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Best Opening Three Tracks On A Record

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    Briston_AddickBriston_Addick
    Off_it said:
    Moonchild
    Infinite Dreams
    Can I play with Madness

    (and The evil that men do up 4th)

    Seventh Son of a Seventh Son - Iron Maiden
    I see your Seventh Son and raise you a Beast:

    Invaders
    Children Of The Damned
    The Prisoner
    (followed by 22 Acacia Avenue, Run To The Hills, Number Of The Beast, Gangland, Hallowed Be Thy Name)
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    Henry IrvingHenry Irving
    Across the great divide

    Rag mama Rag

    The night they drove old Dixie down

    The Band - The Band
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    PopIconPopIcon
    Henry Irving said:
    After the Goldrush - Neil Young

    Tell me why

    After the Goldrush

    Only love can break your heart 
    St Etienne's version of this song is so much better than the original. Far too melancholy for me.
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    raytreacy69raytreacy69
    Hotel California -Eagles
    Hotel California 
    New Kid in Town
    Life in the Fast Lane
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    Henry IrvingHenry Irving
    It's Neil Young, of course it's melancholy.

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    Leroy AmbroseLeroy Ambrose
    Briston_Addick said:
    Off_it said:
    Moonchild
    Infinite Dreams
    Can I play with Madness

    (and The evil that men do up 4th)

    Seventh Son of a Seventh Son - Iron Maiden
    I see your Seventh Son and raise you a Beast:

    Invaders
    Children Of The Damned
    The Prisoner
    (followed by 22 Acacia Avenue, Run To The Hills, Number Of The Beast, Gangland, Hallowed Be Thy Name)
    I see you both and raise you Powerslave

    Aces High 
    2 Minutes to Midnight
    Losfer Words (best instrumental ever written) 
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    Off_itOff_it
    Leroy Ambrose said:
    Briston_Addick said:
    Off_it said:
    Moonchild
    Infinite Dreams
    Can I play with Madness

    (and The evil that men do up 4th)

    Seventh Son of a Seventh Son - Iron Maiden
    I see your Seventh Son and raise you a Beast:

    Invaders
    Children Of The Damned
    The Prisoner
    (followed by 22 Acacia Avenue, Run To The Hills, Number Of The Beast, Gangland, Hallowed Be Thy Name)
    I see you both and raise you Powerslave

    Aces High 
    2 Minutes to Midnight
    Losfer Words (best instrumental ever written) 
    That's a bold statement. Better than Orion?


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    PopIconPopIcon
    Off_it said:
    Leroy Ambrose said:
    Briston_Addick said:
    Off_it said:
    Moonchild
    Infinite Dreams
    Can I play with Madness

    (and The evil that men do up 4th)

    Seventh Son of a Seventh Son - Iron Maiden
    I see your Seventh Son and raise you a Beast:

    Invaders
    Children Of The Damned
    The Prisoner
    (followed by 22 Acacia Avenue, Run To The Hills, Number Of The Beast, Gangland, Hallowed Be Thy Name)
    I see you both and raise you Powerslave

    Aces High 
    2 Minutes to Midnight
    Losfer Words (best instrumental ever written) 
    That's a bold statement. Better than Orion?


    Beyond film soundtracks, I'm really struggling to think of any instrumental tracks I like. *cough* Flying, by Chas and Dave.
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    Off_itOff_it
    PopIcon said:
    Off_it said:
    Leroy Ambrose said:
    Briston_Addick said:
    Off_it said:
    Moonchild
    Infinite Dreams
    Can I play with Madness

    (and The evil that men do up 4th)

    Seventh Son of a Seventh Son - Iron Maiden
    I see your Seventh Son and raise you a Beast:

    Invaders
    Children Of The Damned
    The Prisoner
    (followed by 22 Acacia Avenue, Run To The Hills, Number Of The Beast, Gangland, Hallowed Be Thy Name)
    I see you both and raise you Powerslave

    Aces High 
    2 Minutes to Midnight
    Losfer Words (best instrumental ever written) 
    That's a bold statement. Better than Orion?


    Beyond film soundtracks, I'm really struggling to think of any instrumental tracks I like. *cough* Flying, by Chas and Dave.
    Lol. And I had you down as a fan of The Shadows as well!
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    EastTerraceEastTerrace
    IdleHans said:
    Dalliance
    Dare
    Suck

    The Wedding Present - Seamonsters
    A great start to the Albini produced masterpiece 
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    EastTerraceEastTerrace
    stonemuse said:
    A 3rd nomination would be No Need to Argue by The Cranberries:

    Zombie
    Ode to My Family
    I Can’t Be With You 

    Beautiful album.... but are they the opening three tracks?

    Aside from that, there a many albums that start strong by many artists, although most can’t carry that promise through to the end.
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    PaddyP17PaddyP17
    I'm on a bit of a roll now. 

    Muse - Origin of Symmetry:

    - New Born
    - Bliss
    - Space Dementia

    Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine:

    - Bombtrack
    - Killing In The Name
    - Take The Power Back

    Derek and the Dominos - Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs:

    - I Looked Away
    - Bell Bottom Blues
    - Keep On Growing

    Joni Mitchell - Blue:

    - All I Want
    - My Old Man
    - Little Green
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    PopIconPopIcon
    Off_it said:
    PopIcon said:
    Off_it said:
    Leroy Ambrose said:
    Briston_Addick said:
    Off_it said:
    Moonchild
    Infinite Dreams
    Can I play with Madness

    (and The evil that men do up 4th)

    Seventh Son of a Seventh Son - Iron Maiden
    I see your Seventh Son and raise you a Beast:

    Invaders
    Children Of The Damned
    The Prisoner
    (followed by 22 Acacia Avenue, Run To The Hills, Number Of The Beast, Gangland, Hallowed Be Thy Name)
    I see you both and raise you Powerslave

    Aces High 
    2 Minutes to Midnight
    Losfer Words (best instrumental ever written) 
    That's a bold statement. Better than Orion?


