Mike Posted May 29, 2008 Report Posted May 29, 2008 There is a lot of them, I know. But recently listening to Led Zeppelin - Houses of the holy... The Song Remains the same really kicks that album off extraordinarily!!
MuzikTyme Posted May 30, 2008 Report Posted May 30, 2008 I tend to agree. Let's not forget the wonderful intro to Rush's futuristic epic... 2112
Brad_M Posted May 30, 2008 Report Posted May 30, 2008 Steve Miller Band - Book Of Dreams (1977) One of the best albums ever released by any group. "Threshold" "Threshold" - Steve Miller Band The intro to "Jet Airliner" "Jet Airliner" - Steve Miller Band
c_s_1987 Posted May 31, 2008 Report Posted May 31, 2008 I've always considered album openers and closers to be the two most important songs on any album. But I'll stick with openers here, since it's the subject. My favourites are: Standing On The Outside - Cold Chisel (from East) Baba O'Riley - The Who (from Who's Next) 21st Century Schizoid Man - King Crimson (from In The Court Of The Crimson King) Close To The Edge - Yes (from Close To The Edge) Start Me Up - The Rolling Stones (from Tattoo You) Sympathy For The Devil - The Rolling Stones (from Beggars Banquet) Gimme Shelter - The Rolling Stones (from Let It Bleed) White Room - Cream (from Wheels Of Fire) Welcome To The Jungle - Guns N' Roses (from Appetite For Destruction) Civil War - Guns N' Roses (from Use Your Illusion II) D'you Know What I Mean - Oasis (from Be Here Now) Dani California - Red Hot Chili Peppers (from Stadium Arcadium) Aqualung - Jethro Tull (from Aqualung) Minstrel In The Gallery - Jethro Tull (from Minstrel In The Gallery)
Clara Posted June 1, 2008 Report Posted June 1, 2008 Subterranean Homesick Blues - Bob Dylan, from Bringing It All Back Home. Now that's how you start an album!
Viaene Posted June 1, 2008 Report Posted June 1, 2008 Riding with the king - B.B. King & Eric Clapton (from the album 'Riding with the king')
edna Posted June 2, 2008 Report Posted June 2, 2008 Well, she was just seventeen, you know what I mean, and the way she looked was way beyond compare... "I Saw Her Standing There". That´s how The Beatles opened their first album.
Batman Posted June 2, 2008 Report Posted June 2, 2008 Animal Collective - Sung Tongs "Leaf House" really just sets the stage amazingly for the rest of hte album.
Viaene Posted June 2, 2008 Report Posted June 2, 2008 By the Way - Red Hot Chili Peppers (By The Way) The Pretender - Foo Fighters (Echoes Silence Patience & Grace)
phil Posted June 2, 2008 Report Posted June 2, 2008 (edited) One Way Out on the Allman Bros. Live at the Fillmore is a smoking first cut. Edited June 2, 2008 by Guest
Udo Posted June 2, 2008 Report Posted June 2, 2008 Rush: Finding My Way (Rush) Anthem (Fly by Night) The Sprit of Radio (Permanent Waves) Journey: Of a Lifetime (Journey) Majestic (Evolution, and Captured) Anyway You Want It (Departure) Don't Stop Believin' (Escape) Separate Ways (Frontiers) Red 13 (Red 13) Van Halen: Runnin' with the Devil (Van Halen) 1984/Jump (1984) Good Enough (5150) Styx: Light Up (Equinox) Put Me On (Crystal Ball) A.D. 1928/Rockin' the Paradise (Paradise Theater)
cyberjudge Posted June 3, 2008 Report Posted June 3, 2008 "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band/With a Little Help from My Friends" by the Beatles from the "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" album "Come Together/Something" by the Beatles from "Abbey Road"
ledjam9 Posted June 4, 2008 Report Posted June 4, 2008 Completely agree with cyberjudge on the Sgt. Pepper album, great intro. What comes to mind is "Once" to Pearl Jam's Ten album. Slowly and gradually revs up to a great gritty song.
Heard It On The XM Posted June 4, 2008 Report Posted June 4, 2008 "Watcher Of The Skies" by Genesis, with its unmistakable and unforgettable Mellotron intro, leads off not one, not two, but three different albums. The original version leads off Foxtrot, and a live performance of the song leads off Genesis Live. But to me, the best version of the song is the one that opens (and is the title track for) the 1996 orchestral Genesis tribute album by the group's ex-guitarist Steve Hackett. In this case the Mellotron is replaced by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
PriestofSyrinx Posted June 8, 2008 Report Posted June 8, 2008 More than a feeling - Boston - Boston 2112- 2112- Rush Spirit of radio- Exit stage left (Live Album)- Rush Black Dog- untitled (commonly referred to as Led Zeppelin VI)- Led Zeppelin Anthem- Fly By Night- Rush Hells Bells- Back in Black- AC/DC Finest worksong- Document- REM
MuzikTyme Posted June 8, 2008 Report Posted June 8, 2008 Good lead-in song, eh? This is among the best, IMHO... Brown Sugar
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