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Cherub Rock has to be up there..I know Billy is a douche, but god damn his run was great.

Off the top of my head..

Jane's Addiction - Stop - Ritual De Lo Habitual

Metallica - Blackened - Justice

Alice in Chains - Them Bones - Dirt

Outkast - Gasoline Dreams - Stankonia

Modest Mouse - Third Planet - Moon & Antarctica

 

*and of course Goodie Mob - Free - Soul Food

 

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It's an interesting question, do you mean favorite song that happens to be an album opener, or best at opening an album?

 

Gimme Shelter is the GOAT song and happens to be an opener, and Cherub Rock and Good Times Bad Times are really good songs that are openers. White Zombies Electric Head Pt 1 is probably the best at actually opening an album. 

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Very tough to beat Gimme Shelter because it sets the table for Let it Bleed perfectly. 

What's Goin' On by Marvin Gaye's gotta be in the conversation. Tangled Up in Blue told you that Blood on the Tracks was playing for keeps out of the gate. Thunder Road from Born to Run. And it Stoned Me on Moondance. Where the Streets Have No Name/Joshua Tree. Time of the Preacher/Read Headed Stranger. Wildflowers by TP. In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning just invites you to have a bourbon while Frank tells you how much love and pain are entwined.

There are some damn fine opening tracks. But album tracking as a whole is very much a lost art.

 

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