Best song to open an album?

[CurtWild]

i saw this on another board and was wondering what some (not all) of you think

 

[barefeetarebest]

Hmmm. off the top of my head, and I'll have to name a couple here and then re-visit this thread and add some more from time to time, I'd say 'Come Together' from "Abbey Road", 'I've Just Seen a Face' from "Rubber Soul", okay enough Beatles...
"'Running On Empty'" title cut, think, think..... What's the first note of the first song I hear in my head when the needle hits the vinyl and the popping stops? "What!? WTF? Where did that come from?!"

'Breathe' from "Dark Side of the Moon"
'Rain On the Scarecrow' from "Scarecrow" by John Cougar Mellencamp
and definately 'Out on the Weekend' from "Harvest" by Neil Young

yeah I know, I'm old for 27
btw good thread!!

 

[Bugman]

Hmmm. off the top of my head, and I'll have to name a couple here and then re-visit this thread and add some more from time to time, I'd say 'Come Together' from "Abbey Road", 'I've Just Seen a Face' from "Rubber Soul", okay enough Beatles...
"'Running On Empty'" title cut, think, think..... What's the first note of the first song I hear in my head when the needle hits the vinyl and the popping stops? "What!?" 'Breathe' from "Dark Side of the Moon"
'Rain On the Scarecrow' from "Scarecrow" by John Cougar Mellencamp
and definately 'Harvest' from "Harvest" by Neil Young

yeah I know, I'm old for 27
btw good thread!!

I like the way you think,all great choices.

 

[JJB]

"Welcome To The Jungle" off of "Appetite For Destruction" by GnR.

 

[barefeetarebest]

I like the way you think,all great choices.

Hey I know you! Thanks, B-Man! Long-time no-speak, what's new?

 

[Bugman]

Hey I know you! Thanks, B-Man! Long-time no-speak, what's new?

Yes,i met you and your lovely lady at NEST but we didnt get a chance to visit much.I don't want to hijack the thread,i'll shoot you a pm,or you can send me one.

 

[barefeetarebest]

Oh Yeah! I can't believe I forgot this one!! You may not recognize it b/c it gets NO airplay.... Can't even get Pat St. John to play this one song on Sirius' "The Vault"...
'Tightrope' from E.L.O.'s "A New World Record"

'Where Do the Children Play?' off of Cat Stevens' "Tea For the Tillerman"

I have tons more!!

 

[Bugman]

Fire On High,ELO.

 

[SirDigbyChickenCaesar]

"Aces High" on the Iron Maiden album, Powerslave.

 

[CurtWild]

Hmmm. off the top of my head, and I'll have to name a couple here and then re-visit this thread and add some more from time to time, I'd say 'Come Together' from "Abbey Road", 'I've Just Seen a Face' from "Rubber Soul", okay enough Beatles...
"'Running On Empty'" title cut, think, think..... What's the first note of the first song I hear in my head when the needle hits the vinyl and the popping stops? "What!? WTF? Where did that come from?!"

'Breathe' from "Dark Side of the Moon"
'Rain On the Scarecrow' from "Scarecrow" by John Cougar Mellencamp
and definately 'Harvest' from "Harvest" by Neil Young

yeah I know, I'm old for 27
btw good thread!!

good stuff!

Running Blind - Godsmack : The Other Side
Stinkfist - Tool : Aenima
Better Together -Jack Johnson : In Between Dreams
Waiting For My Ruca -Sublime : 40oz to Freedom

not the best but a few personal faves

i hate that i cant think of anything off the top of my head

 

[drew70]

"Penguine In Bondage" opens the Frank Zappa album Roxy & Elsewhere.
"Breathe" opens the Pink Floyd album Dark Side of the Moon.
"The Song Remains the Same" opens the Zeppelin album Houses of the Holy.
"Hocus Pocus" opens the Focus album Moving Waves
"Taxman" opens The Beatles album Revolver.

 

[Soda Bobinski]

Achilles Last Stand from Led Zeppelin's Presence ... definitely a whole buncha POW!-factor crammed into this song.

 

[Mz Chaos]

Cover of the Rolling Stone by Dr. Hook

Turn the Page by Bob Segar

 

[TklDuo-Drew]

"21st Century Schitzoid Man"- King Crimson from "In the Court of the Crimson King".

"My Sunday Feeling"- Jethro Tull from "This Was".


Drew

 

[featherfingers]

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"Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding" from Elton John's Goodbye Yellow Brick Road album.

