Found this in avalanchers and I thought I’d spread it here since it sparks my intrest to see what the Prongers think. I did it like this; band, song then album. Heres the first ones I thought of off the top of my head:
The Cure- The Kiss- Kiss Me x3
The Cure- Burn- The Crow Soundtrack
Darkthrone- Kathaarian Life Code- A Blaze In The Northern Sky
Mayhem- Silvester Anfang- Deathcrush
A Perfect Circle- The Hollow- Mer de Noms
NIN- Somewhat Damaged- The Fragile (Left)
Exodus- title track- Bonded By Blood
Godlesh- Wake- SOL&H
Darkthrone- Rust- Hate Them
Darkthrone- The Cult Of Goliath- The Cult Is Alive
Godflesh- title track- Slavestate
Godflesh- Avalanche Master Song- S-T
GNR- Right Next Door To Hell- Use Your Illusion 1
GNR- Civil War- Use Your Illusion 2
Ministry- Just Like You- Twitch
Ministry- Supermanic Soul- Dark Side Of The Spoon
Emperor- Curse You All Men!- IX Equilibrium
Almost every opening song on each Ministry album is a defining moment for them, with Let’s Go and RGB being exceptions. Even NO W is a highlight from Houses.
My Bloody Valentine - Only Shallow - Loveless
The Fall - The Classical - Hex Enduction Hour
Rush - Tom Sawyer - Moving Pictures
Big Black - Power of Independent Trucking - Songs About Fucking
Beach Boys - Wouldn’t It Be Nice? - Pet Sounds
Pailhead - Man Should Surrender - Trait
The Birthday Party - Blast Off - Junkyard
Frank Zappa - Peaches En Regalia - Hot Rats
Frank Zappa - Who Needs the Peace Corps? - We’re Only In it for the Money (really the second track, but the first song)
Slayer - Angel of Death - Reign in Blood
Judas Priest - Painkiller - Painkiller
King Crimson - 21st Century Schizoid Man - In the Court of the Crimson King
Dillinger Escape Plan - Sugar Coated Sour - Calculating Infinity
Pixies - Bone Machine - Surfer Rosa
Shellac - Prayer to God - 1000 Hurts
Neurosis - Through Silver in Blood - Through Silver in Blood
NIN - Mr. Self Destruct - The Downward Spiral
Megadeth - Wake Up Dead - Peace Sells…But Who’s Buying?
KMFDM - Megalomaniac - Symbols
Magazine - Definitive Gaze - Real Life
Godflesh - I, Me Mine - Us and Them
Black Sabbath - Sweet Leaf - Master of Reality
Jesus Lizard - Boilermaker - Liar
Yes - Close to the Edge - Close to the Edge (even though it’s half the record!)
The Cure - 100 Years (Pornography)
The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead (The Queen Is Dead)
Grouper - Disengaged (Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill)
Sonic Youth - Schizophrenia (Sister)
Alice Cooper - Hello Hooray (Billion Dollar Babies)
Ween - Exactly Where I’m At (White Pepper)
Animal Collective - Did You See The Words (Feels)
David Bowie - Station To Station (Station To Station)
Tool - Stinkfist (Aenima)
Prince - Controversy (Controversy)
The Smiths - The Headmaster Ritual (Meat Is Murder)
Throbbing Gristle - Vow Of Silence (Part Two: The Endless Not)
Butthole Surfers - Jimi (Hairway To Steven)
Dinosaur Jr - Little Furry Things ( Yr Living All Over Me)
Killing Joke - The Fall Of Because ( What’s This For…!)
