Best Opening Track On Any Album

Welsh Megaman

Superb!

Love the way each band member gets their own solo spot!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-zSnO7sbXg

Griever931

This is the first song that comes to mind for me.

SilverScreen

Either this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkM3M3zGcGE

or this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uJ61jgFCMM

Both of them my two favourite songs of all time

wendell borton

Smells lke teen spirit on nevermind.

SilverScreen

wendell borton wrote: »

Smells lke teen spirit on nevermind.

Any time I listen to Nevermind these days I usually skip that song.

noby

SilverScreen wrote: »

Either this


or this


Both of them my two favourite songs of all time

Yes to both of them.

A couple of others:

Cliched, perhaps, but I Wanna Be Adored - The Stone Roses

The Concept - Teenage Fanclub

Autobahn - Kraftwerk

Welsh Megaman

noby wrote: »

The Concept - Teenage Fanclub

Good call

Also, 'Electric Head - Part One: The Agony' by White Zombie.

groovie

Welcome To The Jungle - G 'n' R

GLaDOS

Ok only half of it is the opening track, but still

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zACEJdFOpA

Also

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzyu1izQUb0

SilverScreen

Dopesmoker by Sleep

Achtung Maybe

Simple . Where The Streets Have No Name (an epic intro to an epic album)

SoapMcTavish

They Might Be Giants - Flood ( Pooh band - pooh album - but this song works in me head )

Midlife Crashes

The 3 that instantly come to mind

Harry Palmr

Two that always pleased me and very different in nature

The first is by Todd Rundgren - For the Want of a Nail from Nearly Human (1989)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-pdoUibphc

and the second is by Deep Purple - Highway Star live on Made in Japan. Perfect live hard rock.

Limerick91

Zoo Station from Achtung Baby

drugstore cowboy

Like A Rolling Stone

themountainman

Mojo Pin

Icaras

A subject close to my heart. Ive had plenty of discussions and what make a good opening track for me is one that makes you want to listen to the rest of the album rather than the song again. Seven nation army is a good example, a great song that you want to listen to again even though it is followed by the brilliant Black Math.

The stand out ones to me are:

Oasis - Hello - even after all those years that the shine has worn off Whats the Story this is still a track that gets me going (along with Some might say), especially after the release of Whatever which would have been a fantastic opening track.

Unkle - Guns Blazing - long inrto, loud, agressive and rocking.

Grand national - Talk amongst yourself (Sasha remix) on the involver album - my favorite opening track, I love everything about it - the sound level, the pace, the tone it sets for the rest of the album, that the original isnt actually that good a song.

groovie

Tom Sawyer from Moving Pictures by Rush, just wow. Mind you, Subdivisions from Signals is fairly impressive (also by Rush).

Icaras

Beck - Looser (also Golden age on the Sea Change ablum is good)
LCD Soundsystem - dance yourself clean. Not a big fan of them but this song is great.
Eminem - Kill you. Great opening track to the difficult second album

SilverScreen

Icaras wrote: »

Eminem - Kill you. Great opening track to the difficult second album

Eh, Kill You was the opening track on his third album. My Name Is was the opening track on his second.

Icaras

SilverScreen wrote: »

Eh, Kill You was the opening track on his third album. My Name Is was the opening track on his second.

My mistake, should have done my homework. Still a good song.

lordgoat

At least that what you said - A Ghost is Born (Wilco)

Manchegan

Everyone thinks he looks daft - Wedding Present

trashcan

It's obvious;). Debut album too. What a way top announce your arrival to the world.

Or maybe this:

or even this

Three classics.

strawberryb0y

I am Trying to Break Your Heart on Yankee Hotel Foxtrot by Wilco

Griever931

How could I forget about this one?

Yarf Yarf

Bring Da Ruckus from 36 Chambers by Wu-Tang Clan.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbfGkiecl2M

loyatemu

Talking Heads "Thank you for sending me an Angel" from More Songs about Buildings and Food. Kicks the album off at a serious gallop (could also suggest "I Zimbra" off the following album):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W888EzZ0lrk

thesultan

Riverboat Song Ocean colour Scene
Taxman The beatles
Cradle Rock Rory Gallagher

PropJoe10

Led Zeppelin - Black Dog.

Birneybau

One of the best for me anyway.

Mike Guide 69

"Dont Bang The Drum" - The Waterboys , opening track from the album "This Is The Sea", amazing track, even more sensational when you hear it been played live, opening bars with trumpet and strings, fantastic song

Rothko

Search And Destroy by The Stooges on Raw Power.

Grayditch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9liRgXAFGU

DaithiMa

I Wanna be Adored- The Stone Roses-The Stone Roses
Release The Pressure- Leftfield- Leftism
Kinky Afro - The Happy Mondays = Pills Thrills and Bellyaches