So to get this off the ground I need an opener. Every album needs a great opener. It’s one of the rules of Rock n’ Roll. Start with something to grab the attention. Something to make the listener want to stick with the record. Some bands try to be smart and put one of their weaker songs at the beginning of a record. Maybe its because they think they’re far too cool to do the obvious thing of starting with one of the better songs. Maybe it’s because they think that every song on the album is a masterpiece.
A good proportion of albums stick to the rules and start with the best songs. Then usually it will trail off into filler.
Hear are some great opening tracks from great albums that don’t trail off:
There’s not a weak track on Bob Dylan’s Bring It All Back Home and no better way to kick it off than Subterranean Homesick Blues.
Nothing screams ‘Pay attention to me now!’ like Iggy And The Stooges Search And Destroy when you put on Raw Power.
My Bloody Valentine’s song Only Shallow from Loveless set’s the tone for the record perfectly.
Safe From Harm from the album Blue Lines by Massive Attack. What a bass line.
Ladies And Gentleman We Are Floating In Space eases you into Spiritualized album of the same name. On occasions I’ve skipped though the last track that’s seventeen minutes long but it’s a near to perfect record as you can get.
Massive Attack: Safe From Harm mp3 Here
Sounds better in a song than it does with hell to pay
