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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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Hard to say favorite, but a few came to mind off the top of my head.  I immediately go back to middle school/early high school for some reason

Black Dog- Led Zeppelin IV

Enter Sandman- Metallica 

Straight Outta Compton- NWA

Welcome to the Jungle- GnR

The Intro>The Magic Number- De La Soul

Round Here- Counting Crows

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"Refugee" Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (Damn The Torpedoes)

"Barracuda" Heart (Little Queen)

"Good Times Roll" The Cars (The Cars)

"Smells Like Teen Spirit" Nirvana (Nevermind)

"I Am One" Smashing Pumpkins (Gish)

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3 hours ago, Tylerocks said:

Hard to say favorite, but a few came to mind off the top of my head.  I immediately go back to middle school/early high school for some reason

Black Dog- Led Zeppelin IV

Enter Sandman- Metallica 

Straight Outta Compton- NWA

Welcome to the Jungle- GnR

The Intro>The Magic Number- De La Soul

Round Here- Counting Crows

These are one of those times we need rep comments back so I can tell you I only pos repped you for the 1st five ones, and in fact almost gave you the middle finger for fucking Round Here.

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Airbag - Radiohead (OK Computer) 

I Am Trying To Break Your Heart - Wilco (Yankee Hotel Foxtrot) 

Held - Spoon (Lucifer on the Sofa) 

To Be Young - Ryan Adams (Heartbreaker) 

Cherub Rock - Smashing Pumpkins (Siamese Dream) 

Do I Wanna Know? - Arctic Monkeys (AM) 

 

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"One Little Victory" opening Rush's Vapor Trails. A song that ended up gaining them a whole new generation of fans, starting with the drums after Neil had gone through all his shit, and just a badass song period.

A lot of folks don't listen to anything Rush did after the 1980s, and miss out.

 

 

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10 hours ago, texasdago said:

Man I've always been a huge fan of "Wild Flower" off of The Cult's Electric.

Also "The One Thing" from INXS Shabooh Shoobah 

This also came to mind for me.  Electric was the first CD I bought, think 7th grade?

What a great album

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I stopped buying new Rush after being let down by Signals.  That track is about as close as I can imagine them getting to garage/punk/grunge.  Pretty cool.  Such a trashy hi-hat sound and drum performance in general.  Not typically Peart.

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