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Favourite 10 Opening Album Tracks
on: August 16, 2008, 10:40:41 AM
Heres mine at the moment, Im sure itd change if I re-did this tomorrow.

Song, Album, Artist/Band

1. Achilles Last Stand, Presence, Led Zeppelin
2. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Part 1), Wish You Were Here, Pink Floyd
3. Let Me Drown, Superunknown, Soundgarden
4. Rock n Roll Star, Definitely Maybe, Oasis
5. Breaking Into Heaven, Second Coming, The Stone Roses
6. Take Five, Bad Benson, George Benson
7. One Nation Under A Groove, One Nation Under A Groove, Funkadelic
8. Hotel California, Hotel California, The Eagles
9. Introduction, Chicago Transit Authority, Chicago Transit Authority
10. War Pigs, Paranoid, Black Sabbath

How about the rest of you?

Notable Mentions......

Good Times Bad Times, Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin
Whole Lotta Love, Led Zeppeln II, Led Zeppelin
Immigrant Song, Led Zeppelin III, Led Zeppelin
Black Dog, Led Zeppelin IV, Led Zeppelin
The Song Remains The Same, Houses Of The Holy, Led Zeppelin
Custard Pie, Physical Graffiti, Led Zeppelin
Bitter Sweet Symphony, Urban Hymns, The Verve
Court & Spark, Court & Spark, Joni Mitchell
All I Want, Blue, Joni Mitchell
Maggot Brain, Maggot Brain, Funkadelic
All Around The World, Californication, Red Hot Chili Peppers
Mojo Pin, Grace, Jeff Buckley
The Power Of Equality, Blood Sugar Sex Magik, Red Hot Chili Peppers
Bombtrack, Rage Against The Machine, Rage Against The Machine
White Rabbit, White Rabbit, George Benson
Alone Again Or, Forever Changes, Love
Who Knows, Band of Gypsys, Jimi Hendrix (Band of Gypsys)
Led Boots, Wired, Jeff Beck
You Know What I Mean, Blow by Blow, Jeff Beck
Virtual Insanity, Travelling Without Moving, Jamiroquai
Late For The Sky, Late For The Sky, Jackson Browne
Take It Easy, For Everyman, Jackson Browne
Untitled, Turn On The Bright Lights, Interpol
Redefine, S.C.I.E.N.C.E, Incubus
Lust For Life, Lust For Life, Iggy Pop
Welcome To The Jungle, Appetite For Destruction, Guns n Roses
Peaches En Regalia, Hot Rats, Frank Zappa
Decadence Dance, Pornograffitti, Extreme
I Looked Away, Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs, Derek & The Dominoes
I Feel The Earth Move, Tapestry, Carole King
For What Its Worth, Buffalo Springfield, Buffalo Springfield
Subterranean Homesick Blues, Bringing It All Back Home, Bob Dylan
Hurricane, Desire, Bob Dylan
Like A Rolling Stone, Highway 61 Revisited, Bob Dylan
Girls & Boys, Parklife, Blur
Black Sabbath, Black Sabbath, Black Sabbath
Drive My Car, Rubber Soul, The Beatles
Come Together, Abbey Road, The Beatles
Flight Over Rio, Elegant Gypsy, Al Di Meola
La Femme DArgent, Moon Safari, Air
Highway To Hell, Highway To Hell, AC/DC
The Riverboat Song, Moseley Shoals, Ocean Colour Scene

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Re:Favourite 10 Opening Album Tracks
Reply #1 on: August 16, 2008, 13:18:03 PM
No top ten Im afraid as there are too many for me to really sort, but here they are in alphabetical order.

