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Rank an artist's album openers...

funkycow [Edit] [Delete] 276 replies 14:04 January 28th, 2013

Let's face it, we all love ranking on DiS.

I came up with this thread after Ohm hooked me into the latest Yo La Tengo album. I’d been quite indifferent to their releases since Summer Sun, but Fade is a real return to form (and Ohm a highlight IMHO). I then realised one of the things I love about YLT is the way their opening tracks often ease you into albums which get a lot noisier. I guess you could do this for closing tracks too…

Ohm > Beach Party Tonight > Decora > Big Day Coming > Sea Urchins > Everyday > Return To Hot Chicken > Pass The Hatchet > Detouring America With Horns > Here To Fall > The Cone Of Silence > Can’t Forget

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An unusual ranking thread idea, I'll give you that

As with all ranking threads, I'll do The Jesus & Mary Chain:

Just Like Honey > Darklands > Reverance > Here Comes Alice > Dirty Water > I Love Rock n Roll

pentargo | 28 Jan '13, 14:32 | X | ^ This | Reply
Pavement

Summer Babe > Stereo > We Dance > Spit On A Stranger > Silence Kit

sadballadman | 28 Jan '13, 14:34 | X | ^ This | Reply

funkycow this'd this
- wut, SK kicks so much ass
  
  Silence Kit > Stereo > Summer Babe > Spit On A Stranger > We Dance
  
  JaguarPirate @sadballadman | 28 Jan '13, 14:50 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  pichaelmarker and Oissin_ this'd this
  - I remember being a bit surprised they played 'We Dance' when I saw them live.
    
    I'd always just considered it an odd opening noise, almost, before the proper first track of Rattled by the Rush.
    
    TheoGB @JaguarPirate | 28 Jan '13, 14:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    JaguarPirate this'd this
    - Silence Kit > Summer Babe > We Dance > Spit On A Stranger > Stereo
      
      pavement was the one i thought of as soon as i saw this thread tho.
      
      emmettcruddas @TheoGB | 28 Jan '13, 15:50 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - Stereo > Summer Babe > We Dance > Silence Kit > Spit On A Stranger
        
        Icarus-Smicarus @emmettcruddas | 29 Jan '13, 17:41 | X | ^ This | Reply
Here To Fall is fucking awesome.

Pioneer | 28 Jan '13, 14:34 | X | ^ This | Reply

pichaelmarker, orangejuice, Icarus-Smicarus, vamos, and DarwinDude this'd this
- Unnecessary use of echo and strings and vocals like he's being tickled
  
  Not my favourite...
  
  funkycow @Pioneer | 28 Jan '13, 15:23 | X | ^ This | Reply
Deftones

Hexagram > Feiticeira > My Own Summer (Shove It) > Swerve City > Hole In The Earth > Diamond Eyes > Bored

Puds | 28 Jan '13, 14:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Came in here to do this!
  
  Hexagram>Feiticeira>Swerve City>Diamond Eyes>My Own Summer (Shove It)>Bored>Hole in the Earth
  
  Hexagram is MIGHTY
  
  unfamiliar @Puds | 28 Jan '13, 15:15 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  hexagram this'd this
  - I can't have Hole In The Earth that far down the list
    
    Sorry lads, I can't. Top three for me.
    
    deanzor @unfamiliar | 29 Jan '13, 13:23 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Fucking amazing at opening an album. Pretty much every song here is a classic.
      
      My Own Summer > Hole In The Earth > Swerve City > Hexagram > Feiticeira > Bored > Diamond Eyes
      
      aactv @deanzor | 29 Jan '13, 14:00 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - you've done it wrong
        
        Hexagram goes first.
        
        Severed799 @aactv | 30 Jan '13, 01:24 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        hexagram this'd this
- feiticiera >>>>>
  
  ethricdouble @Puds | 4 Feb '13, 14:29 | X | ^ This | Reply
Animal Collective

Peacebone > Native Belle > Did You See the Words > Leaf House > Moonjock > In the Flowers > Spirt They've Gone > A Manatee Danse

I've never listened to Hollindagain though.

Rhymenocerous | 28 Jan '13, 14:43 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Did You See The Words > Leaf House >
  
  Peacebone > In the Flowers > Moonjock > Spirit They've Gone > Native Belle > Manatee Danse
  
  jopzorz @Rhymenocerous | 28 Jan '13, 22:29 | X | ^ This | Reply
Radiohead

2+2=5 > Planet Telex > Airbag > Everything in it's right place > You > 15 Step > The Sardine Song (can't remember what it's called) > Bloom

withakay | 28 Jan '13, 14:48 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Those first three are really DAMN good openers
  
  funkycow @withakay | 28 Jan '13, 14:59 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - obligatory ah man you are so wrong response
    
    Everything in it's right place > 15 Step > Airbag > Bloom > Planet Telex > 2+2=5 > Packt like sardines in a crushd tin box > You
    
    Christophales @funkycow | 28 Jan '13, 17:53 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    _TheBeautifulOnes_ this'd this
    - Everything in its wrong place...
      
      funkycow @Christophales | 28 Jan '13, 18:18 | X | ^ This | Reply
      
      JaguarPirate this'd this
      - wish I'd thought of that zinger
        
        Regardless of the others, not putting You last is batshit crazy, surely
        
        Christophales @funkycow | 28 Jan '13, 19:01 | X | ^ This | Reply
- .
  
  planet telex > everything in its right place > airbag > 15 step > 2+2=5 > bloom > packt like sardines in a crushd tin box > you
  
  BarryShitpeas @withakay | 28 Jan '13, 19:02 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Airbag >
  
  2+2=5 > 15 Step > Everything > Bloom > Packt Like Sardines > Planet Telex > You
  
  (love them all though)
  
  jopzorz @withakay | 28 Jan '13, 22:28 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Planet Telex > Airbag = 15 Steps > Sardines > 2+2=5 > Everything In It's Right Place > You > Bloom
  
  JaguarPirate @withakay | 29 Jan '13, 01:16 | X | ^ This | Reply
as openers

enter sandman > blackened > battery > ain't my bitch > hit the lights > fight fire with fire > fuel > frantic > that was just your life

soapy | 28 Jan '13, 14:53 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Ain't My Bitch is dangerously high there
  
  Blackened > Fight Fire With Fire > Hit The Lights > Battery > Enter Sandman > Fuel > Ain't My Bitch > Frantic > That Was Just Your Life
  
  Puds @soapy | 29 Jan '13, 15:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
Red House Painters

Grace Cathedral Park > Have You Forgotten > Wop-A-Din-Din > Cabezon > Evil > 24

steinbolt | 28 Jan '13, 14:55 | X | ^ This | Reply
Converge

Concubine > The Saddest Day > First Light/Last Light > My Unsaid Everything > Aimless Arrow > Dark Horse

suedehead | 28 Jan '13, 15:00 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Would put First Light/Last Light first, then Heartache from No Heroes third
  
  Otherwise sound
  
  hexagram @suedehead | 29 Jan '13, 10:53 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  Severed799 this'd this
=w=

Tired Of Sex > My Name Is Jonas > Don’t Let Go > If You’re Wondering… > American Gigolo > Troublemaker > Memories > Beverly Hills

spiritofjazz | 28 Jan '13, 15:01 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Always liked Maladroit better than the Green album
  
  So Gigolo would have to be bumped up a few for me, but top two are spot on
  
  JaguarPirate @spiritofjazz | 28 Jan '13, 15:07 | X | ^ This | Reply
Modest Mouse (including EPs)

Never Ending Math Equation > Dramamine > Teeth Like God's Shoeshine > 3rd Planet > The Waydown > World At Large > Worms vs. Birds > March Into The Sea > Wilful Suspension Of Disbelief > Satellite Skin

Too hard, top 4 are basically all equal

JaguarPirate | 28 Jan '13, 15:04 | X | ^ This | Reply
- 3rd planet should probably be top
  
  but then its lightyears ahead of everything else on that record.
  
  Severed799 @JaguarPirate | 30 Jan '13, 01:27 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - like I said, love all the top 4 and could barely separate them
    
    but I have to just give it to Teeth for the manic energy and crazy riff, Dramamine for having one of the best basslines ever and Math Equation for being so perfectly rough and ready and oddly funky. All that said, 3rd Planet has probably some of my fav lyrics from Issac, so it's all equal really.
    
