The Greatest Openers Ever
Not much to explain, here are my favorite album openers of all time in order.(in my humble opinion) |
| 1 |  | AFI
Sing The Sorrow
Miseria Cantare- The Beginning-
An absolute masterpiece. This is the most frightening and chilling song I've ever heard, this is the definition of a good way to start an album. |
| 2 |  | Radiohead
Hail To The Thief
2+2=5-
This contains some of the best lyrics ever, And the guitar plug-in at the beginning sends the chills, and throughout the whole song until the abrupt ending do I feel intrigued. |
| 3 |  | Thrice
The Alchemy Index: Vols. I and II...
Firebreather-
The sirens at the beginning sets the tone for this angry and wonderful song. The melodic chanting that fades out affirms this as one of the great beginnings ever. |
| 4 |  | Sonic Youth
Daydream Nation
Teenage Riot-
A very emotionally connecting song, and is likely my favorite Sonic Youth song. |
| 5 |  | Radiohead
Amnesiac
Packt Like Sardines In A Crushd Tin Box-
The percussion start is great, with the infectious beat that comes in over it starts in the wonder of the song. |
| 6 |  | Pink Floyd
Wish You Were Here
Shine On You Crazy Diamond(Part One)-
One of the most adorned songs of all time, I have to agree. From the guitar beginning to the saxophone ending, this song has classic written all over it. |
| 7 |  | Smashing Pumpkins
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
Mellen Collie And The Infinite Sadness-
This simply wonderful piano piece is a grand starter for Mellen Collie. |
| 8 |  | The Acorn
Glory Hope Mountain
Hold Your Breath-
This is an epic opening track from some of indie's finest. |
| 9 |  | Radiohead
In Rainbows
15 Step-
This desolate track is masked behind its up-beat electronica pattern and Thom's cool delivery. |
| 10 |  | AFI
Decemberunderground
Prelude 12/21-
A very effective gang chant makes this interesting AFI song even better. |
| 11 |  | Interpol
Our Love To Admire
Pioneer To The Falls-
A sad and lonely song that is the only highlight off of the disappointing Our Love To Admire. |
| 12 |  | The Mars Volta
Frances The Mute
Cygnus... Vismund Cygnus-
13 minutes of pwn, not much else to say. |
| 13 |  | Muse
Black Holes And Revelations
Take A Bow-
Politically charged and grand its scope. The song has a great feel of corruption and insight, which is what the lyrics capture as well. |
| 14 |  | Nine Inch Nails
Year Zero
Hyperpower!-
Hyperpower! is a brooding, violent instrumental that opens the album fantastically. It really represents the unsettling confusion and tension that's part of Year Zero. |
| 15 |  | Foo Fighters
In Your Honor
Still-
Despite my feelings on Foo Fighters being mediocre, the second disc of In Your Honor is quite remarkable, and this interesting and emotionally connecting song is excellent. |
| 16 |  | Explosions In The Sky
The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place
First Breath After Coma-
Quite an opening to an album, this epic and slow building song really lets you know what you're in for. |
| 17 |  | Gorillaz
Gorillaz
Re-Hash-
Such a soothing and happy song. The very relaxed vocal delivery makes me smile every time. |
| 18 |  | King Crimson
In The Court Of The Crimson King
21st Century Schizoid Man-
Schizoid Man is a very abstract jazz song and is quite inventive for 1969. |
| 19 |  | Queens Of The Stone Age
Era Vulgaris
Turnin' On The Screw-
An un-conventional dance song but probably one of the best I've heard, the distorted guitar mixed with the rough sounding beat is quite pwn. |
| 20 |  | Mute Math
Mute Math
Collapse-
Short but sweet, the song is very powerful, the charging snare drum pattern along with Paul Meany's croons starts the album very well. |
| 21 |  | Nine Inch Nails
The Fragile
Somewhat Damaged-
A creepy but great acoustic guitar starts in until the pure anger of the song takes over. |
| 22 |  | Radiohead
Kid A
Everything In It's Right Place-
The main thing that excels about the song is Thom's wonderfully layered vocals, it really captured the mood that the song is after. |
| 23 |  | Muse
Origin Of Symmetry
New Born-
A desolate sounding beginning to Muse's masterpiece. |
| 24 |  | Pink Floyd
Animals
Pigs On The Wing(Part One)-
This is a sweetly sung ballad by the masters, nothing much to it but is quite excellent. |
| 25 |  | Mastodon
Leviathan
Blood And Thunder-
If I were to ever show someone a metal song, it would be this one. It is tightly wrapped and well compact. |
| 26 | | Jane's Addiction
Ritual De Lo Habitual
Stop-
A Jane's Addiction track by the books, rocking and fun. |
| 27 |  | Gorillaz
Demon Days
Intro-
A tongue-in-cheek gloomy track that doesn't last long, but sets the album up very well. |
| 28 |  | Metallica
Ride The Lightning
Fight Fire With Fire-
A rather carefree, melodic guitar part starts the song, which is quite rare for Metallica, then starts in the loudness and what we've come to expect from the band. |
| 29 |  | Billy Talent
Billy Talent II
Devil In A Midnight Mass-
One of the darkest and most violent songs ever in pop-rock, Devil In A Midnight Mass is a great song with a sinister guitar riff and some chilling vocal delivery. |
| 30 |  | The Mars Volta
The Bedlam In Goliath
Aberinkula-
This is a great sample of The Mars Volta: a loud, crazy almost bi-polar way of progressive. |
| 31 |  | Faith No More
The Real Thing
From Out Of Nowhere-
The title holds true to the song itself, it feels like a spontaneous combustion of rock. |
| 32 |  | Nine Inch Nails
Pretty Hate Machine
Head Like A Hole-
The classic Nine Inch Nails song that I couldn't not include, giving the world the classic line: "Bow down before the one you serve, you're going to get what you deserve." |
| 33 |  | Massive Attack
Mezzanine
Angel-
A mind-numbing bass riff fading in opens up this unsettling and heavy opener. |
| 34 |  | Incubus
Light Grenades
Quicksand-
Although this isn't a good sample of the general sound of Light Grenades, it's still as interesting as hell. |
| 35 |  | Sonic Youth
Goo
Dirty Boots-
A transforming song, going from the easy sleezy guitar riff to the angry chants at the end. |
| 36 |  | Cream
Disraeli Gears
Strange Brew-
A very soothing, mellow yet not mellow track. The falsetto vocals are quite catchy. |
| 37 | | Jane's Addiction
Nothings Shocking
Up The Beach-
The bass riff sets the tone for the song, and the album for that matter. |
| 38 |  | Coldplay
Viva La Vida
Life In Technicolor-
One of the only electronica infused songs by Coldplay, A rather epic tune to start off with. |
| 39 |  | The Beatles
Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band-
A rocking track for the Beatles. It's the iconic opener to the classic album. |
| 40 |  | Attack In Black
Marriage
Come What May-
A refreshing starter to a refreshing album |
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