not just in the way that an album starts with a good song, but in the way you're drawn into the music, into the atmosphere of the record. how does it tell you what the whole experience will be like?
this thread is inspired by Battery, which obviously acts as a rather amazing start to Master of Puppets
untitled -turn on the bright lights.
immense, and then comes the shitstorm that is obstacle 1
naked city - grand guignol
20 mnute epic or something followed by about 30 1 minute tunes, amazing
I always like
'Cecilia Ann' by Pixies on the Bossanova album.
Death To The Pixies
is like a 'best of' album, I forget what the first song is called, but it's AWESOME haha..... And I utterly despise Manson, but I liked the first track from Golden Age Of Grotesque, only 'song' by him I ever liked.. Very industrial..
in fact
the whole album is so amazing, i can't beleive i haven't listened to it for so long. production is so good, and the quality is so high that it doesn't really sound dated at all (see also: reign in blood). the production on the title track is so sonically fucking ace turned up loud. guitar tone = sweetness.
Station to Station
love that song to bits. and Dirty Boots off Goo i think.
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relationship of command - atdi
song to ruin - Mizzle dizzle
In my awesome opinion.
...trail of dead...
Source Tags and Codes.
The way the instrumental piano of Invocation goes into the beginning of It Was There That I Saw You.
i agree with this
My version
doesnt have Invocation :(
Hello, Hello.
Said it's good to be back, good to be back.
or: 'Could you just give me one more try at that? YAAAYEAH!'
Crooked Rain
Silent Kit/Silence Kid, whatever the fuck they call it these days is awesome, the best way to start any record and its first ten seconds tells you so much about the band.
.
Radiohead - Everything in its Right Place
and
Joy Division - Disorder
come to mind.
lightsaber cocksucking blues
by mclusky on the do dallas album. it is also the best start to a gig.
...
the fisrt track on You fail me by converge is pretty ace.
God! Show Me Magic
first track from Fuzzy Logic by Super Furry Animals
2 minutes of instant pop fun. Sets the tone for an album that whenever I put it transports me to a happy place.
Radiohead- Everything In It's Right Place
Muse- Take A Bow
or
Bloc Party- Like Eating Glass
or even
Paddingtons- Some Old Girl
Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
The Veils - Nux Vomica
Patrick Wolf - Wind In The Wires
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
Joanna Newsom - Milk-Eyed Mender
Bright Eyes - Lifted...
Stars
set yourseel on fire
I'd say
The start of Trail of Dead's Madonna. It just gets you in this sinister mood the way all the sampled voices introduce the band... kinda like the aural version of a photofit/identifit photo... it just sets the mood for the album really well for me. And what a great album!
My opinion is
Disorder - Joy Divison - Unknown Pleasures
and
2+2=5 - Radiohead - Hail To The Thief
I think all of their albums
have great intros!
'I did are'
off Kore Ga Mayaku Da by Afrirampo has an amazing intro
yeah
defintely ...TOD
#trail of dead
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Houdini Live 2005
has a great first song.
www.myspace.com/themelvins
Tis 'Pearl Bomb' on there^^
Mogwai 'Young Team'
The mesmerising and descriptive annoucement that is 'Yes! I Am A Long Way From Home'.
PINKERTON
Rock n Roll Star
perfect album and career opener.
..
Shellac 1000 Hurts.
Close thread.
Radiohead
Planet talex
Not a popular choice but quite frankly I don't fucking care.
erm
Airbag by Radiohead
Take a Bow by Muse (best song of it)
I Was A Lover by TV On The Radio
Mojo Pin by Jeff Buckley
Tunnel By Arcade Fire
The World At Large by Modest Mouse
From Out Of Nowhere by Faith No More
WHAT?!
How is that a better opener than Teeth Like God's Shoeshine, Dramamine or 3rd Planet?!!
Arcade Fire - Tunnels
Radiohead - Airbag
Flaming Lips - Race For The Prize
^^^
Radiohead opened their Edinburgh gig with that.
Wow, it was mindblowing, even better than on disc.
My contributions:
Debaser- Pixies
My Name Is Jonas- Weezer
Can't Stand Me Now- Libertines
Smells Like Teen Spirit- Nirvana (sorry)
Arcarsenal- At The Drive-In
New Born- Muse
Holidays In The Sun- Sex Pistols
E-Pro- Beck
Feeling This- Blink-182
i'll be honest
I jumped on the Modest Mouse bandwagon just recently. I'm yet to get the rest of their stuff.
Cough cough
'I Was A Lover' is not the first tune on that album....
yes it is.
unless you've downloaded with the wrong tracklisting, like i had.
I was
Just about to post this! I totally agree. That weird noise at the start of Planet telex is amazing! The first time I ever listened to that album I didn't even realise the noise was from my stereo. I thought there was a UFO landing outside or something.
My Vitriol
Alpha Waves followed by Always: Your Way. That's -still- my favorite record that's not by Muse.
tool - stinkfist
mars volta - son et lumiere/inertiatic esp
butthole surfers - sweet loaf
massive attack - angel
the smiths - the queen is dead
gy!be - storm
gy!be again - the dead flag blues
mogwai - auto rock
neil young - tonight's the night
the fall - psyckick dancehall
godspeed you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11one black emperor LOLzorz
have to agree with dead flag blues.
my vote goes to 'he's simple, he's dumb, he's the pilot' by grandaddy.
ONLY SHALLOW
i actually can't believe no-one has said it yet. As soon at the first few bars blast out of my speakers, i feel bolts right up my spine.
mmm
british sea power - men together today
tindersticks - nectar
arab strap - philophobia
pixies - surfer rosa
all of them, you know from the first note or intake of breath youre in the right place....
breastfuck
Piper at the Gates of Dawn- sort of fades in with some morse code keyboard and people talking through megaphones
Mark Hollis' record from 1997 or so...begins with 'stage silence'- just the sound of musicians being quiet in the studio for five or so seconds...great! The Whole album really has a 'vibe'
that guitar bit
on the Libertines second album opener is top banana
isn't it?
granules of SOUND
'cool britannia' by the bonzo dog doo-dah band also.
dinosaur jr - little fury things
BOM BOM
*insert storm of guitar noise here*
MY WAR
of course.