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14 Aug 2011

Best album openers of all time...

Filed Under : Music , Voting

Posted By : Stonecycle | Comments : 15

...do you agree with this article? have ye any further candidates?

First of all have a read of this article:

http://uk.music.ign.com/articles/118/1187129p1.html

Do you agree with the choices made here? Do have any further suggestions or tracks you feel have been criminally omitted from this list?

Personally I think these deserve a mention:

The Beatles - Come Together (Abbey Road)
Led Zep - Immigrant Song (Led Zep III)
Black Sabbath - War Pigs (Paranoid)
Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar (Sticky Fingers)
Audioslave - Cochise (Audioslave)
Jimi Hendrix Experience - Foxey Lady (Are You Experienced?)

A million more I could think of but I'll leave that to you lot :)

Enjoy!

Comments

# Posted by the stories - 15/08/2011, 01:14 (GMT)

Nirvana -smells like teen spirit (nevermind)
The who - baba o riley (whos next)
David bowie -future legend,diamond dogs (diamond dogs)
Ac/dc-highway to hell (highway to hell)
Prince & the revolution -lets go crazy (purple rain soundtrack)
The clash- london calling (london calling )
Led zep-good times bad times (led zep1)
Oasis-rock"n"roll star" (definitely maybe)
Bee gees -stayin alive (saturday night fever soundtrack)

andy ,

# Posted by Stonecycle - 15/08/2011, 08:30 (GMT)

I'm not gonna argue with a one of them, Andy! :)

# Posted by the stories - 15/08/2011, 09:51 (GMT)

spot the odd one out lol!

# Posted by Stonecycle - 15/08/2011, 10:03 (GMT)

Everybody loves a bit of Gibb :)

# Posted by Delaware - 15/08/2011, 10:42 (GMT)

One of These Days - Meddle (Pink Floyd) is a belter as well :)

# Posted by Andy Mack - 15/08/2011, 10:47 (GMT)

Detroit Rock City- Kiss Destroyer

# Posted by Tubthumper - 15/08/2011, 10:54 (GMT)

Red Rain - Peter Gabriel (So)
I.G.Y - Donald Fagan (The Nightfly)
Aqualung - Jethro Tull (Aqualung)
Lay Your Hands On Me - Bon Jovi (New Jersey)
Kid Charlemagne - Steely Dan (The Royal Scam)

# Posted by Rocking Horse - 15/08/2011, 11:17 (GMT)

Shine on you Crazy Diamond - Pink Floyd (Wish you were here)
Highway Star - Deep Purple (Macine Head)
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath - Black Sabbath
Only you can Rock me - UFO (Obsession)
Long Live Rock and Roll - Rainbow (Long live Rock and Roll)
Burn - Deep Purple (Burn)
Running with the Devil - Van Halen (Van Halen 1)
The Lamb lies down on Broadway - Genesis (The Lamb lies down on Broadway)

# Posted by Morocco - 15/08/2011, 11:20 (GMT)

Remake-Remodel - Roxy Music (1st Album)
21st Century Schizoid Man - King Crimson (1st Album)
Do It Again - Steely Dan (1st Album)

# Posted by LA80 [mark] :o) - 15/08/2011, 12:47 (GMT)

3 songs one after the other for me - represents my favourite 13 minutes of music ever..

Frank Zappa - Sheikh Yerbooti Album

I have been in you
Flakes
Broken hearts are for assholes

Have never heard anything else that could top that

# Posted by Stonecycle - 15/08/2011, 13:26 (GMT)

@ LA80 - I couldn't agree more! I was in stitches the first time I heard that album :D

# Posted by Roj (Black Rose) - 15/08/2011, 22:14 (GMT)

Agree with your choices Rocking Horse, for me, Soldier of Fortune, Thin Lizzy.

# Posted by Rocking Horse - 15/08/2011, 22:54 (GMT)

Greet minds think alike Roj :-)

# Posted by The Cottonhouse Shakers - 15/08/2011, 23:04 (GMT)

Some excellent shouts here!

Also-

If I should Fall From Grace With God - (Self titled) The Pogues

The Sick Bed of Cuchulainn - (Rum, Sodomy & The Lash) The Pogues

Hurricane - (Desire) Bob Dylan

Where The Streets Have No Name - (Joshua Tree) U2

# Posted by John Wilkinson: - 17/08/2011, 16:37 (GMT)

Behind The Lines: Genesis

In The Air Tonight: Phil Collins

Burn: Deep Purple

Highway Star: Deep Purple

Hyperventilate: Frost*

Where The Streets Have No Name U2

Close To The Edge: Yes

Stargazer: Rainbow

The Lighthouse Song: Nickel Creek

Good shouts all :-)

Best wishes

John

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