    Oh, and I agree, except that on the odd melancholy days Gravity Rides Everything becomes the most beautifully sad thing to have ever been recorded
    
    JaguarPirate @Severed799 | 30 Jan '13, 03:09 | X | ^ This | Reply
Biffy

Bodies In Flight > Glitter and Trauma > Joy Discovery Invention > Living Is A Problem >>>>> The Captain

waterwings | 28 Jan '13, 15:10 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Joy Discovery Invention > Glitter & Trauma > Living Is A Problem > Different People > Bodies In Flight (easily the worst off a genuinely great album) >>>> The Captain
  
  aactv @waterwings | 29 Jan '13, 01:05 | X | ^ This | Reply
The Strokes are absolutely amazing at openers

What Ever Happened > Is This It? > You Only Live Once > Machu Picchu

badmanreturns | 28 Jan '13, 15:17 | X | ^ This | Reply

sunstroke_house, jopzorz, and Faceless_Opinion this'd this
- Is This It > YOLO > Machu Picchu > Whatever Happened
  
  aactv @badmanreturns | 29 Jan '13, 01:08 | X | ^ This | Reply
Pulp

My Lighthouse > Weeds > Love Is Blind > Joyriders > Mis-shapes > The Fear > Fairground

Never been a great track one band it seems.

Royter-Hatfood | 28 Jan '13, 15:21 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Hmmm, I sort of did that objectively
  
  but you tend to rate an album track in its context, so that list is probably a bit skewed.
  
  Royter-Hatfood @Royter-Hatfood | 28 Jan '13, 15:48 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Incorrect
  
  Weeds>The Fear>Mis-Shapes>My Lighthouse>Joyriders>Love is Blind>Fairground
  
  Blanket_Warm @Royter-Hatfood | 29 Jan '13, 04:27 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - The Fear is wank
    
    Royter-Hatfood @Blanket_Warm | 29 Jan '13, 13:01 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    vamos this'd this
Blur

Beetlebum > Girls & Boys = For Tomorrow = She's So High > Tender > Stereotypes > [hidden track on Think Tank you get from starting it and hitting rewind]

TheoGB | 28 Jan '13, 15:25 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Was waiting for this one...
  
  Beetlebum > She's So High = For Tomorrow > Girls & Boys = Tender > Stereotypes > Hidden Track on Think Tank
  
  funkycow @TheoGB | 28 Jan '13, 15:33 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Hmm
  
  Beetlebum > Tender > For Tomorrow > Girls & Boys > Ambulance > She's So High > Stereotypes
  
  orangejuice @TheoGB | 28 Jan '13, 16:10 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - I went for
    
    Beetlebum > Girls & Boys > For Tomorrow > Tender > She's So High > Ambulance > Stereotypes
    
    sadballadman @orangejuice | 28 Jan '13, 22:49 | X | ^ This | Reply
- tricky...
  
  Beetlebum > For Tomorrow > Girls & Boys > Tender > Ambulance > She's So High > Stereotypes
  
  sunstroke_house @TheoGB | 29 Jan '13, 02:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
Elliott Smith

Roman Candle > Sweet Adeline = Needle in the Hay > Speed Trials > Son of Sam

pichaelmarker | 28 Jan '13, 15:27 | X | ^ This | Reply
Tool

The Grudge > Stinkfist > Vicarious > Intolerance > Sweat (from Opiate)

The 4 Album openers are monumental!

TheGrudge | 28 Jan '13, 15:29 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Can't really argue with that.
  
  ...unless we include the Salival odds and sods collection, in which case the live version of Third Eye that opens it would go above Intolerance, possibly level with Vicarious.
  
  Aconite @TheGrudge | 29 Jan '13, 00:26 | X | ^ This | Reply
Guided By Voices

Over The Neptune/Mesh Gear Fox > A Salty Salute > Man Called Aerodynamics > Fair Touching > Hardcore UFO's > "Wished I Was A Giant" > Everyone Thinks I'm A Raincloud = My Kind Of Soldier > Teenage FBI > Old Battery > We've Got Airplanes > The Future Is In Eggs > King Arthur The Red > Laundry And Lasers > Wire Greyhounds > He Rises! (Our Union Bellboy) > Can't Hear The Revolution > Lips Of Steel > Airshow '88 > Satellite

JaguarPirate | 28 Jan '13, 15:32 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Nice job!
  
  funkycow @JaguarPirate | 28 Jan '13, 15:42 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - i've spent too long compiling various GBV lists
    
    it's all second nature now. Also Neptune is probably my favourite opening from any album ever
    
    JaguarPirate @funkycow | 28 Jan '13, 15:45 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - they have so many ridiculously high quality album openers
      
      hard to decide between neptune and a salty salute but over half of these are incredible. raincloud is very underrated.
      
      emmettcruddas @JaguarPirate | 28 Jan '13, 15:52 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - yeah, Neptune is a perfect example of Bob's amazing lyrics and how weird musically they can be at times
        
        while Salty Salute encapsulates the other side of them just right - short, catchy, sweet and drunken. And Raincloud really is amazing, this performance always reminds me how triumphant the song is, despite some of the lyrics. And the end to it is so perfect, up there with Huffman Flying Fields for sheer fist-pump beauty
        
        ''Every beam I choose is shining alone on you
        Shining alone on you, yeah!''
        
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pETIFwrlRg
        
        JaguarPirate @emmettcruddas | 28 Jan '13, 16:14 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        A Salty Salute used to be my favourite GBV song, full stop
        
        But now it's Over the Neptune. They really are great at openers. I think My Kind of Soldier is wonderful
        
        orangejuice @JaguarPirate | 28 Jan '13, 16:24 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        JaguarPirate this'd this
        
        he's said he wrote Your Name Is Wild for his daughter (one of their most under-rated tracks)
        
        and I always listen to the chorus of Soldier as if it was sung to his son, makes me all emotional and stuff
        
        JaguarPirate @orangejuice | 28 Jan '13, 16:30 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        i love that
        
        theres loads of really cool bits in the hunting accidents book where bob explains some of his lyrics.
        
        emmettcruddas @JaguarPirate | 28 Jan '13, 18:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
- My attempt
  
  Over the Neptune > A Salty Salute > Teenage FBI > My Kind of Soldier > Hardcore UFO's > "Wished I Was a Giant" > Everyone Thinks I'm a Raincloud > Wire Greyhounds > Fair Touching > Man Called Aerodynamics > We've Got Airplanes > Airshow '88 > Old Battery > Lips of Steel > The Future Is In Eggs > King Arthur the Red > Laundry and Lasers > He Rises! (Our Union Bellboy) > Can't Hear the Revolution
  
  orangejuice @JaguarPirate | 28 Jan '13, 16:01 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  JaguarPirate this'd this
  - the new album's are pretty great, but for some reasons they all have pretty weak openers
    
    which is odd given that that's always been such a strong point for GBV
    
    JaguarPirate @orangejuice | 28 Jan '13, 16:16 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - No you're wrong
      
      LAUNDREY AND LASERS
      
      Icarus-Smicarus @JaguarPirate | 29 Jan '13, 04:11 | X | ^ This | Reply
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

Stop > Beat The Devil's Tattoo > Love Burns > Shuffle Your Feet > Took Out A Loan

TheGrudge | 28 Jan '13, 15:33 | X | ^ This | Reply
- If Stop
  
  comes on in my car, I seem to end up putting my foot down without realising it. Quite ironic, really.
  
  jcg_100 @TheGrudge | 28 Jan '13, 22:07 | X | ^ This | Reply
The Velvets

Who Loves the Sun > Sunday Morning > White Light, White Heat > Candy Says

That was... underwhelming.

pichaelmarker | 28 Jan '13, 15:33 | X | ^ This | Reply
Monster Magnet

Dopes To Infinity > Melt > Crop Circle > Pill Shovel > Slut Machine > Cyclops Revolution > Hallucination Bomb > 4-Way Diablo

TheGrudge | 28 Jan '13, 15:38 | X | ^ This | Reply
Death Cab For Cutie

The New Year > Title Track > Bixby Canyon Bridge > Marching Bands Of Manhattan > Bend To Squares > Home Is A Fire > Steadier Footing

JaguarPirate | 28 Jan '13, 15:39 | X | ^ This | Reply

aactv this'd this
- I think I agree
  
  I love Steadier Footing though
  
  ThisTemporaryLife @JaguarPirate | 29 Jan '13, 12:35 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - same, it's just that it'd sound better as an interlude than an opener IMO
    
    If The Photo Album had have opened with A Movie Script Ending then this list would be rather different
    
    JaguarPirate @ThisTemporaryLife | 29 Jan '13, 14:06 | X | ^ This | Reply
The National (including EPs)

Secret Meeting > Fake Empire > Terrible Love > Beautiful Head >

JaguarPirate | 28 Jan '13, 15:42 | X | ^ This | Reply
- fuck dis
  
  Wasp Nest > You've Done It Again Virginia > Cardinal Song
  
  JaguarPirate @JaguarPirate | 28 Jan '13, 15:43 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - I'd go
    
    Fake Empire > Secret Meeting >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Wasps Nest > Beautiful Head > Terrible Love > Cardinal Song > Virginia
    
    Christophales @JaguarPirate | 28 Jan '13, 18:04 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    Stuzza this'd this
Sleater Kinney

One Beat>The Fox>Call The Doctor>Dig Me Out>Ballad of a Ladyman>Start Together>Don't Think You Wanna

SarahIsPi | 28 Jan '13, 15:44 | X | ^ This | Reply
- nah
  
  Start Together>The Fox>Dig Me Out>One Beat>Call the Doctor>Ballad of a Ladyman>Don't Think You Wanna
  
  Wasted_Opportunity @SarahIsPi | 28 Jan '13, 22:11 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - This is a hard one
    
    Start Together is one of the best album openers ever, One Beat is weird and loopy, Dig Me Out is fierce. But I think The Fox gets it, just for the little half-second of feedback before the song kicks in, twice as loud as anything they'd done before. Instantly says, everything is different now.
    
