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Best album openers and closers of all time; from any artist
Topic Started: Nov 28 2005, 02:17 PM (924 Views)
Kira
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"Hey Hey What Can I Do" closes Led Zeppelin's 'Coda' album.
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Geat album openers and closers.

Mike Oldfield
Tubular Bells Part One opens side one
Tubular Bells Part One closes side one

Tubular Bells Part Two opens side two
Tubular Bells Part Two closes side two

Pink Floyd -The Wall
"...we came in?" opens side one
"Isn't this where..." closes side four

Iron Butterfly
In A Godda Da Vida closes side two but opens the legend

Eric Clapton- Behind The Sun
Behind The Sun sadly closes side two

Oasis Be Here Now
D'You Know What I Mean? opens the album

Bush The Science of Things
Warm Machine opens the album

Bush Sixteen Stone
X-Girlfriend closes the album (some sort of bull moose noise - "Eins swei drei fier) 45 seconds of rock

Alanis Morissette Jagged Little Pill
mystery untitled song closes the album

Terence Trent D'Arby Symphony Or Damn
Welcome To My Monasteryo opens the album and invites you to be seated comfortably just before She Kissed Me forces you back on your feet

Billy Idol - Rebel Yell
Rebel Yell opens side "three"
The Dead Next Door closes side "four"

Electric Light Orchestra Face The Music
Fire On High opens side one with it's haunting backmaskings and phoenitic reversals. Sort of makes you not want to go to sleep for a while.
One Summer Dream tries to make the nightmares disappear and softly settle you down for slumber and closes side two

The Cult - Love
Nirvana opens side one

Nirvana - Nevermind
like 15 minutes of silence and then feedback and other noise finishes a somewhat amusing, talentless but spirited album
When she walks she moves so fine like a flamingo
Crimson dress that clings so tight She's out of reach and out of sight

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LedZeppelin222
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all these have great openers AND closers

led zeppelin:good times bad times and how many more times
led zeppelin II:whole lotta love and bring it on home
led zeppelin IV:black dog and when the levee breaks
a night at the opera:death on two legs and bohemian rhapsody

oh how could i forget the two best songs on revolver bookend it

edit: too bad bohemian rhapsody doesn't close a night at the opera

...which i knew when i posted it >_>
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Rush Openers:
"Finding My Way" - Rush
"Bastille Day" - Caress of Steal
"2112" - 2112
"The Spirit of Radio" - Permanent Waves
"Tom Sawyer" - Moving Pictures
"Subdivisions" - Signals

Closers:
"Working Man" - Rush
"Mystic Rhythms" - Power Windows
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Politik and Amsterdam are damn good openers and closers of Rush Of Blood To The Head
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chodus
Mar 30 2006, 06:17 PM
Politik and Amsterdam are damn good openers and closers of Rush Of Blood To The Head

I used to be like "meh, Amsterdam", but now I heart it.
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Openers:
It won't be Long. With The Beatles
A Hard Day's Night.
Birthday. Opens the C side of the Beatles
Party Line, the phone rings and opens The Kinks' Face to Face
David Watts, opens SOmething else by the Kinks
Artificial Energy, opens The Notorious Byrd Brothers
Victoria, opens The Kinks' Arthur
Baba o'Riley, opens Who's next
Inmigrant song, Led Zeppelin III
Black Dog , Led Zeppelin IV

Closers:
Space Odessey, closes the notoious byrd brothers, the psychedelic experience is over.
Good night, closes the white album.
A day in the Life, closing brilliantly Sgte Pepper
Tomorrow never knows. closes revolver
Arthur, closes The Kink's album with the same name
Muswell Hillbilly, closs Muswell Hillbilles by the Kinks
The Ocean, closes Led Zep's Houses of the Holy

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"Knights of Cydonia" closes Black Holes & Revelations by Muse, which is one of their best songs IMO.

"Care of Cell 44"/"Time Of The Season" opens/closes Odessey & Oracle by The Zombies. Two great songs.

"The Music Box" opens Nursery Cryme by Genesis. Ohh love that song.
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"Airbag" opens OK Computer, I love how it starts.
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Gimme Shelter (opens Let it Bleed)
Taxman/Tomorrow Never Knows (opens/closes Revolver)
Good Times Bad Times (opens Led Zeppelin I)
Black Dog/When the Levee Breaks (opens/closes IV)
Baba O'Reilly/We Won't Get Fooled Again (Opens/closes Who's Next)
Break On Through (To the Other Side) (opens side A The Doors)

Favorites-
Opener: Sunday Morning - The Velvet Underground and Nico (The Velvet Underground and Nico)
Close Side A: Your Time is Gonna Come - Led Zeppelin (Led Zeppelin I)
Opens Side B: Here Comes the Sun - The Beatles (Abbey Road)
Closer - Bring it on Home - Led Zeppelin (II)
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Sep 11 2006, 08:05 PM
Gimme Shelter (opens Let it Bleed)
Taxman/Tomorrow Never Knows (opens/closes Revolver)
Good Times Bad Times (opens Led Zeppelin I)
Black Dog/When the Levee Breaks (opens/closes IV)
Baba O'Reilly/We Won't Get Fooled Again (Opens/closes Who's Next)
Break On Through (To the Other Side) (opens side A The Doors)

Favorites-
Opener: Sunday Morning - The Velvet Underground and Nico (The Velvet Underground and Nico)
Close Side A: Your Time is Gonna Come - Led Zeppelin (Led Zeppelin I)
Opens Side B: Here Comes the Sun - The Beatles (Abbey Road)
Closer - Bring it on Home - Led Zeppelin (II)

i agree with all of these. though "your time is gonna come" opens side 2 of led zeppelin's debut.
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Sympathy For The Devil off Beggars Banquet

Gimme Shelter off Let It Bleed
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haha! Skeleton & The Round about opens
IDLE RACE - THE BIRTHDAY PARTY
End of the Road closes it!
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Like a Rolling Stone, and Desolation Row open and close(respectively) the greatest album of all time-Highway 61 Revisited
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Sep 26 2006, 07:27 AM
Like a Rolling Stone, and Desolation Row open and close(respectively) the greatest album of all time-Highway 61 Revisited

He's right you know


Who's Next?

Two of the greatest rock 'n' roll songs of all time open and close it. Thats probably my pick for album with best opener and closers.

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