Great starts to albums

[starfish]

In a Big Country on The Crossing by Big Country.

 

[ska invita]

london england, consider yourself...WARNED!!

read a good article with hank shocklee, and supposedly the plan had been that whats now side B of nation of millions was meant to be side a - so the record would have opened with Show 'Em Whatcha Got ! They spotted that it would be better the toher way round just a few days before the deadline decision.

I always liked the beginning of Rhythmn Nation by Janet Jackson. At the time is was a pretty groundbreaking use of samples/panning/pitchsifting.

It still sounds OK today too

I used to be into this album curious to hear what it sounds like today - okay at best i think!

 

[sumimasen]

Method Man's Judgement Day.

Millenium New Year's Eve countdown - "5!...4!...3!...2!...1!...Happy New-" BOOM!

 

[strummerville]

Janie Jones
Safe European Home
London Calling
The Magnificent 7
Know Your Rights

All fucking great openers.

 

[Cloo]

I was thinking of doing this thread after listening to the Rolling Stones' 'Let it Bleed' the other day - the opening of 'Gimme Shelter' is just so bloody brilliant.

 

[blairsh]

Cornelius - Fantasma starts with Mic Check. Great intro on a beast of an album imo

 

[vogonity]

In The Stone off Earth, Wind and Fire's I Am launches the album into a world of funk.

 

[braindancer]

Seconded. That intro is wicked, sample from Shogun Assassin, which is a turd film

Thirded - but Shogun Assasin sample is an awesome start - but the way it blends into the first track on the album is a little dissapointing. The first track is a great track - but the track and the intro never seemed to me to gel that well.

I propose the first few bars of Ride's Leave Them All Behind at the start of Going Blank Again.

 

[SpookyFrank]

Low

The start to that album just popped into my head. Thankyou for that

 

[twistedAM]

"Stuck a pin in your backbone"

 

[SpookyFrank]

Elvis Costello: My Aim is True.

"Now that your picture's in the paper being rhythmically admired..."

 

[Bakunin]

I was thinking of doing this thread after listening to the Rolling Stones' 'Let it Bleed' the other day - the opening of 'Gimme Shelter' is just so bloody brilliant.

That's a good one.

I like the opener to Led Zeppelin I personally. 'Communication Breakdown' is a great track.

 

[Superdupastupor]

I usually takes a bit of effort to get into a new album. I need to put a few listens in to apperciate thing

Two exceptions

Without MSG- Mclusky
Monkey-Low

BAM !! properly hooked to those albums from thenfirst spin

 

[mike desantos]

Machine Gun Etiquette by the Damned:

"Ladies and gentlemen...'ow do!" <and into riff>

This was the first album that came to my mind, also "New Day Rising" by Husker Du gets straight down to business and grabs you by the gonads.