John M Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 Recently I have gotten back into listening to Cream, and hearing their debut album opener I Feel Free got me thinking. What bands (besides Zeppelin) have such great, defining debut album openers? I Feel Free is so amazing - it starts as a three part a cappella in a jazzy mood, then the drums and fuzz guitar kick in. Such a great beginning for the band. Other defining debut album openers from bands I like: The Beatles - I Saw Her Standing There - everything great about the early Beatles in one track Jimi Hendrix - Foxy Lady Doors - Break on Through - one of the most iconic debut songs ever Blue Oyster Cult - Transmanicon MC Pink Floyd - Astonomy Dominae Rush - Finding My Way Aerosmith - Make It Stevie Ray Vaughan - Lovestruck Baby ELO - 10583 Overture Pearl Jam - Once Kansas - Can I Tell You Debut album openers that don't quite make the cut ELP - The Barbarian Santana - Waiting - other tracks on the album would have had more impact like Jingo or Soul Sacrifice Black Crowes - Twice as Hard. Jealous Again would have been a better opener. Too bad the outtake Don't Wake Me was not the first album opener ! Yes - Beyond and Before - nothing really great on that first album Jethro Tull - My Sunday Feeling - ok, but not great. Best track on the album is Cat's Squirrel. So what debut album openers strike you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZepHead315 Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath - you could argue that this is literally the birth of metal Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop - ditto but for punk Cheap Trick - Elo Kiddies - this one might be a grey area due to some dispute about the track listing for their debut. Still a great song regardless! Iron Maiden - Prowler The Velvet Underground & Nico - Sunday Morning Guns N Roses - Welcome to the Jungle NWA - Straight Outta Compton - not really a big hip hop fan, but I really enjoy this track Patti Smith - Gloria - that opening line is iconic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 3 hours ago, ZepHead315 said: Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath - you could argue that this is literally the birth of metal Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop - ditto but for punk Cheap Trick - Elo Kiddies - this one might be a grey area due to some dispute about the track listing for their debut. Still a great song regardless! Iron Maiden - Prowler The Velvet Underground & Nico - Sunday Morning Guns N Roses - Welcome to the Jungle NWA - Straight Outta Compton - not really a big hip hop fan, but I really enjoy this track Patti Smith - Gloria - that opening line is iconic All of the above are great. Here are more that I like... Nina Simone - Little Girl Blue Janis Joplin/Big Brother & the Holding Co. - Bye Bye Baby Elvis Presley - Blue Suede Shoes Chuck Berry - School Days James Brown - Please, Please, Please Buddy Holly - Oh, Boy! Jerry Lee Lewis - Don't Be Cruel Little Richard - Tutti Frutti Marvin Gaye - The Masquerade is Over Roberta Flack - Compared to What Funkadelic - Mommy, What's a Funkadelic? Stooges - 1969 Sex Pistols - Holidays in the Sun Dead Boys - Sonic Reducer Buzzcocks - Fast Cars Clash - Janie Jones Television - See No Evil Motörhead - Motorhead Dead Kennedys - Kill the Poor X - Your Phone's Off the Hook, But You're Not Devo - Uncontrollable Urge Police - Next to You Joy Division - Disorder The Cure - 10:15 Saturday Night Dream Syndicate - Tell Me When It's Over Tom Petty - Rockin' Around With You Steely Dan - Do It Again Nick Drake - Time Has Told Me Joni Mitchell - I Had A King King Crimson - 21st Century Schizoid Man Jane's Addiction - Trip Away or Up the Beach (depending on whether you count their 1987 live album as their debut or their first studio album "Nothing's Shocking") Thelonious Monster - Psychofuckindelic Cocteau Twins - Blood Bitch Jesus & Mary Chain - Psycho Candy Beastie Boys - Rhymin' & Stealin' Public Enemy - You're Gonna Get Yours A Tribe Called Quest - Push It Along Wu-Tang Clan - Bring Da Ruckus Nine Inch Nails - Head Like a Hole Beck - Loser PJ Harvey - Oh My Lover Low - Words Stereolab - Super-Electric Broadcast - Accidentals Goldfrapp - Lovely Head REM - Radio Free Europe Roxy Music - Re-Make/Re-Model Lynyrd Skynyrd - I Ain't the One Oasis - Rock 'n' Roll Star Black Angels - Young Men Dead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John M Posted October 10, 2017 Author Share Posted October 10, 2017 2 hours ago, ZepHead315 said: Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath - you could argue that this is literally the birth of metal Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop - ditto but for punk Cheap Trick - Elo Kiddies - this one might be a grey area due to some dispute about the track listing for their debut. Still a great song regardless! Iron Maiden - Prowler The Velvet Underground & Nico - Sunday Morning Guns N Roses - Welcome to the Jungle NWA - Straight Outta Compton - not really a big hip hop fan, but I really enjoy this track Patti Smith - Gloria - that opening line is iconic I can't believe I forgot about Sabbath and the Ramones. Excellent choices. And Patti Smith - killer. Here are a few more The Clash - Janie Jones Sex Pistols - Holidays in the Sun Big Country - In a Big Country Television - See No Evil - a defining moment for new wave As I was typing this I see that Strider included the Clash and Pistols. And that reminds me - The Damned - Neat Neat Neat not so great - Deep Purple - not really Steppenwolf - first track was Sookie Sookie - great track but a cover Allmans - a cover Grateful Dead - Golden Road - good but not great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John M Posted October 10, 2017 Author Share Posted October 10, 2017 5 minutes ago, Strider said: Buzzcocks - Fast Cars Strider - agreed a great opener but I think of Spiral Scratch as the Buzzcocks debut when Howard Devoto was still with them. The opener there is the killer "Breakdown". And on that EP Fast Cars is known as "Boredom". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 4 hours ago, John M said: And that reminds me - The Damned - Neat Neat Neat That's one I forgot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi_Zep_Fan87 Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mook Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 Mahavishnu Orchestra - Meeting of the Spirits The Byrds - Mr Tambourine Man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindwillie127 Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 Mountain - Mississippi Queen Steely Dan - Do It Again The Cars - Good Times Roll The Police - Message in a Bottle Ice Cube - The Nigga You Love to Hate TPOTUSOA - Kitty Rage Against the Machine - Bomb Track A little off topic, but...anyone ever noticed how Smashing Pumpkins 'I Am One' steals the 'Welcome to the Jungle' riff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 2 hours ago, blindwillie127 said: The Police - Message in a Bottle Not quite. Wrong song. Wrong album. As I listed above, it's "Next to You". 2 hours ago, blindwillie127 said: A little off topic, but...anyone ever noticed how Smashing Pumpkins 'I Am One' steals the 'Welcome to the Jungle' riff? Half their debut album sounds like Jane's Addiction. Oh, here's another one I forgot... Van Halen - Running With the Devil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAP99 Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 great openers you all are picking - am trying not to duplicate anyone... AC/DC – It’s a Long Way to the Top Bad Company – Can’t Get Enough Boston – More than a Feeling CCR - I Put a Spell on You CSN&Y – Carry On Eagles – Take It Easy Foghat – I Just Want to Make Love to You Heart – Magic Man Kiss – Strutter Meatloaf – Bat out of Hell (am not counting his obscure duo album 6/7 years earlier…) Montrose – Rock the Nation Queen – Keep Yourself Alive Ted Nugent – Stranglehold Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sathington Willoughby Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 ^Kiwi, you should appreciate this opening, even though you aren't a big Primus fan. Trust me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jabe Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 STP - Dead and Bloated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walter Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 3 hours ago, jabe said: STP - Dead and Bloated Perfect! Break On Through was about as perfect for The Doors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IpMan Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 Souixsie & the Banshees - Peek-a-Boo. This, IMO, was quite the groundbreaking tune. It was a toss up between this and Candyman off of Tinderbox but both excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the chase Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 Frank Zappa and The Mothers Of Invention - Hungry Freaks Daddy Foreigner - Feels Like The First Time Asia - Heat Of The Moment UK - In The Dead Of Night Ozzy Osbourne / Blizzard Of Oz - I Don’t Know Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow - Man On The Silver Mountain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi_Zep_Fan87 Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 Almost forgot about this one: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rover 75 Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 Break On Through - The Doors Can't Get Enough - Bad Company Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 5 hours ago, The Rover 75 said: Break On Through - The Doors Can't Get Enough - Bad Company Both mentioned already. 18 hours ago, IpMan said: Souixsie & the Banshees - Peek-a-Boo. This, IMO, was quite the groundbreaking tune. It was a toss up between this and Candyman off of Tinderbox but both excellent. The key point you are missing is that this thread is about Debut albums. In Siouxsie & the Banshees case, that album is "The Scream". Opening song is "Pure"..which is an instrumental. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IpMan Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 2 hours ago, Strider said: Both mentioned already. The key point you are missing is that this thread is about Debut albums. In Siouxsie & the Banshees case, that album is "The Scream". Opening song is "Pure"..which is an instrumental. Oh shit...man I really crapped all over that one. One should not get high and then attempt to post. Well, lesson learned. Anyway, my favorite would be one you listed...Mommy, what's a Funkadelic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Rover 75 Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 17 hours ago, Strider said: Both mentioned already. The key point you are missing is that this thread is about Debut albums. In Siouxsie & the Banshees case, that album is "The Scream". Opening song is "Pure"..which is an instrumental. So what??? Excuse me for wanting to participate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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