Track 1, side 1, 1st album...best opener

Bordeaux · Post by **Bordeaux** » Fri May 19, 2023 6:15 pm

Frightened - the fall

claret2018 · Post by **claret2018** » Fri May 19, 2023 6:16 pm

Smells like teen spirit

Tricky Trevor · Post by **Tricky Trevor** » Fri May 19, 2023 6:23 pm

Meat Loaf, Bat Out of Hell first track album of same name.
Close thread.

Bordeaux · Post by **Bordeaux** » Fri May 19, 2023 6:29 pm

For those of a certain age...blue orchids playing golden lion, tod, week saturday

Kuriosoranj · Post by **Kuriosoranj** » Fri May 19, 2023 6:38 pm

Like eating glass, silent alarm, bloc party.
1st one that came to mind.

aclaretinstevenage · Post by **aclaretinstevenage** » Fri May 19, 2023 6:46 pm

Tricky Trevor wrote: ↑
Fri May 19, 2023 6:23 pm
Meat Loaf, Bat Out of Hell first track album of same name.
Close thread.

Yeah! I'll go with that.

dougcollins · Post by **dougcollins** » Fri May 19, 2023 6:46 pm

XTC

album: White Music

track: Radios in Motion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNnmPQ2 ... =XTC-Topic

Claretmisterg · Post by **Claretmisterg** » Fri May 19, 2023 7:01 pm

https://youtu.be/kWhzG9cQGgc

Remake/Remodel first track on first Roxy Music album. Superb.

TheFamilyCat · Post by **TheFamilyCat** » Fri May 19, 2023 7:12 pm

Best intro, of not best track:

Welcome to the Jungle,
Appetite for Destruction
Guns n Roses

Stubsy · Post by **Stubsy** » Fri May 19, 2023 7:13 pm

Janie Jones.

Lancasterclaret · Post by **Lancasterclaret** » Fri May 19, 2023 7:17 pm

I'm sorry, but if you are not putting "I wanna be adored" by The Stone Roses on their self titled debut album then everyone on here is either a lot younger or a lot older than I thought

Herts Clarets · Post by **Herts Clarets** » Fri May 19, 2023 7:23 pm

Lancasterclaret wrote: ↑
Fri May 19, 2023 7:17 pm
I'm sorry, but if you are not putting "I wanna be adored" by The Stone Roses on their self titled debut album then everyone on here is either a lot younger or a lot older than I thought

Exactly my choice too. 34 years after I first heard it, I still get goosebumps when I hear that opening bassline

jdrobbo · Post by **jdrobbo** » Fri May 19, 2023 7:36 pm

Somewhere Only We Know
Hopes and Fears
Keane

Sub note: reached one billion Spotify downloads last week.

ervi34 · Post by **ervi34** » Fri May 19, 2023 7:40 pm

TheFamilyCat wrote: ↑
Fri May 19, 2023 7:12 pm
Best intro, of not best track:

Welcome to the Jungle,
Appetite for Destruction
Guns n Roses

Not a big GNR fan but hard to argue with that.

Others I like:
Take it Easy - Eagles
Good Times Bad Times - Led Zeppelin 1

andyh · Post by **andyh** » Fri May 19, 2023 7:43 pm

Disorder - Unknown Pleasures - Joy Division

dougcollins · Post by **dougcollins** » Fri May 19, 2023 7:45 pm

Good Times, Bad Times is a great shout.

Jacob Rees Dogg · Post by **Jacob Rees Dogg** » Fri May 19, 2023 7:57 pm

With a Hip- Echo and the Bunnymen off the seminal Heaven up Here

HMHB - Fuckin’ ‘ell it’s Fred Titmus

Roosterbooster · Post by **Roosterbooster** » Fri May 19, 2023 7:58 pm

jdrobbo wrote: ↑
Fri May 19, 2023 7:36 pm
Somewhere Only We Know
Hopes and Fears
Keane

Sub note: reached one billion Spotify downloads last week.

Every now and again, a poster you respect says something that shocks you.

I'd go Over My Head, Fleetwood Mac, The White Album
(technically not their first album, but the first album by the classic Rumours lineup of McVie x2, Fleetwood, Buckingham and Nicks)

bfcjg · Post by **bfcjg** » Fri May 19, 2023 8:00 pm

Drive, Automatic for the People REM.

bobinho · Post by **bobinho** » Fri May 19, 2023 8:04 pm

Thunder road. Springsteen from Born to run.

