I'm not sure if this has been posted before, but I thought it would make for an interesting discussion:
What are the best "track 1's" of all time? The songs that make the best statement that the listening journey has begun, and/or the ones that best set the tone for the album that they're on.
Limited to the AM Top 200, here's mine:
1. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
2. Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan
3. Everything In Its Right Place - Radiohead
4. Rock N' Roll Star - Oasis
5. Where The Streets Have No Name - U2
6. Seven Nation Army - White Stripes
7. So What - Miles Davis
8. Drive - R.E.M.
9. Speak To Me/Breathe - Pink Floyd
10. Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin
A little heavy on the rock here, but oh well. Interested to see what other's choices are.
Steely Dan - Black Cow - Aja
Love - Alone Again Or - Forever Changes
Sagittarius - Another Time - Present Tense
Joni Mitchell - Coyote - Hejira
Bob James - Take Me To The Mardi Gras - Two
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On - What's Going On
The Velvet Underground - Sunday Morning - The Velvet Underground & Nico
The Free Design - Kites Are Fun - Kites Are Fun
The Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive - Saturday Night Fever
Carole King - Come Down Easy - Rhymes & Reasons
The Beach Boys - Wouldn't It Be Nice - Pet Sounds
George Harrison - I'd Have You Anytime - All Things Must Pass
The Kinks - Village Green Preservation Society - The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society
Scott Walker - Jackie - Scott 2
Todd Rundgren - I Saw The Light - Something/Anything?
The Zombies - Care of Cell 44 - Odessey & Oracle
Curtis Mayfield - Little Child Runnin' Wild - Superfly
Stevie Wonder - You Are The Sunshine of My Life - Talking Book
Bill Evans - Gloria's Step - Sunday At The Village Vanguard
Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin II
Lonnie Liston Smith - Expansions - Expansions
Frank Sinatra - In The Wee Small Hours of The Morning - In The Wee Small Hours
Dusty Springfield - Just a Little Lovin' - Dusty In Memphis
Bob Dylan - Like a Rolling Stone
The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter
Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love
The Who - Baba O'Riley
Iggy & The Stooges - Search & Destroy
The Clash - London Calling
Guns N' Roses - Welcome to the Jungle
N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army
