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WhatTheBuck

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2112 - Rush - 2112

Tom Sawyer - Rush - Moving Pictures

Larks’ Tongues in Aspic, Part I - King Crimson - Larks’ Tongues in Aspic

Sometimes the album opens with a suite of songs and you can’t limit it to one track. Like, say:

We Will Rock You > We Are the Champions - Queen - News of the World

or:

Help > Slip > Franklin’s - GD - Blues for Allah

 

14 minutes ago, UTCzech III said:

Good Times Roll - The Cars

Let's Go - The Cars

Those are both very strong.

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Queen (Jazz) - Dead on Time

Ryan Adams (Cold Roses) - Magnolia Mountain

The Black Crowes - (TSM&HC) - Sting Me

Rush - (Signals) - Subdivisions 

Pearl Jam - (Vs) - Go

Led Zeppelin - (Physical Graffiti) - Custard Pie

AC/DC - (High Voltage) - It’s a Long Way to the Top

Radiohead - (OK Computer) - Airbag

 

 

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Some of my random favs that haven't been mentioned:

Wilco - "Can't Stand It" - Summerteeth

Old 97's - "Victoria" - Wreck Your Life

Tom Petty - "Wildflowers" - Wildflowers

Steely Dan - "Do It Again" - Can't Buy a Thrill

Radiohead - "15 Step" - In Rainbows

The Beatles - "Taxman" - Revolver

Turnpike Troubadours - "The Housefire" - A Long Way from Your Heart

Death Cab for Cutie - "The New Year" - Transatlanticism

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Just random ones but that set a “new” tone for their respective bands for that particular album:

Peter Gabriel - Come Talk To Me - Us
Black Crowes - Midnight from the Inside Out - Lions (underrated album)
Patty Griffin - Flaming Red
Wilco - Misunderstood - Kicking Television live
Dire Straits - So Far Away - Brothers in Arms
Phosphorescent - Sun, Arise! - Muchacho

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9 hours ago, Hawndoh said:

Rush had several great openers.

They always had a very strong opener and a very interesting closer for each album. Loved all of their openers. "Animate Me" from Counterparts and "One Little Victory" from Vapor Trails stand out to me.

Duran Duran's "Rio" is the same way; the title track is a strong song on a strong album. (But the last track on that album is the one all the real Duranies know is their best.)

How has nobody yet said "Smells Like Teen Spirit?" dafuq?

On that same note, or even that same riff, "More than a feelin" by Boston is another great album with a great opening.

Devin Townsend has a lot of strong openers; "Genesis" off of Empath might be my favorite song of his.

"Mine All Mine" off OU812 is a terribly underrated song, and remains one of my favorites of the Van Hagar years. It certainly doesn't fit the "corporate rock" label Van Hagar got plastered with.

"Enter Sandman." again, how has nobody listed this already

Sunscreem, as famous for being lost in "your label just went bankrupt and your album won't see the light of day for 25 years" hell as for being one of the original house dance masters should get credit for "Exodus" that opens Change or Die.

And let's face it, there's no opener like the first movement of Beethoven's 5th.

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On 9/27/2022 at 10:39 PM, Hawndoh said:

What are some of the best/your favorite album openers of all time?

More Than a Feeling - Boston

You know, I was in my car this morning and randomly thought of "Rock and Roll Band" by Boston.  Would have sworn it was the first song on the album (come to think of it, why was it NOT the first song).

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50 minutes ago, Bullneck said:

You know, I was in my car this morning and randomly thought of "Rock and Roll Band" by Boston.  Would have sworn it was the first song on the album (come to think of it, why was it NOT the first song).

I'm pretty sure they got the track order correct.

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Old 97’s - (Too Far to Care) “Time Bomb”

Turnpike Troubadours - (S/T) “The Bird Hunters”

The Hold Steady - (Boys & Girls in America) “Stuck Between Stations”

Rolling Stones - (Exile) “Rocks Off”

Counting Crows - (August & Everything After) “Round Here”

Van Morrison - (St Dominic’s Preview) “Jackie Wilson Said”

AC/DC - (Powerage) “Rock N Roll Damnation”

Warren Zevon - (S/T) “Frank & Jesse James”

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On 9/29/2022 at 9:05 PM, shakahorn said:

Gotta go with I Will Follow.  First song on the first side of the first album and still holds up 40+ years later.

Nice side topic- first song first side of debut album.
 

On 9/30/2022 at 7:29 AM, smuggs said:

 

Here’s a good start.

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5 hours ago, Bullneck said:

You know, I was in my car this morning and randomly thought of "Rock and Roll Band" by Boston.  Would have sworn it was the first song on the album (come to think of it, why was it NOT the first song).

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4 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

I'm pretty sure they got the track order correct.

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this isn't even debatable

 

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5 hours ago, Bullneck said:

You know, I was in my car this morning and randomly thought of "Rock and Roll Band" by Boston.  Would have sworn it was the first song on the album (come to think of it, why was it NOT the first song).

 

4 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

I'm pretty sure they got the track order correct.

Every fucking song sounded just like the other ones so the order didn't make a fuck.   They had a unique recipe, and they used it over and over and over.  

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