Greatest album openers

[mc10101]

As I'm coasting on green this evening I suddenly remembered "Maggot Brain" by Funkadelic (from ...erm...Maggot Brain)
...far, far out dudes

[mechanismj]

As I'm coasting on green this evening I suddenly remembered "Maggot Brain" by Funkadelic (from ...erm...Maggot Brain)
...far, far out dudes

Good one!

Yes - Machine Messiah - Drama (1980)

[drillkicker]

Also, "I Love You In Your Tragic Beauty" by The Legendary Pink Dots.

[Headphase]

Oh my gosh how could I forget my favourite song
Requiem for dying mothers parts 1&2 - stars of the Lid
Literally such a beautiful song and it's so perfectly made

[FernieCanto]

Also, "I Love You In Your Tragic Beauty" by The Legendary Pink Dots.

I agree with that.

[mc10101]

Oh my gosh how could I forget my favourite song
Requiem for dying mothers parts 1&2 - stars of the Lid
Literally such a beautiful song and it's so perfectly made

Absolutely. The first piece of SOTL I would play to anyone

[squid]

Play by Play - Autre Ne Veut (Best song of 2013 IMO)
Station to Station - Davie Bowie (My favourite Bowie song and would be in my top 10 songs of all time)
Five Years - David Bowie (Incredibly intense opener! The way it builds, you can hear the desperation in his voice with him pretty much screaming by the end)
They Won't See Me - The Field (Terrific slow burn of a song that just builds and builds, adding layer on layer until it's just an absolutely monstrous monolith of sound and texture. Over the Ice from Here We Go Sublime is a great opener as well)
Angel - Massive Attack (Sets the tone perfectly for Mezzanine. That bass! That voice! That climax! The epitome of late night music, along with Burial)
Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels) - Arcade Fire
Xtal - Aphex Twin
minipops 67[120.2][source field mix] - Aphex Twin (actually, most Aphex Twin openers are great)

[North by North]

Forgot about "Teeth Like God's Shoeshine" (Modest Mouse- Lonesome Crowded West). That song and album blew my 16 year-old mind lol.

[swindeorin]

[515] - slipknot - it just sets a tone unparalleled to any other album
Around The World - Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Whole Lotta Love - Led Zepplin
Shine On You Crazy Diamond (parts I-V)
2112 - Rush - because no-one had done anything like that before then.

[Berselius]

System - Aphrodite's Child from 666
The Garden - Faithless from Sunday 8 PM
Talking Bout My Baby - Fatboy Slim from Halfway Between The Gutter And The Stars
Equinoxe 1 - Jean-Michel Jarre
In The Beginning - Mike OLdifeld from The Songs Of Distant Earth
The Broken Places - Moby from Destroyed
Speak To Me - Pink FLoyd
...And The Forest Began To Sing - Röyksopp from Senior (this is my fav)
Dawn - Vangelis from The City
Sustainable Development - Yonderboi from Passive Control
Appelant le Soleil - Zagar from Light Leaks

[clenci]

AC/DC - For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)
Obituary - I'm In Pain
Death - Flattening of Emotions
Radiohead - Everything In Its Right Place
Fieldtriqp - Old Haunts

[Jonse]

Saw Xtal mentioned several times.

Mine would be 4.

(pretty much the only record outside the SAW ones, Come to Daddy and Drukqs under the Aphex moniker of any real interest to me)

Also so much Radiohead has been mentioned. If 15 step has been thrown out then I'd like to throw out Packt Like Sardines... if it hasn't already been mentioned.

Amazing Sounds of Orgy too from the Amnesiac bonus disc which is its own EP as far as I'm concerned.

[Peacock Tail]

Everything In It's Right Place - Radiohead
Shine On You Crazy Diamond - Pink Floyd
Yes - Manic Street Preachers
Wildlife Analysis - BOC
Sgt Pepper's LHCB - The Beatles
Myrrhman - Talk Talk
Mojo Pin - Jeff Buckley
Making Plans For Nigel - XTC
Angel - Massive Attack
Breaking Into Heaven - The Stone Roses
Bridge - Marillion
The Black Hit Of Space - The Human League
Next To You - The Police
The Big Money - Rush
New Born - Muse