JohnnyoftheWell: Discogs that peak on song #1

JohnnyoftheWell 03.09.24	Feed me takes
Sharenge 03.09.24	silly
onionbubs 03.09.24	the used - maybe memories (maybe)
JohnnyoftheWell 03.09.24	Oh damn yes good shout
AsleepInTheBack 03.09.24	American Football (if we’re excluding the EP)
Drifter 03.09.24	warren g - regulate i dont think its his best song, but most people do.
fogza 03.09.24	The best MGMT song off oracular is obviously kids
fogza 03.09.24	Grace is a hard record to definitively say it peaks on song 1
onionbubs 03.09.24	yet, it does
bellovddd 03.09.24	18 is a hot take but I think I might agree with the hotness of that take
JohnnyoftheWell 03.09.24	counterpoint = Kids is a single synthline stuck on repeat and doesn't qualify as a song Time to Pretend at least has the decency to pack a verse and a semblance of narrative development Grace defs has other contenders, but none of them have the same mystique imo - can see, say, Lover or So Real being situationally better, but neither of them map out exactly what makes that album special in quite the same form for me
Havey 03.09.24	leonard cohen - suzanne ulver - i troldskog faren vild wu-tang clan - bring da ruckus
JohnnyoftheWell 03.09.24	Suzanne isn't even the best Leonard Cohen opener (though still an 11/10 ofc), and don't make me laugh with that Ulver song
Casavir 03.09.24	My fave on Rising Force is prob Icarus Dream Suite tbh
ArsMoriendi 03.09.24	Ew Time to Pretend I feel like Electic Feel at least has rhythm Bad band kinda
ArsMoriendi 03.09.24	As a big Mazzy Star fan who likes almost everything by them: yes Halah is the best
BookoftheFallen 03.09.24	Mr bungle quote unquote The Mayan Factor warflower He is legend The seduction
neekafat 03.09.24	Bjork “Human Behavior” srrynotsrry
ArsMoriendi 03.09.24	Eh, it's no "5 Years" or "An Echo, A Stain"
JohnnyoftheWell 03.09.24	any song from Debut or the Mr Bungle s/t is a deeply unfortunate take class dismissed
neekafat 03.10.24	Debut way overrated but Human Behavior is somethin else
ArsMoriendi 03.10.24	My fave on Debut is Venus As a Boy
Casavir 03.10.24	The first three songs on Debut are equally great
gabba 03.10.24	The Stone Roses - I Wanna Be Adored
JohnnyoftheWell 03.10.24	Venus As a Boy is the best on Debut by a decent margin yh never knowingly heard a Stone Roses song other than She Bangs the Drums should this change were they the MGMT of their day?
mouldypigeon 03.10.24	15 is probably true. I also suspect these... GY:BE - Dead Flag Blues Psychedelic Furs - India
SlothcoreSam 03.10.24	The Offspring - Jennifer lost the war.
SlothcoreSam 03.10.24	A couple of contentious ones Silverchair- Israel's Son Pearl Jam- Once RATM - Bombtrack
Butkuiss 03.10.24	I’d say Blur but they peak at Song #2
SlothcoreSam 03.10.24	This one for sure SOAD- Suit Pee
Koris 03.10.24	"GY:BE - Dead Flag Blues" Definitely agree on that one
Spec 03.10.24	The Bled - Red Wedding
el_newg 03.10.24	possessed - the exorcist could make an argument for black sabbath - black sabbath
el_newg 03.10.24	he is legend - the seduction
SlothcoreSam 03.10.24	Nine inch nails - Head like a hole
VlacDrac 03.10.24	10 is wrong.
Butkuiss 03.10.24	Anyway, serious answer: DMX with Ruff Ryders Anthem (if you discount the intro track to IDAHIH)
Manatea 03.10.24	2 is the TRUTH.
Drifter 03.10.24	the intro for its dark and hell is hot is a legitimate contender for best dmx song and definitely counts as a full song over ruff ryders anthem which is a great song but not even one of the best on the album in general
FowlKrietzsche 03.10.24	Fun list, el_newg is on it with He is Legend, which almost makes up for the Black Sabbath take (yeah sure there's an argument, but phooey on you) Hmm nomination time... Misery Signals??
