The whole point of Screamadelica as an album is that it supposed to start off on a high & gradually start to go on a comedown during the 2nd half of it.

There isn't a single track on the album that could have opened it better.

I understand that but it certainly isn't what I meant. I also understand the concept and while it's a great idea I just don't think that Movin' On Up works musically. Lyrically it totally fits... "I was blind, now I can see/ you made a believer out of me"

That's in tune with the album's concept but something about the "rocking" nature of the song and the lack of electronic elements leaves me wanting. To each his own, anyway. Again, I really do love the record.

I think this is a great opener for The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars:



And this as the opener for Animals, which I haven't played in some time:

London Calling-The Clash
Teen Age Riot-Sonic Youth

Speaking of David Bowie...



^ I love this one. A really loud, abrasive and experimental way to kick-start a hell of an album.

One more from moi...



^ Might be my favourite Pogues tune as well. Great lyrics, wonderful melody, fun as fuck and sets up the rest of Red Roses For Me so well.

The mood for Skinny Puppy's Rabies is set very well by the first track 'Rodent'. In fact many of their opening tracks are very well selected or created as such. This album makes my brain melt, probably because it actually did many times while listening to it on LSD. :p: Quality is pretty shite unfortunately.



Here is 'Love in Vein' from Last Rights (fan video):

The Clash - London Calling (London Calling)
The Smiths - The Headmaster Ritual (Meat Is Murder)
The Kinks - Victoria (Arthur Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)
New Order - Dreams Never End (Movement)
The Stone Roses - I Wanna Be Adored (The Stone Roses)
Blur - Stereotypes (The Great Escape)
Led Zeppelin - Custard Pie (Physical Graffiti)

'A Thousand Motors Pressed Upon the Heart' opens up Juno's A Future Lived in Past Tense. The studio version is actually instrumental, and a great post-rockish build-up to the album. I wish it was up on the 'tube. Juno was a sadly overlooked Seattle band that created a mix of very atmospheric almost post-rock, grunge, and post-hardcore. Glad to have seen them when they did two reunion shows just after I moved here.



The Mars Volta's 'Son et lumière' from De-Loused in the Comatorium:



Black Sabbath's 'War Pigs' from Paranoid:



Jane's Addiction's 'Up the Beach' from Nothing's Shocking (and this video is amazing with it!):

Good call! :beer: