Best Opening Three Tracks On A Record

Briston_Addick

Off_it said:

Moonchild
Infinite Dreams
Can I play with Madness

(and The evil that men do up 4th)

Seventh Son of a Seventh Son - Iron Maiden

I see your Seventh Son and raise you a Beast:

Invaders
Children Of The Damned
The Prisoner
(followed by 22 Acacia Avenue, Run To The Hills, Number Of The Beast, Gangland, Hallowed Be Thy Name)

Rufus is a dogs name

1. View From The Afternoon
2. I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor
3. Fake Tales Of San Francisco 

Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

Henry Irving

Across the great divide

Rag mama Rag

The night they drove old Dixie down

The Band - The Band

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Henry Irving said:

After the Goldrush - Neil Young

Tell me why

After the Goldrush

Only love can break your heart 

St Etienne's version of this song is so much better than the original. Far too melancholy for me.

raytreacy69

Hotel California -Eagles
Hotel California 
New Kid in Town
Life in the Fast Lane

Henry Irving

It's Neil Young, of course it's melancholy.

Leroy Ambrose

Briston_Addick said:

Off_it said:

Moonchild
Infinite Dreams
Can I play with Madness

(and The evil that men do up 4th)

Seventh Son of a Seventh Son - Iron Maiden

I see your Seventh Son and raise you a Beast:

Invaders
Children Of The Damned
The Prisoner
(followed by 22 Acacia Avenue, Run To The Hills, Number Of The Beast, Gangland, Hallowed Be Thy Name)

I see you both and raise you Powerslave

Aces High 
2 Minutes to Midnight
Losfer Words (best instrumental ever written) 

IdleHans

Dalliance

Dare

Suck

The Wedding Present - Seamonsters

Off_it

Leroy Ambrose said:

Briston_Addick said:

Off_it said:

Moonchild
Infinite Dreams
Can I play with Madness

(and The evil that men do up 4th)

Seventh Son of a Seventh Son - Iron Maiden

I see your Seventh Son and raise you a Beast:

Invaders
Children Of The Damned
The Prisoner
(followed by 22 Acacia Avenue, Run To The Hills, Number Of The Beast, Gangland, Hallowed Be Thy Name)

I see you both and raise you Powerslave

Aces High 
2 Minutes to Midnight
Losfer Words (best instrumental ever written) 

That's a bold statement. Better than Orion?

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Off_it said:

Leroy Ambrose said:

Briston_Addick said:

Off_it said:

Moonchild
Infinite Dreams
Can I play with Madness

(and The evil that men do up 4th)

Seventh Son of a Seventh Son - Iron Maiden

I see your Seventh Son and raise you a Beast:

Invaders
Children Of The Damned
The Prisoner
(followed by 22 Acacia Avenue, Run To The Hills, Number Of The Beast, Gangland, Hallowed Be Thy Name)

I see you both and raise you Powerslave

Aces High 
2 Minutes to Midnight
Losfer Words (best instrumental ever written) 

That's a bold statement. Better than Orion?

Beyond film soundtracks, I'm really struggling to think of any instrumental tracks I like. *cough* Flying, by Chas and Dave.

Off_it

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Off_it said:

Leroy Ambrose said:

Briston_Addick said:

Off_it said:

Moonchild
Infinite Dreams
Can I play with Madness

(and The evil that men do up 4th)

Seventh Son of a Seventh Son - Iron Maiden

I see your Seventh Son and raise you a Beast:

Invaders
Children Of The Damned
The Prisoner
(followed by 22 Acacia Avenue, Run To The Hills, Number Of The Beast, Gangland, Hallowed Be Thy Name)

I see you both and raise you Powerslave

Aces High 
2 Minutes to Midnight
Losfer Words (best instrumental ever written) 

That's a bold statement. Better than Orion?

Beyond film soundtracks, I'm really struggling to think of any instrumental tracks I like. *cough* Flying, by Chas and Dave.

Lol. And I had you down as a fan of The Shadows as well!

EastTerrace

IdleHans said:

Dalliance

Dare

Suck

The Wedding Present - Seamonsters

A great start to the Albini produced masterpiece 

PaddyP17

Van Morrison - Astral Weeks:

- Astral Weeks
- Beside You
- Sweet Thing

Van Morrison - Moondance:

- And It Stoned Me
- Moondance
- Crazy Love

Then the fourth and fifth tracks are Caravan, and Into The Mystic!

EastTerrace

stonemuse said:

A 3rd nomination would be No Need to Argue by The Cranberries:

Zombie
Ode to My Family
I Can’t Be With You 

Beautiful album.... but are they the opening three tracks?

Aside from that, there a many albums that start strong by many artists, although most can’t carry that promise through to the end.

PaddyP17

I'm on a bit of a roll now. 

Muse - Origin of Symmetry:

- New Born
- Bliss
- Space Dementia

Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine:

- Bombtrack
- Killing In The Name
- Take The Power Back

Derek and the Dominos - Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs:

- I Looked Away
- Bell Bottom Blues
- Keep On Growing

Joni Mitchell - Blue:

- All I Want
- My Old Man
- Little Green

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Off_it said:

PopIcon said:

Off_it said:

Leroy Ambrose said:

Briston_Addick said:

Off_it said:

Moonchild
Infinite Dreams
Can I play with Madness

(and The evil that men do up 4th)

Seventh Son of a Seventh Son - Iron Maiden

I see your Seventh Son and raise you a Beast:

Invaders
Children Of The Damned
The Prisoner
(followed by 22 Acacia Avenue, Run To The Hills, Number Of The Beast, Gangland, Hallowed Be Thy Name)

I see you both and raise you Powerslave

Aces High 
2 Minutes to Midnight
Losfer Words (best instrumental ever written) 

That's a bold statement. Better than Orion?

