[Music] best opening track to an album?

[colinz]

War Pigs from Black Sabbath's Paranoid album.

 

[Stato]

Surely the greatest band ever...

I've removed the superfluous words for you.

David Watts suggests another category of best spoken word intro to a song / album: 'Nice and smooth'

 

[hart's shirt]

 

[El Presidente]

 

[The Lemming Stomper]

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After a stonking From the Jam gig last night playing Setting Sons in full, it has to be.....

 

[Mr Bridger]

London Calling- London Calling
Give em enough rope- Safe European home
Both by The Clash for those that don't know

London Calling released 40 years ago today, how old does that make you feel!

Been reading Redemption song , Joe Strummer biography, then listening to the whole Clash back catalogue as I read through the book, one of the most influential bands of our time.

Good exhibition on at the museum of London for Clash fans.

http://https://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/museum-london/whats-on/exhibitions/london-calling-40-years-clash

 

[Mr Bridger]

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After a stonking From the Jam gig last night playing Setting Sons in full, it has to be.....

I’m going to see them in January, we’re the Vapours supporting them? Any good?

 

[ManOfSussex]

 

[Worried Man Blues]

Schools out or BS Vol4 Wheels of Confusion both killers

 

[Timbo]

Rock and Roll star - Oasis

To have this as the opening track on your first album is unreal.

 

[CheeseRolls]

Personal favourite from my teens and still love it.

 

[The Lemming Stomper]

I’m going to see them in January, we’re the Vapours supporting them? Any good?

No support, played all of Setting Sons and a dozen or so hits...

They were brilliant...The sound was the best ever at the Concorde...Been seeing them around Christmas for many a year now and, amazingly, me and my mate both said that if Paul Weller turned up and said he was replacing Russell Hastings we'd be disappointed !

Enjoy in January

 

[DurringtonGull]

Thunder Road-
Born to Run

 

[Sarisbury Seagull]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4D2qcbu26gs

 

[Icy Gull]

They don’t come much better than this. Great clips of the times in the video too. The NO to the Common Market one brought a smile to my face


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gY5rztWa1TM

 

[Albion in the north]

Always thought this was a good way to start an album.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWhkbDMISl8

 

[Trufflehound]

Many, many great opening songs, including several of those mentioned above, but whenever this subject comes up I keep coming back to this:

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[We're the Stripes]

https://youtu.be/-azgwfnZu7c

Absolutely brilliant.

Couple of my nominations:

https://youtu.be/U4U19zwFENs

https://youtu.be/cPbNpIG8x_s

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHnK7m2PNVI&list=RDCHnK7m2PNVI&start_radio=1&t=149

I had the LP on repeat when it came out, and loved that track. But....boy does that make uncomfortable listening today, though. Misogenystic and nasty.

Amazing how many tracks there are that were happily played on radio 1 at one time, but which would cause an outcry if played today....

Union Gap - Young girl (and Lady Will Power)
Heavy Metal Kids - the cops are coming
Sassafras - school daze
Glitter - leader of the gang
Roy Harper - Forbidden fruit

and let's not forget:

The Stranglers - feel like a wog.

Having got that off my chest I'll post some good opening tracks

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

This blew my tiny mind when I first heard it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=th8plhEtwEE