    As for the rest of the list, no idea.
    
    hexagram @Wasted_Opportunity | 29 Jan '13, 10:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    vamos and DarwinDude this'd this
    - AGREED SO HARD.
      
      I love that about The Fox. It just DETONATES.
      
      ThisTemporaryLife @hexagram | 29 Jan '13, 12:40 | X | ^ This | Reply
Oceansize (+EPs)

One out of nONE>Charm Offensive>Part Cardiac>Commemorative___T-shirt>Legal Teens>I am the Morning

unfamiliar | 28 Jan '13, 15:48 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Commemorative needs bumping at least 2 places.
  
  pichaelmarker @unfamiliar | 28 Jan '13, 15:55 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  waterwings this'd this
  - Nah, I thought about it for ages
    
    so I'm definitely right. One out of nONE and Part Cardiac are NUTS, and Charm Offensive is a brooding, buiding, wonderful thing. Trust me on this one.
    
    unfamiliar @pichaelmarker | 28 Jan '13, 16:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - assuming you meant bumping up
      
      and you don't just really dislike it!
      
      unfamiliar @unfamiliar | 28 Jan '13, 16:38 | X | ^ This | Reply
- fucking hell Oceansize is hard to do this for
  
  Accepting that Legal Teens has to be last, I think I find myself in the frankly bizarre position of putting Charm Offensive second-last when it's quite obviously a great song
  
  The rest are joint-first, don't care. Oceansize were a ludicrously strong 'first track' band - to the extent where Part Cardiac is the only great song on its album but still manages to reach all-time heights
  
  Loui_Tacceh @unfamiliar | 29 Jan '13, 00:46 | X | ^ This | Reply
where's barnaby, hardly working?

anal_schwarzenegger | 28 Jan '13, 15:50 | X | ^ This | Reply
- It's in the "oops" category
  
  But it's good, so would be after Everyday
  
  funkycow @anal_schwarzenegger | 28 Jan '13, 15:58 | X | ^ This | Reply
Sufjan Stevens (excluding Christmas EPs and The BQE)

Concerning the UFO Sighting near Highland, Illinois > Flint (For the Unemployed and Underpaid) > Futile Devices = The Avalanche > All Delighted People (Original Version) > All the Trees of the Field Will Clap Their Hands > > We Are What You Say >>>>>>>>> Year of the Asthmatic Cat/Monkey

Yeah, he's a bit good at album openers.

pichaelmarker | 28 Jan '13, 15:54 | X | ^ This | Reply

whynot and tphrthms this'd this
New Order

Age Of Consent > Regret > Love Vigilantes > Fine Time > Crystal > Paradise > Dreams Never End > Who’s Joe?

friday55 | 28 Jan '13, 15:54 | X | ^ This | Reply

Blanket_Warm this'd this
Wilco

Misunderstood > I Am Trying To Break Your Heart > At Least That's What You Said > Art of Almost >Either Way > Can't Stand It > I Must Be High > Wilco (The Song)

emmettcruddas | 28 Jan '13, 15:55 | X | ^ This | Reply
- At Least That's What You Said > I Am Trying To Break Your Heart > Misunderstood > Art of Almost > Wilco (The Song) > Either Way > I Must Be High > Can't Stand It
  
  Also kinda love this cover of Break Your Heart, very ramshackle
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHl1NJ1PBeA
  
  JaguarPirate @emmettcruddas | 28 Jan '13, 16:22 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Wilco are really, really good at opening tracks
  
  I Am Trying To Break Your Heart > Art Of Almost > Can't Stand It > Misunderstood > At Least That's What You Said >>> Either Way > Wilco (The Song)
  
  OceanStorm @emmettcruddas | 28 Jan '13, 23:12 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  funkycow this'd this
- really tricky...
  
  Misunderstood > At Least That's What You Said > Art Of Almost > I Am Trying To Break Your Heart > Can't Stand It > I Must Be High > Either Way > Wilco (The Song).
  
  sunstroke_house @emmettcruddas | 29 Jan '13, 02:59 | X | ^ This | Reply
My Bloody Valentine (hoping to be obsolete by the end of this week)

Only Shallow > Soft As Snow (But Warm Inside)

funkycow | 28 Jan '13, 15:57 | X | ^ This | Reply

emmettcruddas, JaguarPirate, BarryShitpeas, and ThisTemporaryLife this'd this
- Only Shallow > She Found Now > Soft as Snow (But Warm Inside)
  
  ;D
  
  ThisTemporaryLife @funkycow | 4 Feb '13, 09:50 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  funkycow and JaguarPirate this'd this
  - :-)
    
    I was waiting for someone (else) to do this - can't keep bumping my own thread!
    
    funkycow @ThisTemporaryLife | 4 Feb '13, 09:52 | X | ^ This | Reply
OASIS

D'Yer Know What I Mean > everything else.

GayGuevara | 28 Jan '13, 15:57 | X | ^ This | Reply

johneggfish and jcg_100 this'd this
- Err, I think you'll find that's Rock'n'Roll Star > everything else.
  
  TheoGB @GayGuevara | 28 Jan '13, 17:18 | X | ^ This | Reply
Belle & Seb

The Stars of Track and Field > Step Into My Office, Baby > The State I Am In > It Could Have Been a Brilliant Career > Act of the Apostle > I Didn't See It Coming > I Fought In a War

orangejuice | 28 Jan '13, 16:08 | X | ^ This | Reply
- YOU SIR ARE CORRECT
  
  on the first one. would have made It Could Have... second best. strange that my ranking accords with the order in which I got their albums.
  
  Stuzza @orangejuice | 28 Jan '13, 20:45 | X | ^ This | Reply
- would've put 'I Fought in a War' higher, I think
  
  Love that song.
  
  mute-branches @orangejuice | 28 Jan '13, 21:49 | X | ^ This | Reply
- "The state that I am in" wins
  
  furio @orangejuice | 29 Jan '13, 02:28 | X | ^ This | Reply
- But...but...
  
  The State I Am In > The Stars Of Track And Field > I Didn't See It Coming > Act Of The Apostle > Step Into My Office, Baby > It Could Have Been A Brilliant Career > I Fought In A War
  
  mil_c @orangejuice | 29 Jan '13, 18:51 | X | ^ This | Reply
- knew you'd do this
  
  The State I Am In > The Stars of Track and Field > Act of the Apostle > Step Into My Office, Baby > It Could Have Been A Brilliant Career > I Fought In A War > I Didn't See It Coming
  
  _TheBeautifulOnes_ @orangejuice | 30 Jan '13, 08:48 | X | ^ This | Reply
Beastie Boys

Jimmy James > Sure Shot > Rhyming and Stealing > Ch Check it Out > To All The Girls > Make Some Noise > B for My Name

chadders | 28 Jan '13, 16:09 | X | ^ This | Reply
The Cure

Open (ooh controversial) > Plainsong > In Between Days = One Hundred Years = 10:15 Saturday Night > Let's Go To Bed > The Kiss > A Reflection = The Holy Hour > Shake Dog Shake > Everything post-Wish

rainmaker | 28 Jan '13, 16:14 | X | ^ This | Reply
- oh boy
  
  ONE HUNDRED YEARS > Shake Dog Shake > Want > Plainsong > The Kiss > 10:15 Saturday Night > Open > The Holy Hour > Lost > Out Of This World > A Reflection > In Between Days > Underneath The Stars
  
  Loui_Tacceh @rainmaker | 29 Jan '13, 00:52 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I gave The Cure about 10 seconds thought and then realised how impossible it is
  
  I mean, Inbetween Days is one of the greatest songs ever, but I just doesn't have any of the hallmarks of what I consider to be the best Cure album openers.
  
  robluvsnic @rainmaker | 29 Jan '13, 01:15 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - It's a tough band to do no doubt about it:
    
    The Kiss > Inbetween Days > Plainsong > Open > 10:15 Saturday Night > The Holy Hour > Lost > Shake Dog Shake > Out of this world > Want > Underneath the stars.
    
