Best/favourite album openers

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The_111th_Beatle Profile
Location Ireland
  • #1
  • Posted: 05/17/2007 20:16
  • Post subject: Best/favourite album openers
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A great opening track can really provide the perfect start for a great album. The track could set the scene for the album or just be a really good song.

Some of the best I've heard include:
-Like a Rolling Stone - Highway 61 Revisited
Quite possibly the best song I've ever heard and its abrasive lyrics and electric rock set the scene for the rest of the album

-London Calling - London Calling
It knocks me off my feet and is the high point of the album.

-Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Its so colourful and lively and literally introduces the album.
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YellowBook Profile
Location Andalucia, Spain United Kingdom
  • #2
  • Posted: 05/20/2007 18:26
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as well I quite like it when an album starts slowly and gradually hooks you in. Pink Floyd albums are a bit like that and Radiohead too. Sometimes an album starts with an amazing track and then the rest of the album cannot maintain it and it fades to nothing. Of course, the best albums aren't like that, but many are.
bc1991 Profile
  • #3
  • Posted: 05/24/2007 18:37
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The Who - Baba o'Riley from Who's next
The Doors - Break on through from the Doors album
Pixies - Bone Machine from Surfer Rosa
The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army from Elephant
Cake - Frank Sinatra from the Fashion nugget
Muse - New Born from Origin of Symmetry
Patti Smith - Gloria from the album Horses

Ones I could remember, and there are a lot more.

I agree with London Calling from the Clash, it is the climax of the album, but it doesn't fall to boring.
Mr. Shankly Profile
Location Auburn, Washington United States
  • #4
  • Posted: 06/03/2007 19:12
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I think a great opener is key to a great album.

These immediately come to mind:

Taxman: the Beatles Revolver
Like a Rolling Stone (Highway 61) or Substerranenan Homesick Blues (Bringing it all Back Home) by Bob Dylan
London Calling: The Clash
Race for the Prize: The Flaming Lips -The Soft Bulletin
The Queen is Dead: The Smiths
Radio Free Europe: R.E.M's Murmur
Wouldn't it be Nice: The Beach Boys-Pet Sounds
Teenage Riot: Sonic Youth- Daydream Nation
Mr. Shankly Profile
Location Auburn, Washington United States
  • #5
  • Posted: 06/03/2007 19:13
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How could I forget:

What's Going On by Marvin Gaye
Mr. Shankly Profile
Location Auburn, Washington United States
  • #6
  • Posted: 06/04/2007 02:35
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One more:

Debaser: The Pixies-Dolittle
AfterHours Profile
Location The Zone
  • #7
  • Posted: 06/04/2007 04:52
  • Post subject: Best Album Openers
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In order, these are all supreme masterpieces:

1. Satz Ebene-Klaus Schulze-Irrlicht (1972)
2. Lorca-Tim Buckley-Lorca (1970)
3. Steps-Cecil Taylor-Unit Structures (1966)
4. Solo Dancer-Charles Mingus-The Black Saint & The Sinner Lady (1963)
5. Frownland-Captain Beefheart-Trout Mask Replica (1969)
bc1991 Profile
  • #8
  • Posted: 06/05/2007 17:32
  • Post subject: Re: Best Album Openers
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AfterHours wrote:
1. Satz Ebene-Klaus Schulze-Irrlicht (1972)


I have listened to Irrlicht and Picture Music. I think they are both exceptional albums. Would you recommend me any others from him?
AfterHours Profile
Location The Zone
  • #9
  • Posted: 06/08/2007 01:13
  • Post subject: Klaus Schulze recommendations
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While Irrlicht is his masterwork in my opinion, Cyborg and Timewind are both incredible.
bc1991 Profile
  • #10
  • Posted: 06/08/2007 21:53
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Thanks, I'll check them out then. I'm almost sure those albums wont dissapoint me.
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