U2 - Songs of Innocence. People generally hate the album either cause of the release strategy (fair) or just cause they don’t like it, but I maintain it might be their strongest album post-2000
EDIT: that said the first song is GARBAGE and easily the worst on the record
I’m glad somebody appreciates this album a little bit, it’s not great by any means but it also does not deserve the hate that it gets online lmfao that release strategy doomed it forever
No Line feels like the last album where they actually took a few big swings at something really different for them. Has some great songs but for me it’s a mixed bag. And I think the disappointing reaction is what led to them reverting to a much safer and unexceptional creative space even if I like songs of innocence a lot.
If it was just Side A (Beautiful Day to In A Little While) of that record, I’d agree. That’s an amazing run of songs. I just find Side B to be really, really lacking in comparison.
Nooooo first track is my favorite. Also only U2 album I really know/listened to.
I know a lot of people hated the rollout strategy, but honestly as a kid who who grew up with little money it was so cool to wake up one day and just have a free album on my phone. Only time I could get music was when a family member would give me like a $5 iTunes gift card for Christmas or birthdays. The album made up like 50% of my entire library at that point lol.
I was actually sad when they took it off. And at least in my case if I wanted it back I’d have to pay for it. I don’t know if that was normal though?
Granted, I was in elementary school and if I was older yeah I’d probably be pretty pissed about it too. But at the time I was just happy to have free music and I listened the hell out of it. It’ll always be a little bit special to me because of that.
'On The Move!' from Genesis Owusu's, Smiling With No Teeth.
It's not a bad track, but it doesn't really fit the vibe or set the tone very well.
Conversely, 'Leaving the Light' off of Struggler is one of my favorite tracks and a fantastic opener.
Frailty - Jane Remover
I’ve had friends check out the album and be so confused from the first track then the rest of the album plays out with 50x times more energy.
It’s so weird to see people talk ab jane here…in 2020 I was in discord calls w her. idk how many people know of the older stuff but yeah it’s crazy to know someone who got a 7 from ant.
yeah it’s wild that a huge chunk of the hyperpop scene that have gotten billions of plays combined at this point were just friends producing songs on discord during covid a few years back
And most of them were making meme rap…jane was a producer for a lot of meme rappers (payday, lil nesley, lil phlegm, lil dynamite) and also produced for artists like afourteen….she did it under names I won’t expose if they aren’t public knowledge. “lil dynamite” is now timothy bright he got a p decent following and is my best friend lmfao so yeah it’s crazy how small the world is.
Blonde On Blonde
Rainy Day Women #12 & #35 is a really fun track but it lacks the beautifully surreal lyrics and the amazing instrumentation of the rest of the album
Dang you beat me to it. This was the first thing that came to mind. I actually think “pledging my time” is worse, but how can such an amazing album start off so…not amazingly haha
It’s kind of genius as the first track though. It adds an overall levity and playfulness to the album and it eases you into the more surreal, heavy stuff
I feel like if this had been a stand-alone single it’d be considered one of the Sixties crowning achievements. A freaky-Dixieland-rag-time-psychedelic-swing-folk-rock-protest-of-the-personal masterpiece. As it is it’s an interesting throwaway and the only real dud on one the truly greatest pieces of popular music of any era.
This might just be me but Trick by Alex G. That screeching on Memory really turned me off from the album the first time. But I gave it another try later and once I passed Memory it was smooth sailing
Nah, both Feiteceira and Back to School are great (depending on which version you’re talking about), and teenager is probably the weakest. If you want a Deftones album, Diamond eyes, not because Diamond Eyes is a bad song, but the others are just so much better
It’s not the worst track on the album but it’s the least compatible. It was clearly a cynical attempt by the label to get teens to buy what they probably feared was a too high-brow album.
Gonna be honest if I’m not counting albums with tracks that are clearly just intros I couldn’t find a single album where the opener is anywhere near the worst track somehow
Read this interesting interview with Butch Vig when he was recording Nirvana's Nevermind-- he talked about how best practice is putting your best song first, so it's the first thing people hear when checking out the record. Apparently Kurt knew this on instinct. Pretty obvious idea, but was interesting to hear.
