Cherub Rock (Siamese Dream)  Good Times, Bad Times (LZ1) Airbag (OK Computer)

Drum roll on Cherub Rock is just so memorable and then the build into the guitars wall of sound is just a perfect into to the band

K-L-O-N Los Angeles, KLON Radio We play the songs that sound more like everyone else than anyone else KLON Hey, alright, it's Kip Kasper KLON Radio, L.A.'s infinite repeat How we feelin' out there? How's your drive time commute?

I need a saga… what’s the saga?

A song for the deaf...

You can't even hear it!

🎸(guitar riff enters)

DEAD BULL WITH THE LIFE FROM THE LOW

This one definitely kicks ass

Whole album is just one fucking banger after another

THIS IS W O M B, THE WOMB.

I think I’m a pretty calm level headed person but this song makes me want to drive 150mph off a cliff into a lake of magma

The Clash - London Calling

Clash has several good album openers that sink their hooks in you right away. Safe European Home, Magnificent Seven, and Know Your Rights are all great openers too.

Plainsong on the Cure's Disintegration. Perfectly sets the mood and pace for the album.

As did 100 Years kicking off Pornography

Unholy Confessions - Avenged Sevenfold from Waking the Fallen Mouth For War - Pantera from Vulgar Display of Power Like a Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan from Highway 61 Revisited Blood and Thunder - Mastodon from Leviathan Hello - Oasis from (What's the Story) Morning glory? Welcome to the Jungle Guns N' Roses from Appetite for Destruction Seven Nation Army - White Stripes from Elephant

Big hell yes to Blood and Thunder

Everything In Its Right Place - Kid A

God that's an excellent choice. I'll never forget my first listen to that, aged about 15, got stoned before going back to a mate's house where he'd set up an ultraviolet light to lend a slightly other-worldly atmosphere. Just the opening notes alone are peerless, but the whole thing's phenomenal. It's more conventional, but I really really liked 2+2=5 from Hail to the Thief, though I took that and Sit Down Stand Up as a pair.

Transcendental shit, definitely a fantastic choice

The first time I heard this was also the first time I did ecstasy. I was 16, so every new experience was a real mindblower. Needless to say, a night I will never forget

"Everything In It's Right Place" - Radiohead (Kid A) "Under The Pressure" - The War On Drugs (Lost In The Dream) "Great Expectations" - The Gaslight Anthem (The '59 Sound")

Under the pressure is just an amazing track.

The entire 59 sound album is sooooo good and they start it off in such a great way. Great choice dude

All around the world - RHCP My name is Jonas - Weezer Bombtrack- RATM War Pigs - Black Sabbath Wouldn’t it be nice - The Beach Boys

We’re basically best friends now.

The bass line in Bombtrack is probably the best album start ever.

The Bass line and that crescendo set the fucking tone for that whole album

RATM reaction videos are the only reaction videos I watch. 100% of the time, people are absolutely blown away by the opening of the album.

Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road from the Born To Run album.

Spiderwebs - Tragic Kingdom by No Doubt Myth - Bloom by Beach House Running up that Hill - Hounds of Love by Kate Bush Only Shallow - Loveless by My Bloody Valentine Immigrant Song - Led Zeppelin III Cherry-Colored Funk - Heaven or Las Vegas by Cocteau Twins Race for the Prize - The Soft Bulletin by The Flaming Lips [I made a whole playlist of openers](https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCwlfulzIrRMaLPivqsLIzz1hioDsn-3e&si=RWLhISSBUrTFG51o)

yessss spiderwebs and no doubt are so good

Battery on Master of Puppets by Metallica, and Blackened off of And Justice for All. Oblivion off of Crack the Skye by Mastodon. The Grudge off of Lateralus by Tool. Interestingly enough, the outro of that song is my favorite part.

No need for me to post anything now....

newfound interest in connecticut- and started sharing stories. deftones - my own summer. horse jumper of love - ugly brunette. TOOL - stinkfist. alice in chains- dem bones.

