatest records in the rock canon tend to be front-loaded - not necessarily because the rest of the album is weak, but because the opening 4, 5 or 6 songs are near perfect. The question is, what record/s have the strongest sets of album openers?

One that immediately springs to mind for me is Nevermind. The first 6 songs are such damn great tracks that you marvel at how Cobain managed to write them all in that short time.

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Couldn`t agree with you more. Not only are the opening 5 or 6 perfect but pretty much the whole album. The problem is, everybody knows Nirvana and will constantly knock them............If they had been an unknown band then most people would be raving about them.

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"Holy Wars... Punishment Due" is an amazing song to start an album off of.
The opening salvo of songs on "Rust in Peace" are pretty amazing.

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Noticing that a lot of Iron Maiden albums are front heavy...
Agree with that to a degree and that is certainly the case on "Piece of Mind" and "Powerslave" but these albums like most of Iron Maiden`s classic era material, do finish off with some of their best songs. The weakest part of a lot of Maiden albums is probably the middle.
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Pearl Jam-Ten

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Was going to say this! Once, Even Flow, Alive, Why Go, Black and Jeremy are all great. The rest of the album is rather tedious, though. Shame really. =/
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