Kill Em AllEnter the Wu Tang
― national oracle BIG HOOS (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Monday, 10 November 2008 17:59 (fifteen years ago) link
Avalon
― at once ultrahip and painfully earnest (Euler), Monday, 10 November 2008 18:00 (fifteen years ago) link
Watery, Domestic
― Mr. Que, Monday, 10 November 2008 18:00 (fifteen years ago) link
Las VegasFrom Here We Go SublimeUntrueNo Way Down
― Treblekicker, Monday, 10 November 2008 18:02 (fifteen years ago) link
sung tongs!
― poortheatre, Monday, 10 November 2008 18:22 (fifteen years ago) link
The Queen Is Dead, give or take a few seconds
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 10 November 2008 18:25 (fifteen years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/N.W.A.StraightOuttaComptonalbumcover.jpg
"you are now about to witness the strength of street knowledge."
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Monday, 10 November 2008 18:27 (fifteen years ago) link
I wonder what the quickest one is, subjectivity granting.
― restraint and blindness (Just got offed), Monday, 10 November 2008 18:28 (fifteen years ago) link
That would surely be Nevermind
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 10 November 2008 18:29 (fifteen years ago) link
nah it takes almost 10 seconds for the drum entry! sure we can do better than that
― restraint and blindness (Just got offed), Monday, 10 November 2008 18:31 (fifteen years ago) link
I knew I was going to love Vitruvian Pan by Thee Majesty ~0.2 seconds into the first track
― Funky Buddha Lounge (Curt1s Stephens), Monday, 10 November 2008 18:35 (fifteen years ago) link
Sticky Fingers
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 10 November 2008 18:52 (fifteen years ago) link
Exile On Main Street
― henry s, Monday, 10 November 2008 18:54 (fifteen years ago) link
I wonder what the quickest one is, subjectivity granting.― restraint and blindness (Just got offed), Monday, November 10, 2008 1:28 PM (27 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― restraint and blindness (Just got offed), Monday, November 10, 2008 1:28 PM (27 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
Opening snare crack and on Highway 61 Revisited
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Monday, 10 November 2008 18:58 (fifteen years ago) link
Led Zeppelin III: well under a second
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 10 November 2008 18:59 (fifteen years ago) link
october rust
― the sir weeze, Monday, 10 November 2008 19:01 (fifteen years ago) link
OK maybe longer than 20 sec but: Paul's Boutique
― sexyDancer, Monday, 10 November 2008 19:03 (fifteen years ago) link
oh shit there's a rly obvious one that nobody's said yet probably because it is too obvious
― restraint and blindness (Just got offed), Monday, 10 November 2008 19:03 (fifteen years ago) link
Out of the Blue?
― Black Seinfeld (HI DERE), Monday, 10 November 2008 19:04 (fifteen years ago) link
nono it is mbvious than that
hang on where did i put my oreo
― restraint and blindness (Just got offed), Monday, 10 November 2008 19:07 (fifteen years ago) link
Vanilla Ice? No wait, that's reverse oreo...
― Pantheism F. Mohair (res), Monday, 10 November 2008 19:08 (fifteen years ago) link
no wait, he's a reverse oreo with white cream on the inside too
― Pantheism F. Mohair (res), Monday, 10 November 2008 19:09 (fifteen years ago) link
a custard cream
― ledge, Monday, 10 November 2008 19:09 (fifteen years ago) link
I'd actually argue that In Utero is a better choice for this than Nevermind.
― Pantheism F. Mohair (res), Monday, 10 November 2008 19:11 (fifteen years ago) link
I was going to say that the obvious one is Kick Out The Jams - but that's track two
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 10 November 2008 19:13 (fifteen years ago) link
2112
― Have Your Sega (Noodle Vague), Monday, 10 November 2008 19:17 (fifteen years ago) link
SIAMESE DREAM?