kkarron 03.10.24	A few ones that I don't necessarily agree with but can see the argument for and on a good day would champion: Die Kreuzen - Die Kreuzen - "Rumors" DJ Shadow - Endtroducing..... - "Building Steam With A Grain Of Salt" (The intro clearly doesn't count lol) Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse - "Into The Infinity Of Thoughts" Fugazi - Repeater - "Turnover" Kill The Thrill - Dig - "The Morning Of The Next Day" Lubricated Goat - Plays The Devil's Music - "Jason The Unpopular" (defo my pick, talk about a one hit wonder!) Mercyful Fate - Melissa - "Evil" Pixies - Surfer Rosa - "Bone Machine" Shellac - At Action Park - "My Black Ass" Swans - Filth - "Stay Here" Whores. - Gold - "Playing Poor" Youth Of Today - Break Down The Walls - "Make A Change"
Havey 03.10.24	indub: jorge ben - mas que nada joao gilberto - chega de saudade in dub: the congos - fisherman monolake - cyan
JohnnyoftheWell 03.10.24	^considered stretching the rules to allow Caribou and Waiting Room for Pixies and Fugazi respectively precisely bc they have an edge over the actual debut LP openers imo (though ultimately not over the whole discog) Evil is possibly the right shout - don't care enough about Mercyful Fate and haven't heard beyond that alb, but could defs see that as their best hmm. Shellac and Swans both fair shouts too Dead Flag Blues is one I get for GYBE and would probs allow if Sleep didn't exist, Once and Bombtrack are kinda middle of the pack for their albs, peak NIN has to be a song where Reznor shuts the shit up, feed me more plz
JohnnyoftheWell 03.10.24	O damn, will allow Fisherman though (and pretend to have heard the Congos beyond that alb). Cyan unfort is on the wrong half of Hong Kong to be peak Monolake
Butkuiss 03.10.24	Wait actually Dillinger with Sugar Coated Sour
Havey 03.10.24	the gilberto is the most impressive one for me because it's also an entire genre peaking on song #1
Havey 03.10.24	shinichi atobe - ship-scope (don't tell me you're a "red line" scrub)
Havey 03.10.24	madonna - lucky star christina aguilera - genie in a bottle (not even remotely open to debate) jonas brothers - what i go to school for (goated teen pop cover)
Mort. 03.10.24	uh fuck american football really did peak on their first track
Demon of the Fall 03.10.24	didn’t think this would ever happen but I almost want to say “Opeth - In The Mist…”
fogza 03.10.24	"Kids is a single synthline stuck on repeat and doesn't qualify as a song" But it sounds so big and makes me want to kick over garbage cans so it wins
gabba 03.10.24	May sound weird, but in a way “Asylum” by Crass is their peak.
AlexKzillion 03.10.24	the avalanches - since i left you van halen - running with the devil
Avagantamos 03.10.24	I guess you could make the argument for Cannibal Ox - Iron Galaxy... but the entire debut is amazing
chemicalmarriage 03.10.24	Rosetta - Departe
Avagantamos 03.10.24	decapitated - winds of creation nadja - mutagen telefon tel aviv - fahrenheit fair enough bola - glink public enemy - you're gonna get yours
MeatSalad 03.10.24	+1 for Cannibal Ox, also these: Spacehog - In the Meantime Coldplay - Don't Panic Have a Nice Life - A Quick One etcetc
botb 03.10.24	Man I miss sludge mastodon
gabba 03.10.24	“ madonna - lucky star” - Vogue is her best.
mouldypigeon 03.10.24	"Have a Nice Life - A Quick One etcetc" As strong as the album is there really is something special about that opener. "The Stone Roses - I Wanna Be Adored" Fools Gold is their best song by a long mile, but I think a lot would agree with you because of the wide-ranging appeal of I Wanna Be Adored.
gabba 03.10.24	“Fool’s Gold” is an amazing track, but not featured on any of their LPs, so I didn’t consider it. Up for debate if it’s better than …Adored, I can live with both options.
Icebloom 03.10.24	Interpol - Untitled (obviously) Marillion - Script For a Jester's Tear Carissa's Wierd - Drunk w/ etc (if you stretch the rules a bit and treat Heather Rhodes as the short intro it is) Agreed on 13. Good shout on A Quick One too.
JohnnyoftheWell 03.10.24	will not stand for Heather Rhodes erasure (though Drunk is defs their best tune), and ngl am not sure whether Untitled is even in the top half of that album "Have a Nice Life - A Quick One etcetc" oh damn, actually considered this and couldn't be bothered to think of an argument why Hunter, Bloodhail etc couldn't compete but am now CONVINCED. definitely the track I return to the most, could loop that boi forever "van halen - running with the devil" eww no "nadja - mutagen" Ahhhhh tempting, but Incubation/Metamorphosis always did more for me (and The Bungled & The Botched is up ahead regardless)
hesperus 03.10.24	Conjurer - Choke, for sure i also think a strong case could be made for these, even if i would personally disagree: Isis - Celestial (The Tower) Kayo Dot - Marathon Orchid - Le Desordre, C'est Moi Fever Ray - If I Had a Heart
YoYoMancuso 03.10.24	11 and 13 are correct
SlothcoreSam 03.10.24	The Troggs - Wild thing
GiaNXGX 03.11.24	Gillian Welch - Anabelle
GiaNXGX 03.11.24	shinichi atobe - ship-scope Second this [2]
Winesburgohio 03.11.24	Talking Heads - Uh-Oh Love Comes to Town Graham Lambkin/Jason LeScelleet - Listen, The Snow is Falling Wu-Tang Clan - Bring da Ruckus followed by Gza - Liquid Swords not saying any of these with 100 percent certainty (especially not Wu) but certainly for your consideration
Ryus 03.11.24	rem - radio free europe (technically not the same version as my favorite song by them but close enough)
Squiggly 03.11.24	the avalanches - since i left you [2] someone mentioned public enemy & cannibal ox but has anyone mentioned Wu Tang Clan - Bring Da Ruckus ?
