Best opening track of a debut album?

LPManic

Been getting back into the New Yardbirds again and surely Good Times, Bad Times is the best opening track of a debut album ever? The opening stabs, the back to front riff, the opening line "In the days of my youth, I was told what it means to be a man....", amazing drumming etc etc. Captures the essence of the band perfectly.

Any other offers?

(Just a fun discussion - no keyboard warriors on Christmas Eve please)

stickyfiddle

In no particular order: 

I Saw Her Standing There - Please Please Me
Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nevermind
Rock & Roll Star - Definitely Maybe
I Will Follow - Boy

theatreanchor

I like Cochise on the otherwise not terribly good Audioslave album. Don’t know why that sprang to mind today, but there were are. Merry Christmas. 

LPManic

Keep them coming. Feel a Spotify playlist coming on...

Devil#20

Snap. When I saw the subject title my immediate thought was "Good Times. Bad Times". 

Jonathangus

Welcome to the Jungle.

Chuffola

Down to the Waterline - Dire Straits

Suite: Judy Blue Eyes - CSN

theatreanchor

stickyfiddle said:

In no particular order: 

I Saw Her Standing There - Please Please Me
Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nevermind
Rock & Roll Star - Definitely Maybe
I Will Follow - Boy

Nevermind wasn’t a debut album, of course. 

lustycourtier

I wanna be adored. 

stickyfiddle

theatreanchor said:

stickyfiddle said:

In no particular order: 

I Saw Her Standing There - Please Please Me
Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nevermind
Rock & Roll Star - Definitely Maybe
I Will Follow - Boy

Nevermind wasn’t a debut album, of course. 

Lol. Yeah obviously. I’m not really awake today!

RocknRollDave

LPManic said:

Been getting back into the New Yardbirds again and surely Good Times, Bad Times is the best opening track of a debut album ever? The opening stabs, the back to front riff, the opening line "In the days of my youth, I was told what it means to be a man....", amazing drumming etc etc. Captures the essence of the band perfectly.

Any other offers?

(Just a fun discussion - no keyboard warriors on Christmas Eve please)

Really going to be hard to beat Good Times, Bad Times, IMO. Arguably Bonham’s finest moment. Not bad, for an opening song off their first record!

EricTheWeary

A Message to you Rudy 

(number 16 in the charts at the moment)

One Step Beyond 

[If memory serves both released on the same day] 

Holidays in the sun 

Babylon's Burning 

Cult of Personality 

munckee

lustycourtier said:

I wanna be adored. 

Yeah but which debut song..,

This is the correct answer.  

theatreanchor

EricTheWeary said:

A Message to you Rudy 

(number 16 in the charts at the moment)

One Step Beyond 

[If memory serves both released on the same day] 

Holidays in the sun 

Babylon's Burning 

Cult of Personality 

Wasn’t it Gangsters on The Specials’ debut?

cult of personality is a great shout. 

EricTheWeary

theatreanchor said:

EricTheWeary said:

A Message to you Rudy 

(number 16 in the charts at the moment)

One Step Beyond 

[If memory serves both released on the same day] 

Holidays in the sun 

Babylon's Burning 

Cult of Personality 

Wasn’t it Gangsters on The Specials’ debut?

cult of personality is a great shout. 

Gangsters was a non album single. 

prowla

Runnin' with the Devil by Van Halen shook off the cobwebs from what had become somewhat formulaic.

Speed King was Deep Purple Mk II's debut.

Black Sabbath defined a genre of music.

Woodenhead

Foxy Lady

theatreanchor

EricTheWeary said:

theatreanchor said:

EricTheWeary said:

A Message to you Rudy 

(number 16 in the charts at the moment)

One Step Beyond 

[If memory serves both released on the same day] 

Holidays in the sun 

Babylon's Burning 

Cult of Personality 

Wasn’t it Gangsters on The Specials’ debut?

cult of personality is a great shout. 

Gangsters was a non album single. 

I thank you. 

EricTheWeary

theatreanchor said:

EricTheWeary said:

theatreanchor said:

EricTheWeary said:

A Message to you Rudy 

(number 16 in the charts at the moment)

One Step Beyond 

[If memory serves both released on the same day] 

Holidays in the sun 

Babylon's Burning 

Cult of Personality 

Wasn’t it Gangsters on The Specials’ debut?

cult of personality is a great shout. 

Gangsters was a non album single. 

I thank you. 

The B side of Gangsters was The Selecter by The Selecter as The Specials hadn't got anything else recorded at that point. Neol from The Selecter was still putting the band together and was putting ads in newsagent windows. One newsagent saw the ad and said he could play a bit so that track features Barry the newsagent who's entire musical career was a trombone solo on the B side of a top ten single. 

Jalapeno

stickyfiddle said:

theatreanchor said:

stickyfiddle said:

In no particular order: 

I Saw Her Standing There - Please Please Me
Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nevermind
Rock & Roll Star - Definitely Maybe
I Will Follow - Boy

Nevermind wasn’t a debut album, of course. 

Lol. Yeah obviously. I’m not really awake today!

As you've opened it up

Black Dog - Led Zeppelin IV

This track is immense, John Paul Jones' (yes, not Jimmy) riff is simply perfect. Loved it from first ever hearing decades ago, still fresh today !

ArchtopDave

Gloria : Patti Smith.