― Pantheism F. Mohair (res), Monday, 10 November 2008 19:17 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.metrolyrics.com/images/albums/8900thesundays_reading.jpg
― DavidM, Monday, 10 November 2008 19:18 (fifteen years ago) link
Reign In Blood
― Hiram, Monday, 10 November 2008 19:18 (fifteen years ago) link
that Sundays album is faceless except for one track though
― Pantheism F. Mohair (res), Monday, 10 November 2008 19:19 (fifteen years ago) link
and that track is not the opener!
Whoever said Dragnet upthread is totally OTM.
Is there anybody there???? Yeeeeeesssssssss!!!!!!
Absolutely joyful.
― Sven Hassel Schmuck, Monday, 10 November 2008 19:20 (fifteen years ago) link
I'd say Definitely Maybe fits the bill.
― Pantheism F. Mohair (res), Monday, 10 November 2008 19:21 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.merryswankster.com/images/Blur_Parklife_large.jpg
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 10 November 2008 19:23 (fifteen years ago) link
of albums that you know will be awful without having to listen to them, sure. xp.
― ledge, Monday, 10 November 2008 19:23 (fifteen years ago) link
richard d. jamessilent alarm
― rent, Monday, 10 November 2008 19:24 (fifteen years ago) link
Definitely Maybe is a good album! But, alas, Oasis is a band whose legacy has been sullied by every subsequent album they put out. If everyone had died in a fiery plane crash right after that album, it would be held up as the classic that it is. It doesn't even sound like the same band that put out that "Wonderwall" crap.
― Pantheism F. Mohair (res), Monday, 10 November 2008 19:26 (fifteen years ago) link
No.
― gabbneb, Monday, 10 November 2008 19:28 (fifteen years ago) link
joy division - closer
I started listening from side 2, but 20 seconds into Haert & Soul I knew it was everything I was searching for.
― Marco Damiani, Monday, 10 November 2008 19:30 (fifteen years ago) link
wtf at the oreo shit
― Black Seinfeld (HI DERE), Monday, 10 November 2008 19:32 (fifteen years ago) link
fastest I ever figured this out was with Loveless
― Matos W.K., Monday, 10 November 2008 19:33 (fifteen years ago) link
how familiar are you with this album. Be honest.
― Pantheism F. Mohair (res), Monday, 10 November 2008 19:34 (fifteen years ago) link
The oreo shit was a bit of stupid wordplay on my part, basically referring to Matos' suggestion.
― restraint and blindness (Just got offed), Monday, 10 November 2008 19:40 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, corny indie fuxor whatever, but Arcade Fire's Funeral did this to me, immediately. Also, Pulp's Different Class and The Smiths' Hatful Of Hollow.
― Background Zombie (CharlieNo4), Monday, 10 November 2008 19:42 (fifteen years ago) link
Disintegration was the first thing that came to mind. Also, AMC's "mercury"
― akm, Monday, 10 November 2008 19:44 (fifteen years ago) link
i think my first 20 seconds with loveless was spent trying to figure out what was wrong with my headphones
― rent, Monday, 10 November 2008 19:46 (fifteen years ago) link
Wasn't talking about you, LJ, more res and his unnecessary Vanilla Ice comment.
― Black Seinfeld (HI DERE), Monday, 10 November 2008 19:49 (fifteen years ago) link
Sorry Black Seinfeld. My bad.
― Pantheism F. Mohair (res), Monday, 10 November 2008 19:50 (fifteen years ago) link
LOL
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Monday, 10 November 2008 19:51 (fifteen years ago) link
hahaha okay, apology accepted
I never knew the words "Sorry Black Seinfeld" could bring so much joy into my life
― Black Seinfeld (HI DERE), Monday, 10 November 2008 19:53 (fifteen years ago) link
Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
― brush ’em like crazy (morrisp), Friday, 12 October 2018 18:32 (five years ago) link
I think this factor is what sealed Source Tags and Codes as the breakthrough Trail of Dead album, honestly
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Friday, 12 October 2018 15:36 (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
isn't there a silly intro before 'it was there that i saw you' blows the house up
― imago, Friday, 12 October 2018 18:36 (five years ago) link
Straight Outta Compton
― Οὖτις, Friday, 12 October 2018 19:20 (five years ago) link
Heh, that one's a classic instance of 'Albums that you know you're never going to get within the opening 20 seconds of the first track' for me.
