What is your Favorite 'Opening Track' of Any Album (2 Viewers)

[RichPeace]

Automatic - Less Than Jake off of Losing Streak.

"This is the old dude, Howard J Reynolds, and you're listening to Less Than Jake."

And the hidden track coming BEFORE the first track was kind of cool.

But Stop on Ritual de lo Habitual is a great one, too.

Stop is a great one!!! Really sets the tone for an awesome album. That bridge where it's just Perry Farrells voice gets me everytime.


I'll add another that I was just listening too

Wilco - I am Trying to Break Your Heart - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

 

[PayOrPlay]

Prince, "1999" from 1999
Miles Davis, "So What" from Kind of Blue
Jackson Browne, "Running on Empty" from Running on Empty
Los Lobos, "Don't Worry Baby" from How Will The Wolf Survive
Bangles, "Hero Takes a Fall" from All Over The Place
The Who, "Baba O'Reilly" from Who's Next
The Blasters, "Marie Marie" from The Blasters
'Til Tuesday, "Everything's Different Now" from Everything's Different Now
Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, "Hawai'i '78" from Facing Future
Continental Drifters, "Get Over It" from Continental Drifters

 

[Utah Saints]

Blackened, Metallica, And Justice For All
or
Stinkfist, Tool, Aenima

Theyre tied.

 

[Broadmoor74]

Stonebreaker, the album In The Arms Of God by Corrosion of Conformity.

 

[buzd]

what a difference 5 years makes

It took me the entire flight back from Houston tonight for me to figure out what you meant. I AM old

 

[DomePatrol1980]

in the meantime

Ooooh!! Good one!!! Helmet rules! I'd go with either In the Meantime or Bombtrack by Rage.

 

[antipop]

It took me the entire flight back from Houston tonight for me to figure out what you meant. I AM old

geezer

Ooooh!! Good one!!! Helmet rules! I'd go with either In the Meantime or Bombtrack by Rage.

meantime still gets played regularly in my car

 

[geauxboy]

Blackened - "tallica

Shine on - Floyd

 

[mistergalactic]

up the beach on janes addiction nothings shocking. you knew there was no effin around at that point! that album blew me away when i was much younger and most of it still holds up today

 

[St. Reginald]

in the meantime

I thought you meant "In The Meantime" off of Spacehog's Resident Alien album. That's a good one.

 

[Fiyo]

I'm a dinosaur, so I think I'll flash back to the mid/late 70s for a moment ...


Detroit Rock City on Kiss' Destroyer was a pretty strong performer if you liked those guys,

and Running With the Devil on Van Halen's first recording is up there in my book, too.


But Zepplin's first four probably take the cake:

Led Zepplin I - Good Times, Bad Times
Led Zepplin II - Whole Lotta Love
Led Zepplin III - Immigrant Song
Led Zepplin IV - Black Dog

Honorable mention: Thin Lizzy's Jailbreak - title song; Queen's Night at the Opera - Death on Two Legs; Rush 2112 - title song; Elton John's Captain Fantastic ... - title song.

 

[mister pc]

a couple random ones

little furry things - Dinosaur Jr
pain in my heart - Otis Redding

 

[GhostFace]

little furry things - Dinosaur Jr

Good call. Out There on Where you been? is nice too, but then again Green Mind kicks off nicely with Wagon...
This is a nice thread, but I don't think I can make a choice...
Ambitions as a Rider on 2pac All Eyes on Me might take the cake for me. Man those first few notes, then the drums kick in, it's a fantastic feeling every single time.

 

[nolaguy428]

Waiting Room - Fugazi

 

[OhioSaintsFan]

Holy Wars..The Punishment Due - Megadeth
Refuse/Resist - Sepultura
Mouth For War - Pantera