Best Track 1, Side 1s?

[MadImmortalMan]

Heck I think Black Sabbath was track one.

That must have been a wtf moment for a lot of people when they got the record home.

[celedhring]

I remember HATING Black Sabbath because there was this bully in high school that always wore Black Sabbath shirts. That's why I never bought their albums until my late 20s. I was indeed blown away.

[Caliga]

Heck I think Black Sabbath was track one.

That must have been a wtf moment for a lot of people when they got the record home.

It was, and I should have included that one also.

[FunkMonk]

Oh this one is easy.

Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - King of Carrot Flowers Pt. 1

[FunkMonk]

Others that come to mind:

The Grudge, Lateralus, Tool

L.

Seconded.

[Maladict]

Rollins Band - The End of Silence / Low Self Opinion

Most others have already been mentioned.

[sbr]

I don't remember enough full albums but I like the appetite for destruction mentions. That album blew me away the first time I heArd it.

I will make the bold claim that Metallica's Ride the Lightning had the best first four tracks:Fight Fire with Fire, Ride the Lightning, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Fade to Black.

[Neil]

Smells Like Teen Spirit is even more obvious. My personal fave though is probably Round Here.

Yep. And yep.

[The Minsky Moment]

Arthur Blythe - Lenox Avenue Breakdown - Down San Diego Way
Ornette Coleman - Shape of Jazz to Come- Lonely Woman
John Coltrane - Giant Steps - Giant Steps
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue - So What
Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage - Maiden Voyage
Andrew Hill - Point of Departure - Refuge
Charles Mingus - Shape of Jazz to Come - Better Git It in Your Soul
Lee Morgan - The Sidewinder - The Sidewinder
David Murray - Ming - The Fast Life
Sony Rollins - Saxophone Colossus - St Thomas
Wayne Shorter - Alegria - Sacagawea
Horace Silver - Song for My Father - Song for My Father
Youssou N' Dour - Immigres - Immigres

[Capetan Mihali]

The Stooges -- The Stooges -- "1969"
Al Green -- Call Me -- "Call Me (Come Back Home)"
David Bowie -- Station to Station -- "Station to Station"
N.W.A. -- Straight Outta Compton -- "Straight Outta Compton"
Pet Shop Boys -- Very -- "Can You Forgive Her?"

[sbr]

David Lee Roth - Yankee Rose

[crazy canuck]

Lots of good choices, so rather than repeating some of them I will add one.

The Clash - London Calling.

[CountDeMoney]

Smells Like Teen Spirit is even more obvious.

Yeah, that's a pretty good one.

I'd toss in Them Bones from AIC's Dirt, and Tool's Stinkfist from Aenima as well.

Didn't somebody already mention Back in Black?  That was such an important first track for an album in many ways.

[crazy canuck]

Didn't somebody already mention Back in Black?  That was such an important first track for an album in many ways.

Dont know if anyone mentioned it but agreed.

[Barrister]

God you people are old.

We're discussing album tracks.  Who even buys albums these days?  Of course we're going to be going fairly old-school in our selections.