    I'm not gonna count Japanese Whispers as an album, think that's all of them. It's a tough shout though, a part of me even thinks things like Lost & Holy Hour on certain days could be the top of that list.
    
    lovelessrapture @robluvsnic | 4 Feb '13, 14:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
blonde redhead

Luv Machine > 23 > Elephant Woman > I Am There While You Chock Me > Here Sometimes > I Don't Want You > Equally Damaged

imho | 28 Jan '13, 16:20 | X | ^ This | Reply
- darn it
  
  Luv Machine > 23 > Elephant Woman > *Kazuality > I Am There While You Chock On Me > Here Sometimes > I Don't Want You > Equally Damaged
  
  imho @imho | 28 Jan '13, 16:24 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - If counting the Eps
    
    in Particular would be 2nd and Messenger 4th
    
    imho @imho | 28 Jan '13, 16:27 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - What the fuck is Equally Damaged doing on Melody of Certain Damaged Lemons?
      
      I mean, In Particular is their best song by a zillion miles and here it doesn't get a look in because of a 40s dull intro track.
      
      TheoGB @imho | 28 Jan '13, 17:20 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - true - kind of why i mentioned the ep's
        
        Aesthetically within its context as an opener equally damaged is okay, just awful for this thread. melody of.... And ...inexpressible would be my joint top album wise.
        
        imho @TheoGB | 28 Jan '13, 20:35 | X | ^ This | Reply
R.E.M.

Harborcoat > What's the Frequency, Kenneth? > Radio Free Europe > Drive > Finest Worksong > Radio Song > Begin the Begin > Pop Song 89 > How the West Was Won... >>> Feeling Gravitys Pull > Living Well is the Best Revenge > Airportman >>>>>>>> Discoverer > Leaving New York > The Lifting

orangejuice | 28 Jan '13, 16:22 | X | ^ This | Reply
- My take is...
  
  Begin The Begin > Finest Worksong > Feeling Gravitys Pull > Wolves, Lower > What's The Frequency, Kenneth? > Radio Free Europe > Drive > Harborcoat > Radio Song > Pop Song 89 > Living Well Is The Best Revenge > How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us > Airportman > The Lifting > Discoverer >>>>> Leaving New York
  
  mil_c @orangejuice | 28 Jan '13, 18:20 | X | ^ This | Reply
- it seems i like their '80s openers a lot
  
  Begin The Begin > Feeling Gravity's Pull > Finest Worksong > Harborcoat > Radio Free Europe > What's The Frequency Kenneth > How The West Was Won > Drive > Living Well Is The Best Revenge > Wolves, Lower > Pop Song 89 > Discoverer > Radio Song > The Lifting > Airportman > Leaving New York
  
  OceanStorm @orangejuice | 28 Jan '13, 23:01 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Harborcoat ftw, definitely
  
  think people are being a bit harsh on their late openers, I probably like all of them more than those poppy mid-period ones (even if the albums behind them aren't so hot)
  
  lukowski @orangejuice | 28 Jan '13, 23:31 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  JaguarPirate this'd this
- Man, what a band.
  
  josh @orangejuice | 29 Jan '13, 10:48 | X | ^ This | Reply
Modest Mouse

Dramanine > Teeth Like God's Shoeshine> Neverending Math Equation> 3rd Planet> Horn Intro> March Into The Sea > Worms Vs Birds

Yesiamaduck | 28 Jan '13, 16:34 | X | ^ This | Reply

JaguarPirate this'd this
- 3rd Planet = Dramamine > The World At Large >>>> Everything Else
  
  aactv @Yesiamaduck | 29 Jan '13, 01:11 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - 3rd Planet = The World at Large = Teeth Like God's Shoe Shine = Never Ending Math Equation = Dramamine = Worms vs. Birds > March into the Sea
    
    They are fucking incredible at openers.
    
    ThisTemporaryLife @aactv | 30 Jan '13, 12:50 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    JaguarPirate this'd this
I wanna be adored>

Breaking into Heaven

johneggfish | 28 Jan '13, 16:44 | X | ^ This | Reply

Blanket_Warm this'd this
Massive Attack

Prayer for Rain (controversial) > Protection > Angel > Safe From Harm > Future Proof

funkycow | 28 Jan '13, 16:45 | X | ^ This | Reply
LCD Soundsystem

Get Innocuous! > Dance Yrself Clean > Daft Punk

But all are amazing, obvs

eagleminded | 28 Jan '13, 16:52 | X | ^ This | Reply

jopzorz and andyvine this'd this
Wu-Tang Clan

Bring Da Ruckas > Intro (Shaolin Finger Jab)/Chamber Music > Campfire > In the Hood > Wu-Revolution

johneggfish | 28 Jan '13, 16:54 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Wu-Tang Clan
  
  Bring Da Ruckas.
  
  whynot @johneggfish | 28 Jan '13, 21:21 | X | ^ This | Reply
The Smiths

The Queen Is Dead > Headmasters Ritual > Panic > A Rush and A Push > William > Reel Around the Fountain

(not sure if Hatful of Hollow and The World Won't Listen count as albums though)

Code1982 | 28 Jan '13, 17:11 | X | ^ This | Reply
- The Headmasters Ritual > William, It Was Really Nothing > Reel Around the Fountain > The Queen is Dead > A Rush and a Push > Panic
  
  heliolithic @Code1982 | 28 Jan '13, 22:01 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - The Queen is Dead 4th best?
    
    You must be having us on....
    
    pichaelmarker @heliolithic | 28 Jan '13, 22:37 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    didyousayhand and Icarus-Smicarus this'd this
    - William doesn't really count, so third best.
      
      heliolithic @pichaelmarker | 28 Jan '13, 22:48 | X | ^ This | Reply
Led Zeppelin

Achilles Last Stand > Black Dog > Whole Lotta Love > Immigrant Song > The Song Remains The Same > Good Times Bad Times > Custard Pie > In The Evening

couldbebrianmay | 28 Jan '13, 17:14 | X | ^ This | Reply
The Clash

Safe European Home > London Calling > Janie Jones > Know Your Rights > Magnificent Seven > Dictator

Code1982 | 28 Jan '13, 17:22 | X | ^ This | Reply
msp

yes > 1985 > peeled apples > prologue to history > found that soul > send away the tigers > elvis impersonator > slash n burn > its not war > sleepflower > the everlasting

1986_and_all_that | 28 Jan '13, 17:47 | X | ^ This | Reply
The White Stripes

Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground > You're Pretty Good Looking (For a Girl) > Blue Orchid > Jimmy The Exploder > Seven Nation Army > Icky Thump

iquitelikeradiohead | 28 Jan '13, 17:59 | X | ^ This | Reply
Mogwai

Summer > Hunted By a Freak > White Noise > I'm Jim Morrison, I'm Dead > Yes! I Am a Long Way From Home > Auto-Rock > Superheroes Of BMX > Sine Wave > Black Spider > Punk Rock:

Christophales | 28 Jan '13, 18:01 | X | ^ This | Reply
- opinion's and that....
  
  but I'm not having Yes! I Am a Long Way From Home at #5
  
  U mad bro.
  
  didyousayhand @Christophales | 28 Jan '13, 23:55 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Punk Rock last ...
  
  a typo, surely
  
  JaguarPirate @Christophales | 29 Jan '13, 01:20 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Punk Rock is barely a song
    
    Yes! has never really done it for me. Favourite album, just not massively into the opener. Jim Morrison is the only song on Hawk I like, and it's mostly there because it is incredible live
    
    Christophales @JaguarPirate | 29 Jan '13, 18:17 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - but it's so pretty, and add Iggy given one of the best speeches about music ever recorded ...
      
      JaguarPirate @Christophales | 29 Jan '13, 19:45 | X | ^ This | Reply
Queens of the Stone Age

Regular John > Feel Good Hit of the Summer > Millionaire > Turnin' on the Screw > This Lullaby

Simples

AlistairCampbell | 28 Jan '13, 18:53 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Stick Millionaire at the top of that list and you're spot on
  
  JaguarPirate @AlistairCampbell | 29 Jan '13, 01:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
From Out of Nowhere

Land of Sunshine > We Care A Lot > We Care A Lot > Collision > Get Out

Stuzza | 28 Jan '13, 20:52 | X | ^ This | Reply

colossalhorse this'd this
Head Like A Hole

the rest of them.

