[IHNMember]

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

[flashinthepanSubscriber]

Rock ‘N’ Roll Star – Definitely Maybe

[IHNMember]

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

[centralscrutinizerMember]

How about Black Sabbath opening with its title track ?

[GlennQuagmireMember]

Hard to just select one!

But I’d say Rock ‘n’ Roll Star by Oasis.

[john_drummerMember]

Suspect Device – Inflammable Material – Stiff Little Fingers

[GlennQuagmireMember]

Twice as Hard by The Black Crowes

[steviedSubscriber]

Welcome to the Jungle, G’n’R

Good one!

My favourite (NSFW):
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lp3kcHchD1Y[/video]

[martinhutchSubscriber]

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

[Rusty SpannerSubscriber]

Dry the rain – Beta Band.

[scudMember]

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

[retro83Member]

Bittersweet Symphony by The Verve

[KlunkMember]

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCkNu9OxThc[/video]

[P-JayMember]

“You Think I Ain’t Worth a Dollar, But I Feel Like a Millionaire” – sets the Album’s stall out nice and early.

[CoyoteMember]

“Neat, Neat, Neat” from Damned, Damned, Damned

[bikebouySubscriber]

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]

[seabassSubscriber]

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

[alanfMember]

Some great tracks up there.
Audioslave – Cochise

[stumpy01Member]

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

Can’t embed because the forum buttons keep disappearing…..

[eddiebabyMember]

Roxy Music: Re-make/re-model.

[spaceySubscriber]

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

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

[StonerMember]

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

Breaking into Heaven,
The Stone Roses, Second Coming

[NorthwindSubscriber]

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!

[Rusty SpannerSubscriber]

Time Has Told Me – Nick Drake.

And for contrast, Motorhead – Motorhead.

Good game.
🙂

[matthew_hMember]

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

[slowoldmanSubscriber]

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

[binnersSubscriber]

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

[Rusty SpannerSubscriber]

Do it again – Steely Dan.

[IHNMember]

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

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

Not a debut album.

[StonerMember]

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

[IHNMember]

Good call BinBins

[Malvern RiderMember]

There’re loads.

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

[video]https://youtu.be/HiIAPsjuVW4[/video]

[TorminalisMember]

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!

[binnersSubscriber]

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flt1I1U74h4[/video]

[Rusty SpannerSubscriber]

Beat me to it MR.

Just flicking through the vinyl and that’s going on next, when ‘Can’t Buy A Thrill’ finishes.
🙂

[tpbikerMember]

Saw the title of the thread, instantly thought rock and roll star or welcome to the jungle

Who said stw members didnt have taste?

[anagallis_arvensisMember]

Whipping Boy Ben Harper

[tailsMember]

Nirvana

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

[GlennQuagmireMember]

Dire Straits – Down To The Waterline

[johnnersMember]

Janie Jones