Perdition's Top 10 Album Openers
This list is more geared toward recent releases. It's based on how well a first song sets the tone for a whole album, whether it is a 1-2 minute introduction or a full 13-minute song. This is the real list after many failed attempts. |
| 1 | La Dispute
Such Small Hands
"I think I saw you in my dreams, darling...
I think I saw you in my dreams
you were
stitching up the seams
on
every broken promise that your body couldn't keep..." |
| 2 | After the Burial
Pi (The Mercury God of Infinity)
ATB still opens their live shows with this tech barrage. |
| 3 | Trophy Scars
Bad Dreams
A moving song to kick off my favorite album of 2009: Bad Luck. |
| 4 | Buried Inside
Introduction
The whole concept album Chronoclast is based off of the instrumentation in this song. |
| 5 | Eleventh He Reaches London
Hollow Be My Name
This song establishes the character in this concept album and sets a bitter, god-hating mentality for all 11 songs. |
| 6 | Agalloch
Limbs
This song is has an amazing outro to feed into the next song on the album, "Falling Snow." |
| 7 | Ion Dissonance
The Surge
This first song from Minus the Herd sets me up for a great workout. |
| 8 | The Burning Paris
In Ruins
The haunting echo of "You have ruined every-thing / I will lose eventual-ly" is unforgettable in this depressive indie rock gem. |
| 9 | Mew
New Terrain
A spacey start to No More Stories... |
| 10 | Johann Johannson
Fordlandia
A beautiful 13-minute album opener. |
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