Squiggly 03.11.24	Arguably City of Caterpillar - And You’re Wondering Joy Division - Disorder Fugazi - Waiting Room Aphex Twin - Xtal
Winesburgohio 03.11.24	mostly good picks from Havey (perhaps someone should check on him?) but as the sites resident Jonas Brothers Expert they have two hands worth of superieor material / Candyman is best Christina
JohnnyoftheWell 03.11.24	idk if any one Avalanches song can claim that strong a lead over every other hmmm considered almost every song in that second Squiggly comment (and also Talking Heads, but let's not get giddy on that one). Joy Division have a better claim to peaking on the final song thanks to Decades, and as a Mystic Sisters truther I will not stand for an early peak on CoC hmmm. Aphex is a sneaky choice though, up he goes
Ryus 03.11.24	yeah aphex is correct lenny cohen - suzanne
Ryus 03.11.24	oh harvey beat me to it "Suzanne isn't even the best Leonard Cohen opener (though still an 11/10 ofc)" avalanche is also quite good but suzanne has the best lyrics ever
anat 03.11.24	mineral - five eight and ten
Ryus 03.11.24	medicine - one more three 6 mafia - break da law '95 (intro tracks dont count)
JWT155 03.11.24	Agreed regarding REM - Radio Free Europe.
JohnnyoftheWell 03.11.24	One More is huge, but Miss Drugstore is scuzzy sexed up gaze perfection and I'll accept no other hmm will add Suzanne tbh, preferences aside it's more iconic and less situational than Avalanche
Winesburgohio 03.12.24	Foregoing Is This What You Wanted in your discussion? Is This What You Wanted? Suzanne is I admit insanely perfectly good but he has better sprinkled about. Joan of Arc, Winter Lady, Take This Longing. and more!
Avagantamos 03.12.24	hard disagree on aphex twin
Avagantamos 03.12.24	I was also thinking break da law 95, but for me three 6 peaked on world domination
anode 03.14.24	i like this concept for a list considering how the first track on discographies would basically be the band campaigning for the listener to keep listening. The concept that it’s the high point implies that their pre-success introduction track is the best they could ever do which is understandable in a way 1 Love the rhythms 9 wow I agree that is best sweet trip I heard. Wish I knew of it earlier 11 damn 12 “well if i ever see the morning, just like a lizard in the spring” lmaoooo 13 bleh i only heard Kyoto by her before and it’s good especially production-wise but there’s something about her music that’s just…lame? Idk 16 technically not her discog opener, no? Still can’t really disagree 18 wth bro 19 obv 21 how dare you. Picking a song on this album without vocals and lyrics seems like such a travesty. But i know your feelings about deathconsciousness lyrics so we don’t need to get into that again 24 yeh
parksungjoon 03.14.24	based fish based dick dj
Sharenge 03.14.24	if "Waiting Room" is song #1 for Fugazi and not "Turnover", then "Analogue Bubblebath" would be song #1 for Aphex Twin, not "Xtal"
Avagantamos 03.14.24	(of first LP of sole credit blah blah discuss)
JohnnyoftheWell 03.14.24	13 Songs basically counts as an LP for me, and tbh Waiting Room and Suzanne raise the maybe-interesting case of whether a signature song can count in place of a 'peak' song
gabba 03.14.24	No, they can’t. Otherwise consider “Break On Through”.
Avagantamos 03.14.24	also fugazi got better with each release so i find the claim that they peaked on saong 1 absolutely ridiculous
DoofDoof 03.14.24	5 is an incredible album come now come now - I would also say he has some at least equally good tunes on that album and the others Obvious ones: Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath Arcade Fire - Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels) Guns n Roses - Welcome to the Jungle (maybe...)
JohnnyoftheWell 03.15.24	5 is nice, but I find many of the arrangements overdone and florid (Way to Blue maybe the worst offender) -- still a lot of good tunes there, love Three Hours and Day is Done esp, but I think his full band accompaniment was much more tasteful on Bryter Layter Arcade Fire is extremely obvious shit damn how did I miss that one "also fugazi got better with each release" Love the Argument, but Fugazi's peak era was between Kill-Taker and Red Medicine. They're not that much of a standout-song act imo, so one huge early banger stealing the crown isn't that hard a take to buy (even if they have other songs I prefer)
Avagantamos 03.15.24	fairy nuff. by that logic I could definitely get behind break da law 95. still many 90's aphex twin tracks I'd rank above xtal though, like cliffs, tassels, acrid avid jam shred, tha, 4, come to daddy
Squiggly 03.15.24	I rescind what I said about Waiting Room; I’ve only heard 13 Songs & Repeater, which didn’t really click with me, but I also just really love that song. Same with Aphex Twin p much.
Avagantamos 03.15.24	Mt Saint Michel + Saint Michaels Mount comes very close to the peak of music
Sevengill 03.19.24	Kalmah never made a song better than "Evil In You". Melodeath perfection.
ffs 03.19.24	eminem - infinite
Valzentia 03.19.24	The Used peaked at In Love and Death tho
Ryus 04.06.24	elliott smith is close enough
Cygnatti 04.06.24	The first single
demigod! 04.06.24	funkytown