Best Opening Song on an Album?

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What's your favorite first song on an album
Mine are:
Baba O' Reily - The Who (Who's Next)
Like a Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan
Our lawyer made us change the name of the song - Fall Out Boy (From Under the Cork Tree)
In the Flesh? - Pink Floyd (The Wall)
Taxman - The Beatles (Revolver)
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Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan
Neighbourhood #1 (Tunnels) - Arcade Fire
Teen Age Riot - Sonic Youth
My Name is Jonas - Weezer
Wesley's Theory - Kendrick Lamar
Spectrum of Eternity - Soilwork
American Idiot - Green Day
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Let's Go Crazy - Prince and The Revolution (Purple Rain)
Safe From Harm - Massive Attack (Blue Lines)
Drive - R.E.M. (Automatic for the People)
Everything In Its Right Place - Radiohead (Kid A)
Come Together - The Beatles (Abbey Road)
Black Dog - Led Zeppelin (Led Zeppelin IV)
Fine Time - New Order (Technique)
Teen Age Riot - Sonic Youth (Daydream Nation)
Five Years - David Bowie (Ziggy Stardust)
Mysterons - Portishead (Dummy)
Bring Da Ruckus - Wu-Tang Clan (36 Chambers)
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Dunno about the best, but the realest is...


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That's an interesting question; I had to give this some real thought Shocked

Neighbourhood #1 (Tunnels) - Arcade Fire (Funeral)
The Seventh Seal - Scott Walker (Scott 4)
21st Century Schizoid Man - King Crimson
Jordrök - Anglagard (Hybris)
Changes - David Bowie (Hunky Dory)
Invocation - ... and you will know us by the trail of dead (Source Tags & Codes)
God's Monkey - Sylvian/Fripp (Damage)
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Unfair forum. Know how many albums' best song is the opener? I wouldn't know where to begin.
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Too many to count!

Here's 10 greats in no particular order
Gimme Shelter -- Rolling Stones -- Let It Bleed
Telegraph Road -- Dire Straits -- Love Over Gold
Last Chance -- Shooting Star -- Shooting Star
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath -- Black Sabbath -- Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Show, Don't Tell -- Rush -- Presto
Achilles Last Stand -- Led Zeppelin -- Presence
Where Eagles Dare -- Iron Maiden -- Piece of Mind
Road Fever -- Blackfoot -- Strikes
Carry On Wayward Son -- Kansas -- Leftoverture
Nether Lands -- Dan Fogelberg -- Nether Lands

Bonus List -- Jazz
Moanin' -- Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers -- Moanin'
The Sidewinder -- Lee Morgan -- The Sidewinder
Stolen Moments -- Oliver Nelson -- The Blues and the Abstract Truth
Flight Time -- Donald Byrd -- Black Byrd
Reunion -- David Benoit and Russ Freeman -- The Benoit/Freeman Project
Blues Walk -- Lou Donaldson -- Blues Walk
Blue Trane -- John Coltrane -- Blue Trane
Work Song -- Nat Adderley -- Work Song
Five Spot After Dark -- Curtis Fuller -- Blues-Ette
No Blues -- Wes Montgomery with The Wynton Kelly Trio -- Smokin' at the Half Note
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War Pigs - Black Sabbath - Paranoid
The Queen is Dead - The Smiths - The Queen is Dead
Running Up That Hill - Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
21st Century Schizoid Man - King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King
The View From the Afternoon - Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Age of Consent - New Order - Power, Corruption, & Lies
Gloria - Patti Smith - Horses
Sunday Bloody Sunday - U2 - War
Plainsong - The Cure - Disintegration
2 + 2 = 5 - Radiohead - Hail to the Thief
Dance Yrself Clean - LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening
Future Starts Slow - The Kills - Blood Pressures
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God bless you and his family always!!!

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P.S. His self named album released in 1980 also has an awesome opening song named "Fever Blind". Since its not at the You Tube website right now, this here is the awesome opening song for his album named Looking Ahead. Smile Smile Smile


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Everything In Its Right Place - Radiohead - Kid A
I am trying to break your heart - Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
In The Flowers - Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
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