― pomenitul, Friday, 12 October 2018 19:35 (five years ago) link
first one to mind is from the choirgirl hotel
― lowercase (eric), Friday, 12 October 2018 19:36 (five years ago) link
Breeders' "Last Splash"
― Οὖτις, Friday, 12 October 2018 19:40 (five years ago) link
Copper Blue.
aye
― mookieproof, Friday, 12 October 2018 20:04 (five years ago) link
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band "Will the Circle Be Unbroken"
― Οὖτις, Friday, 12 October 2018 20:05 (five years ago) link
crikey, Hancock's Crossings rather tears out of the gate doesn't it
― imago, Wednesday, 23 August 2023 17:11 (nine months ago) link
Low.
― the dreaded dependent claus (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 23 August 2023 17:30 (nine months ago) link
Ok, how about the "Hard Days Night" referencing "Serve the servants" of Nirvana's "In Utero"
― Mark G, Thursday, 24 August 2023 07:34 (nine months ago) link
Haha, never noticed that before
― Stomp Jomperson (dog latin), Thursday, 24 August 2023 07:44 (nine months ago) link
Faust, s/t
― Monthly Python (Tom D.), Thursday, 24 August 2023 07:56 (nine months ago) link
The Orb - The Orb's Adventures Beyond the UltraworldRosalía - El Mal QuererBjork - Homogenic
― octobeard, Thursday, 24 August 2023 08:01 (nine months ago) link
Steely Dan - Aja
there is so much going on in just the first bar of Black Cow. first heard it in my parents' car when i was 17 - about 9 years ago - and i don't think anything has hit me as hard as that first bar
― tremolo, Thursday, 24 August 2023 08:11 (nine months ago) link
master of reality
― is he disgruntled adrian? (voodoo chili), Thursday, 24 August 2023 12:35 (nine months ago) link
Ritual De Lo Habitual
― beard papa, Thursday, 24 August 2023 18:53 (nine months ago) link
Bauhaus, The Sky's Gone Out
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 24 August 2023 18:56 (nine months ago) link
American Music Club, Mercury
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Thursday, 24 August 2023 18:58 (nine months ago) link
T.I. - King
― I can't turn a fart into a question (Neanderthal), Thursday, 24 August 2023 19:06 (nine months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58IDj9a6szM
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Thursday, 24 August 2023 19:08 (nine months ago) link
was about to answer this, when i checked, and yeah, my answer is the same as 4 years ago.
― mark e, Thursday, 24 August 2023 19:23 (nine months ago) link
R.E.M. - ReckoningAphex Twin - RDJ Album (...prob others too)
― Clientless (Scooter's Version) (morrisp), Thursday, 24 August 2023 19:30 (nine months ago) link
Royal Trux - Sweet Sixteen
― Clientless (Scooter's Version) (morrisp), Thursday, 24 August 2023 19:32 (nine months ago) link
Opening 20 seconds: Matthew Sweet, Girlfriend - swirling guitar effects resolve to a confident psychedelic blues. It had my number.
Opening 2 seconds: Tom Waits, Rain Dogs - (Squawk!)
― Moniker? I barely know 'er! (SlimAndSlam), Thursday, 24 August 2023 20:50 (nine months ago) link
the Pussy Galore is better :D ;)
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Thursday, 24 August 2023 20:51 (nine months ago) link
Opening 5 seconds: Destroyer - Streethawk
Opening 90 seconds: Can - Future days
― H.P, Friday, 25 August 2023 01:00 (nine months ago) link
Rain Dogs yes. I can remember the moment! My friend slapping it on the turntable, me vaguely aware of Waits as a seventies singer songwriter of some kind, maybe like Randy Newman. The squawk like a closet door opening, all these strange tools stuffed inside clattering to the floor
― Terrycoth Baphomet (bendy), Friday, 25 August 2023 12:52 (nine months ago) link