Not often does an album open with three great songs...in every 'London Calling' there's often a 'Jimmy Jazz'
However, there must be more than these:
Godless/Muhammed/Nietzche (Tales from Urban Bohemia)
Angel/Risingson/Teardrop (Mezzanine)
Debaser/Tame/Wave of Mutilation (Doolittle)
Running Up That Hill
The Big Sky
Hounds Of Love
^This
also Lycanthropy:
Prelude/Wolf Song/Bloodbeat
Xiu Xiu are really good with openers, Knife Play and Fabulous Muscles are the ones that stick out most.
ooh
mistakes and regrets/totally natural/blight takes all - Trail of Dead (Madonna)
Interpol: Turn on the bright lights
^^
this
make that the first 4
PDA is amazing.
I would actually push it to six
with Say Hello... and Hands Away, that first side (on LP) is perfect
Ah Mezzanine
Love it, love it. It's like the ultimate "come home after a big night out and smoke" music.
Not that they are the best, but on the Strokes first impressions of earth album, the first 3 songs are so much better than the rest of the album, it's almost unfairly deceptive!
Also
sue me for being predictable but
Airbag>Paranoid Android>Subterranian Homesick Alien
^^^ this
fo' sure, and also:
Kissing The Lipless / Mine's Not A High Horse / So Says I
^^^ this
I meant first 6 on 'TOTBL'
Following on from the Wire thread
http://drownedinsound.com/articles/1493697
I'd say Practice Makes Perfect/French Film Blurred/Another the Letter on "Chairs Missing"
Hmmm
1. I Wanna Be Adored
2. She Bangs The Drums
3. Waterfall
yes yes yes yes yes
exactly what I was thinking.
arcarsenal
pattern against user
one armed scissor
Also
Chad Who Loved Me/Mansun's Only Love Song/Taxloss
There are loads
As I Sat Sadly By Her Side/No More Shall We Part/Hallelujah
Planet Telex/The Bends/High and Dry
First Song/Wicked Gill/Our Swords
I Dont Mind Whatever Happens/Fell Off The Floor Man/Opening Night
Round Here/Omaha/Mr Jones
Salt Sweat Sugar/A Praise Chorus/The Middle
Am I Wry, No/156/Snow Brigade
Mojo Pin/Grace/Last Goodbye
District Sleeps Alone Tonight/Such Great Heights/Sleeping In
A Beautiful Shape/European Me/Candlelight
I Wanna Be Adored/Waterfall/She Bangs The Drums
I Am Trying To Break Your Heart/Kamera/Radio Cure
HAHAHAHA
Round Here/Omaha/Mr Jones
You're fired, from life.
Oooh
bamos is cussing the Crows. Go Team Counting Crows!
does anyone actually like any other Counting Crows songs
other than Mr Jones?
I actually like a few of their songs
It's the same part of me that likes Tunnel Of Love by Dire Straits.
So are you part of this 'team' then?
Me and Bob need to know so wo know how many asses we gotta kick.
You mean you and Bobbygeorgemichaelfan?
HA.
well the other part of my name is silent
but yes.
I see.
I have been known to enjoy the odd listen to Recovering The Satellites. If that makes me a square, then I guess I'm a square.
Actually, using the term 'square' makes me a square too.
I can't win this battle. Kick away.
go team counting crows!
I'm in the first album only division.
Does anyone like any Counting Crows songs?
I like Counting Crows a little...
They're surprising popular on here
I thought they'd be held in the same 'regard' as Nickleback or something but, no, Team CC has a fair few members (including me).
Is that Cunting Crows?
There's a busker at Euston who keeps playing Mr Jones. One day I am just going to snap his guitar in half.
Salt Sweat Sugar/A Praise Chorus/The Middle
I do like that shout though. In fact, I very rarely get any further through that album after those three.
:)
mew
yes!
stooges - fun house
down on the street
loose
t.v. eye
^Good call
Station To Station/Golden Years/Word On A Wing
Stand/Don't Call Me Whitey Nigger / Wanna Take You Higher
_
1. Speed Of Life 2. Breaking Glass 3. What In The World
^
yes. (Thankyou for making me fall in love with 'breaking glass' by the way Chris, I have pissed off many people by playing that song over and over.
1. Pornography for Cowards
2. Breaking The Back
3. I Am The Party
(4. Charlie and the Propaganda Myth Machine)
Well it isnt ..
a studio album. but how the west was won (led zep live).. la drone, then smacks you in the face with immigrant song and heartbreaker.
othher wise jeff buckley probably mojo pin/grace/last goodbye
I was waiting for you to post these
:)
^
also yes and 'charlie...' has to be included as it's probably my favourite track off that album.... or is it 'breaking the back'....or???? so many to choose from!!! no, I'm sticking with 'charlie...'
Without doubt...
Begin the begin
These days
Fall on me
From life's rich pageant. Unreal.
Also a great call
I like this game.
how bout this...
king of carrot flowers
king of carrot flowers part 2+3
in the aeroplane over the sea
Neutral Milk Hotel-in the aeroplane over the sea
love this thread !
Um...
- Cherub Rock/Quiet/Today (and Hummer, for that matter) - Siamese Dream
- From Out Of Nowhere/Epic/Falling to Pieces - The Real Thing
- Dream Machine/She Said/The Blind Man - Scenes From the Second Storey
^
agreed.
"i love yoouuu jesus chrrrriiiist..."
"and one day we will die and our ashes will fly from the aeroplane over the sea, but for now we are young let us lay in the sun and count every beautiful thing we can see" incredible.
that was about neutral milk hotel
to rue-the-whirl
good suggestions include...
those off A Song To Ruin and TOTBL...
how about
Airbag
Paranoid Android
Subterranean Homesick Alien
?
gotta be...
