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Title: Best first and last songs on an album?
Post by: palahniukkubrick on September 13, 2006, 03:27:00 pm
The first three to come to mind:
 
 "I Wanna Be Adored" and "I am the Resurrection"
 
 "Tangled up in Blue" and "Buckets of Rain"
 
 "Singapore" and "Anywhere I Lay My Head"
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Post by: bearman🐻 on September 13, 2006, 03:47:00 pm
Some of my faves are:
 
 Joy Division -- Unknown Pleasure (Disorder, I Remember Nothing)
 
 Air -- Talkie Walkie (Venus, Alone in Kyoto)
 
 Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation (Teenage Riot, Trilogy)
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Post by: boweswana on September 13, 2006, 03:55:00 pm
Not a definitive best but some pretty good ones that happen to be in front of me on iTunes.
 
 
 Aces High/Rime of the Ancient Mariner - Powerslave by Iron Maiden.
 
 Welcome to the Jungle/Rocket Queen - Appetite for Destruction by GnR
 
 Ace of Spades/Motorhead - NO SLEEP 'TIL HAMMERSMITH by Motorhead
 
 My Generation/Won't Get Fooled Again - The Kids are alright by the Who
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Post by: eros on September 13, 2006, 04:02:00 pm
Prince "Let's Go Carzy"/"Purple Rain"
 Beatles "Sgt. Pepper"/"Day in the Life"
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Post by: Relaxer on September 13, 2006, 04:58:00 pm
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Originally posted by the Pharmacist:
 
 Aces High/Rime of the Ancient Mariner - Powerslave by Iron Maiden.
 
I couldn't agree with this more. Nice one!
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Post by: ggw on September 13, 2006, 05:00:00 pm
Have you listened to the new album yet?  Any good?
 
 
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Originally posted by Relaxer:
   
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Originally posted by the Pharmacist:
 
 Aces High/Rime of the Ancient Mariner - Powerslave by Iron Maiden.
 
I couldn't agree with this more. Nice one! [/b]
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Post by: nkotb on September 13, 2006, 05:01:00 pm
Maybe it's because I'm listening to it right now, but:
 
 "White Light/White Heat" & "Sister Ray"
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Post by: Relaxer on September 13, 2006, 05:15:00 pm
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Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
  Have you listened to the new album yet?  Any good?
 
   
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Originally posted by Relaxer:
   
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Originally posted by the Pharmacist:
 
 Aces High/Rime of the Ancient Mariner - Powerslave by Iron Maiden.
 
I couldn't agree with this more. Nice one! [/b]
[/b]
Y'know, I've been flashing so hard on the new Slayer, TV on the Radio, and Comets on Fire (based in part on your thumbs up) -- plus like a spoiled fat kid I picked up the new Mastodon at lunch today -- that I haven't even opened it yet. I found the Benjamin Breeg song on-line and I like it a lot though, so I'll get around to the album proper soon enough.
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Post by: amnesiac on September 13, 2006, 05:17:00 pm
"The King of Carrot Flowers Pt. One" and "Two-Headed Boy Pt. Two" (NMH,  In The Aeroplane...)
 
 "London Calling" and "Train in Vain" (The Clash, London Calling)
 
 "The New Year" and "A Lack of Color" (Death Cab, Transatlanticism)
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Post by: thingsfallapart on September 14, 2006, 12:23:00 am
"Hold My Life"-->"Here Comes A Regular"
 
 The Replacements "Tim"
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Post by: pj on September 14, 2006, 12:34:00 am
Stereo and Fin - Pavement, Brighten the Corners
 
 Hells Bells and Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution - AC/DC, Back in Black
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Post by: HoyaSaxa03 on September 14, 2006, 12:52:00 am
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Originally posted by amnesiac:
  "The King of Carrot Flowers Pt. One" and "Two-Headed Boy Pt. Two" (NMH,  In The Aeroplane...)
 
 "London Calling" and "Train in Vain" (The Clash, London Calling)
 
 "The New Year" and "A Lack of Color" (Death Cab, Transatlanticism)
ROB
             Okay.  Top five side one track ones.
             Number one... "Janie Jones," the
             Clash, from The Clash.
 
                          BARRY
             Ehh.
 
                          ROB
             "Thunder Road," Bruce Springsteen,
             from Born to Run. "Smells Like Teen
             Spirit," Nirvana, Nevermind.
 
                          BARRY
             Oh no, Rob, that's not obvious
             enough.  Not at all.  Dick, did you
             hear that?
 
                          ROB
             Shut up. "Let's Get It On," Marvin
             Gaye, from Let's Get It On.
             "Airbag," Radiohead, from OK
             Computer.
 