Beyond film soundtracks, I'm really struggling to think of any instrumental tracks I like. *cough* Flying, by Chas and Dave.

Lol. And I had you down as a fan of The Shadows as well!

Well everyone loves Apache, but I haven't thought of that song since I was leaning to play the guitar 25 years ago.

I've thought of one.

Any Color You Like - Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon.

creepyaddick

A1	A Message To You Rudy
A2	Do The Dog
A3	Gangsters

killerandflash

Not a big Coldplay fan BUT "A rush of blood to the head" is one of those albums where there's quality track after quality track

Politik

In My Place

God Put a Smile upon Your Face

Leeds_Addick

Foo Fighters - There Is Nothing Left To Lose

1. Stacked Actors
2. Breakout
3. Learn to Fly

seth plum

PaddyP17 said:

Van Morrison - Astral Weeks:

- Astral Weeks
- Beside You
- Sweet Thing

Van Morrison - Moondance:

- And It Stoned Me
- Moondance
- Crazy Love

Then the fourth and fifth tracks are Caravan, and Into The Mystic!

Fixed.

se9addick

Macronate said:

Oasis - Definitely Maybe

1. Rock n Roll Star
2. Shakermaker
3. Live Forever 

The correct answer. Especially as the first song is the best opening song of a debut album of all time.

kielyskickingboots said:

Nevermind - Nirvana

1. Smells Like Teen Spirit
2. In Bloom
3. Come As You Are

A great second choice. 

golfaddick

heckington_reds said:

golfaddick said:

Trick of the Tail - Genesis.

Dance on a Volcano.
Entangled
Squonk

My Mrs has got that on at the moment. 
I'm at the point of finding the most blunt knife we have in the house and chopping my member and nads off and throwing them down the garden to ease the pain of listening to this. 

If you do then I expect she'll be in need of a replacement to satisfy her. Seeing as me & her obviously have the same great taste in music I'd be happy to help her out anytime she needs a good....... 😉

golfaddick

raytreacy69 said:

Hotel California -Eagles
Hotel California 
New Kid in Town
Life in the Fast Lane

Prefer side 2.... last 2 on that album being

Try & Love again
The last resort

golfaddick

PaddyP17 said:

Van Morrison - Astral Weeks:

- Astral Weeks
- Beside You
- Sweet Thing

Van Morrison - Moondance:

- And It Stoned Me
- Moondance
- Crazy Love

Then the fourth and fifth tracks are Caravan, and Into The Mystic!

I agree about Moondance,  esp Into the Mystic -  such a great song.

killerandflash

Picking out a few faves

XTC - English Settlement

"Runaways"
"Ball and Chain"
"Senses Working Overtime"

Squeeze - East Side Story

"In Quintessence" 

"Someone Else's Heart" 

"Tempted" 

REM - Out of Time

"Radio Song" 

"Losing My Religion"

"Low"

And a personal favourite of mine
The Divine Comedy - A Short Album About Love

"In Pursuit of Happiness"

"Everybody Knows (Except You)"

"Someone"

Stig

From what I've seen here, I'd say that The Stone Roses are clear winners followed by Velvet Underground and The Specials with an honourable mention to Simple Minds.

Some also rans from me: Japan - Tin Drum (The Art of Parties, Talking Drum, Ghosts), Depeche Mode - Violator (World In My Eyes, Sweetest Perfection, Personal Jesus); Flight of the Conchords eponymous (Foux Da Fafa, Inner City Pressure, Hiphopopotamus vs. Rymenoceros)

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se9addick said:

Macronate said:

Oasis - Definitely Maybe

1. Rock n Roll Star
2. Shakermaker
3. Live Forever 

The correct answer. Especially as the first song is the best opening song of a debut album of all time.

Oh brother...I bloody love that album, but that's a bold statement. See below.....

See No Evil - Marquee Moon - Television
Foxey Lady - Are You Experienced - Hendrix
Break on Through - The Doors
Neighbourhood 1 - Funeral - Arcade Fire
I Wanna be Adored - The Stone Roses
Sunday Morning - Nico - Velvet Underground

kielyskickingboots

Uboat said:

Rock Spectacle said:

Along with The Hurting, Tears for Fears
The Hurting 
Mad World 
Pale Shelter 

Oh yes! Great shout.

Agreed. Though Songs from the Big Chair runs it close, maybe equals?

1. Shout
2. The Working Hour
3. Everybody Wants To Rule The World

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kielyskickingboots said:

Uboat said:

Rock Spectacle said:

Along with The Hurting, Tears for Fears
The Hurting 
Mad World 
Pale Shelter 

Oh yes! Great shout.

Agreed. Though Songs from the Big Chair runs it close, maybe equals?

1. Shout
2. The Working Hour
3. Everybody Wants To Rule The World

Songs From The Big Chair is superior in my opinion. Would easily make my top 10 records from.the 80s, one of my favourite albums ever.

cafctom

Guns N Roses - Appetite For Destruction

Welcome To The Jungle
Its So Easy
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