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Old 14-12-2011, 22:56
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During the Nevermind anniversary, i gave the album another listen. And take out the first 3 songs, it's a pretty ordinary album.

Smells Like Teen Spirit, In Bloom and Come As You are.

Pretty epic songs. But the other songs were forgettable. So i thought, is there an album that has a better 3 song start than Nevermind?

Then i thought of Ænima, which of course starts with Stinkfist, Eulogy and H.

And those 3 totally blow the previous 3 out of the water. I don't think it gets any better as an album than Ænima as it is, but the start is unbelievable.
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Old 14-12-2011, 23:14
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Blondie's Parallel Lines is pretty damn perfect the whole way through. But Hanging On The Telephone, One Way or Another & Picture This just flow so well.

If anyone does not own this album, GET IT NOW!
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Old 15-12-2011, 03:27
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U2 - Joshua Tree

Where The Streets Have No Name
I Still Havent Found What Im Looking For
With Or Without You
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Old 15-12-2011, 07:21
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Van Morrison - Astral Weeks

1. Astral Weeks
2. Beside You
3. Sweet Thing

But then I would have answered with the same album if the thread was asking for albums with the best first 8 songs (I think you can guess how many songs are on the album ) It's quite simply the most beautiful and affecting album I have ever heard.
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Old 15-12-2011, 09:12
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U2 - Joshua Tree

Where The Streets Have No Name
I Still Havent Found What Im Looking For
With Or Without You
Agreed. Excellent first 3 songs!
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Old 15-12-2011, 10:37
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Kate bush Hounds Of Love :
Running up that hill, Hounds of love, The big Sky

Amy Winehouse back To Black:
Rehab, you know i'm no good, me and mister jones
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Old 15-12-2011, 11:42
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The Stone Roses - 'The Stone Roses':

1. I Wanna Be Adored
2. She Bangs The Drums
3. Waterfall
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Old 15-12-2011, 12:10
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REM - Life's Rich Pageant:

1. Begin The Begin
2. These Days
3. Fall On Me

Track 4, Cuyahoga, is just as good as well.
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Old 15-12-2011, 13:17
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Oasisefinitly Maybe

1: Rock N Rock Star
2: Shakermaker
3: Live Forever

Doesn't get much better than that..
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Old 15-12-2011, 13:50
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Deep Purple in Rock.

"Speed King"
. "Bloodsucker"
"Child in Time.'
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Old 15-12-2011, 16:02
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Old 15-12-2011, 17:38
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Coldplay -Mylo Xyloto

1 - Hurts Like Heaven
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Old 15-12-2011, 17:57
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Britney Spears - Baby One More Time

The first three songs (the main singles) are good. The rest is really just cheesy filler. My opinion of course
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Old 15-12-2011, 18:11
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Coldplay -Mylo Xyloto

1 - Hurts Like Heaven
2 - Paradise
3 - Charlie Brown
VOID!!! starts off with Mylo Xyloto
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Old 15-12-2011, 18:14
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Radiohead - OK Computer

1: Airbag
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Old 15-12-2011, 18:19
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Old 15-12-2011, 18:36
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U2

Achtung Baby.

1 The Fly
2 Mysterious Ways
3 Until The End of the World
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Old 15-12-2011, 23:07
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Peter Gabriel's So springs to my mind immediately;

Red Rain
Sledgehammer
Don't Give Up

Although the whole album is epic (just listening to In Your Eyes - one of the loveliest endings to an album ever IMO) these tracks start the proceedings well, and are fairly diverse in their styles.
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Old 15-12-2011, 23:34
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U2

Achtung Baby.

1 The Fly
2 Mysterious Ways
3 Until The End of the World
VOID!! Doesnt count, side 2 for (1) and (2) and track 4 from side 1 for (3)
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Old 16-12-2011, 05:02
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Radiohead - OK Computer

1: Airbag
2: Paranoid Android
3: Subterranean Homesick Alien
I agree with this

Also

Radiohead - In Rainbows

1.15 Step
2 Bodysnatchers
3 Nude
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Old 16-12-2011, 06:04
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Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour

1. Being Boring
2. This must be the place I waited years to leave
3. To Face the Truth

Lots of people love the album as a whole. It's good but its first 3 tracks are outstanding and far better than the rest of it, in my opinion. The first two songs, 'Being Boring' and 'This must be the place I waited years to leave' are two of the most hauntingly beautiful and subtley but deeply emotional pop songs ever created.
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Old 16-12-2011, 10:30
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Kings Of Leon: Only By The Night

1. Closer
2. Crawl
3. Sex On Fire

(Tracks 4 and 5 - Use Somebody and Manhattan) Were also great. Shame that the second half of the album (Cold Desert aside) didn't really match the great opening.
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Old 16-12-2011, 14:05
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Will Young - Echoes

1/ Jealousy

2/ Come On

3/ Lie Next to Me


and number 4 - I Just want a Lover
in fact, there's not one filler on the album
they're all great
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Old 16-12-2011, 14:21
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I'm surprised there aren't already 376 replies on here proclaiming the first 3 tracks of Fame Monster to be the greatest things ever written in the entire history of music.

Anyway, I can beat top first three songs on an album by just naming two:

Shine On You Crazy Diamond
Welcome to the Machine

comprising Side 1 of Wish You Were Here. Doesn't get much better than that...with the possible exception of:

The Queen is Dead
Frankly Mr. Shankly
I Know It's Over

and

Disorder
Day of the Lords
Candidate

and

Debaser
Tame
Wave of Mutilation
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Old 17-12-2011, 19:49
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Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour

1. Being Boring
2. This must be the place I waited years to leave
3. To Face the Truth

Lots of people love the album as a whole. It's good but its first 3 tracks are outstanding and far better than the rest of it, in my opinion. The first two songs, 'Being Boring' and 'This must be the place I waited years to leave' are two of the most hauntingly beautiful and subtley but deeply emotional pop songs ever created.
Agreed - epic album, epic opening songs. To Face the Truth being my favourite out of the 10 songs. Always makes me cry.
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