    Beyond film soundtracks, I'm really struggling to think of any instrumental tracks I like. *cough* Flying, by Chas and Dave.
    Lol. And I had you down as a fan of The Shadows as well!
    Well everyone loves Apache, but I haven't thought of that song since I was leaning to play the guitar 25 years ago.

    I've thought of one.

    Any Color You Like - Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon.
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    killerandflashkillerandflash
    Not a big Coldplay fan BUT "A rush of blood to the head" is one of those albums where there's quality track after quality track

    Politik
    In My Place
    God Put a Smile upon Your Face
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    seth plumseth plum
    PaddyP17 said:
    Van Morrison - Astral Weeks:

    - Astral Weeks
    - Beside You
    - Sweet Thing

    Van Morrison - Moondance:

    - And It Stoned Me
    - Moondance
    - Crazy Love

    Then the fourth and fifth tracks are Caravan, and Into The Mystic!
    Fixed.
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    se9addickse9addick
    Macronate said:
    Oasis - Definitely Maybe

    1. Rock n Roll Star
    2. Shakermaker
    3. Live Forever 
    The correct answer. Especially as the first song is the best opening song of a debut album of all time.

    kielyskickingboots said:
    Nevermind - Nirvana

    1. Smells Like Teen Spirit
    2. In Bloom
    3. Come As You Are
    A great second choice. 
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    golfaddickgolfaddick
    heckington_reds said:
    golfaddick said:
    Trick of the Tail - Genesis.

    Dance on a Volcano.
    Entangled
    Squonk
    My Mrs has got that on at the moment. 
    I'm at the point of finding the most blunt knife we have in the house and chopping my member and nads off and throwing them down the garden to ease the pain of listening to this. 
    If you do then I expect she'll be in need of a replacement to satisfy her. Seeing as me & her obviously have the same great taste in music I'd be happy to help her out anytime she needs a good....... 😉
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    golfaddickgolfaddick
    raytreacy69 said:
    Hotel California -Eagles
    Hotel California 
    New Kid in Town
    Life in the Fast Lane
    Prefer side 2.... last 2 on that album being

    Try & Love again
    The last resort


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    golfaddickgolfaddick
    PaddyP17 said:
    Van Morrison - Astral Weeks:

    - Astral Weeks
    - Beside You
    - Sweet Thing

    Van Morrison - Moondance:

    - And It Stoned Me
    - Moondance
    - Crazy Love

    Then the fourth and fifth tracks are Caravan, and Into The Mystic!
    I agree about Moondance,  esp Into the Mystic -  such a great song.
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    killerandflashkillerandflash
    edited January 2020
    Picking out a few faves

    XTC - English Settlement
    "Runaways"
    "Ball and Chain"
    "Senses Working Overtime"

    Squeeze - East Side Story
    "In Quintessence" 
    "Someone Else's Heart" 
    "Tempted" 

    REM - Out of Time
    "Radio Song" 
    "Losing My Religion"
    "Low"

    And a personal favourite of mine
    The Divine Comedy - A Short Album About Love
    "In Pursuit of Happiness"
    "Everybody Knows (Except You)"
    "Someone"

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    StigStig
    From what I've seen here, I'd say that The Stone Roses are clear winners followed by Velvet Underground and The Specials with an honourable mention to Simple Minds.

    Some also rans from me: Japan - Tin Drum (The Art of Parties, Talking Drum, Ghosts), Depeche Mode - Violator (World In My Eyes, Sweetest Perfection, Personal Jesus); Flight of the Conchords eponymous (Foux Da Fafa, Inner City Pressure, Hiphopopotamus vs. Rymenoceros)
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    PopIconPopIcon
    se9addick said:
    Macronate said:
    Oasis - Definitely Maybe

    1. Rock n Roll Star
    2. Shakermaker
    3. Live Forever 
    The correct answer. Especially as the first song is the best opening song of a debut album of all time.
    Oh brother...I bloody love that album, but that's a bold statement. See below.....

    See No Evil - Marquee Moon - Television
    Foxey Lady - Are You Experienced - Hendrix
    Break on Through - The Doors
    Neighbourhood 1 - Funeral - Arcade Fire
    I Wanna be Adored - The Stone Roses
    Sunday Morning - Nico - Velvet Underground
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    kielyskickingbootskielyskickingboots
    Uboat said:
    Rock Spectacle said:
    Along with The Hurting, Tears for Fears
    The Hurting 
    Mad World 
    Pale Shelter 
    Oh yes! Great shout.
    Agreed. Though Songs from the Big Chair runs it close, maybe equals?

    1. Shout
    2. The Working Hour
    3. Everybody Wants To Rule The World
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    kielyskickingboots said:
    Uboat said:
    Rock Spectacle said:
    Along with The Hurting, Tears for Fears
    The Hurting 
    Mad World 
    Pale Shelter 
    Oh yes! Great shout.
    Agreed. Though Songs from the Big Chair runs it close, maybe equals?

    1. Shout
    2. The Working Hour
    3. Everybody Wants To Rule The World
    Songs From The Big Chair is superior in my opinion. Would easily make my top 10 records from.the 80s, one of my favourite albums ever.
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