Track One

[Finsbury Girl]

This is a thread to celebrate the absolute bangers that open an album, set the tone and just blow you away

A few of my faves to kick start the awesomeness

Artic Monkeys



Led Zeppelin



Tool



The Tea Party

[beecee]

[charlesr]

Epic thread.

Jericho slams in hard.


Bitter sweet symphony is a soaring tune that deserves to be played loud on some decent kit.


Remind Me - I love this album so much. It kicks off well with this DnB anthem, but the range of styles and genres on later tracks is crazy good.


There's something about Castle - it's not my normal listen, but it hit hard and I enjoyed the rest of the album too.


Tank. Says "You WILL listen to the rest of the album"

[Atticus]

A Hard Day's Night. A perfect start to a perfact album.

[fuse]

Always feel like I'm running into albums that start on a high note but often don't even make it halfway before that goodwill's been squandered. Off the top of my head here's a few I think do a decent job keeping things up for the duration!

No song immediately transports me back to when and where I first heard it like this does.



In terms of setting the tone, this one's pretty spot on.



Also here's a recent(ish) pop one that I think is excellent.

[teddymeow]

[charlesr]

Great suggestions. I'd forgotten how good Audio Slave is and cool vid.

[charlesr]

Also, I'm listening on my B&W iems and the difference between YouTube Castle and CD quality Castle is huge. Shocking even.

[Finsbury Girl]

RIP Chris

edit: that bass on Tank

[charlesr]

Hope some of you get some joy from this tune. First track off one of the excellent Koop jazz albums.

[Nu-Eclipse]

RIP Double K.

[Finsbury Girl]

^ old skool

[Nu-Eclipse]

^ old skool

Could be seen that way in the context of rap music today, but PUTS dropped the O.S.T. LP back in 2002.

[Finsbury Girl]

Marvin Gaye