                          BARRY
                    (sarcastic)
             Ooh!  A kind of recent record!
             Rob's sly declaration of new
             classic-status slipped into a list
             of old classics!  Nice! "Let's Get
             It On?" Couldn't you make it more
             obvious than that?
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Post by: HoyaSaxa03 on September 14, 2006, 01:11:00 am
my favorite:  "imagine" / "oh, yoko!"
 
 honorable mentions:
 
 "sgt. pepper's lonely hearts club band" / "a day in the life"
 
 "like a rolling stone" / "desolation row"
 
 "baba o'reilly" / "won't get fooled again"
 
 "gimme shelter" / "you can't always get what you want"
 
 "and it stoned me" / "glad tidings"
 
 "black dog" / "when the levee breaks"
 
 "i.o.u. / can't hardly wait"
 
 "you are the sunshine of my life" / "i believe (when i fall in love it will be forever)"
 
 "only shallow" / "soon"
 
 "age of consent" / "the beach"
 
 "my name is jonas" / "only in dreams"
 
 "psycho killer" / "take me to the river"
 
 "mysterons" / "glory box"
 
 "return of the greivous angel" / "in my hour of darkness"
 
 -----------------
 
 it's amazing how many fantastic albums end with so-so songs
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Post by: Bombay Chutney on September 14, 2006, 07:55:00 am
Five Years/Rock and Roll Suicide - Ziggy Stardust (Bowie)
 Feeling Gravitys Pull/Wendell Gee - Fables of the Reconstruction (R.E.M.)
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Post by: lbcardoni on September 14, 2006, 08:25:00 am
If I were going  -  Brother Woodrow/Closing Prayer
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Post by: Big KC on September 14, 2006, 09:35:00 am
Pet Sounds... Wouldn't It Be Nice
 ...Hang Onto Your Ego
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Post by: crevers on September 14, 2006, 09:52:00 am
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Originally posted by Bombay Chutney:
 Feeling Gravitys Pull/Wendell Gee - Fables of the Reconstruction (R.E.M.)
Damn, I was thinking that.  Nice call.
 
 First place...
 Race for the Prize / Waiting for a Superman - Soft Bulletin (Flaming Lips)
 
 Runners-up...
 Mass Romantic / Breakin' The Law - Mass Romantic (New Pornographers)
 Misunderstood / Say You Miss Me - Being There v.1 (Wilco)
 Narcolepsy / Lullabye - Reinhold Messner (Ben Folds Five)
 Me and Mia / Walking To Do - Shake the Sheets (Ted Leo & RX)
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Post by: chaz on September 14, 2006, 10:07:00 am
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Originally posted by Bombay Chutney:
  Five Years/Rock and Roll Suicide - Ziggy Stardust (Bowie)
 
 
Woah....great call.
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Post by: Guiny on September 14, 2006, 12:07:00 pm
Metallica - Blackened/Dyers Eve
 Anthrax - Potters Field/This Is Not An Exit (original CD)
 Twisted Sister - Stay Hungry/S.M.F.
 Primus - The Return Of Sathington Willoughby/Arnie
 Slayer - War Ensemble/Season In The Abyss
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Post by: hostiledm on September 14, 2006, 12:37:00 pm
the un-listed intro and outro on Catherine Wheel's Adam and Eve.
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Post by: Venerable Bede on September 14, 2006, 01:20:00 pm
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Originally posted by Big KC:
  Pet Sounds... Wouldn't It Be Nice
 ...Hang Onto Your Ego
"caroline no" is the last song on pet sounds, "hang on to your ego" was not released until the 1996 re-issue as a bonus track.
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Post by: renton007 on September 14, 2006, 01:54:00 pm
BJM: Going to Hell/Wisdom (Strung Out in Heaven)
 Johnny Cash: Delia/The Man Who Couldn't Cry (American Recordings)
 Television: See No Evil/Torn Curtain (Marquee Moon)
 Neil Young: My My Hey Hey (Out of the Blue/Hey Hey My My (Into the Black) (Rust Never Sleeps)
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Post by: pela123 on September 14, 2006, 03:18:00 pm
ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space/cop shoot cop--spiritualized
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Post by: vansmack on September 14, 2006, 03:23:00 pm
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Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
   
Quote
Originally posted by Big KC:
  Pet Sounds... Wouldn't It Be Nice
 ...Hang Onto Your Ego
"caroline no" is the last song on pet sounds, "hang on to your ego" was not released until the 1996 re-issue as a bonus track. [/b]
Oh SNAP!
 
 By the way, I've learned not to argue with Venerable about Pet Sounds.  Kid's wicked smart!
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Post by: Big KC on September 14, 2006, 03:32:00 pm
i knew that...
 
 
 ...the 1996 re-issue is way better anyhow. it's pretty much the best album ever.
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Post by: chancegardener on September 15, 2006, 11:27:00 pm
'Holidays in the Sun' / 'EMI' - Sex Pistols
 'Precious' / 'Mystery Achievement' - Pretenders
 'Purple Haze' / 'Are You Experienced' - Hendrix
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Post by: Firebutt McGee on September 16, 2006, 01:28:00 am
Siouxsie and the Banshees - "Spellbound" and "Voodoo Dolly"
 
 Kate Bush - "Running Up That Hill" and "The Morning Fog"
 
 Sonic Youth - "Schitzophrenia" and "Master-Dik"
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Post by: Mobius on September 16, 2006, 11:15:00 am
Five more . . .
 
 "Sympathy for the Devil" / "Salt of the Earth"
 
 "One of These Days" / "Echoes"
 
 "You can get it if you really want" / "Harder they come"
 
 "Debaser / "Gouge Away"
 
 "Planet Telex" / "Street Spirit"
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Post by: El Jefe Design on September 18, 2006, 12:38:00 pm
Girl's Against Boys - V-Lux album
 In LIke Flynn/Bughouse
 
 Having just seen them at the T&G Fest where they played the album straight through, this was a perfect start and end.