Stuzza | 28 Jan '13, 20:53 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Mr Self Destruct runs it very close...
  
  funkycow @Stuzza | 28 Jan '13, 21:40 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Nine Inch Nails deserve more than this...
  
  Head Like A Hole > Mr Self Destruct > Wish > 1,000,000 > Somewhat Damaged > The Beginning Of The End > The Way Out Is Through > All The Love In The World
  
  with the caveat of excluding short instrumental openers under 2 minutes, missing Ghosts I-IV (too many bits, all instrumental) and discarding remixes (while retaining Broken as a mini-album rather than EP)...
  
  funkycow @Stuzza | 29 Jan '13, 12:48 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - I agree but I couldn't wade through it last night
    
    and I also struggled with the EPs etc. I don't think you can exclude the short openers though. Playing fast and loose with the rules here. Esp Pinion - it's one 6th of the EP (or 8th depending on format).
    
    PS I really like All The Love In the World as an album opener. Shame about the album taht follows, sort of, but it's a good way in.
    
    Stuzza @funkycow | 29 Jan '13, 14:12 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - I didn't really come up with rules, but some of the other posts do/don't include EPs
      
      TBH, that was what put me off doing NIN in the first place. I think because he often hits the 'proper' songs at full volume early in his albums he used short instrumentals to soften the hit (odd choice for someone who came up with the video for Happiness In Slavery, but hey).
      
      funkycow @Stuzza | 29 Jan '13, 14:20 | X | ^ This | Reply
Björk

Army of Me > Human Behavior > Hunter > Hidden Place > Earth Intruders > Moon > Pleasure Is All Mine

Puds | 28 Jan '13, 20:56 | X | ^ This | Reply

dorftrottel this'd this
- Pleasure Is All Mine is BRILLIANT
  
  and Earth Intruders is awful.
  
  Thusly:
  
  Pleasure Is All Mine > Hidden Place > Army Of Me > Hunter > Human Behaviour > Moon > Earth Intruders.
  
  waterwings @Puds | 4 Feb '13, 12:18 | X | ^ This | Reply
the Mountain Goats

The Recognition Scene > Alpha Incipiens > The Best Ever Death Metal Band in Denton > Tallahassee > 1 Samuel 15:23 > Wild Sage > Jaipur > New Britain > Slow West Vultures > You or Your Memory> Sax Rohmer 1 > Pure Milk > Hello, Old Rabbit > The Garden Song > Then the Letting Go > Amy aka Spent Gladiator 1 > Damn These Vampires > Running Away with What Freud Said

heliolithic | 28 Jan '13, 21:17 | X | ^ This | Reply
- i'll do the ones I've heard...
  
  The Best Ever Death Metal Band In Denton > Tallahassee > Sax Rohmer #1 > You Or Your Memory > Alpha Incipiens > Cubs In Five > Slow West Vultures > New Britain > Amy aka Spent Gladiator 1 > Damn These Vampires > Wild Sage
  
  OceanStorm @heliolithic | 28 Jan '13, 23:06 | X | ^ This | Reply
Eels

Elizabeth On The Bathroom Floor > Novocaine For The Soul > Prizefighter > The Beginning > Theme From Blinking Lights > Daisies Of The Galaxy > All In A Day's Work > Dog Faced Boy > In Gratitude For This Magnificent Day

mil_c | 28 Jan '13, 21:18 | X | ^ This | Reply
Kraftwerk

Autobahn > Europe Endless > The Robots > Computer World > Ruckzuck > Elektrisches Roulette > Klingklang > Boing Boom Tschak > Prologue > Geiger Counter

mil_c | 28 Jan '13, 21:27 | X | ^ This | Reply
Spiritualized

Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space > Hey Jane > On Fire > Medication > Sweet Talk > You Know Its True > This Little Life Of Mine

jimlynch99 | 28 Jan '13, 21:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
- OK, I'll pretend Harmony 1 and Intro don't exist...
  
  Medication > LAGWAFIS > You Know It's True > Hey Jane > Sweet Talk > This Little Life Of Mine > On Fire
  
  mil_c @jimlynch99 | 28 Jan '13, 22:12 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - that's better
    
    Loui_Tacceh @mil_c | 29 Jan '13, 00:54 | X | ^ This | Reply
Smashing Pumpkins

To Sheila > The Everlasting Gaze > Cherub Rock > Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness > I Am One

(Would probably chuck Glass in before Cherub Rock)

bokonon | 28 Jan '13, 22:04 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Crazy. Cherub Rock is a monster
  
  Cherub Rock > I Am One > Quasar = The Everlasting Gaze = Glass > Doomsday Clock > To Shiela >>>>>>>>>> Mellon Collie
  
  robluvsnic @bokonon | 29 Jan '13, 14:53 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - You both missed Soothe
    
    from pisces. if you're going to inc. Machina II Pisces should be in there def.
    we could get quite picky and separate the two sides of mellon collie which brings where boys fear to tread into play, in which case
    
    Cherub Rock > I Am One > Where Boys Fear to Tread > Soothe > To Sheila > Glass > Quasar > Everlasting Gaze > Mellon Collie
    
    AlistairCampbell @robluvsnic | 29 Jan '13, 15:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - I thought about Soothe
      
      but it's a compilation, whereas I thought Machina II was a straight out studio album (albeit not released in a conventional way)?
      
      The fact that there's 2 discs to MCIS is a big part of the reason why I listen to it so infrequently that I couldn't have told you what the opening tracks are without having looked it up.
      
      robluvsnic @AlistairCampbell | 30 Jan '13, 00:49 | X | ^ This | Reply
quality thread

SCROTUM | 28 Jan '13, 22:21 | X | ^ This | Reply

funkycow this'd this
Idlewild

Little discourage > Love Steals us > you held the world > younger than america > self healer > in competition for the worst time > you've lost your way

cc981 | 28 Jan '13, 22:30 | X | ^ This | Reply
- You've Lost Your Way, last??
  
  Icarus-Smicarus @cc981 | 29 Jan '13, 17:11 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Little Discourage > You Held The World > Love Steals > Self-Healer > You've Lost Your Way > In Competition > Younger Than America
  
  waterwings @cc981 | 4 Feb '13, 12:21 | X | ^ This | Reply
The Shins

Sleeping Lessons > Caring is Creepy > Kissing the Lipless > The Rifle's Spiral

jopzorz | 28 Jan '13, 22:30 | X | ^ This | Reply

rainmaker this'd this
At The Drive-In

Star Slight = Arcarsenal > Rascuache > Alpha Centauri > Give It A Name.
I'm counting EPs as well as albums, but that seems fair, as they only have 3 albums, and all their album/EP openers are great.

Oissin_ | 28 Jan '13, 22:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
- so much love for Star Slight <3
  
  JaguarPirate @Oissin_ | 29 Jan '13, 01:27 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  Kyle_ this'd this
Gotta say there are some very questionable choices going on in this thread.

pichaelmarker | 28 Jan '13, 22:39 | X | ^ This | Reply
Beck

The Golden Age > Sexx Laws > Loser > E-Pro > Orphans > Devil's Haircut > Pink Noise (Rock Me Amadeus) > Elevator Music > He's A Mighty Good Leader > Cold Brains

Coja | 28 Jan '13, 23:00 | X | ^ This | Reply
- cold brains is probably my favourite beck song!
  
  mine would be: cold brains > devil's haircut > the golden age > orphans > sexx laws > elevator music > loser > e-pro > pink noise > he's a mighty good leader
  
  emmettcruddas @Coja | 28 Jan '13, 23:40 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - thank fuck! yes, cold brains is my #1 beck song too
    
    Loui_Tacceh @emmettcruddas | 29 Jan '13, 00:55 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - That's cool.
    
    I think it's a good thing when someone can see something special in a song that I can't. A lot of songs on Mutations just don't do anything for me. I probably need to go back and give it some careful attention. Enjoyed compaing rankings, but I'm surprised by Orphans being higher in your estimation than Sexx Laws!
    