Melvins - Boris (Bullhead)
Einsturzende Neubauten - Die Interimsliebenden
Ulver - Eos (Shadows Of The Sun)
Alice In Chains - We Die Young, Facelift
The Cure - Plainsong, Disintegration
Depeche Mode - Black Celebration, Black Celebration
U2 - Where The Streets Have No Name, The Joshua Tree
Ministry - Just Like You, Twitch
Skinny Puppy - Dogshit, ViviSectVI
Cabaret Voltaire - Don’t Argue, CODE
Cocteau Twins - Blue Bell Knoll, Blue Bell Knoll
Bauhaus - Double Dare, In The Flat Field
Bryan Ferry - Sensation, Boys and Girls
Kitchens Of Distinction - Railwayed
Metallica - Battery, Master Of Puppets
Van Morrison - Spanish Steps, Poetic Champions Compose
Nitzer Ebb - Getting Closer, Showtime
Simple Minds - Up On The Catwalk, Sparkle In The Rain
The Sisters Of Mercy - Dominion, Floodland
Van Morrison - Spanish Steps, Poetic Champions Compose
My mum has been a huge Van “The Man” fan for about 40yrs now and Poetic Champions Compose is her fave Van album. I prefer his debut Astral Weeks myself.
How could I forgotten this one! Thats not the only good album opener from Ulver. And I shall list the rest:
I troldskog faren vild- Bergtatt
Wolf & Fear- Nattens Madrigal
Of Wolves & Vibrancy- Metamorphosis EP
Lost In Moments- Perdition City
Darling Didn’t We Kill You- Sliencing The Singing
PIG - My Sanctuary (Praise The Lard)
PIG - The Fountain Of Miracles ( The Swining & Red Raw & Sore)
Skinny Puppy - Convulsion (Too Dark Park)
Skinny Puppy - Love In Vein (Last Rights)
Skinny Puppy - Assimilate (Bites)
Skinny Puppy - Rodent (Rabies)
SKinny Puppy - Smothered Hope (Remission)
Ministry - Rio Grand Blood (Rio Grand Blood)
Ministry - Animosity (Animositisomina)
Ministry - Reload (Filth Pig)
Ministry - Thieves (The Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Taste)
Ministry - Stigmata (The Land Of Rape And Honey)
Foetus - Don’t Hide it, Provide It (Thaw)
Foetus - Mortgage (Gash)
Foetus - (not adam) (Love)
Foetus - Quick Fix (Flow)
NIN - Somewhat Damaged (The Fragile)
NIN - Mr Self Destruct (The Downward Spiral)
KMFDM - Ultra (Nihil)
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - Sleep Is Wrong (Grand Opening And Closing)
PIG - My Sanctuary (Praise The Lard)
PIG - The Fountain Of Miracles ( The Swining & Red Raw & Sore)
Skinny Puppy - Convulsion (Too Dark Park)
Skinny Puppy - Love In Vein (Last Rights)
Skinny Puppy - Assimilate (Bites)
Skinny Puppy - Rodent (Rabies)
SKinny Puppy - Smothered Hope (Remission)
Ministry - Rio Grand Blood (Rio Grand Blood)
Ministry - Animosity (Animositisomina)
Ministry - Reload (Filth Pig)
Ministry - Thieves (The Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Taste)
Ministry - Stigmata (The Land Of Rape And Honey)
Foetus - Don’t Hide it, Provide It (Thaw)
Foetus - Mortgage (Gash)
Foetus - (not adam) (Love)
Foetus - Quick Fix (Flow)
NIN - Somewhat Damaged (The Fragile)
NIN - Mr Self Destruct (The Downward Spiral)
KMFDM - Ultra (Nihil)
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - Sleep Is Wrong (Grand Opening And Closing)
[reply]PIG - My Sanctuary (Praise The Lard)
PIG - The Fountain Of Miracles ( The Swining & Red Raw & Sore)
Skinny Puppy - Convulsion (Too Dark Park)
Skinny Puppy - Love In Vein (Last Rights)
Skinny Puppy - Assimilate (Bites)
Skinny Puppy - Rodent (Rabies)
SKinny Puppy - Smothered Hope (Remission)
Ministry - Rio Grand Blood (Rio Grand Blood)
Ministry - Animosity (Animositisomina)
Ministry - Reload (Filth Pig)
Ministry - Thieves (The Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Taste)
Ministry - Stigmata (The Land Of Rape And Honey)
Foetus - Don’t Hide it, Provide It (Thaw)
Foetus - Mortgage (Gash)
Foetus - (not adam) (Love)
Foetus - Quick Fix (Flow)
NIN - Somewhat Damaged (The Fragile)
NIN - Mr Self Destruct (The Downward Spiral)
KMFDM - Ultra (Nihil)
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - Sleep Is Wrong (Grand Opening And Closing)
etc
Very diverse taste there…[/reply]
yeahhhhh, lol, i love my little niche.
