# best opening track on an album **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 19, 2003, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-track-on-an-album/182889 "2003-06-19T09:37:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![paulberserker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@paulberserker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paulberserker)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-track-on-an-album/182889/21 "2003-06-19T13:51:36Z")
immigrant song is led zep 3 or second casstette in remasters if you prefer ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-track-on-an-album/182889/22 "2003-06-19T13:59:12Z")
“Box of Rain” from American Beauty by the Grateful Dead ---
**Author:** ![NYR407](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@NYR407](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NYR407)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-track-on-an-album/182889/23 "2003-06-19T14:06:06Z")
Here are some nominees: Where the Streets Have No Name - U2 - Joshua Tree Airbag - Radiohead - OK Computer 2+2=5 - Radiohead - Hail to The Theif (I know its really new but a great opening song) Aces High - Iron Maiden - Powerslave Back In The USSR - Beatles - White Album ---
**Author:** ![Debaser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3da27b/32.png) [@Debaser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Debaser)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-track-on-an-album/182889/24 "2003-06-19T14:10:35Z")
What **Kantalooppi** said. Obviously. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-track-on-an-album/182889/25 "2003-06-19T14:24:08Z")
**Radio Free Europe** from Murmur - R.E.M. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-track-on-an-album/182889/26 "2003-06-19T14:30:44Z")
Oh yeah , and: **Sympathy for the Devil** - Beggar’s Banquet - Rolling Stones ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-track-on-an-album/182889/27 "2003-06-19T14:32:54Z")
Also: **Gimme Shelter** - Let It Bleed - Rolling Stones (Come to think of it, that may be my top pick.) ---
**Author:** ![karomon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@karomon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/karomon)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-track-on-an-album/182889/28 "2003-06-19T14:41:45Z")
**BND** from the first No Doubt album. Yeah, that’s right. No Doubt. Youse got a problem? ---
**Author:** ![Joe\_Gahona](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c67d28/32.png) [@Joe\_Gahona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_Gahona)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-track-on-an-album/182889/29 "2003-06-19T14:49:06Z")
“Blackened” from _Justice_ by Metallica “If I Should Fall From Grace With God” from _IISFFGWG_ by the Pogues “Aces High” from _Powerslave_ by Iron Maiden ---
**Author:** ![Caprese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9a28c/32.png) [@Caprese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caprese)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-track-on-an-album/182889/30 "2003-06-19T15:03:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by spoke- \* > \*\*Also: > > **Gimme Shelter** - Let It Bleed - Rolling Stones > > (Come to think of it, that may be my top pick.) \*\* Funny, this was going to be my top pick, I remembered Gimme Shelter as being the first track on Let It Bleed. But when I googled the CD, Shelter was listed as track 4. Just checked my old vinyl album–Gimme Shelter is the first track. Opening tracks don’t get much better than Gimme Shelter. ---
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-track-on-an-album/182889/31 "2003-06-19T15:07:49Z")
“London Calling” from _London Calling_ by the Clash “Janie Jones” from _The Clash (UK)_ by the Clash “Song Against Sex” from _On Avery Island_ by Neutral Milk Hotel “Pink Moon” from _Pink Moon_ by Nick Drake “Blister in the Sun” from _Violent Femmes_ by Violent Femmes “This Angry Silence” from _…And Don’t the Kids Just Love It_ by the Television Personalities “Call Me” from _Throwing Muses_ by Throwing Muses “Love Comes to Town” from _Talking Heads 77_ by Talking Heads “Teen Age Riot” from _Daydream Nation_ by Sonic Youth ---
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-track-on-an-album/182889/32 "2003-06-19T15:08:55Z")
Sorry, the full title should be “Uh-oh, Love Comes to Town” ---
**Author:** ![Husker\_Dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Husker\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Husker_Dude)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-track-on-an-album/182889/33 "2003-06-19T15:10:00Z")
Only Shallow from _Loveless_ by **My Bloody Valentine** ---
**Author:** ![Gail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Gail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gail)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-track-on-an-album/182889/34 "2003-06-19T15:10:42Z")
I used to love how Elton John’s "Good bye Yellow brick Road " opened with “Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding”. Also I liked “Black Dog” on Led Zeppelin IV. ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-track-on-an-album/182889/35 "2003-06-19T15:11:37Z")
I like “The Hellion” on Judas Priest’s _Screaming for Vengeance_ CD. Great prelude to “Electric Eye.” ---
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-track-on-an-album/182889/36 "2003-06-19T15:14:03Z")
“Blitzkrieg Bop” from the Ramones’ first album. ---
**Author:** ![paulberserker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@paulberserker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paulberserker)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-track-on-an-album/182889/37 "2003-06-19T15:24:46Z")
hellfire leonard! im forgetting **back in black** off duh, back in black by **AC/DC** altogether now t t t t t t dun!dededeh! dedede! dediddlydiddlydilow! the bit i cant play on geetar ---
**Author:** ![Dragon\_Phoenix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Dragon\_Phoenix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragon_Phoenix)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-track-on-an-album/182889/38 "2003-06-19T15:36:04Z")
I win: **Shine on you crazy diamond** - Pink Floyd (Wish you were here) ---
**Author:** ![sqweels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@sqweels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sqweels)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-track-on-an-album/182889/39 "2003-06-19T15:44:55Z")
**Yours is no Disgrace** from _The Yes Album_. **2112:Overture** from _2112_ by Rush. **School** from _Crime of the Century_ by Supertramp. **Astronomy Domine** from _Piper at the Gates of Dawn_ by Pink Floyd. > [@](#): > > 21st Century Schizoid Man by King Crimson – same thing (though musically quite different) Fuck Yeah! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-track-on-an-album/182889/40 "2003-06-19T15:56:17Z")
**Purple Haze** from “Are You Experienced” by the Jimi Hendrix Experience. I’m talking about the 1967 US release of the album (apparently it wasn’t on the UK release. What WERE they thinking??:smack: ). Talk about an announcement that something new was in town! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-track-on-an-album/182889.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-opening-track-on-an-album/182889.md?page=3)