Allersidst i det gamle år kørte vi her en liste over hvordan man slutter et album med konkluderende punch. I dag går vi den anden vej og tager en top-10 over manifestlydende albumåbninger med fuld imponatoreffekt, der ovenfra og ned ultimativt siger ‘lyt efter, her kommer noget vigtigt’. Mange konservativt velkendte, klassisk vigtige artister dukker umiddelbart op på min egen liste. Lad endelig høre jeres bud, hvis I har nogle…
01. London Calling (London Calling) – The Clash
02. Station To Station (Station to Station) – David Bowie
03. Thunder Road (Born to Run) – Bruce Springsteen
04. Gimme Shelter (Let It Bleed) – The Rolling Stones
05. Going Up (Crocodiles) – Echo and the Bunnymen
06. I Wanna Be Adored (The Stone Roses) – The Stone Roses
07. Untitled (Turn on the Bright Lights) – Interpol
08. 400 Slag (Du & Jag Döden) – Kent
09. Now My Heart Is Full (Vauxhall & I) – Morrissey
10. Mein Herz Brennt (Mutter) – Rammstein
En top 10 uden debutplader (vi har tidligere haft top 10 herom). Det er vist meget en her og nu-liste
1. Monkey (The Great Destroyer): Low
2. Brennistein (Kveikur): Sigur Ros
3. Cruel Town (Cruel Town): Broder Daniel
4. Mis-Shapes (Different Class): Pulp
5. He’s Simple, He’s Dumb, He’s The Pilot (The Sophtware Slump): Grandaddy
6. Future Starts Slow (Blood Pressures): The Kills
7. Only Shallow (Loveless): My Bloody Valentine
8. One Hundred Years (Pornography): The Cure
9. Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground (White Blood Cells): White Stripes
10. Cecilia Ann (Bossanova): Pixies
Debutlisten så sådan ud:
1. Mysterons (Dummy): Portishead
2. Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels) (Funeral): Arcade Fire
3. Turn The Page (Original Pirate Material): The Streets
4. Faldskærm (Os 2 + lidt ro): Mikael Simpson
5. The Wiew From The Afternoon (Whatever People Say I Am That’s What I’m Not): Arctic Monkeys
6. Is This It (Is This It?): The Strokes
7. So Young (Suede): Suede
8. Safe From Harm (Blue Lines): Massive Attack
9. Yes! I Am A Long Way From Home (Young Team): Mogwai
10. Human Behaviour (Debut): Björk
Her er 10 mere, der vist ikke har været nævnt endnu:
Sparks: Propaganda (Propaganda)
Beatles: A Hard Day’s Night (A Hard Days Night)
Rolling Stones: Rocks Off (Exile On Main Street)
Jonathan Wilson: Fanfare (Fanfare)
Pink Floyd: Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Wish You Were Here)
Jesus And Mary Chain: Darklands (Darklands)
CV Jørgensen: Hotel Halleluja (Vild I Varmen)
Gasolin: På En Sommerdag (Gas 2)
Randy Newman: Rednecks (Gold Boys)
David Bowie. 5 Yars (Ziggy Stardust)
Godt nytår til alle herfra.
Helt uundgåelig i denne kategori:
Pantera: Strength Beyond Strength (Far Beyond Driven)
Sundance Kid, det er klart 😉
Yugo Star, ‘Socker’ åbner da ikke Vapen & Ammunition…?
Mange næsten alt for oplagte på en top 10, så jeg prøver med 10 stærke startnumre, der endnu ikke er blevet nævnt. Og jeg har diskvalificeret David Bowie på baggrund af alt for mange suveræne albumåbnere 😉
Manic Street Preachers: Yes (The Holy Bible)
Kent: Socker (Vapen & Amu)
Thåström: Kort Biografi…. (Kärlek Er För Dom)
The Cure: Plainsong (Disintegration)
Cat Power: The Greatest (The Greatest)
Håkan Hellström: Känn INgen Sorg För Mig GBG (Känn Ingen Sorg…)
Lars Hug: Hvor Går Vi Hen? (Kysser Himlen Farvel)
Arcade Fire: The Suburbs (The Suburbs)
Moi Caprice: My Girl You Blush (You Can’t Say No Forever)
Morrissey: America Is Not The World (You Are The Quarry)
+ Patti Smith (apropos post fra den anden dag): Gloria fra Horses
(og hep! se hvem der måske kommer med som opvarmning, når hun spiller til august!! 🙂 Håbet er lysegrønt… http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/michael-stipe-performs-rem-covers-patti-smith-surprise-opening-act-20141230 )
Næppe nogle revolutionerende entrys herfra heller:
1. Bob Dylan: Like A Rolling Stone (Highway 61 Revisited)
2. Nirvana: Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nevermind)
3. The Clash: London Calling (London Calling)
4. R.E.M.: What’s The Frequency, Kenneth? (Monster)
5. Pixies: Debaser (Doolittle)
6. The Rolling Stones: Gimme Shelter (Let It Bleed)
7. The Stone Roses: I Wanna Be Adored
8. Oasis: Rock ‘n’ Roll Star (Definitely Maybe)
9. Bruce Springsteen: Thunder Road (Born To Run)
10. Blondie: Hanging On The Telephone (Parallel Lines)
man kunne også tilføje
Smells Like Teen Spirit – Nirvana
So Young – Suede
Is This It? – Strokes
Beetlebum / Girls And Boys / She´s So High / Stereotypes – Blur
Come Home – James
Bellbottoms – Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Natsværmer – Lars HUG
Daft Punk Is Playing In My House – LCH Soundsystem
Safe From Harm – Massive Attack
Holes – Mercury Rev
Only Shallow – My Bloody Valentine
Kill Your Television – Neds Atomic Dustbin
King Of Carrot Flowers – Neutral Milk Hotel
Stereo / We Dance / Summer Babe – Pavement
Bombtrack – Rage Against The Machine
Drive – R.E.M
Seagull – Ride
New York, New York – Ryan Adams
Soul And Fire – Sebadoh
Svefn-G-Englar – Sigor Ros
Angel Of Death – Slayer
Dirty Boots – Sonic Youth
Medication – Spiritualized
Brassneck – The Wedding present
Glemte Josh Ritter(Animal Years) Girl In The War. Fantastisk sang og album.
Springsteen (Darkness) Badlands
Clash(Sandinista) The magnificent seven
The Who(Who’s next)Baba o’ Riley
The Jam(Setting Sons) Girl on the Phone
Fleetwood Mac(Rumours) Second Hand News
the Who(Quadrophenia)The Real Me
Echo And The Bunnymen(porcupine)The Cutter
The Replacements(Tim)Hold my life
Wilco(Being There) Misunderstood
Embrace(The Good Will Out) All you Good Good People
Joseph Arthur(Come To Where I’m From) In The Sun
1. If I should Fall From Grace With God – The Pogues
2. The Headmaster’s Ritual (Meat is Murder) – The Smiths
3. Let England Shake – PJ Harvey
4. Goshen 97 (HEAL) – Strand of Oaks
5. Into My Arms (The Boatman’s Call) – Nick Cave
6. In Between Days (Head on the Door) – The Cure
7. See These Bones (Lucky) – Nada Surf
8. Seasons (Singles) – Future Islands
9. Wakin On a Pretty Day (Waking On a Pretty Daze) – Kurt Vile
10. Best of Friends (180) – Palma Violets
Et par tilføjelser…
Alle har en drøm at befri (Anti) – Love Shop
Kungen är död (Hagnesta Hill) – kent
Meds (Meds) – Placebo
Regret (Republic) – New Order
00 . One Hundred Years – The cure
🙂
./allan