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Did someone do this already? Couldn't find it if so.

Plainsong from Disintegration by The Cure
Debaser from Doolittle by Pixies
Race For The Prize from the Soft Bulletin by The Flaming Lips
Solid Air from Solid Air by John Martyn
Dry The Rain from The Three Eps by The Beta Band
Movin' on Up from Screamadelica by Primal Scream
Smells Like Teen Spirit from Nevermind by Nirvana
Suspect Device from Inflammable Material by Stiff Little Fingers
Take Me To The Other Side from The Perfect Perscription by Spacemen 3
Birdland from Heavy Weather by Weather Report

Feel Good Hit of the Summer by Queens of the Stoneage
The Immigrant Song by Led Zeppelin
Mojo Pin by Jeff Buckley

Get Innocuous! from Sounds of Silver by LCD Soundsystem

Dance Yrslf Clean from This Is Happening by LCD Soundsystem (They know how to open an album)

Mr. Self Destruct from The Downward Spiral by Nine Inch Nails

I Was A Lover from Return to Cookie Mountain by TV On The Radio

Mu-Tron from 604 by Ladytron

You Think I Ain't Worth A Dollar, But I Feel Like A Millionaire from Songs For The Deaf by Queens Of The Stone Age. (That's a fucking mouthful)

i can name a ton, but two that immediately came to my head were.



radiohead - airbag
tool - the grudge

Think this might have been done before, but never mind; it's a great topic.

I Wanna Be Adored from The Stone Roses' 1st

Teenage Riot from Sonic Youth's Daydream Nation

Seagull from Ride's Nowhere.

Only Shallow - MBV
Dramamine - MM
Genesis - Justice

Andro - OPN
Big Feelings - Shlohmo
Come Up and Get Me - DG

Airbag - Radiohead

Such a perfect beginning to such a perfect album

Ready Lets Go/Music is Math
Planet Telex - Radiohead
Just Like You - Ministry
Mr Self Destruct - NIN
200 Gigapascals and Gloopy - Boreal Network/Cone Distance
15 Step - Radiohead
The Eater of Dream/Copy of A - NIN (possibly the best non-BoC opening vignette/following track I've ever heard)
Fahrenheit Fair Enough - Telefon Tel Aviv
The Anal Staircase - Coil
Intolerance - Tool

Just to name some off the top of my head.

Elephant Face wrote:Mr. Self Destruct from The Downward Spiral by Nine Inch Nails

After I posted my list I saw this immediately when scrolling up. It's not even so much the song itself, though it is great, but what follows. That fucking THX1138 sample is so fucking great in terms of opening that record. Even Pinion can't compare to just that little sample.

Rodheh wrote:Planet Telex - Radiohead

YES!!

i heard that while radiohead were recording planet telex. thom was so drunk that he sang his parts while lying on the floor.

My Bloody Valentine - Only Shallow
AFX - Steppingfilter 101
The Gooeys - Scary Black Cherry Nap
Monroeville Music Center - Swedish Fish
Ophidian Enterprises - S.0.A.I.S

Devils Haircut - Beck - Odelay
Sure Shot - Beastie Boys - Ill Communication
Jimmy James - Beastie Boys - Check Your Head
Vent - Tricky - Pre-Millennium Tension
Movements - Roots Manuva - Brand New Second Hand
Melody - Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire Melody Nelson
Love Without Sound - The White Noise - An Electric Storm
Gemini - BoC - Tomorrows Harvest

Starsail-Verve from A Storm in Heaven
A New Decade-the Verve from A Northern Soul
Laides and Gentlemen Where Floating in Space-Spiritualized from the same LP.

Arcarsenal - ATDI
Turnover - Fugazi
Soft as Snow (But Warm Inside) - MBV
Alison - Slowdive

Hunted By A Freak - Mogwai

Mogwai - Punk Rock (from Come on Die Young) - lost count of the number of compilations & mix tapes I've kicked off with that one.

Death in Vegas - Leather & Girls (from Scorpio Rising) - contender for best opening two tracks...

Enter Sandman.

Radio Free Europe from Murmur by REM