most perfect opening three tracks to an album

[yertle-the-turtle]

I humbly present:

Neil Young with
'Tell Me Why'
'After The Goldrush'
'Only Love Can Break Your Heart'

The Stone Roses with
'I Wanna Be Adored'
'She Bangs The Drums'
'Waterfall'

Blur with
'Beetlebum'
'Song 2'
'Country Sad Ballad Man'

Belle & Sebastian with
'The State I Am In'
'Expectations'
'She's Losing It'

Radiohead with
'Airbag'
'Paranoid Android'
'Subterannean Homesick Alien'

 

[yertle-the-turtle]

Not forgetting:

Manic Street Preachers with
'Yes'
'ifwhiteamericatoldthetruthforonedayitsworldwouldfallapart'
'Of Walking Abortion'

and

The Smiths with
'The Queen Is Dead'
'Frankly Mr Shankly'
'I Know It's Over'

 

[UnforgettableLemon]

Van Morrison with

"And it Stoned Me"
"Moondance"
"Caravan"

Bruce Springsteen With
"Thunder Road"
"Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out"
"Night"

Ramones with
"Blitzkrieg Bop"
"Beat on the Brat"
"Judy is a Punk"

(Let's get it out of the way)
U2 with
"Where the Streets Have no Name"
"I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"
"With or Without You"

The Clash
"Janie Jones"
"Remote Control"
"I'm So Bored With the USA"

 

[Layton]

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

I know people like to avoid U2 fanaticism in this forum, but an exception might have to be made this time.

 

[Zoots]

When I saw the thread title I immediately thought...

U2 - POP
Discotheque
Do You Feel Loved
Mofo

...although one might argue that Mofo could have been a more explosive opener.

But the Joshua Tree is definitely up there!

 

[Axver]

I can't think of anything to top the Holy Trinity opening The Joshua Tree, but Crowded House's first album's beginning series of Mean To Me/World Where You Live/Now We're Getting Somewhere is pretty amazing.

 

[impy13]

Iron & Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days

"On Your Wings"
"Naked As We Came"
"Cinder & Smoke"

and don't know how this could get overlooked...

"Everything In Its Right Place"
"Kid A"
"The National Anthem"

 

[Zoots]

don't know how this could get overlooked...

"Everything In Its Right Place"
"Kid A"
"The National Anthem"

How about...

PEARL JAM - TEN
Once
Evenflow
Alive

 

[dudeman]

The Stones - Exile on Main St.
1. Rocks off
2. Rip this joint
3. Shake your hips

The Clash - london Calling
1. London Calling
2. Brand New Cadillac
3. Jimmy Jazz

Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
1. Cherub Rock
2. Quiet
3. Today
(4. Hummer!!!)

Jellyfish - Spilt Milk
1. Intro
2. Joining a Fanclub
3. Sabrina, Paste, and Plato

The Beatles - Sgt Peppers
1. Sgt Peppers lonely hearts club band
2. With a little help from my friends
3. Lucy in the sky
(4. getting better!!!)

radiohead - the bends
1. planet telex
2. the bends
3. high and dry

 

[elevation2u]

off the top of my head, my personal faves:

Radiohead - Kid A
U2- War
Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks
Daft Punk - Discovery

 

[Zoots]

FOO FIGHTERS - THERE IS NOTHING LEFT TO LOSE
Stacked Actors
Breakout
Learn To Fly

GREEN DAY - AMERICAN IDIOT
American Idiot
Jesus Of Suburbia
Holiday

 

[dudeman]

off the top of my head, my personal faves:

Radiohead - Kid A
U2- War
Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks
Daft Punk - Discovery

oh yeah!!!!
that daft punk album starts out pretty fucking hot!
good call.

 

[angelordevil]

I really like how Radiohead mix their tracks, especially the openings. My top three:

Radiohead - Kid A (the best collection of blips and bleeps ever)
Radiohead - The Bends
U2 - Pop

 

[gareth brown]

i agree whole heartedly with Daft Punk's "Discovery".

Radiohead - Amnesiac
Blur - The Great Escape
Jeff Buckley - Grace
Average White Band - Average White Band

 

[elevation2u]

jeff buckley

I was about to put Grace on my list, but opted not to since both Dream Brother and Lover You Should Have Come Over are not the first 3 tracks...however, Last Goodbye is one of the most perfect songs ever written.

 

[alia612]

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

oh yes.

also, personally, I really like the first three tracks on Hüsker Dü's Warehouse album:
1. These Important Years
2. Charity, Chastity, Prudence and Hope
3. Standing in the Rain
but then I always have to add
4. Back From Somewhere
I don't think anybody else really likes that album though.

Pixies - Doolittle
1. Debaser
2. Tame
3. Wave of Mutilation
I'm not usually fond of Tame on its own but it sounds fantastic in that position.

