Best Album Openers...

Impossible question. Totally defined by the listener, I'll submit The Stone Roses with 'I wanna be adored'. If anyone on earth hasn't already listened to it, they really should.
 
Like a prayer by Madonna. Though really this would be better off as a closing track with the choir and everything.
I think as an opener it's kahimi Karie 10000 twentieth century chairs.
I just like the little widdly bit on the piano then BOOM BOOM BOOM. The song sounds like they have used animal from the Muppets to play every single instrument.

 
I'd go for 'Boston' from Piney Gir's first solo album too. Can't find it on Youtube. I first heard that song in a muddy field near Oxford. I thought that she was singing "I believe in peas" and I was happy with that, because I believe in peas too. I was really disappointed when I found out that it was actually peace that she believed in, not peas.
 
I Wanna Be Adored - Stone Roses

Roadhouse Blues - Morrison Hotel

Our Bovine Public - Men’s Needs, Women’s Needs, Whatever
It took to the 3rd page before the Stone Roses opener I Wanna Be Adored is first mentioned! Absolute stunning opening tune.

Whole Lotta Love - Led Zepp II
 
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Criminal, State Champs (Living Proof)
Technology, Don Broco (Technology)
Can You Feel My Heart, BMTH (Sempiternal)
Anthem Part Two, Blink 182 (TOYPAJ)
The View From The Afternoon, Arctic Monkeys (WPSIATWIN)
 

For me, this was nearly as eye-openingly revolutionary as ‘Like A rolling Stone’.

It seemed to come from the future or from another, more fun, anarchic, sexy place - there was absolutely nothing like this before Roxy appeared, fully formed. Whispering Bob Harris was famously withering in his ‘wtf’ intro on the Whistle Test. He really didn’t get it.

And ‘wtf’ is spot on. Disbelievers like Bob thought they were ‘arty and pretentious’, everyone else thought they were incendiary, pretty/weird, totally original and incredibly exciting.

The key is that the craziness was underpinned by a dynamite rhythm section - Paul Thompson‘s drumming is phenomenal.

The whole thing is like musical graffiti - art and individual expression on top of rock solid base.

I competely LOVE this, and think it blew a lot of minds when people bought the album on the strength of ’Virginia Plain’.
 

For me, this was nearly as eye-openingly revolutionary as ‘Like A rolling Stone’.

It seemed to come from the future or from another, more fun, anarchic, sexy place - there was absolutely nothing like this before Roxy appeared, fully formed. Whispering Bob Harris was famously withering in his ‘wtf’ intro on the Whistle Test. He really didn’t get it.

And ‘wtf’ is spot on. Disbelievers like Bob thought they were ‘arty and pretentious’, everyone else thought they were incendiary, pretty/weird, totally original and incredibly exciting.

The key is that the craziness was underpinned by a dynamite rhythm section - Paul Thompson‘s drumming is phenomenal.

The whole thing is like musical graffiti - art and individual expression on top of rock solid base.

I competely LOVE this, and think it blew a lot of minds when people bought the album on the strength of ’Virginia Plain’.

It's the first album I bought with my own money. It was kind of bewildering to an 11/12 year old in a way. I absolutely love "If There Is Something" to this day.
 
Controversial, but I always used to skip I Wanna Be Adored to get to She Bangs The Drums.

These days I enjoy track 1 far more than I did when the album first came out .
 
Spook perv happenings in the snooker hall (Ooh crikey... its Lawnmower Deth)

But on a more serious note, i don't think "Welcome to the jungle" from Appetite for destruction can be beaten for setting the tone of the album.
 
Spook perv happenings in the snooker hall (Ooh crikey... its Lawnmower Deth)

But on a more serious note, i don't think "Welcome to the jungle" from Appetite for destruction can be beaten for setting the tone of the album.
I loved Lawnmower Deth. One of my favourite live bands. Used to hitch to the midlands to see them.
 
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