Best First Track from a Band's First Album Thread

stickyfiddle

I Saw Her Standing There...

"1, 2, 3, 4..."

BigMonka

Thousand Trees by Stereophonics.

chillidoggy

Philly_Q said:

ICBM said:

I almost mentioned Duran Duran in this thread, but the first track on their first album is Girls On Film, which - great though it is - is not as good as Planet Earth, which is the second track.

"Planet Earth" is brilliant.

As is "To Cut a Long Story Short", which - a bit of research has just shown me -  was the first track on Spandau Ballet's first album.  Shame it was all downhill after that.

Yup, "Planet Earth" is the best.

thecolourbox

randomhandclaps said:

Is This It - Stokes

Well done that man, that was my first thought too. Or Sunday Morning, Velvet Underground

BloodEagle

Grunfeld

For me, "Fisherman" from "Heart of the Congos"

viz

Rainbow - Man on the silver mountain
And of course SLF - Suspect Device

bigjon

Addicted to that rush - Mr Big

thisisguitar

Too easy (and also contender for the best pop song of the 80s)

Take On Me - A-Ha 

ICBM

I would say Hunting High And Low and The Sun Always Shines On TV were better .

xmrchi

Frank turners, side project.... Wow

holnrew

mrchi said:

http://www.youtube.com/DN28IuYj-rM

Frank turners, side project.... Wow

I was trying to embed the video for you, but it doesn't want to.

GazLion

Laura - Scissor Sisters

d8m

Fretwired

Grunfeld said:

For me, "Fisherman" from "Heart of the Congos"

@Grunfeld .. never heard of them before .. great track though .. thanks for sharing.

Grunfeld

@Fretwired ; ....  it is Lee "Scratch" Perry's finest work IMO.  The whole album, and the 12" dub mixes from it are classic.  I first heard John Peel play it when it came out -- went and got it and have been playing it ever since.

Chuffola

Roscoe by Midlake from The Trials of Van Occupanther.

Ok, that's their second album but the first album, Bamnan and Silvercork, is so bad and unrepresentative of everything that has followed that I invoke my right to pretend it doesn't exist.

Reverend

Iron Maiden - Prowler
Trouble - Psalm 9
Angel Witch - Angel Witch
Atheist - Piece of Time
Morbid Angel - Immortal Rites (a tricky one as there was an album before but it wasn't released until later).
MC5 - Kick Out The Jams

stickyfiddle

The Vines - Highly Evolved

Reverend

Riot - Desperation
Scorpions - I'm Going Mad
Bang - Lions, Christians
Sir Lord Baltimore - Kingdom Come
Slayer - Evil Has No Boundaries
Monster Magnet - Nod Scene