Your Personal Favourite Album Openers...

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The whole point of Screamadelica as an album is that it supposed to start off on a high & gradually start to go on a comedown during the 2nd half of it.

There isn't a single track on the album that could have opened it better.
 
"And The GoRAB Made Love" from Electric Ladyland by The Jimi Hendrix Experience

"Strength Beyond Strength" from Far Beyond Driven by Pantera

"Sweet Charity" from California by Mr. Bungle

"Sugar Coated Sour" from Calculating Infinity by The Dillinger Escape Plan

"Rotten Apple" from Jar of Flies by Alice in Chains
 
Whether it be a simple, minute long intro, or a full song. The first track on an album can set the mood for what you're in store for on the rest of the album. It can even throw you off, not knowing what you'll hear next. Some album openings are more significant than others, but there is no denying that, more than likely, it will be your first initial impression of what the album will be like. There has been a whole heap of great album openers. What are some of your favourites?

Here is one of mine:
Cog - 'No Other Way' (ALBUM: Sharing Space)
*a lot of raw emotion here, right from the start you know that you're in for something special. Most of the themes presented on the album are laid out in an epic that soars.
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Well, rarely have I run across a good album with a bad kickoff track, but here are a few personal openers of mine-

Toy Matinee - Last Plane Out
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Battles - Race In
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Mew - Am I Wry? No
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...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead's 'Richter Scale Madness' (s/t album) and ' It Was There That I Saw You' (Source Tags & Codes) are great openers. Unfortunately all the clips on YouTube are live. Some are great but since we're talking about openers in relation to their respective albums...it's not quite the same feel, and I wouldn't know which to pick without watching them all.
 
I understand that but it certainly isn't what I meant. I also understand the concept and while it's a great idea I just don't think that Movin' On Up works musically. Lyrically it totally fits... "I was blind, now I can see/ you made a believer out of me"

That's in tune with the album's concept but something about the "rocking" nature of the song and the lack of electronic elements leaves me wanting. To each his own, anyway. Again, I really do love the record.
 
A few random ones that instantly popped into my head...

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Avalanche - Leonard Cohen

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Host of Seraphim - Dead Can Dance

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Beat - Bowery Electric

Some others -
Folsom Prison Blues by Johnny Cash (At Folsom Prison)
The Mercy Seat by Nick Cave & The Bad SeeRAB
 
I actually love how Demon Days opens with the music from Dawn of the Dead.

Also, The Arrogant Sons of Bitches's album Three Cheers For Disappointment has the most exciting, energy-packed opening I have ever heard.
 
Oh god... So many great openers...

In terms of being more of an opener then a song, though... I have to say this is pretty sick.

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AFI - Miseria Cantare from Sing the Sorrow

This was my first album of AFI's, and though their latest stuff isn't too impressive I was inspired to check out their earlier stuff after listening to this album. Maybe since I started here that is why I like the album so much while so many fans bash it.

I thought this opener was really cool...dark and ominous. Yet it still didn't give me any hints about what to expect from the rest of their music (and that ended up being a good thing). It kept me intrigued and as it ended I had high expectations for what was in store. Needless to say, with the Leaving Song Part 2 following it, I was hooked on this album from the first time I listened to it.
 
I think this is a great opener for The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars:

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And this as the opener for Animals, which I haven't played in some time:

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Oh, there are so many great album openers

Some of my favourite include

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^^^ INTRODUCTION FOR TRICK - Koda Kumi
(Opening for TRICK)

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^^^ Mirror - Ayumi Hamasaki (Unfortunately the only version I could find was an AMV using the song)
(Opening for GUILTY)

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^^^ Not Yet - Ayumi Hamasaki
(Opening for Secret)

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^^^ INTRODUCTION - Koda Kumi
(Opening for Black Cherry)

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^^^ Opening - Utada (Skip to 1.10)
(Opening for Exodus)
 
^ indeed, great one. I think And the Glass Handed Kites' opener 'Circuitry of the Wolf' is also great.

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