Sunday, May 6, 2007

Best Album Openers Ever

Good topic, always stirs it up. Sure you're gonna get alot of chiming in for "Welcome To The Jungle" from GnR's APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION and "Smells Like Teen Spirit" from Nirvana's classic NEVERMIND, and while this topic certianly shouldn't be limited to 90's-era releases (I mean really, every single Led Zeppelin album could apply here, and that opening cut on The Rolling Stones BEGGARS BANQUET doesn't sound too bad) but as I was walking today with the ipod I found myself revisiting the Smashing Pumpkins' excellent SIMEASE DREAM, and what's needs to be in this conversation is the outstanding "Cherub Rock".
A few words come to mind on this one: ferocious, assaulting, killer. It's like the guitars and drums are in a deadlocked competition for who can outplay each other, great changes and totally left-field soloing. Songs shold be like this one more often.

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