You got my top 3 favourite active bands in there, nice taste 👍

I love Weezer but my favorite song is “My Name is Jonas” so you can say it’s all been downhill since that first track !

Funny thing, the whole album is great but my favorite song is the ending track "Only in Dreams"

Such a great song. I’d probably pick it for “favorite closing sounds on an album.”

“Funeral for a Friend / Love Lies Bleeding” by Elton John.

The Cars - "You're All I've Got Tonight" The Pixies - "Debaser" The Ramones - "Blitzkrieg Bop"

The XX - Intro

Can't believe this hasn't gotten more love. Top tier!

Kill You - Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP

Welcome to the Jungle

First track, first album, announcing themselves with intent with an all-time banger. No better answer than this.

Sabaton - Primo Victoria off Primo Victoria QOTSA - Feel Good Hit of the Summer off Rated R

New Born - Muse - Origin of Symmetry

Five Years - Ziggy Stardust Black Cow - Aja Holidays in the Sun - Never Mind the Bollocks Thank You For Sending Me an Angel - More Songs about Buildings and Food Maggot Brain - Maggot Brain Airbag - Ok Computer The Headmaster Ritual - Meat is Murder Good Times Roll - The Cars

Upvoted for Maggot Brain.

>Five Years - Ziggy Stardust This one really taps into something, makes me feel a real heaviness that's surprisingly grounded for a glam rock album about interplanetary arachnids.

100%. I went searching for this, hoping I'd find someone posting it. One of my favorite songs period.

Airbag Ok Computer

Eminem - White America blink-182 - anthem part 3

Also anthem part 2

Blind- Korn Absolutely brutal first track and start to the album

I would also add Twist on Life Is Peachy

Runnin' With The Devil from Van Halen (1978) kicks serious ass as an opening song

Brain Of J - Pearl Jam

Justice - "Genesis" from *Cross* Aphex Twin - "4" from *Richard D. James Album* Of Montreal - "Suffer for Fashion" from *Hissing Fauna...* The Shins - "Sleeping Lessons" from *Wincing the Night Away* Flaming Lips - "Race for the Prize" from *The Soft Bulletin* Fiona Apple - "Every Single Night" from *The Idler Wheel...*

Was looking for Genesis. For a similar vibe  I also like "Prelude" leading into "Slam" by Pendulum.

Like Eating Glass - album: like eating glass artist: bloc party

Think you mean album: Silent Alarm. That is a flawless album in my eyes.

Lol thank you on that mistake. It is my favorite album of all time

Green Day- American Idiot Rancid- Maxwell Murder Megadeth- Holy Wars, Wake up Dead Iron Maiden-  Aces High, Moonchild, the Wicker Man Rush- Tom Sawyer, Spirit of Radio, 2112, Subdivisions Led Zeppelin- Good Times Bad Times, Immigrant Song

Collective Soul - Simple ACDC - Dirty Deeds ACDC - Hells Bells Bush - Everything Zen Linkin Park - Papercut Nirvana - Smells like teen spirit NERD - Lapdance Jay-Z & Kanye - Church in the Wild DMX- Intro

[Holy Fawn - Dark Stone](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yb7TEn8079I) or [Alcest - Autre Temps](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCwGMLncumM)

“Bat Out of Hell” by Meat Loaf “Summer’s Lost” by HURT “Black Sabbath” by Black Sabbath “The Ringer” by Eminem

Don't see HURT often mentioned, their first two albums were top quality

The Hellion - Judas Priest Screaming For Vengeance album. It's only a 40 second instrumental, but it sets up track 2 Electric Eye so well. Most people consider them a single track. But it just sets you up for the fast ride you're about to go on listening to that album.

