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[Closed] Best opening track on a debut album?

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Listening to music on my walk into work this morning and I got to thinking "Which band or artist has announced themselves to the world with the best track?"

It's a thought that came to me because of what I was listening to at the time, which I reckon must be hard to beat:

Welcome to the Jungle, G'n'R


 
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Rock 'N' Roll Star - Definitely Maybe


 
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That was one of the other ones that came to mind, definitely


 
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How about Black Sabbath opening with its title track ?


 
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Hard to just select one!

But I'd say Rock 'n' Roll Star by Oasis.


 
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Suspect Device - Inflammable Material - Stiff Little Fingers


 
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Twice as Hard by The Black Crowes


 
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Welcome to the Jungle, G'n'R

Good one!

My favourite (NSFW):


 
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Sunday Morning, Velvet Underground and Nico
Tutti Frutti, Little Richard


 
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Dry the rain - Beta Band.


 
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Bombtrack - Rage against the Machine
Feel Good Hit of the Summer - Rated R - Queens of the Stone Age


 
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Bittersweet Symphony by The Verve


 
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"You Think I Ain't Worth a Dollar, But I Feel Like a Millionaire" - sets the Album's stall out nice and early.


 
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"Neat, Neat, Neat" from Damned, Damned, Damned


 
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I think this is "the best", at the time it seemed a million miles always from the heavyweight slow rifola that was obliterating the vinyl outputs of that era.

Van Halen, Runnin' with the Devil.


 
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**** wit dre day - The Chronic by Dr dre. Epic


 
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Some great tracks up there.
Audioslave - Cochise


 
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From an impact point of view - Davidian by Machine Head takes some beating....

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Roxy Music: Re-make/re-model.


 
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How about Baba O'Reilly on Who's Next.

Can't think of many better ways to open an album.


 
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I so misread the thread title. I am sorry. 😳

[s]Breaking into Heaven,
The Stone Roses, Second Coming[/s]


 
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I'll Find You, by Hundred Reasons.

And good shout on Davidian, that intro. You can walk into a guitar shop 23 years later and play that riff and someone will always go MACINE HEAD! GRARAGRHGAHGARH!


 
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Time Has Told Me - Nick Drake.

And for contrast, Motorhead - Motorhead.

Good game.
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Bittersweet Symphony by The Verve

Not their debut album though. Related though, Star Sail from A Storm in Heaven is a heck of an opener.

I'd vote for I Wanna Be Adored. What a fantastic way to open an album


 
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Frankie goes to Hollywood
Two tracks really but it's all one in effect:
The World is my Oyster/Welcome to the Pleasuredome


 
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Do it again - Steely Dan.


 
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[I]How about Baba O'Reilly on Who's Next.

Can't think of many better ways to open an album.
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Not a debut album.


 
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Suede, So Young
Teenage Fanclub (Bandwagonesque), The Concept


 
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Good call BinBins


 
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There're loads.

But this one is just such a great and under-appreciated classic.


 
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I so misread the thread title. I am sorry.

[s]Breaking into Heaven,
The Stone Roses, Second Coming[/s]

I wanna be adored from their debut album was however, remarkable.

I put it on the second I saw this thread title!


 
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Beat me to it MR.

Just flicking through the vinyl and that's going on next, when 'Can't Buy A Thrill' finishes.
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Saw the title of the thread, instantly thought rock and roll star or welcome to the jungle

Who said stw members didnt have taste?


 
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Whipping Boy Ben Harper


 
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Verves good call think first three tracks were all epic on that album.


 
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Dire Straits - Down To The Waterline


 
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Janie Jones


 
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Nevermind wasn't Nirvana's debut album...

On a similar theme though, I thought 'This is a call' was a cracking opener from Foo Fighters


 
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Ring Ring by ABBA.


 
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How about Baba O'Reilly on Who's Next.

Can't think of many better ways to open an album.

Not a debut album.

OK good point, I missed the debut album bit.

Switch to "Daft Punk are playin at my house" - LCD Soundsystem


 
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Blitzkreig Bop, The Ramones.
Bat Out of Hell, Meatloaf


 
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tis a cover but a cracking opening track on a debut album


 
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