Best opening 3 tracks on an album

[Mr Banana]

The sun is Often Out by The Longpigs - Lost Myself, She Said, Far (followed by On and On)

Fat of the Land by The Prodigy - Smack my Bitch Up, Breathe, Diesel Power

 

[Gangsta]

The Stone Roses Album - The Stione Roses.

1. "I Wanna Be Adored"
2. "She Bangs the Drums"
3. "Waterfall"

is still the correct answer

 

[KLUNK]

The The - Infected
1) Infected
2) Out Of The Blue(Into The Fire)
3) Heartland

Björk - Debut
1) Human Behaviour
2) Crying
3) Venus As A Boy

Echo & The Bunnymen - Crocodiles
1) Going Up
2) Stars Are Stars
3) Pride

XTC - English Settlement
1) Runaways
2) Ball And Chain
3) Senses Working Overtime

PTTB - The Mating Sounds Of South American Frogs
1) September, part 1
2) Guest List
3) One Night Stand

The Adicts - Sound Of Music
1) How Sad
2) 4 3 2 1
3) Chinese Takeaway

Carter USM - 1992 The Love Album
1) 1993
2) Is Wrestling Fixed?
3) The Only Living Boy In New Cross

Julian Cope - Fried
1) Reynard The Fox
2) Bill Drummond Said
3) Laughing Boy

David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
1) Five Years
2) Soul Love
3) Moonage Daydream

Killing Joke - Killing Joke
1) Requiem
2) Wardance
3) Tomorrow's World

 

[Questions]

What no Sticky fingers ?

Brown Sugar
Sway
Wild Horses

 

[Seagull Steve]

Pink Floyd-Wish you were here.

Shine on you crazy diamond
Welcome to the machine
Have a cigar

 

[brakespear]

Pixies - Bossanova

Cecilia Ann
Rock Music
Velouria

Shame the rest of the album is rubbish (by Pixies standards).

Why I oughtta..........

The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots

Fight Test
One More Robot / Sympathy 3000-21
Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Pt. 1

Carter USM - 1992 The Love Album
1) 1993
2) Is Wrestling Fixed?
3) The Only Living Boy In New Cross

to add:

'Takk' - Sigur Ros

'Takk'
'Glosoli'
'Hoppipolla'

'Skylarking' - XTC

'Summer's Cauldron'
'Grass'
'The Meeting Place'

 

[Brighton Breezy]

The Streets - Original Pirate Material

1. Turn the Page
2. Has It Come to This?
3. Let's Push Things Forward

Best debut album since Definitely Maybe.

 

[Jimmy Come Lately]

Been listening to Gomez's debut Bring It On and I reckon Get Miles, Whippin' Picadilly and Make No Sound take some beating..

Good call... although if I had to, I'd trade all three for Tijuana Lady.

The Stone Roses Album - The Stone Roses.

1. "I Wanna Be Adored"
2. "She Bangs the Drums"
3. "Waterfall"

Close... except for me Waterfall is one of the weaker tracks on the album.

RATM
Bombtrack
Killing in the Name
Take the Power Back

If I could swap Take the Power Back for Bullet in the Head, or Know Your Enemy, or Wake Up, or Fistful of Steel I might go for this.

But my runner up is Ten Silver Drops by Secret Machines
1. Alone, Jealous and Stoned
2. All At Once (It's Not Important)
3. Lightning Blue Eyes

And the actual best is The Bends by Radiohead:
1. Planet Telex
2. The Bends
3. High and Dry

I still can't quite believe how good that album is, and those opening three tracks in particular.

 

[T soprano]

Madness - one step beyond album
1 one step beyond
2 my girl
2 night boat to cairo

Hope my spelling & grammar ok

 

[BadFish]

Close... except for me Waterfall is one of the weaker tracks on the album.

I know music is subjective and all that, but are you insane??

Waterfall is one of the best songs on that album, any album, the entire history of music. Musical and lyrical perfection the pinnacle of a great band at the height of their powers.

 

[tedlit]

Whoever said One Step Beyond - definitely. I'd also like to add:

Rush - Moving Pictures
Tom Sawyer
Red Barchetta
YYZ

Electric Six - Flashy
Gay Bar Part Two
Formula 409
We Were Witchy Witchy White Women

Sugar - Beaster
Come Around
Tilted
Judas Cradle

 

[BRIGHT ON Q]

Whoever said One Step Beyond - definitely. I'd also like to add:

Rush - Moving Pictures
Tom Sawyer
Red Barchetta
YYZ

Electric Six - Flashy
Gay Bar Part Two
Formula 409
We Were Witchy Witchy White Women

Sugar - Beaster
Come Around
Tilted
Judas Cradle

Love them 3 Rush songs,great shout.
I would have to agree with the Joshua Tree though.

 

[trancing]

The Verve

Bittersweet Symphony
sonnet
rolling people
( The drugs dont work )

The Charlatens

With no shoes
North country boy
tellin stories
( one to another )

 

[PFJ]

Right now my head is punk rock , so ;
Clash-Clash
Janie Jones
Remote Control
I'm so bored with the USA.

Clash-Give 'Em Enough Rope
Safe European Home
English Civil War
Tommy Gun

Clash-London Calling
London Calling
Brand New Cadillac
Jimmy Jazz

The Ramones-Ramones
Blitzkrieg Bop
Beat on the Brat
Judy is a Punk

The Damned -Machine Gun Etiquette
Love Song
Machine Gun Etiquette
Just Can't Be Happy Today

sEx PiStOls -NeVer mInD the BoLloCks (12 track version)
Holidays in the Sun
Bodies
No Feelings

I could go on .Clash first 3 albums openers pure quality!!!!

 

[stripeyshark]

An obvious one, but U2 Joshua Tree: 1. With or Without You 2. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For 3. Where The Streets Have No Name

takes some beating for me...

This. In fact i thought this thread was started specifically for a U2 love-in.

 

[SeagullSongs]

Bob Marley - Legend
- Is This Love
- No Woman No Cry
- Could You Be Loved

KT Tunstall - Tiger Suit
- Uummannaq Song
- Glamour Puss
- Push That Knot Away

Ne-Yo - Year of the Gentleman
- Closer
- Nobody
- Single

(Probably on my own there, but the whole album has a special meaning to me)

Sia - We Are Born
- The Fight
- Clap Your Hands
- Stop Trying

Supertramp - Crime of the Century
- School
- Bloody Well Right
- Hide In Your Shell

White Lies - To Lose My Life
- Death
- To Lose My Life
- A Place To Hide

(I bloody love EVERY song on that album though - thoroughly recommend giving it a listen.)

Edit: I forgot one of my favourites:

Kings of Leon - Only By The Night
- Closer
- Crawl
- Sex on Fire

 

[PFJ]

Queen - News of the World

We Will Rock You
We Are The Champions
Sheer Heart Attack

Ironic the first two tracks became their traditional set closer from the Crazy Horse Tour in 1979 until Freddie's final live performance at Knebworth in 1986.Even the Freddie Mercury Tribute gig.

 

[osgood]

led zeppelin 4

ry cooder-jazz

the pixies-surfer rosa

bob dylan-blood on the tracks

 

[vegster]

Not sure if its been suggested yet but for me its

Dire Straits, Makin Movies

Tunnel of Love

Romeo and Juliet

Skateaway

All top tracks

 

[BRIGHT ON Q]

Not sure if its been suggested yet but for me its

Dire Straits, Makin Movies

Tunnel of Love

Romeo and Juliet

Skateaway

All top tracks

I know everyones heard them 100s of times but you could add brothers in arms to the list as well.

So far away
Money for nothing
The Walk of life