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Best opening track on a debut album?
IHN
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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
Posted 3 years ago

flashinthepan
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Rock ‘N’ Roll Star – Definitely Maybe
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IHN
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That was one of the other ones that came to mind, definitely
Posted 3 years ago

centralscrutinizer
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How about Black Sabbath opening with its title track ?
Posted 3 years ago

GlennQuagmire
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Hard to just select one!

But I’d say Rock ‘n’ Roll Star by Oasis.
Posted 3 years ago

john_drummer
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Suspect Device – Inflammable Material – Stiff Little Fingers
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GlennQuagmire
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Twice as Hard by The Black Crowes
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stevied
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Welcome to the Jungle, G’n’R

Good one!

My favourite (NSFW):
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lp3kcHchD1Y[/video]
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martinhutch
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Sunday Morning, Velvet Underground and Nico
Tutti Frutti, Little Richard
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RustySpanner
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Dry the rain – Beta Band.
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scud
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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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retro83
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Bittersweet Symphony by The Verve
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Klunk
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[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCkNu9OxThc[/video]
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P-Jay
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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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Coyote
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“Neat, Neat, Neat” from Damned, Damned, Damned
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bikebouy
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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.
[video]https://youtu.be/2VFJB-ZeVqM[/video]
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seabass
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**** wit dre day – The Chronic by Dr dre. Epic
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alanf
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Some great tracks up there.
Audioslave – Cochise
Posted 3 years ago

stumpy01
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From an impact point of view – Davidian by Machine Head takes some beating….

Can’t embed because the forum buttons keep disappearing…..
Posted 3 years ago

eddiebaby
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Roxy Music: Re-make/re-model.
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spacey
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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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Stoner
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I so misread the thread title. I am sorry. 😳

Breaking into Heaven,
The Stone Roses, Second Coming
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Northwind
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I’ll Find You, by Hundred Reasons.

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKpEMkvuxFE[/video]

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!
Posted 3 years ago

RustySpanner
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Time Has Told Me – Nick Drake.

And for contrast, Motorhead – Motorhead.

Good game.
🙂
Posted 3 years ago

matthew_h
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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
Posted 3 years ago

slowoldman
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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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binners
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[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeQAZsyucbQ[/video]
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RustySpanner
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Do it again – Steely Dan.
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IHN
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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.
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Stoner
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Suede, So Young
Teenage Fanclub (Bandwagonesque), The Concept
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IHN
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Good call BinBins
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Malvern Rider
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There’re loads.

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

[video]https://youtu.be/HiIAPsjuVW4[/video]
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Torminalis
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I so misread the thread title. I am sorry.

Breaking into Heaven,
The Stone Roses, Second Coming

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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binners
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[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flt1I1U74h4[/video]
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RustySpanner
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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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tpbiker
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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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anagallis_arvensis
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Whipping Boy Ben Harper
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tails
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Nirvana

Verves good call think first three tracks were all epic on that album.
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GlennQuagmire
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Dire Straits – Down To The Waterline
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johnners
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Janie Jones
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