1. Joy Discovery Invention
2. 27
3. Justboy
Mine is The White Stripes...
Jimmy the Exploder
Stop Breaking Down
The Big Three Killed My Baby
Fab
Ash - 1977
Lose Control
Goldfinger
Girl from Mars
3 classics in a row.
Does the TIE figher count as a separate track?
I think it should!
.....
Middle/Born in '69/On A Rope (Scream, Dracula, Scream!) - RFTC
If Credit's What Matters, I'll Take Credit/Automatic Midnight/No Hands (Automatic Midnight) Hot Snakes
yeah those two definately
money shot/paris and the new math/defacto symphony
i like
jimmy jazz
...
old
Land Of Sunshine/Caffeine/Midlife Crisis (FNM - Angel Dust)
new
Roscoe/Bandits/Head Home (Midlake - Van Occupanther)
(i like counting crows i saw them live and they were fantastic that is all)
me too
I'll add the opening 3 off Funeral aswell...
Tunnels
Laika
Une anee sans lumiere
Alison
Machine Gun
40 Days
From Souvlaki. I would also agree with Hounds of Love though.
Well...
Let me drown/my wave/fell on black days
Rusty cage/outshined/slaves and bulldozers(/jesus christ pose)
War pigs/paranoid/planet caravan
Purple Haze/manic depression/hey joe
Black dog/rock and roll/the battle of evermore
Holes/tonite it shows/endlessly
Wilma's Rainbow/I know/Biscuits for Smut
Last three songs?
No Surprises/Lucky/The Tourist
Left of the Dial/Little Mascara/Here Comes A Regular
...
London Calling;Brand New Cadillac;Jimmy Jazz!
Also, New Day Rising; Girl Who Lives On Heaven Hill; I Apologise
Self referenced/cut/dream told by moto
^
I think I'm sticking with this answer.
k
middle/born in '69/on a rope
our trip/every stitch/how we know
heart attack american/false alarm/white tar
hexagram/needles and pins/minerva
little fury things/kracked/sludgefeast
headmaster ritual/rusholme ruffians/i want the one i can't have
YES!
Deftones is such a chronically underrated album!
our trip/every stitch/how we know
Marry me joe
I love the dandy warhols one
you've written in the thread starter. It's probably my favourite album opening ever.
Close runners up:
Set fire to the face on fire/we ride skeletal lightning/laser life (Young Machetes)
You Think I Ain't Worth A Dollar, But I Feel Like A Millionaire/ No-One Knows/ First It Giveth (Songs For The Deaf- But that whole album is mindfuckingly amazing)
Mr Self Destruct/ Piggy/ Heresy (The Downward Spiral)
Turnover/Repeater/Brendan #1 (Repeater)
So Did We/ Backlit/ In Fiction (Panopticon)
Repeater!
Natch.
...
Lie Detector/Sale Of The Century/What Do I Do Now
There are lots
Hell Is For Heroes: Five Kids Go/Out Of Sight/Nightvision
The Mars Volta: Son Et Lumiere/Intertiatic ESP/The Haunt Of Roullette Dares
Eighties Matchbox: Celebrate Your Mother/Chicken/Whack Of Shit
And many others already been said I agree with (Million Dead, Mew, Biffy Clyro, The Blood Brothers, The Bronx)
Girls & Boys/Tracy Jacks/End Of A Century
Also YES to the Life's Rich Pageant, Scream,Dracula,Scream! and Angel Dust calls.
Love this thread!
AND...
Taxman
Eleanor Rigby
I'm Only Sleeping.
____
First three on For Hero: For Fool are brilliant!
my choice
Lonestar song/Mockingbirds/Its the life
this album is pure heaven
Larrikin Love - The Freedom Spark
Six Quuens/Edwould/Downing Street Kindling
Only because I'm listening to it at the moment, there are sooo many more albums that open with three or more great songs!
i reckon.....
hello morning/ assassins/ dracula mountain (wonderful rainbow)
tragic monsters/ reprobates resume/ crawling can be beautiful (go forth)
guitarmy/ fuckings greatest hits/ burn piano island burn (burn piano island burn)
and thats the way we get down
BPIB!
Natch
untitled 1 / 2 / 3
off () by sigur ros
also:
misshapes/pencil skirt/common people
speed trials/alameda/ballad of big nothing
Sowing Season (Yeah)
MILLSTONE
Jesus Christ
Three of the best songs every written.
Prelude / Wolf Song / Bloodbeat
Emily / Monkey & Bear / Sawdust & Diamonds
Hidden Place / Cocoon / It's Not Up To You
At the Drive in
ArcArsanal
Pattern against user
One Armed Scissor
I win
Other ones
Gardenia/Asteroid/Supa Scoopa (Welcome To Sky Valley
Face or Kneecaps/Jamestown/Spanaway (Forty Hour Train Back To Penn)
Speed Trials/Alameda/Ballad of Big Nothing (Either/Or)
You would if more than one of them was any good.
?
^
That was to annoying_person
The Thermals - 'more parts per million'
It's trivia/brace and break/no culture icons
one of my fav. pop album
dream all day/solar sister/flavor of the month (frosting on the beater)
going blank again
leave them all behind/twisterella/chrome waves
Animal Collective
Did You See The Words
Grass
Flesh Canoe
then
The Purple Bottle. you get that woooooo. I love it.
Not the best
but the Little Bear/Made Up Lovesong#43 and Trains to Brazil opening trio from Through the Windowpane is pretty darn good. Shame the rest of the album doesn't quite live up to it.
The Wild Son/Guiding Light/Lavinia
At The Bottom Of Everything/We Are Nowhere../Old Soul Song
Ambiguity/Execution/Unmarked Grave