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"Back In The U.S.S.R." from The Beatles' album The Beatles, better known as The White Album.

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"Like A Rolling Stone" from Bob Dylan's album Highway 61 Revisited.

 

[Snail Shell]

"I'm Impressed"
from The Else by They Might Be Giants

"Drunken Lullabyes"
from Drunken Lullabyes by Flogging Molly

"For Boston"
from Sing Loud, Sing Proud by The Dropkick Murphys

Snail Shell

 

[StuGatz9]

"Welcome to the Jungle" from Guns & Roses debut album "Appetite for Destruction".

One of the all time great debut abums.

 

[badreligion]

"Aces High" on the Iron Maiden album, Powerslave.

FUCK YES UP THE IRONS

id have to agree

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along with

Caught Somewhere In Time- Somewhere in Time

Invaders- Number Of The Beast

Where Eagles Dare - Peice Of Mind

Moonchild- Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

Be Quick or Be Dead - Fear Of The Dark

The Wicker Man - Brave New World

Wildest Dreams- Dance Of Death

Different World - A Matter Of Life and Death

 

[CitY of MicA]

something that tells you you're in for a ride...

"Johnny" off Johnny the Fox- Thin Lizzy
"Whole Lotta Love" off Led Zeppelin II- Led Zeppelin
"Down and Out" off ...And Then There Were Three...- Genesis
"Mother of Pearl" off New England- Wishbone Ash
"Runaway" off In A Glass House- Gentle Giant
"Godzilla" off Spectres- Blue Oyster Cult
"Bittern Storm Over Ulm" off Unrest- Henry Cow
"Money is Not Our God" off Extremities, Dirt, & Other Various Repressed Emotions- Killing Joke
"Love Catastrophe" off Get Your Goat- Shudder to Think
"Brakhage" off Dots and Loops- Stereolab
"Let it Drip" off Magnified- Failure

 

[mrfrench58]

"She has Funny Cars" from Jefferson Airplane's Surrealistic Pillow

 

[Dave2112]

While not all...definitely many of the great Rush tunes have been album openers.

Tom Sawyer - Moving Pictures
The Spirit of Radio - Permanent Waves
Subdivisions - Signals
The Big Money - Power Windows
Overture/Temples of Syrinx - 2112
Far Cry - Snakes and Arrows

Hmmm....other kick-ass album openers.....

Asia's "Heat of the Moment" - Asia
REO Speedwagon's "Roll with the Changes" - You Can Tune a Piano, but You Can't Tuna Fish
Warlock's "All We Are" - Triumph and Agony
Y&T's "Contagious" - Contagious
Zebra's "Tell Me What You Want" - Zebra and "Can't Live Without" - 3.V


I'll probably think of a hundered more before this thread's over.

 

[RobAce]

Here's my list.....

NWA-- Straight outta Compton- "Straight Outta Compton"
Public Enemy--It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back-"Countdown To Armageddon"
ABBA-- ABBA- "Mama Mia"
Barry Manilow--Even Now- "Copacabana"
Neil Diamond--Sweet Caroline: Brother Love's Traveling Show- "Brother Love's Traveling Show"
Metallica-- Metallica- "Enter Sandman"
Creedence Clearwater Revival-- Willy and the Poor Boys- "Down on the Corner"
Prince-- 1999- "1999"
Prince-- Purple Rain Soundtrack- "Lets go Crazy"

Show my diverse tastes I think.....enough for now.
Perhaps a few more later.

Rob

 

[IrishTickle]

For me, it's got to be "Shine On You Crazy Diamond Parts 1-5" on Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here. It still gives me the shivers when I hear it.

 

[Bizkit]

'Proven' on Hatebreeds album 'Perseverance'
'With A Thousand Words To Say But One' on Darkest Hour album 'Undoing Ruin'
'Chapter 11' by Section 8 on album 'Pain Is Truth'
'Prison Song' by System of a Down on album 'Toxicity'

 

[red indian]

"See Meenah" the first track of the album "Captain Adventure" by Stan Tracey. Recorded in 1975 at the 100 Club in London.

A faithful, loving reproduction of the sound of a Bosendorfer grand piano being given an autopsy by Stan Tracey, while the patient was still alive.

Not a single amplifier, or electrical talent booster of any kind was used to make this album. The players made all the sounds by hitting or plucking the instruments in front of them. They did all their practice at home, for many years, before deciding to make an album, rather than buying guns and getting diamonds set in their teeth.