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Best album opening/closing track

post #1 of 45
7/30/09 at 12:02pm
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A few obvious ones to get started:

Who's Next: Baba O'Reilly/Won't Get Fooled Again

Highway 61 Revisited: Like a Rolling Stone/Desolation Row

Electric Ladyland: Voodoo Child (Slight Return) [closing track]
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post #2 of 45
7/30/09 at 12:08pm
Stones - Let It Bleed (Gimme Shelter / You Can't Always Get What You Want)

Zeppelin - IV (Black Dog / When The Levee Breaks)

Springsteen - Born To Run (Thunder Road / Jungleland)

Elton - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (Funeral For A Friend / Harmony)

The Doors - The Doors (Break On Through / The End)

but i think the one which takes the cake...........

The Clash - London Calling (London Calling / Train In Vain)
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post #3 of 45
7/30/09 at 12:11pm
A little more obviousness:

Kind of Blue: "So What"/"Flamenco Sketches"

Mingus Ah Um: "Better Git It In Your Soul"/"Jelly Roll"
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post #4 of 45
7/30/09 at 12:28pm
Electric Light Orchestra-introduction to Twilight on the CD Time.
This one is a spoken-word masterpiece with the electronic voice. (In concert, it was done by a robot!)

I always liked the synth intros on Steve Miller songs also, though I don't think he has opened an album with one.

...and the Gods Made Love from the opening of Electric Ladyland is some pretty amazing psychedelia.
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post #5 of 45
7/30/09 at 12:43pm
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Originally Posted by tru blu View Post
A little more obviousness:

Kind of Blue: "So What"/"Flamenco Sketches"

Mingus Ah Um: "Better Git It In Your Soul"/"Jelly Roll"
absolutely!
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post #6 of 45
7/30/09 at 12:45pm
id like to say just for fun.....

The White Album which is my favorite album of all time is framed by two very mediocre songs....... Back In The USSR and Good Night.......very unusual that those two lack of quality songs made it to the placement on such an astonishing record.
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post #7 of 45
7/30/09 at 12:46pm
P.S. I made a very VERY big omission....

My choice for the album which opens and closes with the best tracks is, has always been and will always be


PET SOUNDS

Wouldn't It Be Nice and Caroline No
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post #8 of 45
7/30/09 at 12:48pm
Shine on you crazy diamond part I and II, the whole album is just excellent imo lol
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post #9 of 45
7/30/09 at 1:21pm
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Originally Posted by DavidMahler View Post
Stones - Let It Bleed (Gimme Shelter / You Can't Always Get What You Want)

Zeppelin - IV (Black Dog / When The Levee Breaks)

Springsteen - Born To Run (Thunder Road / Jungleland)

Elton - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (Funeral For A Friend / Harmony)

The Doors - The Doors (Break On Through / The End)

but i think the one which takes the cake...........

The Clash - London Calling (London Calling / Train In Vain)
Totaly agree just add
Rage Against the Machine (Bombtrack/Freedom)
Radiohead (Everything In Its Right Place/Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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post #10 of 45
7/30/09 at 1:29pm
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars by Bowie. Starts with Five Years and ends with Rock n Roll Suicide.
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post #11 of 45
7/30/09 at 1:33pm
Autechre: Dael / Rsdio
Blue Oyster Cult: Career of Evil / Astronomy
Depeche Mode: Something to Do / Blasphemous Rumours
The Flaming Lips: Race for the Prize / Waitin' for a Superman
Joy Division: Atrocity Exhibition / Decades
Love: Alone Again Or / Set the Scene
Muse: Take a Bow / Knights of Cydonia
NIN: Mr. Self Destruct / Hurt
Orbital: The Girl With Sun in Her Head / Out There Somewhere? (2 parts)
Roxy Music: The Thrill of it All / Praire Rose
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post #12 of 45
7/30/09 at 2:00pm
Pink Floyd- Shine On You Crazy Diamond (first/last)

Supertramp- School/Crime of the Century

Steely Dan- Kid Charlemange/The Royal Scam

Deep Purple- Highway Star/Space Truckin
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post #13 of 45
7/30/09 at 2:06pm
Hmmm,

Opening, Bonkers volume 12 disk 3

Closing, Bonkers volume 13 disk 1

Yay mixes.
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post #14 of 45
7/30/09 at 3:01pm
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Originally Posted by DavidMahler View Post
P.S. I made a very VERY big omission....

My choice for the album which opens and closes with the best tracks is, has always been and will always be


PET SOUNDS

Wouldn't It Be Nice and Caroline No
QFT

and I'll submit the following...

Funkadelic - Funkadelic:
OPENER: "Mommy, What's a Funkadelic?"
CLOSER: "What is Soul?"
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post #15 of 45
7/30/09 at 3:14pm
Open: "Let's start" by Fela Kuti with Ginger Baker. A little intro from Fela and then they just get down it.

YouTube - Fela Kuti - Let's Start

Close: "E=mc2" Giorgio Moroder the man name checks all the production and players on the LP with a Vocoder at the end of this electro boogie tune.

YouTube - E=Mc2 GIORGIO

I chose separate tracks looks like the intention is for best opening and closing track on the same LP, oh well.
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