Adiemus - Adiemus (Adiemus I - Songs Of Sanctuary)
Alestorm - Over The Seas (Captain Morgans Revenge)
At The Gates - Blinded By Fear (Slaughter Of The Soul)
Bal Sagoth - Black Dragons Soar Above The Mountain Of Shadows (Starfire Burning Upon The Ice-Veiled Throne Of Ultima Thule)
Basil Poledouris - Anvil Of Crom (Conan The Barbarian OST)
Cradle Of Filth - At The Gates Of Midian (Midian)
Dead Can Dance - The Host of Seraphim (The Serpents Egg)
Doro - Youre My Family (Warrior Soul)
Ed Alleyne-Johnson - White (Ultraviolet)
Electric Wizard - Supercoven (Supercoven)
Emperor - Alsvartr (Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk)
Gary Numan - Pure (Pure)
Iron Maiden - The Wicker Man (Brave New World)
The Knife - Heartbeats (Deep Cuts)
Korpiklaani - Happy Little Boozer (Tales Along This Road)
Lars Winnerbäck - Elden (Singel)
Manowar - Call The Arms (Warriors Of The World)
The Meads Of Asphodel - Psalm 364 (In The Name Of God Welcome To Planet Genocide)
Mortiis - Child of Curiosity And The Old Man of Knowledge (The Stargate)
Mr. Scruff - Spandex Man (Keep It Unreal) - I know its not strictly the first track but Im ignoring 15 the seconds of talking)
My Dying Bride - Sear Me MCMXCIII (Turn Loose The Swans)
Pink Floyd - In The Flesh (The Wall)
Primordial - The Heretics Age (Storm Before Calm)
Queen - Flashs Theme (Flash Gordon OST)
Siouxsie And The Banshees - Kiss Them For Me (Superstition)
Skyclad - The Sky Beneath My Feet (The Wayward Sons Of Mother Earth)
Therion - Ginnungagap (Secret Of The Runes)
Tyr - Hail To The Hammer (How Far To Asgard)
Wumpscut - Opening The Gates Of Hell (Wreath Of Barbs)




Re:Favourite 10 Opening Album Tracks
Reply #2 on: August 16, 2008, 14:54:08 PM
Quite a heavy selection you have there :)

Re:Favourite 10 Opening Album Tracks
Reply #3 on: August 16, 2008, 16:27:06 PM
Seeing as I have very few complete albums [I usually download/rip only the songs I like], so the best one for me are the only ones;
Shine On You Crazy Diamond [pt 1-7], Echoes disk 2, Pink Floyd
Welcome to the Jungle, Greatest Hits, Guns n Roses
Freebird, Greatest Hits, Lynyrd Skynyrd
The Riverboat Song, Songs for the Front Row, Ocean Colour Scene

Theres only 4 cos the rest of my albums have opening tracks I dont like.

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Re:Favourite 10 Opening Album Tracks
Reply #4 on: August 18, 2008, 09:57:28 AM
welcome to the jungle has to take the title. from that first riff with all that reverb on it you just know youre in for something special.


Re:Favourite 10 Opening Album Tracks
Reply #5 on: August 18, 2008, 11:24:50 AM
3 mentions for Welcome To The Jungle.

Come on music fans, get your ass in here!

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Re:Favourite 10 Opening Album Tracks
Reply #6 on: August 18, 2008, 15:28:45 PM
Quote from: Walrusbonzo
Quite a heavy selection you have there :)


That it is, but for some reason a lot of metal bands have a real knack for epic openings to albums. Take Cradle of Filth, Im not so much of a fan these days although I used to be when I was younger, however the opening track to "Midian" still rates as one of the best openers in my opinion, it has the feeling of something rather monumental. And then you have bands like At The Gates who never went in for the orchestral openings but produce tracks that leap in a slap you around the face and really do set the tone for the rest of the album.

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Re:Favourite 10 Opening Album Tracks
Reply #7 on: August 18, 2008, 16:52:35 PM
whats the opening track on Ten, Pearl Jam?
epic.

Matt

Re:Favourite 10 Opening Album Tracks
Reply #8 on: August 18, 2008, 19:42:35 PM
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welcome to the jungle has to take the title. from that first riff with all that reverb on it you just know youre in for something special.



Also makes an excellent ringtone

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Re:Favourite 10 Opening Album Tracks
Reply #9 on: August 18, 2008, 19:48:24 PM
I cant stand Welcome To The Jungle tbh.

Erm, in no particular order, I dont think I ever thought of favourite "opening track".

Dance Commander - Fire - Electric Six
Sweet 16 - Swim - Feeder
People Of The Sun - Evil Empire - Rage Against The Machine
Empire - Empire - Kasabian
Dark Chest Of Wonders - Once - Nightwish
Give Me Your Love - Together - Reef
Mojo Pin - Grace - Jeff Buckley
I Want You So Hard - Death By Sexy - Eagles Of Deathmetal
Virtual Insanity - Travelling Without Moving - Jamiroquai
Stacked Actors - There Is Nothing Left To Lose - Foo Fighters
Please Forgive Me - White Ladder - David Gray
Seven Nation Army - Elephant - White Stripes
Apocalypse Please - Absolution - Muse
Pure Morning - Without You Im Nothing - Placebo
Downfall - (Self Titled) - Victory Pill
Everything In Its Right Place - Kid A - Radiohead
Head Like A Hole - Pretty Hate Machine - NIN
Spit Fire - Allways Outnumbered Never Outgunned - Prodigy
E-Talking - Any Minute Now - Soulwax
A Kind Of Magic - Greatist Hits 2 - Queen

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