    Coja @emmettcruddas | 29 Jan '13, 00:55 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - yeah absolutely!
      
      thats interesting, i guess thats bound to happen with someone with as varied a body of work as beck's. mutations is probably my favourite! yeah i love orphans, modern guilt was the album that got the 14 year old me into beck so i'll always have a great fondness for it, sexx laws is really awesome tho, especially the banjo solo. apart from that and debra and a couple others i found midnite vultures kinda hard to appreciate as a whole.
      
      emmettcruddas @Coja | 29 Jan '13, 14:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
Jimmy Eat World

Table For Glasses > Big Casino > Disintegration > Futures > Bleed American > Thinking That's All >>>>> Heart Is Hard To Find

OceanStorm | 28 Jan '13, 23:10 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Futures > Bleed American = Big Casino > Disintegration> Thinking Thats All > Table For Glasses > Heart Is Hard To Find
  
  aactv @OceanStorm | 29 Jan '13, 01:15 | X | ^ This | Reply
DAVID FUCKING BOWIE

Station to Station > Speed of Life > Young Americans > Changes > Five Years > Space Oddity > Modern Love > Loving the Alien > Watch That Man > Beauty and the Beast > It's No Game (Pt 1) > The Width of a Circle > New Killer Star > Fantastic Voyage > Sunday > Thursday's Child > Future Legend (pretty cool, but barely a real song) > Little Wonder > Leon Takes Us Outside (same deal as Future Legend) > The Wedding > Rosalyn > Day-In Day-Out > Uncle Arthur

lukowski | 28 Jan '13, 23:47 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Brave man
  
  And great choices. Young Americans and Five Years are my personal faves
  
  orangejuice @lukowski | 28 Jan '13, 23:50 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Impressive
  
  I'm really in no position to comment since I haven't even heard quite a few of these... but Fantastic Voyage should be higher.
  
  Coja @lukowski | 29 Jan '13, 01:13 | X | ^ This | Reply
Dinosaur Jr

Little Fury Things > Almost Ready > Freak Scene > Don't Pretend You Didn't Know > Feel the Pain > Pieces > The Wagon > Out There > Forget The Swan > I Don't Think

kubrahhh | 29 Jan '13, 00:01 | X | ^ This | Reply
- little fury things is the best.
  
  Little Fury Things > Freak Scene > Almost Ready > The Wagon > Out There > Pieces > Forget The Swan > I Don't Think > Don't Pretend You Didn't Know
  
  emmettcruddas @kubrahhh | 29 Jan '13, 15:01 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  JaguarPirate this'd this
  - shame the recording of Swan is so weak
    
    it kicks ass the way they do it now
    
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6WLkyxySA0
    
    JaguarPirate @emmettcruddas | 29 Jan '13, 19:47 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - mane freak scene is like their signature song
    
    i love little fury things but freak scene should be top of the list
    
    anal_schwarzenegger @emmettcruddas | 30 Jan '13, 01:13 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Freak Scene was the song that got me into them
      
      but I was listening to it the other day and the production lets it down a little bit, in my opinion.
      
      kubrahhh @anal_schwarzenegger | 30 Jan '13, 02:45 | X | ^ This | Reply
      
      JaguarPirate this'd this
      - yeah, when compared to how in-your-face YLAOM is
        
        almost anything else would sound a bit weedy
        
        JaguarPirate @kubrahhh | 30 Jan '13, 03:12 | X | ^ This | Reply
Pixies

Bone Machine > Debaser > Caribou > Cecilia Ann > Trompe le Monde

iquitelikeradiohead | 29 Jan '13, 01:16 | X | ^ This | Reply

sunstroke_house, funkycow, hungover, Icarus-Smicarus, and champo this'd this
Muse

New Born > Sunburn >>>>>>> Supremacy > Uprising > Take A Bow > Apocalypse Please

Not a strong band for openers (bar the first two)

aactv | 29 Jan '13, 01:17 | X | ^ This | Reply
Los Campesinos!

Death To LC! > By Your Hand > In Medias Res > Ways To Make It Through The Wall

aactv | 29 Jan '13, 01:20 | X | ^ This | Reply
- In Medias Res > By Your Hand > Death to Los Campesinos! > Ways To Make It Through the Wall
  
  iizcallum @aactv | 29 Jan '13, 03:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  hanshotfirst and plasticniki this'd this
  - In Medias Res > Death To Los Campesinos! > By Your Hand > Ways To Make It Through The Wall
    
    andyvine @iizcallum | 29 Jan '13, 12:59 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    _TheBeautifulOnes_ this'd this
- Ways to Make It Through the Wall > By Your Hand > Death to LC! > In Media Res
  
  orangejuice @aactv | 29 Jan '13, 13:48 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - what no
    
    _TheBeautifulOnes_ @orangejuice | 30 Jan '13, 12:33 | X | ^ This | Reply
- In Medias Res > Ways To Make It Through The Wall > By Your Hand > Death To LC!
  
  xilia @aactv | 30 Jan '13, 15:13 | X | ^ This | Reply
Foals

Inhaler > Blue Blood > The French Open

aactv | 29 Jan '13, 01:21 | X | ^ This | Reply
Bloc Party

Like Eating Glass > Ares > So He Begins To Lie > Song For Clay (Disappear Here)

aactv | 29 Jan '13, 01:22 | X | ^ This | Reply

JaguarPirate, andyvine, and orangejuice this'd this
- Like Eating Glass > So He Begins to Lie > Song for Clay > Ares
  
  robluvsnic @aactv | 29 Jan '13, 14:54 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  _TheBeautifulOnes_ this'd this
- Song For Clay is probably the most disappointing opening track I've ever heard
  
  JaguarPirate @aactv | 29 Jan '13, 19:48 | X | ^ This | Reply
Manic Street Preachers

1985 > Yes > Elvis Impersonator, Blackpool Pier > Its Not War > The Everlasting > Found That Soul > Peeled Apples > Slash & Burn > Send Away The Tigers > Sleepflower

sorry about all of these, I keep thinking of bands that havent been done yet

aactv | 29 Jan '13, 01:28 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Sleepflower's amazing!
  
  that riff!
  
  lukowski @aactv | 29 Jan '13, 11:27 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - I spent a large part of the 90s wandering around with the phrase
    
    'Morning always seems too stale to justify...' stuck in my head. What a prick...
    
    Sloame_Ocean @lukowski | 29 Jan '13, 15:54 | X | ^ This | Reply
Doves

Words > Firesuite > Some Cities > Break Me Gently > Jetstream

aactv | 29 Jan '13, 01:31 | X | ^ This | Reply
Blink 182 (sorry)

Pathetic > Feeling This > Carousel > Dumpweed > Ghost On The Dancefloor > Anthem Part Two

aactv | 29 Jan '13, 01:35 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Dumpweed >>> Feeling This > Anthem Part Two > Pathetic > Carousel > Ghosts On The Dance Floor
  
  JaguarPirate @aactv | 29 Jan '13, 02:42 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  andyvine this'd this
Pumpkins

The Everlasting Gaze > Cherub Rock > To Sheila > Melon Collie > Quasar > I Am One > Doomsday Clock

aactv | 29 Jan '13, 01:38 | X | ^ This | Reply
Frank Turner

Bread & Circuses > Pornography For Cowards > Live Fast Die Old > The Real Damage > Eulogy > I Knew Prufrock Before He Got Famous

aactv | 29 Jan '13, 01:50 | X | ^ This | Reply
Tindersticks

Can We Start Again>Another Night In>Chocolate>El Diablo En El Ojo>Until the Morning Comes>Nectar>Dying Slowly>Intro (Hungry Saw)>Falling Down a Mountain

ThirstyDog | 29 Jan '13, 02:02 | X | ^ This | Reply
Nick Cave

Now here's a man who knows how to start with a bang...

The Mercy Seat > Tupelo > Do You Love Me > Into My Arms > Get Ready For Love > Muddy Water > Papa Won't Leave You Henry > As I Sat Sadly By Her Side > Your Funeral, My Trial > Foi Na Cruz > Lyre of Orpheus > Dig Lazarus Dig > Song of Joy > Avalanche > Wonderful Life

ThirstyDog | 29 Jan '13, 03:10 | X | ^ This | Reply
The Fall, 70s and 80s

The Classical > Psykick Dancehall > Lay Of The Land > New Big Prinz > Middle Mass > Frightened > ROD > Joker Hysterical Face > Pay Your Rates > Eat Y'self Fitter > Mansion > Frenz

Icarus-Smicarus | 29 Jan '13, 04:08 | X | ^ This | Reply

Oissin_ this'd this
Sonic Youth

Schizophrenia > Teenage Riot > Intro/Brave Men Run > Tom Violence > The Empty Page > 100% > (She's in a) Bad Mood > Free City Rhymes > Reena > The Burning Spear > Becuz > Contre le sexisme > Winner's Blues > Pattern Recognition > Dirty Boots > Sacred Trickster

johneggfish | 29 Jan '13, 09:27 | X | ^ This | Reply

Severed799 this'd this
- dirty boots and pattern recognition are insanely low
  
  particularly given dirty boots is one of the only good songs off Goo *OPINIONS*
  
  otherwise you're pretty spot on though
  
  Severed799 @johneggfish | 30 Jan '13, 01:35 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  funkycow this'd this
  - There's something a bit too cheesy about Dirty Boots
    
    though maybe my opinion has been twisted by its quite-naff video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XdYnh729IQ
    
    johneggfish @Severed799 | 30 Jan '13, 10:32 | X | ^ This | Reply
American Music Club

