So without further ado, this leads us inexorably to the subject of today's business. To wit:
...and the best/most immediately memorable lead-off track to a great album is...???
Discuss.
No arbitrary rules whatsoever, although I was tempted to add "excluding the Beatles or Stones". But heck -- if that's the stuff you wanna pick, go for it.
In any case, if you were wondering what I'm going for, it's this (which may surprise you).
To which I can only add -- wow. And the song that opens their previous (debut) album is pretty fucking amazing too. 😎
Alrighty then -- what would YOUR choices be?
And have a great weekend everybody!!!
[h/t Sal Nunziato]
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Here are four, three from debut albums, that I still play regularly:
21st Century Schizoid Man - King Crimson
Precious - Pretenders
I Will Follow - U2
Begin The Begin - R.E.M.
- Paul in DK
Welcome to the Working Week - Elvis Costello
I'm On Fire - Dwight Twilley Band
Gotta say, since everything nowadays is on my computer and played back with shuffle on, I don't really experience "albums" anymore. Kinda wipes out anything from the 21st century. What's left of my memory goes instantly to the trifecta of the first three Elvis Costello albums - "Welcome To the Working Week", "No Action" and "Accidents Will Happen." They MADE you want to hear the rest of the album.
Trivia note I learned a year or so ago. Each of this songs start with Costello's voice before any instruments pop in.
"No Action" from This Year's Model by Elvis Costello as well here.
20th Century Man Kinks Muswell Hillbillies
Bookends Theme/ Save the Life of My Child Simon & Garfunkel Bookends
Get Up , Stand Up Wailers Burnin'
rs
Oooh, that Wailers song is a very cool choice. 😎
Uncontrollable Urge - Devo. Pretty auspicious opener, and intentionally echoes I Wanna Hold Your Hand, the lead track on Meet the Beatles.
Boy, it's hard to beat that Nazz song. Great choice.
And ditto on the first three Costello records.
Hey Grandma from Moby Grape's debut.
Ooh Mama Ooh from Moby Grape '69.
Victoria from the Kink's Arthur.
Combination of the Two from Big Brother and the Holding Company's Cheap Thrills.
Not Where It's At from Del Amitri's Some Other Sucker's Parade.
Options from Gomez's Whatever's On Your Mind.
Statesboro Blues from Allman Brothers Live at the Fillmore.
Bonus points for including the track from Moby Grap 69. 😎
like a rolling stone from highway 61 revisited
funeral for a friend/love lies bleeding from goodbye yellow brick road
Thanks. They were such a great band. CJ
I'm fairly sure it was you, Steve, who regaled the Move's 'Split Ends' compilation as a Stereo Review Best-of-the-Month LP. So I nabbed a copy and proceeded to wear out 'Do Ya.'
Van Morrison had a great run between 1968 and 1972:
Astral Weeks
Stoned Me (Moondance)
Domino (His Band and Street Choir)
Wild Night (Tupelo Honey)
Jackie Wilson Said (I'm In Heaven When You Smile) (Saint Dominic's Preview)
- Paul in DK
Echo the above choices. Will add Thunder Road, Take it Easy from Jackson Browne's 2nd album, and my sleeper choice: Windfall from Son Volt's Trace.
Yeah, that sounds like me. 😎
Hurricane - Desire album, Dylan
Rocks Off - Exile on Main Street, Stones
Holiday in the Sun - Sex Pistols
Wouldn't it be nice - Pet Sounds, the Boys
Introduction - CTA, CTA
I feel the earth move - Tapestry, Carole King
Glad - John Barley Corn Must Die, Traffic
Cinnamon Girl - Every Body Knows this is Nowhere, Neil Young
"Glad." Oh, yeah. 😎
Allman Bros - "Statesboro Blues" - Live at The Fillmore East
Jimmie Dale Gilmore - "Tonight I Think I'm Gonna Go Downtown" - After Awhile
Graham Parker - "White Honey" - Howlin' Wind
Tom Waits - "New Coat Of Paint" - The Heart Of Saturday Night
Delbert McClinton - "It's Love Baby" (24 Hours Of The Day) - Genuine Cowhide
"Song For The Walls" - Eric Ambel - Loud & Lonesome
"M-M-Motor Vehicle" - Ben Vaughn Combo - The Many Moods Of Ben Vaughn
"Teacher Teacher" - Rockpile - Seconds Of Pleasure
"Milk Cow Blues" The Kinks from 'Kinks Kontroversy'.
It starts the album off with a farewell to the 'Savage Young Kinks' era. From the very next track "Ring the Bells" we dive deep into the next phase of Kinks' history with the British viewpoint era.
"Crimes Against Nature" from the Weasels album of the same name. And so the decline & fall of Western Musical Civilization begins!
Captain Al
Ooo- I was coming back to post the Rockpile and GP songs. Good choices.
I was waiting for the Weasels. 😎
From my personal, well worn collection
In A Big Country. - The Crossing, Big Country
All I Want - Blue, Joni Mitchell (dulcimer)
Prelude - Nothing To Hide , 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus
Time of the Preacher- Red Headed Stranger, Willie Nelson
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