most perfect opening three tracks to an album

[VertigoGal]

Bob Dylan- Blood on the Tracks
1. tangled up in blue
2. simple twist of fate
3. you're a big girl

Van Morrison- Moondance
1. and it stoned me
2. moondance
3. crazy love

U2- The Joshua Tree
1. streets
2. still haven't found
3. with or without you

Eric Clapton- Slowhand
1. cocaine
2. wonderful tonight
3. lay down sally

Interpol- Antics
1. next exit
2. evil
3. narc

The Shins- Chutes too Narrow
1. kissing the lipless
2. mine's not a high horse
3. so says i

The Velvet Underground- Velvet Underground
1. candy says
2. what goes on
3. some kinda love

and one of my favorites no matter what you say...
Matchbox 20- Yourself or Someone Like You
1. real world
2. long day
3. 3 am

 

[sami0201]

Joshua Tree and Sgt Pepper

 

[I'm Ready]

Blood on the tracks:
tangled up in blue
simple twist of fate
your a big girl now

Born to Run:
thunder road
10th avenue freeze-out
night

"Heroes"
beauty and the beast
joe the lion
heroes

 

[Irishteen]

Oasis with
1. Hello
2. Roll With It
3. Wonderwall

U2 with
1. Where the Streets Have no Name
2. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
3. With or Without You

 

[phanan]

I'll exclude U2.

Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run
1. Thunder Road
2. Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
3. Night

Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
1. Speak To Me/Breathe
2. On The Run
3. Time

The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
1. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
2. With A Little Help From My Friends
3. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds

The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta
1. Don't Stand So Close To Me
2. Driven To Tears
3. When The World Is Running Down, You Make The Best Of What's Still Around

Queen - A Night At The Opera
1. Death On Two Legs
2. Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon
3. I'm In Love With My Car

ELO - Out Of The Blue
1. Turn To Stone
2. It's Over
3. Sweet Talkin' Woman

John Mellencamp - Uh-huh
1. Crumblin' Down
2. Pink Houses
3. Authority Song

Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
1. Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding
2. Candle In The Wind
3. Bennie And The Jets

The Who - Who's Next
1. Baba O'Riley
2. Bargain
3. Love Ain't For Keeping

Van Halen - Van Halen
1. Running With The Devil
2. Eruption
3. You Really Got Me

Yes - Close To The Edge (which is the entire album - )
1. Close To The Edge
2. And You And I
3. Siberian Khatru

That's all I can think of for now...

 

[FitzChivalry]

I agree nothing will beat The Joshua Tree "holy trio". But here's some worthy runners up:

Depeche Mode - "Music For The Masses"
1. Never Let Me Down Again
2. The Things You Said
3. Strangelove

INXS - "Listen Like Thieves"
1. What You Need
2. Listen Like Thieves
3. Kiss The Dirt (Falling Down The Mountain)

Tori Amos - "Under The Pink"
1. Pretty Good Year
2. God
3. Bells For Her

Duran Duran - "Rio"
1. Rio
2. My Own Way
3. Lonley In Your Nightmare

The Chemical Brothers - "Exit Planet Dust"
1. Leave Home
2. In Dust We Trust
3. Song To The Siren

Prince and the Revolution - "Purple Rain"
1. Let's Go Crazy
2. Take Me With U
3. The Beautiful Ones

Pulp - "Different Class"
1. Mis-Shapes
2. Pencil Skirt
3. Common People

Pulp - "This Is Hardcore"
1. The Fear
2. Dishes
3. Party Hard

I also fully agree with Radiohead "The Bends"; Smashing Pumpkins "Siamese Dream"; Pink Floyd "Dark Side of the Moon"; Bruce "Born To Run", and thre first 3 off of Led Zeppelin "III" are just beyond brilliant!

 

[indra]

I was listening to The Church's Starfish recently and realised how much I love the first three tracks on it.

Destination
Under The Milky Way
Blood Money

Actually the whole album is excellent, but you just asked about the first three tracks.

 

[Zoomerang96]

i realized that stars' set yourself on fire has three tremendous opening tracks.

and i do mean tremendous.

 

[lmjhitman]

i realized that stars' set yourself on fire has three tremendous opening tracks.

and i do mean tremendous.

indeed.

your ex-lover is dead
set yourself on fire
ageless beauty

tremendous.


kinda off-topic: for christmas my brother got me a pillowcase that he got at the stars show in vancouver. it says 'stars - sleep tonight' on it.

 

[Zoomerang96]

ha! that's awesome.

 

[UberBeaver]

The Cure - Disintegration:
1. Plainsong
2. Pictures of You
3. Closedown

Case closed.

 

[gherman]

Sgt. Pepper's

1. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
2. With A Little Help From My Friends
3. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds

No doubt!!!

 

[namkcuR]

Taxman/Eleanor Rigby/I'm Only Sleeping is fucking epic

 

[Lancemc]

Modest Mouse - The Moon and Antartica

1. 3rd Planet
2. Gravity Rides Everything
3. Dark Center of the Universe

 

[bollox]

i'll go with:

nirvana - nevermind
1. smells like teen spirit
2. in bloom
3. come as you are

pixies - doolittle
1. debaser
2. tame
3. wave of mutilation

interpol - turn on the bright lights
1. untitled
2. obstacle 1
3. nyc

pearl jam - ten
1. once
2. even flow
3. alive

 

[DignityPassesBy]

INXS - KICK - i love this album
Guns In The Sky
New Sensation
Devil Inside