Your Personal Favourite Album Openers...

sidewinder · 02-15-2010, 12:53 PM

...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead's 'Richter Scale Madness' (s/t album) and ' It Was There That I Saw You' (Source Tags & Codes) are great openers. Unfortunately all the clips on YouTube are live. Some are great but since we're talking about openers in relation to their respective albums...it's not quite the same feel, and I wouldn't know which to pick without watching them all.

The Abracadaver · 02-15-2010, 01:29 PM

I actually love how Demon Days opens with the music from Dawn of the Dead.

Also, The Arrogant Sons of Bitches's album Three Cheers For Disappointment has the most exciting, energy-packed opening I have ever heard.

duga · 02-15-2010, 01:59 PM

AFI - Miseria Cantare from Sing the Sorrow

This was my first album of AFI's, and though their latest stuff isn't too impressive I was inspired to check out their earlier stuff after listening to this album. Maybe since I started here that is why I like the album so much while so many fans bash it.

I thought this opener was really cool...dark and ominous. Yet it still didn't give me any hints about what to expect from the rest of their music (and that ended up being a good thing). It kept me intrigued and as it ended I had high expectations for what was in store. Needless to say, with the Leaving Song Part 2 following it, I was hooked on this album from the first time I listened to it.

CanwllCorfe · 02-15-2010, 02:03 PM

Some of my favorites:

gunnels · 02-15-2010, 02:05 PM

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Originally Posted by duga

Lurve it.

Shake · 02-15-2010, 03:25 PM

I remember vividly the first time I heard this. I was already a big Pantera fan, and anxiously awaiting this album. That BRUTAL scream right off the bat let me know straight away that this album was gonna be balls-to-the-wall heavy!

sidewinder · 02-15-2010, 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by duga

AFI - Miseria Cantare from Sing the Sorrow

This was my first album of AFI's, and though their latest stuff isn't too impressive I was inspired to check out their earlier stuff after listening to this album. Maybe since I started here that is why I like the album so much while so many fans bash it.

I thought this opener was really cool...dark and ominous. Yet it still didn't give me any hints about what to expect from the rest of their music (and that ended up being a good thing). It kept me intrigued and as it ended I had high expectations for what was in store. Needless to say, with the Leaving Song Part 2 following it, I was hooked on this album from the first time I listened to it.

I agree, good opener and it was also my first AFI album. I loved it at the time, but my taste for it has faded a bit since, unfortunately.

lucifer_sam · 02-15-2010, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

Love the song to bits but it's always sounded like it would be more appropriate on their earlier "we're going to be a Stones lookalike band" albums, not the dub symphony Screamadelica turned out to be.

In a similar vein:

Ignore the non-Roky Erickson poser in the beginning.

Rickenbacker · 02-15-2010, 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by lucifer_sam

Love the song to bits but it's always sounded like it would be more appropriate on their earlier "we're going to be a Stones lookalike band" albums, not the dub symphony Screamadelica turned out to be.

This is very much what I was trying to say, thanks.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 02-15-2010, 04:18 PM

Yeah but virtually every song on Screamadelica has a Stones influence in it.

02-15-2010, 12:53 PM	#21 (permalink)
sidewinder Engorged Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,536	...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead's 'Richter Scale Madness' (s/t album) and ' It Was There That I Saw You' (Source Tags & Codes) are great openers. Unfortunately all the clips on YouTube are live. Some are great but since we're talking about openers in relation to their respective albums...it's not quite the same feel, and I wouldn't know which to pick without watching them all. __________________ last.fm \| my collection on RYM \| vinyl instagram @allthatyouseeandhear I'd love to see your signature/links too, but the huge and obnoxious ones have caused me to block all signatures.

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The Abracadaver Music Addict Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Indiana Posts: 88	I actually love how Demon Days opens with the music from Dawn of the Dead. Also, The Arrogant Sons of Bitches's album Three Cheers For Disappointment has the most exciting, energy-packed opening I have ever heard. __________________ Just five dollars to see a face explode, To see a man strung up by his throat! Come one! Come all! If you look close enough you'll see death's machinery exposed!

02-15-2010, 01:59 PM	#23 (permalink)
duga MB quadrant's JM Vincent Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 3,762	AFI - Miseria Cantare from Sing the Sorrow This was my first album of AFI's, and though their latest stuff isn't too impressive I was inspired to check out their earlier stuff after listening to this album. Maybe since I started here that is why I like the album so much while so many fans bash it. I thought this opener was really cool...dark and ominous. Yet it still didn't give me any hints about what to expect from the rest of their music (and that ended up being a good thing). It kept me intrigued and as it ended I had high expectations for what was in store. Needless to say, with the Leaving Song Part 2 following it, I was hooked on this album from the first time I listened to it. __________________ Confusion will be my epitaph...

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CanwllCorfe Quiet Man in the Corner Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Pocono Mountains Posts: 2,480	Some of my favorites: __________________ Your eyes were never yet let in to see the majesty and riches of the mind, but dwell in darkness; for your God is blind.

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Shake blerg Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: The Great White North Posts: 137	I remember vividly the first time I heard this. I was already a big Pantera fan, and anxiously awaiting this album. That BRUTAL scream right off the bat let me know straight away that this album was gonna be balls-to-the-wall heavy! __________________ Bloodtrocuted

02-15-2010, 04:18 PM	#30 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	Yeah but virtually every song on Screamadelica has a Stones influence in it. __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.