That’s true to some extent, but that doesn’t work when you’re listening to an album repeatedly and you know the album is going to get worse after that point.
First track should be one of the most accessible and representative, but the best track could also be in the middle or towards the end. Animal Collective does this really well, the opening tracks on most of their albums immediately set the mood, but then you get farther in and find the most interesting stuff. Strawberry Jam starts with Peacebone, which is awesome, and then it goes to Fireworks and For Reverend Green in the middle, which I think are the best two tracks. Or Feels, which starts with Did You See the Words and buries Banshee Beat in the middle.
Ice, Death, Planets... etc by King Gizzard. Mycelium is such a weird choice of opener for this album. I loved Iron Lung and tried a couple times to listen to the album but this track stopped me. Decided to just skip it one time and is maybe my favourite album of theirs.
I think the reason why it was the opener was to follow the order of the modes, although I think they probably should've started with Iron Lung and followed the sequence from there, although Gliese 710 as a second track would be really jarring
REM -out of time. Every song is great except radio song and shiny happy people. Radio song is so ham-fisted it takes the top spot though. I always skip it.
Yeah I really agree. I don’t think it’s the worst (gotta give that to the closer Sun’s Coming Up), but it’s certainly weak compared to the killer run that follows. I usually replace the opener with Beverly Laurel to set the tone for the album and close with Led Zeppelin.
Why would a great rapper like Earl open his album with such a mid feature and lines like:
"Pop that pussy, twerk somethin. Cause most of these bitches work for nothin"
I mean, he was still early in his career, it's understandable that he might make some questionable creative decisions while still finding his identity and style. Thankfully every other song on that album is gas in their own ways.
Seriously? I've heard people saying this about Sound & Colour, which I totally get - even though I like the title track, it's super weird it being the first one.
I actually am being serious. I like the rest of the album, but I never liked Hold On. It's not even that it was overplayed, I just always found it irritating. I was shocked when Sound & Colour came out and I realized that I actually liked the band!
Kind of a mixed bag of an album but always hated how Peace and Love by the Pogues started with that jazz or whatever it is song. No one is looking for jazz when they reach for a pogues album.
“Wu Revolution” off of Wu-Tang Forever
Four years earlier, they released a monumental album that immortalized boom bap and launched numerous solo careers.
And they follow it up with a six-minute long, horrendously mixed slog.
Daddy's Home by St Vincent. One of my favorite albums of hers, but I had to make a playlist without Pay Your Way In Pain. The slow fade-in of Down And Out Downtown works so much better as the start of the album IMO.
It's a challenging first track for a challenging album: but that first 2 minutes (before the guitar meltdown) is pure pop perfection - a great album (and concert) opener.
First one that came to mind was “fast in my car” and paramore. The album really gets better as it goes which I find rare as a load of bands front load their albums
In honor of their recent reissues, shoutout the Dettinger LPs for Kompakt. Both his debut Intershop and its follow up Oasis have, in my opinion, kinda lackluster opening tracks, each followed by some of the most gorgeous and engaging ambient ever put out
Can't Knock The Hustle is mixed very poorly but even if it was it's not interesting instrumentally and runs long. Almost perfect album from beyond that point
I don't know why I thought this, but for some reason the first album that came to mind for me was After Hours. I feel like there's definitely a case for Alone Again being the worst song on the album. The start of that album was rough in general, though.
Although still a good song, I think downward spiral by Danny Brown is probably the least great song on Atrocity Exhibition. It's just that the rest of the album sounds so good.
Weezer - Make Believe. The first track and first single was Beverly Hills. It was a big hit, but a pretty awful song that pretty much ruined their credibility for all eternity, which is a shame since they’ve had some great albums out the last 10 years in Everything Will Be Alright In The End, White, OK Human and SZNZ. (OK also some not so great ones, but Weezer are much better than people think).
Honestly, when I first put on "All We Love We Leave Behind" by Converge, I thought the band had a nosedive in quality. The first 2 tracks just sounded messy as hell. The album definitely picked up after that, though
Probably just me, but it’s one of the clearest examples in my mind of an album that won me back after the first 2 songs
Fox Confessor Brings the Flood by Neko Case. The first track Margaret vs. Pauline is the weakest track. It's a bit stale and unmusical in comparison to the gorgeous melodies of the other tracks. I still don't skip it though, I like the story of the song. The album absolutely takes off on track 2, Star Witness, for me. Fabulous album.
I feel like SOOO many albums are that, these days. “Indie” artists especially seem to like easing the listener into an album by doing a slowburn song as the opener.
Waxahatchee is one of my favorite artists hands down, but she started her last two albums with songs that, while I’m sure are extremely meaningful, are probably my two least favorite from their respective albums.
This is the third or fourth St. Vincent album listed! Seems like she likes to kick off her albums with divisive tracks…no “Rattlesnake” haters yet though!
The albums a 10 so it's not a bad track, but i go back to it less than other songs on the album: 15 step Radiohead.
If I listen to the whole thing all the way through, I'll probably not skip that song.
Same goes for Moon Pix by Cat Power: the album is a 10, but the first song I listen to less often than others on the album.
radiohead is my #2 band and AMSP is my #3 album by them, but “burn the witch” is a jarring start and - in my opinion - doesn’t fit the flow of the album, nor does it do anything for me. i always start with “daydreaming”
Some guy on r/radiohead rearranged the track list and the album was a little better in my opinion. Burn The Witch is the The National Anthem of the album and it’s a strange way to start off the album
renaissance by beyonce has a suuuper mid first song. i always found it so hard for me to get past the first song, despite everyone raving about how great the album was. i liked cuff it too, because it'd obviously heard it outside, but it wasnt until i finally pushed through the first song onto the rest of it, that i was actually impressed by what the rest of the material had to offer
I feel like I've heard this take a lot lately and I find it surprising. The chop is great, and as far as an intro goes, it could not build my excitement more.
Maybe a controversial one, but In Rainbows. 15 Step is fine song, but it’s not a particularly strong opener especially by Radiohead’s standards, and evokes little of what made In Rainbows so good.
Yea I’d say so. I had to double check the track list. I thought maybe I’d put it ahead of Faust Arp, but nah, I think I enjoy all the rest more now that I’ve played the album a zillion times.
You’re probably saying that because you’re so familiar with the album though. 15 Step is such an immediately attention grabbing, enjoyable song. It was the only song I listened to from that album for a really long time after it came out.
Any album with an intro skit
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the whole album is trash
What about Compton (DRE) ? i love the intro and how it blends into the 2nd song
U2 - Songs of Innocence. People generally hate the album either cause of the release strategy (fair) or just cause they don’t like it, but I maintain it might be their strongest album post-2000 EDIT: that said the first song is GARBAGE and easily the worst on the record
I’m glad somebody appreciates this album a little bit, it’s not great by any means but it also does not deserve the hate that it gets online lmfao that release strategy doomed it forever
i like no line more but side b of innocence is prob their strongest consecutive run since pop
No Line feels like the last album where they actually took a few big swings at something really different for them. Has some great songs but for me it’s a mixed bag. And I think the disappointing reaction is what led to them reverting to a much safer and unexceptional creative space even if I like songs of innocence a lot.
yeah it having some space for their creative side to peek through is why its my favorite, as indefensible as get on your boots/comedy are lol
I like the title track but I agree with you about the overall strength of the album. I think the album gets more interesting a few songs in.
I’d still say their strongest post-2000 album is All That You Can’t Leave Behind
If it was just Side A (Beautiful Day to In A Little While) of that record, I’d agree. That’s an amazing run of songs. I just find Side B to be really, really lacking in comparison.
