# Favorite opening tracks from debut albums **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [June 14, 2025, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-opening-tracks-from-debut-albums/1019622 "2025-06-14T12:55:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2025, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-opening-tracks-from-debut-albums/1019622/1 "2025-06-14T12:55:41Z")
Two simple rules: - Must be a debut album - Must be the first track on the album I’ll start by tossing out “Can I Tell You Something” from the eponymous debut album by **Kansas**. While they were known for some longer prog rock pieces, this one clocks in at three and a half minutes and tells you pretty much everything you need to know about the band. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/a-gIEZ7ID-U/maxresdefault.jpg "Can I Tell You") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-gIEZ7ID-U) ---
**Author:** ![Jaycat.again](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat.again/32/11525_2.png) [@Jaycat.again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaycat.again)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2025, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-opening-tracks-from-debut-albums/1019622/2 "2025-06-14T13:02:15Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/3vnRUp9qVZ0/maxresdefault.jpg "The Velvet Underground - Sunday Morning [2010 Remastered]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vnRUp9qVZ0) ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2025, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-opening-tracks-from-debut-albums/1019622/3 "2025-06-14T13:17:47Z")
Bostons debut album Boston started right out with More Than a Feeling. The rest is rock and roll legend. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/t4QK8RxCAwo/maxresdefault.jpg "Boston - More Than a Feeling (Official HD Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4QK8RxCAwo) ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2025, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-opening-tracks-from-debut-albums/1019622/4 "2025-06-14T13:20:58Z")
@Si_Amigo I came here to say this same thing! ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2025, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-opening-tracks-from-debut-albums/1019622/5 "2025-06-14T13:21:08Z")
> [@Si\_Amigo](#): > > Bostons debut album Boston started right out with More Than a Feeling. The rest is rock and roll legend. That’s one of the ones I was about to post. The fade-in just adds to the greatness. The other one, which ALSO features a fade-in, Van Halen’s “Runnin’ with the Devil”. > **[Van Halen - Runnin' With The Devil (Official Music Video)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5txwFv-zYMx=1)** > > Watch the official music video for "Runnin' With The Devil" by Van Halen♫ Subscribe to Van Halen channel and ring the bell to turn on notifications: https://... ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2025, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-opening-tracks-from-debut-albums/1019622/6 "2025-06-14T13:42:04Z")
_Blinded by the Light_ by Bruce Springsteen off **Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.** > **[Blinded By The Light](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPy82OO6vRg%2F)** > > Provided to YouTube by ColumbiaBlinded By The Light · Bruce SpringsteenGreetings from Asbury Park, N.J.℗ 1973 Bruce SpringsteenReleased on: 1973-01-05Backgro... ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2025, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-opening-tracks-from-debut-albums/1019622/7 "2025-06-14T13:50:44Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/BZhP-Q3cSUw/maxresdefault.jpg "Your Phone's off the Hook, But You're Not") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZhP-Q3cSUw) ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2025, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-opening-tracks-from-debut-albums/1019622/8 "2025-06-14T14:05:32Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/uaXtqSmUlxA/maxresdefault.jpg "Planet Claire") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaXtqSmUlxA) ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2025, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-opening-tracks-from-debut-albums/1019622/9 "2025-06-14T14:08:40Z")
Considering that The Doors took their name from Aldous Huxley’s _The Doors of Perception_, this is a good ‘statement’ song: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/NFeUko-lQHg/maxresdefault.jpg "Break on Through (To the Other Side)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFeUko-lQHg) ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2025, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-opening-tracks-from-debut-albums/1019622/10 "2025-06-14T14:25:51Z")
[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bedWROkFUrw/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGGUgZShlMA8=&rs=AOn4CLCc-P4UR9oemLquYrJirvaNvIr41w "Triumvirat - I Believe") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bedWROkFUrw) ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2025, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-opening-tracks-from-debut-albums/1019622/11 "2025-06-14T15:18:25Z")
While it’s nice to see another Triumvirat fan around here, “Old Loves Die Hard” was their fourth album. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2025, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-opening-tracks-from-debut-albums/1019622/12 "2025-06-14T15:28:44Z")
Too obvious: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/TA9Rec1qAFQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Led Zeppelin - Good Times Bad Times (Official Audio)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TA9Rec1qAFQ) Even though a big chunk of the personnel changed before the second album, this is them right out of the gate: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/tKqGGYHjXKU/maxresdefault.jpg "10538 Overture") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKqGGYHjXKU) ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2025, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-opening-tracks-from-debut-albums/1019622/13 "2025-06-14T16:33:02Z")
I was going to post “Welcome to the Jungle” from Guns N Roses’ _Appetite for Destruction_ album. But I don’t if it counts because GnR self released a 5 track EP ( _Live ?!★꩜ Like a Suicide_) before it. _Appetite for Destruction_ was their debut studio album. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2025, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-opening-tracks-from-debut-albums/1019622/14 "2025-06-14T16:40:09Z")
Yeah, that counts. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2025, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-opening-tracks-from-debut-albums/1019622/15 "2025-06-14T17:34:06Z")
A mellow one: [Fig Tree Bay](https://youtu.be/9oSb3ZgKU90?feature=shared) from Peter Frampton’s solo debut “Wind Of Change”. A not-so-mellow one: [Rock The Nation](https://youtu.be/r4nd8BgBoPo?feature=shared) from “Montrose”. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2025, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-opening-tracks-from-debut-albums/1019622/16 "2025-06-14T17:35:43Z")
“Suite: Judy Blue Eyes” from the first CSN album. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ZGT0P0XJRFM/maxresdefault.jpg "Crosby, Stills & Nash - Suite: Judy Blue Eyes (Official Audio)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGT0P0XJRFM) ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2025, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-opening-tracks-from-debut-albums/1019622/17 "2025-06-14T17:51:50Z")
Already shared by others: Boston’s “More Than a Feeling,” Electric Light Orchestra’s “10538 Overture,” and CSN’s “Suite: Judy Blue Eyes.” I’ll add: “Breakin’ the Chains of Love,” by Fitz and the Tantrums: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/80JsXpm_yRI/maxresdefault.jpg "Breakin' the Chains of Love") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80JsXpm_yRI) “Heat of the Moment,” by Asia: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/lCALGlGuVUA/maxresdefault.jpg "Asia - Heat Of The Moment (Official Music Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCALGlGuVUA) ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2025, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-opening-tracks-from-debut-albums/1019622/18 "2025-06-14T18:00:11Z")
Another great first album was the Cars (by the Cars) and the song Let the Good Roll lead off to one of the most perfect albums I ever heard. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/7BDBzgHXf64/maxresdefault.jpg "THE CARS ― GOOD TIMES ROLL (1978)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BDBzgHXf64) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2025, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-opening-tracks-from-debut-albums/1019622/19 "2025-06-14T18:06:58Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Ge0vaqnijB0/maxresdefault.jpg "Also sprach Zarathustra") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ge0vaqnijB0) ---
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Mothers of Invention - “Hungry Freaks Daddy” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/s0JTNVkhyS8/maxresdefault.jpg "Hungry Freaks, Daddy") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0JTNVkhyS8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-opening-tracks-from-debut-albums/1019622.md?page=2)