# Favorite opening tracks from debut albums

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**Created:** [June 14, 2025, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-opening-tracks-from-debut-albums/1019622 "2025-06-14T12:55:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2025, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-opening-tracks-from-debut-albums/1019622/34 "2025-06-15T08:06:32Z")

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Also, I’ll point out we had this same thread 15 years ago:

> [@great opening songs on debut albums](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-opening-songs-on-debut-albums/530392):
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> I appreciate a great opening song by a new band to make a statement. Some of my favorites: [Pain Lies on the Riverside](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iD67wlWhC6U) by Live - while Throwing Copper was their best known album, Mental Jewelry was their debut, and this opening song is incredible… they were only 17 at the time… [Once](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPkz7bZoq18) by Pearl Jam - the opening ambient sound complements the closing song on the album, but the initial riff kicks off a great album… [Jenny Was a Friend of Mine](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4aFhDQwEHU) by The Killers - maybe I am a sucker for a good opening …

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