although i would say the sound there IS diverse, with the exception of KMFDM and PIG…might as well add a few more.
Crystal Castles - Untrust Us (Crystal Castles)
Death From Above 1979 - Dead Womb (Heads Up)
Air - Venus (Talkie Walkie)
Refused - Worms Of The Senses/Faculties Of The Skull (The Shape Of Punk To Come)
NOFX - It’s My Job To Keep Punk Rock Elite (So Long And Thanks For All The Shoes)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Feel Good Hit Of The Summer (Rated R)
Lots of good stuff mentioned already, nice to see the Cocteau Twins, and My Bloody Valentine getting some love.
Here are some more that come to mind:
Misfits - She - Misfits (aka Collection I)
Danzig - Twist of Cain - Danzig
Skinny Puppy - Assimilate - Bites
GWAR - Salaminizer - Scumdogs of the Universe
Pop Will Eat Itself - Ich Bin Ein Auslander - Dos Dedos Mis Amigos
Roxy Music - More Than This - Avalon
Front 242 - Until Death - Front By Front
Kraftwerk - Europe Endless - Trans-Europe Express
Severed Heads - Dead Eyes Opened - Come Visit The Big Bigot/ DEO
The Knife - Heartbeats - Deep Cuts
The Flaming Lips - Race For The Prize - Soft Bulletin
X - Los Angeles - Los Angeles
Nice to see some foetus/pig love. HAve you heard the new pig tracks they had up for awhile l.o.l.? raymond sounds closer to Tom Waits now and it seemed like it was more in the vein of praise the lard ,than the kmfdm-ish stuff from the mid-90’s
nirvana - slts (need i name the album?)
eric satie - gymnopedia #1 (gymnopedies)
beethoven - Adagio Sostenuto (sonata quasi una fantasia)
cranberries - ode to my family (no need to argue)
morrissey - you’re gonna need someone on your side (your ARSEnal)
david bowie - sound and vision (low)
angelo badalamenti - theme to fire walk with me (fire walk with me)
dave brubeck - blue rondo a la turk (time out)
ministry - work for love (work for love)
Marilyn Manson - Great Big White World
Nine Inch Nails - Somewhat Damaged
Skinny Puppy - Smothered Hope
Neubauten - Was Ist Ist, Ich gehe jetzt, Die Wellen
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Mercy Seat
A Perfect Circle - The Hollow
Soundgarden - Pretty Noose
Alice In Chains - Grind
KMFDM - Ultra, Light
The Cure - The Kiss, Underneath The Stars, Inbetween days.
Failure - Saturday Savior
Godspeed You Black Emperor - 09-15-00
Jane’s Addiction - Stop
Porno For Pyros - Porpoise Head
Iggy Pop - Lust For Life
Stone Temple Pilots - Dumb Love
Oingo Boingo - Insanity, Just Another Day, Grey Matter
Radiohead - Airbag, Planet Telex, 2+2=5
Couldn’t disagree more that song barely fits with the album it should’ve been buried some where in the middle of the set. I think the title track (my favorite track on the album) should’ve kicked off the CD.
Jane’s Addiction - Stop
Couldn’t agree with you more stop is a sweet tune and sets the whole mood of the Ritual album
I think Reflecting God is a damn fine opener as well if were looking at Marilyn Manson
Head like Hole a is a damn fine opener for PHM as well!
Late,
grmpysmrf