Firefly>Why Won't You Stay>Gratitude Walks>Big Night>Room Above The Club>Here They Roll Down>All My Love>Fearless>Ladies And Gentlemen

god, that was really hard - especially the first three

hungover | 29 Jan '13, 09:29 | X | ^ This | Reply
mclusky/future of the left

Lightsabre Cocsucking Blues > Arming Eritrea > Without MSG I Am Nothing > Sheena Is A T-Shirt Salesman > The Lord Hates A Coward > Joy

Aconite | 29 Jan '13, 10:20 | X | ^ This | Reply

Icarus-Smicarus this'd this
- I'd have Lord and Without top 3 with Arming Eritrea
  
  Bloody love those 3 tracks
  
  vamos @Aconite | 30 Jan '13, 10:20 | X | ^ This | Reply
Why? inc. EPs

Crushed Bones > The Vowels Pt.2 >> Miss Ohio's Nameless > Early Whitney > These Hands > Sod in the Seed > Jonathan's Hope > Ferriswheel

pichaelmarker | 29 Jan '13, 10:31 | X | ^ This | Reply
Depeche Mode

Barrel of a Gun > World in My Eyes > Leave in Silence > Never Let Me Down Again > Black Celebration > New Life > Something to Do > I Feel You > Dream On > A Pain That I’m Used To > Love in Itself > In Chains

ThirstyDog | 29 Jan '13, 10:59 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I Feel You at No 8!! One of my faves.
  
  TheGrudge @ThirstyDog | 29 Jan '13, 14:28 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - I find it a bit pompous
    
    The moment DM started writing music for the stadiums they'd accidentally found themselves playing in. But admittedly a lot better than what they're doing these days.
    
    ThirstyDog @TheGrudge | 29 Jan '13, 15:46 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    friday55 this'd this
    - This pretty much sums up how I feel about them,and that track, too. If they hadn't been so bloody brilliant up to SOFAD I wouldn't care, mind.
      
      friday55 @ThirstyDog | 29 Jan '13, 19:32 | X | ^ This | Reply
PJ Harvey

To Bring You My Love > Rid Of Me > Let England Shake > Angelene > The Life And Death Of Mr Bad Mouth > Big Exit > The Devil > Oh My Lover

funkycow | 29 Jan '13, 11:00 | X | ^ This | Reply
British Sea Power

Men together today > All in it > Ended on an oily stage > Who's in control < Man of Aran

Ricky_Ronco | 29 Jan '13, 11:01 | X | ^ This | Reply
Talking Heads including live albums

Born Under Punches > I Zimbra > Psycho Killer (SMS) > Burning Down The House > Thank You For Sending Me An Angel > Blind > New Feeling (Name of this Band) > Uh-Oh, Love Comes To Town > And She Was > Love For Sale

hexagram | 29 Jan '13, 11:11 | X | ^ This | Reply
Brand New

Sowing Season (Yeah) > Tautou > Vices = The Shower Scene

hanshotfirst | 29 Jan '13, 11:14 | X | ^ This | Reply

aactv this'd this
- Sowing Season > Vices > The Shower Scene > Tautou
  
  gonad @hanshotfirst | 30 Jan '13, 01:40 | X | ^ This | Reply
Interpol

Untitled > the rest

funkycow | 29 Jan '13, 11:20 | X | ^ This | Reply
Untitled = Pioneer to the Falls

> other Interpol songs

hexagram | 29 Jan '13, 11:28 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Untitled > Pioneer To The Falls > Success > Next Exit
  
  Icarus-Smicarus @hexagram | 29 Jan '13, 12:45 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - When I did it properly that's the order I came up with
    
    But on balance, I agree with the left side of Hexagram's equation above...
    
    funkycow @Icarus-Smicarus | 29 Jan '13, 12:50 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Next Exit is fucking AWESOME
      
      However, yeah, Pioneer to the Falls is absolutely fucking incredible, and totally one of their best songs, or one of the best songs by almost anyone. I don't know what it is, but I adore that track.
      
      ThisTemporaryLife @funkycow | 30 Jan '13, 12:55 | X | ^ This | Reply
I agree SO HARD on Ohm. That song is one of the best I've heard in YEARS, forget about opening a record.

ThisTemporaryLife | 29 Jan '13, 12:41 | X | ^ This | Reply

Christophales this'd this
Elbow

Station Approach > Ribcage > Any Day Now > The Birds > Starlings

funkycow | 29 Jan '13, 13:01 | X | ^ This | Reply

Stuzza this'd this
- I like Starlings the best.
  
  _TheBeautifulOnes_ @funkycow | 30 Jan '13, 08:49 | X | ^ This | Reply
Clutch

The Incomparable Mr. Flannery > You Can't Stop Progress > Mercury > American Sleep > The Elephant Riders > A Shogun Called Marcus > Motherless Child > Who Wants To Rock? > Big News I

Aconite | 29 Jan '13, 13:55 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Hmm...I'd go with
  
  A Shogun Called Marcus > The Incomparable Mr. Flannery > Mercury > The Elephant Riders > Big News I > You Can’t Stop Progress > American Sleep > Who Wants To Rock? > Motherless Child
  
  colossalhorse @Aconite | 29 Jan '13, 16:37 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Not unreasonable
    
    Admittedly I don't have Transnational Speedway League and I hadn't heard Shogun more than once before today. Is the rest of the album as good?
    
    I do hope Earth Rocker is a bit better than their last effort.
    
    Aconite @colossalhorse | 29 Jan '13, 18:05 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Transnational is really good
      
      though much more lairy and angry than their later releases. Have you heard the Impetus or Pitchfork eps? It's a bit a bit like that, with the weirdness and the humour just starting to come to the fore.
      
      I really don't like the title track to Earth Rocker, so I'm not holding out much hope. I wish they'd go back to road testing material instead of just knocking stuff out quickly in the studio.
      
      colossalhorse @Aconite | 30 Jan '13, 09:18 | X | ^ This | Reply
Explosions in the Sky (excl. The Rescue)

Greet Death > First Breath After Coma > The Birth And Death Of The Day > Last Known Surroundings > A Song For Our Fathers

plasticniki | 29 Jan '13, 14:25 | X | ^ This | Reply

suedehead this'd this
Springsteen (!)

Thunder Road > Nebraska > Badlands > Racing In The Street ('78) > The E Street Shuffle > Blinded By The Light > Radio Nowhere > Lonesome Day > The Ghost Of Tom Joad > Devils & Dust > The Ties That Bind > Born In The USA > We Take Care Of Our Own > Outlaw Pete > Ain't Got You > Old Dan Tucker

I don't have Lucky Town or Human Touch, and from the sounds of things I'm not missing much.

mil_c | 29 Jan '13, 14:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
The Avalanches

Since I Left You > ??????????
:,(

fiddygent | 29 Jan '13, 16:23 | X | ^ This | Reply

ThisTemporaryLife this'd this
Mark Lanegan

When Your Number Isn’t Up > The River Rise > One Way Street > Gravediggers Song > Carry Home > Mockingbirds > Hospital Roll Call

colossalhorse | 29 Jan '13, 16:40 | X | ^ This | Reply
Ash

Lose control > projects > walking barefoot > return of white rabbit > season > I started a fire > meltdown

NickDS | 30 Jan '13, 01:05 | X | ^ This | Reply
Fugazi

Waiting Room > Turnover > Facet Squared > BREAK > Cashout > Do You Like Me? > Exit Only

Severed799 | 30 Jan '13, 01:39 | X | ^ This | Reply
Unwound

Message Received > New Energy > Entirely Different Matters > Dragnalus > We Invent You > Data

Severed799 | 30 Jan '13, 01:42 | X | ^ This | Reply
- incidentally none of those are even close to my favourites
  
  not a band renowned for strong openers
  
  Severed799 @Severed799 | 30 Jan '13, 01:43 | X | ^ This | Reply
Black Flag

My War >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Rise Above > Slip It In > Paralyzed > Loose Nut > Family Man

i'm exaggerating but My War >>>> everything

gonad | 30 Jan '13, 01:53 | X | ^ This | Reply

Severed799 this'd this
Descendents

Myage> Everything Sux > Descendents > Talking > Enjoy > All(though if it's Coolidge as the first 'song' then in between everything sux and descendents)

gonad | 30 Jan '13, 01:58 | X | ^ This | Reply
Jawbreaker

pretty hard, could easily argue the case for any song being the best

The Boat Dreams From The Hill > Shield Your Eyes > Save Your Generation > Want

gonad | 30 Jan '13, 02:03 | X | ^ This | Reply

Severed799 this'd this
Eric B. & Rakim

Follow The Leader > I Ain't No Joke > Let The Rhythm Hit 'Em > What's On Your Mind

Aconite | 30 Jan '13, 07:07 | X | ^ This | Reply
The Charlatans

Forever > Oh Vanity > You’re Not Very Well > With No Shoes > You’re So Pretty > Nine Acre Court > Blackened Blue Eyes > I Don’t Want to See the Sights > Up at the Lake > Come in No 21 > Love is Ending

ThirstyDog | 30 Jan '13, 07:34 | X | ^ This | Reply

hexagram this'd this
- Forever > most of their discography
  
  Why did they not make more songs like this? I was so looking forward to Us And Us Only on the strength of this single, but then most of it turned out to be faux-Dylan country-rock noodle-water.
  
