Best Album Openers (2 Viewers)

[spiny norman]

The Beach Boys - Wouldn't It Be Nice
Bob Dylan - Like A Rolling Stone
The Clash - London Calling
The Velvet Underground - Sunday Morning
John Lennon - Mother
David Bowie - Five Years
Love - Alone Again Or
Patti Smith - Gloria

Post yours.

 

[artfag]

13th floor elevators - you're gonna miss me
zombies - care of cell 44
arsis - the face of my innocence
can - paperhouse
neu! - fur immer

 

[Pierotte]

Offspring - um... smashi think, theres a guy going "sit down and relax blah blah blah... followed by some overly loud and punky offsping song ....i dunno it stood out, its the only album opener i can remeber

 

[tempco]

linkin park - papercut

first album i listened too.. gave me quite a good impression.

 

[w1ck3d_c10wn]

you need to be put down.

 

[tempco]

to each his own.

 

[icecreamdisco]

word on love, 13th floor elevators and can.

stooges - down on the street/search & destroy (funhouse/raw power)
sonic youth - she's in a bad mood (confusion is sex)
joy division - disorder (unknown pleasures)
nomeansno - it's catching up (wrong)
wu-tang clan - bring da ruckus (36 chambers)
this heat - sleep (deceit)
miles davis - he loved him madly (get up with it)
funkadelic - maggot brain (maggot brain)
roxy music - remake/remodel (roxy music)
pere ubu - non-alignment pact (the modern dance)
king crimson - red (red)
the gun club - sex beat (fire of love)
aphex twin - 4 (the richard d. james lp)
mogwai - sine wave (rock action)
fennesz - made in hongkong (endless summer)
coil - the anal staircase (horse rotorvator)
swans - new mind (children of god)
dead c - driver ufo (harsh 70s reality)
xiu xiu - crank heart (fabulous muscles)
shellac - prayer to god (1000 hurts)
microphones - i want wind to blow (the glow pt 2)
isis - so did we (panopticon)

and so on

 

[artfag]

^ good list, except for xiu xiu

acid mothers temple - electric love machine
big black - the power of independent trucking
gorguts - obscura
big star - feel
swell maps - let's build a car
amon duul ii - kanaan
swervedriver - sci-flyer
dead c - sunshine - dirt for harry
fela kuti - expensive shit
jay z - can't knock the hustle
mf doom (king geedorah) - fazers

 

[icecreamdisco]

^ good list, except for xiu xiu

i just realised last week that i hate about 2/3 of xiu xiu's output, but crank heart is a pretty awesome.

more of that kinda thing on their new album and i'll be happy.

 

[artfag]

yeah, i can get down to their more electro stuff, like crank heart & apistat commander, but most of their stuff is trash

 

[hiphophorray123]

^


jay z - can't knock the hustle

what i was going to say

and if it wasn't for 'genisis' 'N.Y state of mind' would be good too (nas)

i always thought

twista - get me

was a nice opener too

 

[withoutaface]

Painkiller-Judas Priest.

 

[the_atomium]

too many have already been quoted, mainly by master icecream disco.
some fav's, off the tops of my heads:

streethawk pt I - destroyer (streethawk, a seduction)
didn't it rain - songs ohia (didn't it rain)
reuters - wire (pink flag)
metallic - oval (pre-commers)
21st century pop song - hymie's basement (s/t)
boilermaker - jesus lizard (liar)
emp man's blues - the for carnation (for carnation)
the seasons reverse - gastr del sol (camofleur)
happy days - jim o'rourke (happy days)

 

[w1ck3d_c10wn]

Slayer - Angel of Death

 

[Atticus.]

Painkiller-Judas Priest.

something we agree on? *gasp*
still, screaming for vengeance is a better song

my favourite albumn opener is
44 calibre love letter by alexisonfire from the album alexisonfire

 

[Atticus.]

no no no. changed my mind
arc arsenal by at the drive in on relationship command

 

[lalaurenisme]

Jeff Buckley - Grace

and... I do wish I listened to more albums.

 

[mmm_sofay]

Garbage - temptation waits

 

[ShatteredDreams]

Korn - Blind

I dunno I feel like I have to give them that much.

 

[mr_brightside]

machine - static x