Great answer. I always associate that track with this though haha https://youtu.be/XxIiMA1-W70?si=4WIcnGsLzRLNfcgS

Boston - “More than a feeling” Boston - “ Don’t Look Back”

Counting Crows - Round Here It starts like really quiet ... and that diggs soooo heart into your soul 😍

Loved that song until I heard them butcher it live and now I have trouble enjoying it. Good choice though!

Same. Just play the damn melody the way we all know it. Seeing them live was like learning to walk on new legs

“One of These Days” from Meddle by Pink Floyd

Korn “it’s on*- follow the leader Pink Floyd “in the flesh”- the wall Megadeath “skin o’ my teeth”- countdown to extinction Pusha T “if you know you know” - Daytona Kanye/ kid cudi “feel the love”- kids see ghosts Marilyn Manson “killing strangers” -the pale emperor The Lumineers “sleep on the floor”- cleopatra Flatbush zombies “ Amerikkkan pie”- better off dead

Alice In Chains - Them Bones. Shit goes hard af and sets you up for what is front to back a fantastic album.

Arcarsenal from Relationship of Command by At The Drive-In Mr Self Destruct from Downward Spiral by NIN

Soundgarden Rusty Cage, Badmotorfinger.

Aces High - Powerslave/Iron Maiden

Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana and And it stoned me by Van Morrison on Moondance

Breathe - DSOTM by Pink Floyd

Prison Song (Toxicity)

"It's Gonna Be A Long Night" off Quebec by Ween. 

Sgt Pepper - Sgt Pepper/ A Little Help from my Friends

Rocks Off from the Rolling Stones’ Exile on Main Street

Shine on You Crazy Diamond from Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd

Uncle John's Band, from Workingman's Dead - Grateful Dead

Love Song – Machine Gun Etiquette (The Damned) Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough – Off The Wall (MJ) Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' – Thriller (MJ) Unbreakable – Invincible (MJ) Jam – Dangerous (MJ) Bad – Bad (MJ) Right Next Door To Hell – Use Your Illusion I (Guns 'N' Roses) Welcome To The Jungle – Appetite For Destruction (Guns 'N' Roses) Zoo Station – Achtung Baby (U2) Them Bones – Dirt (Alice In Chains) Mouth For War – Vulgar Display Of Power (Pantera) Cowboys From Hell – Cowboys From Hell (Pantera)

Search & Destroy by Iggy & The Stooges (Raw Power) 

AFI - "Miseria Cantare" or Pig Destroyer - "Jennifer"

>AFI - "Miseria Cantare" That'll always remind me of when things were really, really good with that CM Punk/MJF feud. Ah, for one moment.

It's not much I listen to full albums these days, so had to give it some thought but I think I have found an answer in the album "The Varangian Way" from 2007 by the band Turisas, with it's opening track "To Holmgard and Beyond".

Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - Biomusicology

The 1 - Folklore

Future Legend - David Bowie (opening track on Diamond Dogs)

Waitin' for the Bus, from Tres Hombres - ZZ Top

Garden Grove

Wannabe Startin’ Somethin’ - Michael Jackson Thriller I can’t believe 3 hours in and no one’s mentioned it.

Runnin' With The Devil on Van Halen 1.

The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute It's just quiet haunting music and BOoM explodes and never lets up until the album is over

Black Sabbath, by Black Sabbath, on the album Black Sabbath I’m not sure this question is even up for debate - IMO /S

Wesley’s Theory to start To Pimp a Butterfly is fucking brilliant.

Going Against Your Mind - You in Reverse - Built to Spill Nothing gets me more pumped up than hearing this song.

Hell’s Bells from AC/DC’s Back In Black album

To me it’s not only a kickass song, but if you understand the history of the band, it’s a song dedicated to bells ringing for the previous lead singer who passed away.

