Best Album Openers (1 Viewer)

[vanush]

queen - tie your mother down

 

[walrusbear]

modest mouse - 3rd planet (the moon and antarctica)
mclusky - lightsabre cocksucking blues (mclusky do dallas)
sonic youth - schizophrenia (sister), teenage riot (daydream nation)
interpol - untitled (turn on the bright lights)
the beta band - dry the rain (The Three EPs - if it counts as an album)
arcade fire - neighbourhood #1 (funeral)
pavement - silence kit (crooked rain, crooked rain)

 

[spell check]

radiohead - airbag
television - see no evil
miles davis - so what
tom waits - underground
bob dylan - tangled up in blue
mercury rev - holes

 

[withoutaface]

Jeff Buckley - Grace

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

Umm doesn't mojopin open that album?

 

[Gregor Samsa]

Crap. Tough topic. I'll try to avoid songs already listed;

The Clash- London Calling (London Calling)
Talking Heads- Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On) (Remain in Light)
Sonic Youth- Tom Violence EVOL
Radiohead-Everything In Its Right Place (Kid A)
Nick Drake-Pink Moon (Pink Moon)
The Go-Betweens- Bachelor Kisses (Spring Hill Fair)
Augie March- The Hole In Your Roof (Sunset Studies)
Dirty Three- Some Summers They Drop Like Flies (Whatever You Love You Are)
Talk Talk- Myrrhman (Laughing Stock)
Bjork- Hunter (Homogenic)
Spiritualized- Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space (Ditto)
R.E.M- Harborcoat (Reckoning)
The Police- Don't Stand So Close To Me (Zenyatta Mondatta)
Can- Paperhouse (Tago Mago)
David Bowie-Station To Station (Station to Station)
Elvis Costello-No Action (This Year's Model)

 

[redruM]

bizzy bone - schizophrenic
btnh - intro to t.w.o
ice cube - the funeral (also how it leads to the next track)

 

[shady_03]

Eminem - Kill you (awesome opener for a gr8 album)

 

[hiphophorray123]

the opener on ice cubes 'lethal injection' lol

'yes i have a 4 o'clock oppointment, im here to get my shot'
'yo wassup'
'hi how u doin'
'mr white huh, heard u dont like shots'
'i sure dont'
'oh ur a big boy this wont hurt a bit just uh turn ur head'
'lets get this over with'
'yeah rub a lil bit of alcohol on there and um brace yourself'
*BOOM*

 

[hiphophorray123]

btnh - intro to t.w.o

words can't describe how bad that album is. bad as in REALLY BAD so bad im turned off any new bone thug songs

 

[withoutaface]

Holy Wars...The Punishment Due-Megadeth
Blackened-Metallica
Last Exit-Pearl Jam
Arise-Sepultura

 

[wanton-wonton]

Blackened-Metallica

I like that.

Judas Rising - Judas Priest

 

[withoutaface]

I like that.

Judas Rising - Judas Priest

I don't think the Priest have ever gone wrong with their openers, even on albums like Turbo the opener is still reasonable...

 

[Trippendicular]

Sexx Laws - Beck (Midnight Vultures) and The Golden Age (Sea Change)
Straight Outta Compton - NWA (Straight Outta Compton)
Taxman - The Beatles (Revolver)


And as others have said, Disorder - Joy Division (Unknown Pleasures) and Teenage Riot - Sonic Youth (Daydream Nation)

 

[daniL]

Umm doesn't mojopin open that album?

Yes, "Mojo Pin" is track one, while "Grace" is track two.

"J'y Suis Jamais Allé" - Amélie soundtrack
"Come Home" - Placebo (self-titled)
"Mother Earth" - Within Temptation
"Hotel Room" - Fionn Regan
"Brighter than Sunshine" - Aqualung

Tracks I think should be openers:
"Another Little Hole" - Aqualung (such a beautiful song)
"Halo" - The Cure

 

[redruM]

words can't describe how bad that album is. bad as in REALLY BAD so bad im turned off any new bone thug songs

agreed.

eternal 99 and resurrection are their best group albums, imo.

 

[lourai*87]

usually this doesnt bother me, if i like the group/singer i usually like any song...but i have to say the worst, just in contrast, is "Operation Spirit (The Tyranny of Tradition) - Awake: The Best of Live. Its a horrible reflection of the rest of the music on that album, makes me not want to listen to it at all..

anyway..

 

[pete_mate]

this is boring, i thought it was about those cool little 30 second intro things

 

[Meads]

"Around the World" by the Red Hot Chili Peppers on Californication is an absolutely awesome kick starter...as well as "Megalomaniac" on Incubus' Crow Left of the Murder.

 

[wanton-wonton]

I don't think the Priest have ever gone wrong with their openers, even on albums like Turbo the opener is still reasonable...

I could have said Hellion, but that's just too short.

 

[Odourless]

So many already said but I will say them again anyway because they rock and some more!

Arcade Fire - Neighbourhood #1 (tunnels) - Funeral
The Avalanches - Since I left You - Since I Left You
Belle & Sebastian - Step Into My Office, Baby - Dear Catastrophe Waitress
The Clash - London Calling - London Calling
Death Cab For Cutie - Steadier Footing - The Photo Album
Elliot Smith - Sweet Adeline - XO
Green Day - American Idiot - American Idiot
Interpol - Untitled - Turn On The Bright Lights
Led Zeppelin - Black Dog - IV
Metallica - Creeping Death - Ride The Lightning
Modest Mouse - 3rd Planet - The Moon & Antarctica
Muse - Apocalypse Please - Absolution
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nevermind
Pantera - Walk - Vulgar Display Of Power
Pavement - Silence Kit - Crooked Rain Crooked Rain
Radiohead - 2+2=5 - Hail To The Thief
Radiohead - Everything In It's Right Place - Kid A
The Smiths - Is It Really So Strange? - Louder Than Bombs
Sum 41 - The Hell Song - Does This Look Infected

Ok that was just going down my itunes library and putting in any songs which I think open the album great. Sets up for something brilliant. Probably missed some