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Some of my faves...

The Suburbs

  • The Suburbs
  • Ready To Start
  • Modern Man

To Loose My Life

  • Death 
  • To Loose My Life
  • A Place To Hide

Primary Colours

  • Mirrors Image
  • Three Decades
  • Who Can Say

Different Class

  • Mis Shapes
  • Pencil Skirt
  • Common People

Deserters Songs

  • Holes
  • Tonite It Shows
  • Endlessly 
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Not much indie music being mentioned, so I'm gonna go with the three first tunes of The Shins' second album Chutes Too Narrow:

1 Kissing the lipless

2 Mine's not a high horse

3 So says I

The opening to the album Burst Apart by The Antlers is also pretty special:

1 I don't want love

2 French Exit

3 Parentheses (which is followed by one of their best songs, No Widows)

A few years ago I would have instantly mentioned Ten by Pearl Jam:

1 Once

2 Even Flow

3 Alive

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Airbag > Paradnoid Android > Subteranian Homesick Alien.

Easy one this. For me it's the greatest album of all time and I will fight to death arguing for those 3 tracks as strongest opening trio. 

Its also the strongest Side A ever. 

Airbag > Paradnoid Android > Subteranian Homesick Alien > Exit Music > Let Down > Karma Police. 

Perfection. 

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Robot Rock / Oh Yeah, Touch It / Technologic, Television Rules The Nation / Crescendolls 

Black Sabbath, The Wizard, Behind the Wall of Sleep

American Idiot, Jesus of Suburbia, Holiday / Boulevard of Broken Dreams 

You Think I Ain't Worth A Dollar, But I Feel Like A Millionaire..., No One Knows, First It Giveth

Everything In Its Right Place, Kid A, The National Anthem

Prison Song, Needles, Deer Dance

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1 hour ago, JamboNelly said:

Faith no More- The Real Thing

1. From out of nowhere 

2. Epic

3. Falling to pieces

 

 

I think FNM's Angel Dust's 1-2-3 of Land of Sunshine, Caffeine and Midlife Crisis pips this. I don't think there is a heavier, funkier mindf*** of an opening triad.  Sets the tone for the entire album.

 

On the subject of Mike Patton. Mr Bungle's California has a great opening trio. Jumping from Beach Boys pop todark acoustic laments 

1. "Sweet Charity"      
2. "None of Them Knew They Were Robots"      
3. "Retrovertigo"
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Intolerance

Prison Sex

Sober

 

It's impossible to pick my ultimate favourite, but Undertow stands out to me as having a balls to the wall, in your face, screw you, banger laiden first 3 tracks.

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11 minutes ago, Rubber Soldier said:

Airbag > Paradnoid Android > Subteranian Homesick Alien.

Easy one this. For me it's the greatest album of all time and I will fight to death arguing for those 3 tracks as strongest opening trio. 

Its also the strongest Side A ever. 

Airbag > Paradnoid Android > Subteranian Homesick Alien > Exit Music > Let Down > Karma Police. 

Perfection. 

not even radiohead's best opening 3

or A side for that matter

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18 minutes ago, Rubber Soldier said:

Airbag > Paradnoid Android > Subteranian Homesick Alien.

Easy one this. For me it's the greatest album of all time and I will fight to death arguing for those 3 tracks as strongest opening trio. 

Its also the strongest Side A ever. 

Airbag > Paradnoid Android > Subteranian Homesick Alien > Exit Music > Let Down > Karma Police. 

Perfection. 

What in the name of sweet Jesus is a Paradnoid Android?

If it's the greatest album of all time (it's good, but it ain't that...), surely you'd know what the tracks were called!

^_^

Ben

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Anyway...

Now My Heart Is Full

Spring-Heeled Jim

Billy Budd

 

Yes, he's an arse now, but my gods that's one of the finest records of all time and that opening salvo (you could extend it without any drop in quality) is extraordinary. Comfortably the finest record he ever made, either solo or in the band.

COME. AT. ME.

:D

Ben

 

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Off the top of my head...

I Wanna Be Adored > She Bangs The Drums > Waterfall

Bittersweet Symphony > Sonnet > The Rolling People

Tangled Up In Blue > Simple Twist Of Fate > You're A Big Girl Now

Aftershow > Cavorting > Bide Your Time

What Went Down > Mountain At My Gates > Birch Tree

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My own personal favourite...

 

REM - Lifes Rich Pageant

1. Begin the begin

2. These days

3. Fall on me

 

I loved when they used to start live shows with Begin the begin and These days...

 

What about best opening 3 tracks on a debut album?...maybe the first 3 songs you ever heard from a band...

 

Roses, Oasis, Pumpkins, even Killers etc up there for sure...but I'll go for:

 

1. Sunday Morning

2. I'm Waiting for my man

3. Femme fatale 

 

(Bonus venus in furs number 4!)

 

Edit: Ooops, 3 songs formed a band apparently...

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