First Songs on First Albums

[tangentmusic]

What are some great 1st songs on 1st albums?

My favorite would be "Good Times Bad Times" off the first Led Zeppelin LP.

What first tunes off debut albums made/make you say wow. Just wow! This band's great!?

 

[hotrodjohn]

Black Sabbath

first song on album Black Sabbath

by the band called Black Sabbath

you may close the thread now...

 

[GM60466]

come together -Abby Road

 

[hufe]

Elvis Costello's "Welcome to the Working Week" from "My Aim is True" is one I like.

 

[hufe]

come together -Abby Road

Abbey Road is actually the last album recorded by The Beatles, not their debut.
"I Saw Her Standing There" from "Please, Please Me" is a nice first song-first album example, though.

 

[Bassisgood4U]

"Holidays in the Sun", from 'Never Mind the Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols'...all time favorite

"Dog Eat Dog", Adam and the Ants/Kings of the Wild Frontier'

 

[JimK]

Captain Beyond's debut...leading off-
"Dancing Madly Backwards (On A Sea Of Air)"

Caldwell kicks it off with a groove in 5, no less.

 

[JimK]

...well, I thought I had posted the Chicago Transit Authority's lead off track to their debut album (earlier in this thread?).

"Introduction" is the tune...BAM!

 

[HockeyDawg]

"Die in Fall" from Sinch, a great band that has always been on the edge of making it big.

 

[jerry]

Captain Beyond's debut...leading off-
"Dancing Madly Backwards (On A Sea Of Air)"

Caldwell kicks it off with a groove in 5, no less.

+1, side note/ I wish those live shows they have been releasing were recorded a bit better.

 

[thenazz]

"Down to the Waterline" Dire Straits Debut album.

 

[cableguy]

VH Running with the Devil. I know it's just one note, but the opening notes with the bass were just thunder to a stoned high school kid listening at full volume. Made me want to play the bass right there.

 

[Turock]

Captain Beyond's debut...leading off-
"Dancing Madly Backwards (On A Sea Of Air)"

Yeah, that's a good one.

I'm gonna go with The Allman Brothers...
Don't Want You No More

 

[atheos]

Guns n' Roses - Welcome to the Jungle.
Korn - Blind
Metallica - Hit the Lights
Nine Inch Nails - Head Like a Hole
Oingo Boingo - Little Girls
Rage Against the Machine - Bombtrack
Tool - Intolerance

Haters gonna hate <3

 

[thunderbird66]

Prowler-Iron Maiden

 

[callofcthulhu]

LET THERE BE MORE LIGHT.

(Gilmour's first album with Floyd)

 

[Richland123]

More Than a Feeling - Boston
Hangin' Around - They Only Come Out At Night - Edgar Winter Group
Feels Like the First Time - Foreigner
Rock the Nation - Montrose
Can I Tell You - Kansas
In the Dead of Night - U.K.
Heat of the Moment - Asia
When the Heart Rules the Mind - GTR

 

[fnordlyone]

Black Star by Yngwie
Little Green Men by Vai

fnord!

 

[Robert Ellison]

Meeting Of The Spirits - Mahavishnu Orchestra

 

[Robert Ellison]

Transmaniacon MC - Blue Oyster Cult