great album opening tracks

[aMUSEd]

[aMUSEd]

[aMUSEd]

[Winstontaneous]

Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune/ Songs for a Tailor Jack Bruce

Great one, that, I remember being floored the first time I heard it with those hocketing horns and mangy bass, it felt quite unlike his Cream work.

joni mitchell - in france they kiss on main street', from 'the hissing of summer lawns'

Another one of me all time faves!

Brian Eno - Sky Saw from Another Green World


Rush - Tom Sawyer from Moving Pictures


Claude Debussy - Piano Etude No. 1 "Pour Les Cinq Doigts" OK, not an album per se, but Claude really jacked up the standards for the expressive possibilities of instrumental etudes. Etude #1 comes out swinging, and the other 11 Etudes take it to another level entirely.

[stanlea]

A classic :

[Turello]

[pandashake]

And in the same vein, Beck's "The Golden Age" from "Sea Change".

Soundtrack to waking up at dawn in the Virginia mountains to drive back home after watching my mother die the day before.

First off, I'm sorry for your loss. I had a similar experience listening to that album. Don't know what it is, but it seems almost tied to death.

[Turello]

Gothic Metal Masters...

[pandashake]

And now I show that I spent my formative years in the 90s:


Guys passed way too early.


Should have been a much more popular band.



I wish I wrote this riff.



Let's play faster.



The guitar riff even says "f**k you too."

[skipscada]

First track on their first album. Great statement of intent, arguably never bettered.

[firepile]

[Numanoid]

I'm amazed no one has mentioned some of these openings yet...

"The Hellion/Electric Eye" - Judas Priest
Album: Screaming for Vengeance

And just for fun:
"Blue" - Eiffel 65
Album: Europop

Wow, you don't often see them mentioned together in the same post

Judas Priest is excellent, and while on the subject of metal, this is one fine atmospheric opener

[Turello]

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[MickGael]