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  2. Again, a personal list of album openers I frequently listen to.

    Achtung Baby - Zoo Station (U2, 1991)
    Battle Studies - Heartbreak Warfare (John Mayer, 2009)
    Build a Rocket Boys! - The Birds (Elbow, 2011)
    catholic - Able (Gavin Friday, 2011)
    Let It Bleed - Gimme Shelter (Rolling Stones, 1969)
    High Flying Birds - Everybody's On The Run (Noel Gallagher, 2011)
    Only By The Night - Closer (Kings of Leon, 2008)
    Progress - The Flood (Take That, 2010)
    Torches - Helena Beat (Foster The People, 2011)
    The Unforgettable Fire - A Sort of Homecoming (U2, 1984)
    Waking Up - Made For You (OneRepublic, 2009)
    Zooropa - Zooropa (U2, 1993)
    - ordered by album title -
  6. Originally posted by clover68:1) Where The Streets Have No Name ... it's embarassing how easy it is
    2) London Calling
    3) Smells Like Teen Spirit
    4) A Sort Of Homecoming
    5) Thunder Road


    I really toyed with Smells Like Teen Spirit for my list. One of the few that just missed out. We both agree on London Calling though
  7. Originally posted by iTim:[..]


    I really toyed with Smells Like Teen Spirit for my list. One of the few that just missed out. We both agree on London Calling though


    i knew that we would be
  8. Any more lists?
  9. Most over/under rated artists of all time?

    However that maybe is different per country.
  10. My top few album openers in no order:

    Where the Streets Have No Name - U2
    London Calling - The Clash
    Hells Bells - AC/DC
    I Wannabe Adored - The Stone Roses
    Blinded by the Light - Bruce Springsteen
    Good Times Bad Times - Led Zeppelin (putting the vinyl on and hearing that blast out for the first time in 69 would have blown your mind)
    Baba O'Riley - The Who
    Round Here - Counting Crows
    Hotel California - Eagles
    Welcome to the Jungle - Guns N Roses
    The Sound of Silence - Simon and Garfunkel (perhaps the greatest?)
    More Than A Feeling - Boston
    Bat Out of Hell - Meatloaf
    Gimme Shelter - The Rolling Stones



    My top album closers:

    1. A Day in the Life - The Beatles (nothing ever has or ever will get close to this song)
    Brain Damage>Eclipse - Pink Floyd
    New York City Serenade - Bruce Springsteen
    Brothers in Arms - Dire Straits
    Champagne Supernova - Oasis

  11. same of mine the first 2 openers .. and great pair of closers indeed .. but as you've named a Bruce' one .. what about Jungleland?
  12. Originally posted by clover68:same of mine the first 2 openers .. and great pair of closers indeed .. but as you've named a Bruce' one .. what about Jungleland?

    Jungleland is great too. Interchangeable with NYC Serenade, but if I could choose to see one live, it'd probably be NYCS!