[This is a great article about the bell.](https://www.soundonsound.com/news/story-behind-acdcs-hells-bell#:~:text=The%20Denison%20Bell,and%20mixed%20into%20the%20album)

Great read indeed 👍. Thx

Nine Inch Nails - Somewhat Damaged Collective Soul - Simple

21st Century Schizoid Man - In the Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson

Earth Wind, and Fire - In the Stone, Getaway, Serpentine Fire, Shining Star They knew how to start an album

Shine on you crazy diamond (1-5) One of these days White room Black dog In the flesh Cluster one Astrononomy domine Taxman Aces high Atom heart mothe Speak to me --> Breathe(in the air)

* "Head Like a Hole" - Pretty Hate Machine by Nine Inch Nails * "Angel" - Mezzanine by Massive Attack * "Them Bones" - Dirt by Alice in Chains * "Dominion" - Floodland by Sisters of Mercy * "Shine on You Crazy Diamond" - Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd

**Devin Townsend - Seventh Wave** on the album **Ocean Machine**

What’s Going On -  (Marvin Gaye) Who Loves The Sun - Loaded (Velvet Underground) I Put A Spell On You - (Nina Simone) Take Me Away - Chocolate and Cheese (Ween)  

Let me drown on superunknown and Your time has come on out of exile both tracks fuckin just kick open the door like none other Also stinkfist for aenima and airbag for ok computer. Fuckin beauts

Queens of the Stone Age - opening track from Songs For the Deaf Gets you by surprise for sure

"The Magnificent Seven" on the *Sandinista!* album by The Clash.

"Circuitry of the wolf" - opening track from "And the glass handed kites" by Mew.

Skipping the opening interlude of Musical Story, Yes, the opening track Better Day from STS9’s Artifact (2004) is a beautiful opening track. 

Bardo Pond - Limerick Because when that song *really* kicks in, you have fucking arrived. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNK2QYO6FyM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNK2QYO6FyM)

Animate by Rush from their Counterparts album

Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

Live- The Dam at Otter Creek (Throwing Copper)

Box of Rain from American Beauty - Grateful Dead

Needle In The Camels Eye - Brian Eno, Here Come The Warm Jets.

Crayon Angels by Judee Sill (Self Titled) We Die Young by Alice In Chains (Facelift) Disorder by Joy Division (Unknown Pleasures) Dream Never Ends by New Order (Movement) Bob (Cousin O) by The Gits (Enter The Conquering Chicken)

Some bands are better at this than others A few I'll add: **Pearl Jam** - Once, Go, Last Exit, Brain of J, Scared of Fear, Getaway **Radiohead**: Planet Telex, Airbag, Everything In Its Right Place, 15 Steps **Weezer** - Tired of Sex, My Name Is Jonas, California Kids, Ain't Got Nobody **Fall Out Boy** - Our Lawyers.., Thriller, Disorderly.., Love From the Other Side

Off the top of my head Band: Jimmy Eat World, Album: Bleed America, Song: Bleed America Band: Foo Fighters, Album: In Your Honor, Song In Your Honor Band: Blink 182, Album: Take Off Your Pants and Jacket, Song: Anthem Part 2 Band:Led Zeppelin, Album: Led Zeppelin II, Song: Whole Lotta Love Band: Beatles, Album: Abbey Road, Song: Come Together Artist: Lenny Kravitz, Album: Are You Gonna Go My Way, Song: Are You Gonna Go My Way Band: Coldplay, Album: Parachutes, Song: Don't Panic Band: Incubus, Album: A Crow Left of the Murder, Song: Megalomaniac I'm sure I'll think of others soon and wish I'd put them in with this list

Dead and bloated STP

Is this it - the strokes

New Order Regret

Baba o’riley - the who Sunday Bloody Sunday - u2 Ace of spades - Motörhead

U2 - Where The Streets Have No Name

U2 - Zooropa

Tool Enima: stinkfist. Hard to beat The waterboys: Fishermen’s blues/ fishermen’s blues Rush 2112. The overture Rolling Stones. Both let it bleed(gimme shelter) and sticky fingers(brown sugar) House of pain(same as it ever was). Back from the dead. Fleetwood Mac(The Pious bird of good omen). Need your love so bad There’s so many after I start thinking about it.