R.E.M. - Reckoning
1. Harborcoat
2. 7 Chinese Brothers
3. So. Central Rain

plus all the U2 ones mentioned.

 

[TheBrazilianFly]

Metallica:
1. Battery
2. Master Of Puppets
3. The Thing That Should Not Be

U2:
1. Where The Streets Have No Name
2. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
3. With Or Without You

The Rolling Stones:
1. Brown Sugar
2. Sway
3. Wild Horses

The Stooges:
1. 1969
2. I Wanna Be Your Dog
3. We Will Fall

Nirvana:
1. Smells Like Teen Spirit
2. In Bloom
3. Come As You Are

Black Sabbath:
1. War Pigs
2. Paranoid
3. Planet Caravan

U2:
1. Zoo Station
2. Even Better Than The Real Thing
3. One

The Beatles:
1. Taxman
2. Eleanor Rigby
3. I'm Only Sleeping

 

[lazarus]

Finally someone mentions Sticky Fingers! I'd have to go with that, The Joshua Tree, or R.E.M.'s Document (Finest Worksong, Welcome to the Occupation, Exhuming McCarthy).

Steely Dan's opening to Aja ain't half bad either. Black Cow, Aja, and Deacon Blues. That's the whole first side of the album in record format!

 

[IWasBored]

i agree with (disagree with, and am indifferent toward) a bunch of stuff already mentioned. i'd like to add...

dropkick murphys - do or die:
cadence to arms
do or die
get up

social distortion - sex, love & rock n roll
reach for the sky
highway 101
don't take me for granted

the bruisers - better days:
better days
badlands
chrome

ducky boys - three chords & the truth
boston, USA
pass you by
alone tonight

 

[ljclary]

How about...

PEARL JAM - TEN
Once
Evenflow
Alive

OH yeah!!! This is on my greatest albums..in total ever!!

 

[Lancemc]

My favorites (excluding all U2 entries)

R.E.M.
1. Drive
2. Try Not to Breathe
3. The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite

Talking Heads
1. Born Under Punches
2. Crosseyed and Painless
3. The Great Curve

Pink Floyd
1. Speak to Me/Breathe
2. On the Run
3. Time

 

[AcrobatMan]

My picks

Nirvana's Nevermind
1) smell like teen spirit
2) in bloom
3) come as you are

Porcupine Tree's Stupid Dream
1)Even less
2) Piano lessons
3) Stupid dream/ pure narcotics ( since stupid dream is 28 sec long)


Rammstein's Herzeleid
1) Wollt Ihr Das
2) Der Meister
3) Weisses Fleisch

and there is always a JOSHUA TREE

 

[Exit thru Wire]

Muse - Origin of Symmetry

1. New Born
2. Bliss
3. Space Dementia

 

[Seven Oaks]

Queen Innuendo
Innuendo
I'm Going Slightly mad
Headlong

U2 Achtung Baby
Zoo Station
Even better Than The Real Thing
One

 

[ponkine]

Led Zeppelin IV

Black Dog

Rock And Roll

Battle Of Evermore


Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy

The Song Remains The Same

The Rain Song

Over The Hills And Far Away

 

[ponkine]

Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream

Cherub Rock
Quiet
Disarm

The Beatles - Revolver

Taxman
Eleanor Rigby
I´m Only Sleeping

Rush - Moving Pictures

Tom Sawyer
Red Barchetta
YYZ

Cat Stevens - Tea For Tillerman

Where Do The Children Play?
Hard Headed Woman
Wild World

Simon And Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water

Bridge Over Troubled Water
El Condor Pasa (if I could)
Cecilia

Bon Jovi - New Jersey

Lay Your Hands Of Me
Bad Medicine
Born To Be My Baby

Yes - Close To The Edge (actually the whole album!)

Close To The Edge
And You And I
Siberian Kathru

 

[00Kevin]

Achtung Baby
-zoo station
-even better than the real thing
-one

Aja
-Black Cow
-Aja
-Deacon Blues

Katy Lied
-Black Friday
-Bad Sneakers
-Rose Darling

The Unforgettable Fire
-A Sort of Homecoming
-Pride
-Wire

 

[BonosSaint]

How about...

PEARL JAM - TEN
Once
Evenflow
Alive

 

[famous rungi]

I immediately thought of Bjork's Homogenic:

Hunter
Joga
Unravel

 

[MacHat]

Led Zeppelin IV

Black Dog
Rock And Roll
Battle Of Evermore


Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy
The Song Remains The Same
The Rain Song
Over The Hills And Far Away

Yes! I agree completely


AC/DC - Powerage:
- Rock N Roll Damnation
- Down Payment Blues
- Gimme A Bullet