Hanging on the telephone. Blondie from parallel lines.

Jokerman. Dylan from Infidels.

Suspect device. SLF from inflammable material

Holidays in the sun. Sex pistols from never mind the ********.

boatshed bill · Post by **boatshed bill** » Fri May 19, 2023 8:06 pm

Jethro Tull "My Sunday Feeling" from their 1st album "This Was" brilliant opener.

jdrobbo · Post by **jdrobbo** » Fri May 19, 2023 8:07 pm

Roosterbooster wrote: ↑
Fri May 19, 2023 7:58 pm

Every now and again, a poster you respect says something that shocks you.

I'd go Over My Head, Fleetwood Mac, The White Album
(technically not their first album, but the first album by the classic Rumours lineup of McVie x2, Fleetwood, Buckingham and Nicks)

Have an eclectic taste. Love Keane. Seen them and TC several times…favourite group is Erasure. Like the Stones and Beach Boys. 🫣

Roosterbooster · Post by **Roosterbooster** » Fri May 19, 2023 8:14 pm

jdrobbo wrote: ↑
Fri May 19, 2023 8:07 pm
Have an eclectic taste. Love Keane. Seen them and TC several times…favourite group is Erasure. Like the Stones and Beach Boys. 🫣

That is definitely eclectic. Nice. No shame in liking what you like. Just surprised me. I'm a massive Beach Boys fan too. Kokomo is in my top 10 ever songs

Jakubs Tash · Post by **Jakubs Tash** » Fri May 19, 2023 8:15 pm

Rock n Roll Star - Definitely Maybe (Oasis)

sportak-mustgo · Post by **sportak-mustgo** » Fri May 19, 2023 8:22 pm

Apple Green on Slinky by Milltown Brothers

Cabbage · Post by **Cabbage** » Fri May 19, 2023 8:23 pm

Counting Crows
August and Everything After
Round Here

sportak-mustgo · Post by **sportak-mustgo** » Fri May 19, 2023 8:25 pm

Song for the Lovers on Alone with Everybody - Richard Ashcroft

sportak-mustgo · Post by **sportak-mustgo** » Fri May 19, 2023 8:26 pm

A Message to You Rudy : The Specials

elwaclaret · Post by **elwaclaret** » Fri May 19, 2023 8:32 pm

Stone Roses - I wanna be adored

Madness - One Step Beyond

The Jam - Dream Time

Bordeaux · Post by **Bordeaux** » Fri May 19, 2023 8:33 pm

Jacob Rees Dogg wrote: ↑
Fri May 19, 2023 7:57 pm
With a Hip- Echo and the Bunnymen off the seminal Heaven up Here

HMHB - Fuckin’ ‘ell it’s Fred Titmus

Going up is 1st, side 1,1st album, but heaven up here is a joyous thing

Braindead · Post by **Braindead** » Fri May 19, 2023 8:37 pm

I Wanna Be Adored - Stone Roses
Sometimes - Gerry Cinnamon
Son of a Gun- The LA'S

Braindead · Post by **Braindead** » Fri May 19, 2023 8:39 pm

sportak-mustgo wrote: ↑
Fri May 19, 2023 8:22 pm
Apple Green on Slinky by Milltown Brothers

Great shout on a great album

Ptangyangkipperbang · Post by **Ptangyangkipperbang** » Fri May 19, 2023 8:45 pm

Love Vigilantes New Order

Sackville · Post by **Sackville** » Fri May 19, 2023 8:45 pm

Into the valley on scared to dance by the skids

sportak-mustgo · Post by **sportak-mustgo** » Fri May 19, 2023 8:55 pm

Ptangyangkipperbang wrote: ↑
Fri May 19, 2023 8:45 pm
Love Vigilantes New Order

I know I shouldn’t be pedantic, but not their 1st Album.
I bet you were waiting to see who’s bite first….?
Great track though

claret2018 · Post by **claret2018** » Fri May 19, 2023 8:55 pm

Lancasterclaret wrote: ↑
Fri May 19, 2023 7:17 pm
I'm sorry, but if you are not putting "I wanna be adored" by The Stone Roses on their self titled debut album then everyone on here is either a lot younger or a lot older than I thought

It’s not even the best opener to a Stone Roses album!