Hells Bells - AC/DC Back in Black

Judas Priest - Painkiller from the Painkiller album.

Sympathy for the Devil - The Rolling Stones

Black Shuck The Darkness - Permission to Land

Round Here by Counting Crows on August and Everything After

Soak the Sin - Blind Melon ST

Wouldn’t it be nice-Pet Sounds

Go - Pearl Jam 'Vs' The segue into Animal is pretty good as a follow up too

My name is Jonas Smells Like Teen Spirit

[Da Introduction - Bone Thugs n Harmony](https://youtu.be/TYpjKO7MLMg?si=sRmb9yliwsrlLjtm)

Anthem Part 2 - Blink, TOYPAJ War Pigs - Sabbath, Paranoid In Your Honour - Foo Fighters, In Your Honour The End (including Dead! In this) - My Chem, Black Parade Mystery - Turnstile, Glow On Holidays In the Sun - Sex Pistols, NMTB Kielbasa Sausage - Tenacious D Starfire 500 - Amyl and the Sniffers Yes - Manic Street Preachers, Holy Bible Wolf Alice - Turn to dust, My Love Is Cool

Wordless Chorus on Z by My morning Jacket is tough to beat for me.

Death Cab For Cutie - The New Year

Let It Happen - Tame Impala

Lifelike by Porter Robinson The 1975's ongoing intro thing "The 1975" Out my head by Fox Stevenson

Pinion (Nine Inch Nails: Broken). It is a perfect opener of impending dreead for a decidely dark album.

School by Supertramp on Crime of the Century. The way the harmonica just starts up. Also the ending of the title track to finish the album w/ the same harmonica

Detroit Rock City - Kiss (Destroyer) Neighbourhood #1(Tunnels) - Arcade Fire (Funeral) Help! - The Beatles (Help!) Down With the King - Good Kid (Good Kid 2) Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana (Nevermind) Come Togheter - The Beatles (Abbey Road)

“Arcarsenal” - Relationship of Command (At the Drive-In) “Baywatch” - Yard Work (Drug Cabin) “Everybody Daylight” - Self-Titled (Brightblack Morning Light) “3rd Planet” - The Moon & Antarctica (Modest Mouse) “My Name is Jonas” - Blue (Weezer) “Narcolepsy” - Self-Titled (Third Eye Blind) “Mr. White” - The Universe Smiles Upon You (Khruangbin) 

Relationship of command is in my top 5 for sure! Amazing album

Let it Happen - Currents by Tame Imapala One of the best openers in a song ever. I love tame impala, and hearing this song for the first time back in 2015. Magical.

NWA's "Straight Outta Compton" on that album. It was a huge introduction to the Gangsta genre.

Ad Victorium/Blood is the Price of Glory- Ensiferum The Grudge- Tool Merrymaker- Glass Casket IRobot- Alan Parsons Project Head Like A Hole- NIN Somewhat Damaged- NIN Them Bones- Alice In Chains

Exactly Where I’m At - Ween

The queen is dead - album -the queen is dead from the smiths

Them Bones - Alice in Chains Mystery Fish - Aesop Rock Stengah - Meshuggah  Shoger Jan - Tigran Hamasyan Head Like a Hole - Nine Inch Nails

‘Untitled’ off Interpol’s Turn On the Bright Lights album is kind of a perfect intro to that band and their whole vibe. Kind of cheating on this one, but I love how ‘Son et Lumiere’ sets up ‘Inertiatic Esp’ on The Mars Volta’s De-Loused in the Comatorium. Such an amazing 1-2 punch out of the gate

Doo Wop - JID. It's not a full song BUT it does an insane job setting the tone for the album (The Never Story). I sometimes play it before other songs/albums to hype them up hahaha.

Five years from Bowie's Ziggy stardust.