  I'd put Come In No.21 higher, but this is solid.
  
  hexagram @ThirstyDog | 30 Jan '13, 10:10 | X | ^ This | Reply
Scott Walker

It’s Raining Today > Mathilde > The Seventh Seal > Cossacks Are > Farmer in the City > Jacky > Rawhide > Prologue/Little Things > See You Don’t Bump His Head

ThirstyDog | 30 Jan '13, 08:02 | X | ^ This | Reply
Sigur Ros

Intro/Svefn-G-Englar > (vaka) > Eg Anda > Gobbledigook > Takk... > Sigur Ros

ThirstyDog | 30 Jan '13, 09:31 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Did you just sneak Gobbledigook in there
  
  or is that for real?
  
  funkycow @ThirstyDog | 30 Jan '13, 10:21 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - First track on með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust
    
    ThirstyDog @funkycow | 30 Jan '13, 10:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Hats off to them...
      
      funkycow @ThirstyDog | 30 Jan '13, 12:25 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Intro/Svefn is bending the rules a little!
  
  Could put Glosoli in as well by that measure
  
  Christophales @ThirstyDog | 30 Jan '13, 14:24 | X | ^ This | Reply
David Holmes

I Heard Wonders > My Mate Paul > Compared to What > No Man's Land

(Listen on Let's Get Killed was a skit track, ignoring it)

This is a hard one. They're all great, and all good introductions to their albums. I Heard Wonders gets it for being totally ace after an eight-year break from solo albums (much better than I expected tbh), and for DH having quite a nice singing voice after all.

hexagram | 30 Jan '13, 10:17 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Ladytron
  
  Black Cat = High Rise > White Elephant > True Mathematics > Mu-Tron
  
  hexagram @hexagram | 30 Jan '13, 10:25 | X | ^ This | Reply
Underworld

Juanita : Kiteless : To Dream of Love > Dark & Long > Cups > Crocodile > Bird 1 > Mo move

vamos | 30 Jan '13, 10:24 | X | ^ This | Reply
Hot Chip

Thieves in the night > Motion sickness > Out at the pictures > Careful > Take care

They're better at 2nd tracks...

vamos | 30 Jan '13, 10:26 | X | ^ This | Reply
Arab Strap

The Shy Retirer > Cherubs > Packs of three > Amor Veneris > Stink > Coming down

vamos | 30 Jan '13, 10:28 | X | ^ This | Reply
Soundgarden

Rusty Cage > Pretty Noose > Flower > Let Me Drown > Been Away too Long > Ugly Truth

licky_kicky | 30 Jan '13, 12:41 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I love Ugly Truth
  
  I'd have it after Rusty Cage
  
  Rusty Cage > Ugly Truth > Flower > Let Me Drown > Hunted Down (from Screaming Life/Fopp) > Been Away Too Long
  
  TheGrudge @licky_kicky | 30 Jan '13, 14:13 | X | ^ This | Reply
Supergrass

Tales of Endurance > In It For The Money > Moving > I'd Like To Know > Za > Diamond Hoo Ha Man

plank201 | 30 Jan '13, 13:06 | X | ^ This | Reply
LUKE HAINES (w/ The Auteurs/Black Box Recorder/solo)

13 The School Song
12 How Could I Be Wrong (Das Kapital version)
11 Suburban Morning
10 Inside The Restless Mind of Rollerball Rocco
09 Show Girl
08 Rock 'n' Roll Communique #1
07 Girl Singing In The Wreckage
06 Baader Meinhof
05 Lenny Valentino
04 The Art of Driving
03 Off My Rocker At The Art School Bop
02 The Rubettes
01 Light Aircraft On Fire

Haven't heard whatever ones I haven't included

fuckyeahdubstep | 30 Jan '13, 13:06 | X | ^ This | Reply
Tom Waits

Deep breath...here we go:

Alice > Tom Traubert's Blues > Big in Japan > Ol' 55 > Heartattack & Vine > Chicago > Singapore > Lie To Me > Top of the Hill > New Coat of Paint > Bend Down the Branches > Earth Died Screaming > Somewhere > Hang On St Christopher > Misery is the River of the World > Underground > Emotional Weather Report > What Keeps Mankind Alive > Lucky Day Overture

ThirstyDog | 30 Jan '13, 13:11 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Good job...
  
  But how can the 'Earth died screaming' be that low down - it's almost the archetypal satanic bone percussion growl that characterises his best period...
  
  funkycow @ThirstyDog | 30 Jan '13, 13:35 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - I wouldn't say it's THE archetypal late Waits track
    
    and I've got Big in Japan in my top 3. When I tell you that Small Change is my favourite Tom album, & Invitation to the Blues my favourite song, you'll know where I'm coming from.
    
    ThirstyDog @funkycow | 30 Jan '13, 14:06 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - I know where you're coming from.
      
      funkycow @ThirstyDog | 30 Jan '13, 14:10 | X | ^ This | Reply
Royal Trux

Teeth > Night To Remember > I’m Ready > Waterpark > Air > Don’t Try Too Hard > Zero Dok > Solid Gold Tooth

Haven't heard Hand Of Glory.

funkycow | 30 Jan '13, 13:12 | X | ^ This | Reply
Curve

Already Yours > Missing Link > Hell Above Water > Chinese Burn >>>> Answers

funkycow | 30 Jan '13, 14:04 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Ten Little Girls (Pubic Fruit) > Chinese Burn > Missing Link > Already Yours > Hell Above Water
  
  TheGrudge @funkycow | 30 Jan '13, 14:10 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Left off Pubic Fruit because it was an EP compilation
    
    But would have put Ten Little Girls first if I'd included it.
    
    funkycow @TheGrudge | 30 Jan '13, 14:22 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    friday55 this'd this
- Already Yours = Missing Link = Hell Above Water = Chinese Burn > Answers
  
  robluvsnic @funkycow | 30 Jan '13, 15:01 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - actually, this has just reminded me that I never got round to getting Open Day at the Hate Fest
    
    robluvsnic @robluvsnic | 30 Jan '13, 15:03 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Better than New Adventures of Curve
      
      But tragically I lost all of the downloads bar three or four (Speedcrash being one of the ones I kept - very good).
      
      funkycow @robluvsnic | 30 Jan '13, 15:23 | X | ^ This | Reply
Tim Hecker

The Piano Drop > Rainbow Blood = Music For Tundra Pt. 1 > Song Of The Highwire Shrimper > Acephale > 100 Years Ago

It has to be said he makes pretty good openers for drone - they have some real hook to them. And given that Ravedeath is probably my least favourite of those sixth, I was surprised it has the best opener.

funkycow | 30 Jan '13, 14:10 | X | ^ This | Reply
Bob Dylan

well top 12 anyway

Like A Rolling Stone > Subterranean Homesick Blues > Girl From North Country > Hurricane > The Times They Are A Changin > Tangled Up In Blue > Blowin In The Wind > All I Really Want To Do > Jokerman > Changing Of The Guard > Duquense Whistle > Love Sick

Code1982 | 30 Jan '13, 17:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
The Kills

U.R.A. Fever > Superstition > Future Starts Slow > No Wow

funkycow | 31 Jan '13, 11:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
Grandaddy

He's Simple, He's Dumb, He's The Pilot > Now It's On > Nonphenomenal Lineage > What Happened

^id say this is how i'd rank their albums also.

emmettcruddas | 4 Feb '13, 14:13 | X | ^ This | Reply

Faceless_Opinion this'd this
Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Zero > Rich = Gold Lion > Rockers to Swallow

Another New York band that are fantastic at openers (see The Strokes, Interpol, etc)

Faceless_Opinion | 4 Feb '13, 14:25 | X | ^ This | Reply

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