Ptangyangkipperbang · Post by **Ptangyangkipperbang** » Fri May 19, 2023 8:57 pm

sportak-mustgo wrote: ↑
Fri May 19, 2023 8:55 pm
I know I shouldn’t be pedantic, but not their 1st Album.
I bet you were waiting to see who’s bite first….?
Great track though

But neither is the OPs choice

Ptangyangkipperbang · Post by **Ptangyangkipperbang** » Fri May 19, 2023 9:00 pm

Ptangyangkipperbang wrote: ↑
Fri May 19, 2023 8:57 pm
But neither is the OPs choice

Sorry ignore that I've had amalfuntion

Jacob Rees Dogg · Post by **Jacob Rees Dogg** » Fri May 19, 2023 9:01 pm

Bordeaux wrote: ↑
Fri May 19, 2023 8:33 pm
Going up is 1st, side 1,1st album, but heaven up here is a joyous thing

Cheers Bordeaux.
I think we’re both wrong, it’s Show of Strength then With a Hip.
Oh, just realised you were speaking about the first album and I picked the second. At least we agree HUH is good

RMutt · Post by **RMutt** » Fri May 19, 2023 9:05 pm

Definitive Gaze, Real Life, Magazine.
Roadrunner, Modern Lovers, Modern Lovers.
A couple that just missed it, I Wanna be your Dog is second on The Stooges album and Another Girl Another Planet is second on the Only Ones album.

Pheonixknight · Post by **Pheonixknight** » Fri May 19, 2023 9:09 pm

Hells bells from back in black...ac/dc....really sets the tone for a brilliant album that just never gets old.

Jacob Rees Dogg · Post by **Jacob Rees Dogg** » Fri May 19, 2023 9:16 pm

ABC - Show Me off the Lexicon of Love

Billyblah · Post by **Billyblah** » Fri May 19, 2023 9:17 pm

Fotherngay - Fairport Convention, from the 1968 album What we did on our holidays

timshorts · Post by **timshorts** » Fri May 19, 2023 9:20 pm

What do you want from me - monaco
Up the down escalator - the chameleons
And for those bus pass types that have been posting things on here that usually have me dashing for the remote/off switch,
more than a feeling - boston.

bobinho · Post by **bobinho** » Fri May 19, 2023 9:22 pm

sportak-mustgo wrote: ↑
Fri May 19, 2023 8:26 pm
A Message to You Rudy : The Specials

I nearly went for this…. Then I realised it didn’t qualify and I was gutted…

theonlywayisup · Post by **theonlywayisup** » Fri May 19, 2023 9:23 pm

The Doors
Break on through (to the other side)

bobinho · Post by **bobinho** » Fri May 19, 2023 9:24 pm

bobinho wrote: ↑
Fri May 19, 2023 8:04 pm
Thunder road. Springsteen from Born to run.

Hanging on the telephone. Blondie from parallel lines.

Jokerman. Dylan from Infidels.

Suspect device. SLF from inflammable material

Holidays in the sun. Sex pistols from never mind the ********.

Just realised only two of my choices qualify….

timshorts · Post by **timshorts** » Fri May 19, 2023 9:25 pm

Pheonixknight wrote: ↑
Fri May 19, 2023 9:09 pm
Hells bells from back in black...ac/dc....really sets the tone for a brilliant album that just never gets old.

Yes, but it's cheating.high voltage is the first album, so if we stick to the UK offering of the album, we get "it's a long way to the top" complete with bagpipes. Excellent.

depechedingle · Post by **depechedingle** » Fri May 19, 2023 9:31 pm

The Killers from debut album Hot Fuss.

Jenny was a Friend of Mine.

Great introduction to the world, from the helicopter start.

HunterST_BFC · Post by **HunterST_BFC** » Fri May 19, 2023 9:31 pm

Just off the top of my head,..

The Stone Roses - I Wanna Be Adored
Depeche Mode - World In My Eyes
The Smiths – The Queen Is Dead
Tears For Fears - Shout
Joy Division - Disorder
TalkTalk - "Happiness Is Easy"
Stereolab - "Metronomic underground"
I could pick more...

All from great LPs with no filler tracks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyCjTj0 ... partacvs75