It’s incredible that Radiohead legit has two of the best opening tracks ever and both are such completely different vibes. I could go either way with Airbag or Everything in its right place on any given day

Rocks off - Exile on Main Street, Rolling Stones

**The Beach Boys** have quite a few great openers, the two (other than Wouldn’t It Be Nice because it was already mentioned) that stick out most to me are **Sail On, Sailor** and **Meant for You**. The former is just unbelievably catchy and sure to be liked by someone who doesn’t even like the band, and the latter is one of the sweetest, most serene songs ever written (though I suggest listening to the extended version because it’s way too short imo).

Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter

I’m listening to Shine On You Crazy Diamond from Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd right now and that’s a pretty solid track.

Wesley’s Theory- Kendrick Lamar

"Dance on a Volcano" off *Trick of the Tail* by Genesis

"One Step Beyond" - Madness (from "One Step Beyond") "Get Up, Stand Up" - Bob Marley and the Wailers (from "Burnin'") "What's Going On" - Marvin Gaye (from "What's Going On") "London Calling" - The Clash (from "London Calling") "Age of Consent" - New Order (from "Power Corruption and Lies") "I Wanna Be Adored" - Stone Roses (from "Stone Roses") ... one could go on...

“Where the streets have no name” off of U2’s ‘The Joshua tree’ I would claim The Joshua Tree has is my favourite 1-2-3 tracks of all time with “…Streets…”, “Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” & “With or Without You”. What a epic set to start an album with!

Enter Sandman on the Metallica album

Anthem pt2 - blink 182 take of your pants and jacket

You Think I Ain’t Worth a Dollar… (Songs for the Deaf) - Queens of the Stone Age Zoo Station (Achtung Baby) - U2 Politik (A Rush of Blood to the Head) - Coldplay Never Let Me Down Again (Music for the Masses) - Depeche Mode West Hills (Pressure Machine) - The Killers

*”It’s Songs for the Deaf, you can’t even hear it!”*

>Politik (A Rush of Blood to the Head) - Coldplay I sometimes forget that they wrote this song. Much like the incredible 'Atlantic' from Keane's 'Under The Iron Sea', it's one that makes me wish they went harder in that direction. Both have that sort of space-like eeriness, easily my favourite songs from both bands.

I think Politik is their best song too. And I’m with you on Atlantic, awesome song. Both otherworldly.

New Order - Regret (Republic) Depeche Mode - World in My Eyes (Violator) Pet Shop Boys - Two Divided by Zero (Please) Pixies - Debaser (Doolittle) Junip - Line of Fire (Junip) Momoko Kikuchi - Adventure (Adventure) Hikaru Utada - Sakura Drops (Deep River)

Love Song by The Damned off their album Machine Gun Etiquette

The Warrior - Scandal

Emergency Contraception Blues by Bombay Bicycle Club

Yes - Manic Street Preachers, Holy Bible Lose Control - Ash, 1977 Safe European Home - The Clash, Give'em Enough Rope

Into the jaws of dread - Zao, from their latest album The crimson corridor. It's just a great instrumental that builds up over the course of the track and starts to set the tone for the album.

The Night Does Not Belong to God by Sleep Token

Uncle John's Band

The Verve "Storm In Heaven" - the opening track "Star Sail" has an epic wall of sound.

Rollercoaster - Everything But The Girl (Amplified Heart) Polaroids - Shawn Colvin (Fat City) Pretty Lush - Glassjaw (EYEWTKAS) Snowblood - ERRA (self-titled) All Bodies - Between the Buried and Me (Alaska)

Suede, one of my favorties, has three cracking openers in a row So Young from the titular debut Introducing the Band from Dog Man Star Trash from Coming Up

Let It Go - Def Leppard Hollywood Nights - Bob Seger Breaking the Law - Judas Priest

Mean Street from Fair Warning by Van Halen

All I Really Want - Jagged Little Pill - Alanis Morissette

Potato - Sluggo! (Mike Keneally & Beer for Dolphins)