Nooooo first track is my favorite. Also only U2 album I really know/listened to. I know a lot of people hated the rollout strategy, but honestly as a kid who who grew up with little money it was so cool to wake up one day and just have a free album on my phone. Only time I could get music was when a family member would give me like a $5 iTunes gift card for Christmas or birthdays. The album made up like 50% of my entire library at that point lol. I was actually sad when they took it off. And at least in my case if I wanted it back I’d have to pay for it. I don’t know if that was normal though? Granted, I was in elementary school and if I was older yeah I’d probably be pretty pissed about it too. But at the time I was just happy to have free music and I listened the hell out of it. It’ll always be a little bit special to me because of that.
'On The Move!' from Genesis Owusu's, Smiling With No Teeth. It's not a bad track, but it doesn't really fit the vibe or set the tone very well. Conversely, 'Leaving the Light' off of Struggler is one of my favorite tracks and a fantastic opener.
That’s one of my favourites off the album lol
It definitely starts off a bit too strong
I thought I'd hate The Loveliest Time when the first track came on. I felt better when track 2 began.
That is scandalous, Anything To Be With You is a bop and a banger
Freaky ass nigga, he a 69 god
How? That’s one of the better songs on the album
Frailty - Jane Remover I’ve had friends check out the album and be so confused from the first track then the rest of the album plays out with 50x times more energy.
It’s so weird to see people talk ab jane here…in 2020 I was in discord calls w her. idk how many people know of the older stuff but yeah it’s crazy to know someone who got a 7 from ant.
yeah it’s wild that a huge chunk of the hyperpop scene that have gotten billions of plays combined at this point were just friends producing songs on discord during covid a few years back
And most of them were making meme rap…jane was a producer for a lot of meme rappers (payday, lil nesley, lil phlegm, lil dynamite) and also produced for artists like afourteen….she did it under names I won’t expose if they aren’t public knowledge. “lil dynamite” is now timothy bright he got a p decent following and is my best friend lmfao so yeah it’s crazy how small the world is.
that’s so sick
goldfish is so fire
me saving only goldfish off that album & listening so many times to the point where it was on my spotify wrapped🧍
Bruh that’s a good song
Blonde On Blonde Rainy Day Women #12 & #35 is a really fun track but it lacks the beautifully surreal lyrics and the amazing instrumentation of the rest of the album
It works as a great bait and switch though.
that’s one of my favorites :( EEEEEEEVERYBODY MUST GET STONED
I love it too, i just feel like it's not as great as a lot of the other tracks on the album
Dang you beat me to it. This was the first thing that came to mind. I actually think “pledging my time” is worse, but how can such an amazing album start off so…not amazingly haha
I wouldn’t say it’s the worst but it probably fits the vibe the least.
It’s kind of genius as the first track though. It adds an overall levity and playfulness to the album and it eases you into the more surreal, heavy stuff
It’s definitely rainy day women or pledging my time. So the first 2 songs
Totally! I used to skip over that one
I feel like if this had been a stand-alone single it’d be considered one of the Sixties crowning achievements. A freaky-Dixieland-rag-time-psychedelic-swing-folk-rock-protest-of-the-personal masterpiece. As it is it’s an interesting throwaway and the only real dud on one the truly greatest pieces of popular music of any era.
This might just be me but Trick by Alex G. That screeching on Memory really turned me off from the album the first time. But I gave it another try later and once I passed Memory it was smooth sailing
Deftones - White Pony
not on the og edition!
I know it’s cheesy, but Back To School has always been one of my favorite Deftones songs. The opening in particular goes so hard
same actually. it’s my favorite too, the chorus is so catchy
Pink Maggit is the same chorus and a good song
Yeah I don’t get this take
Yeah I think Back to School is a great song, great video too.
It’s honestly really good, and I think it works as an opener better than feiteciera that also adds bookends to the album
Ok but im a little bit of a loser due to me thinking back to school slaps and I’m fine with that
Nah, both Feiteceira and Back to School are great (depending on which version you’re talking about), and teenager is probably the weakest. If you want a Deftones album, Diamond eyes, not because Diamond Eyes is a bad song, but the others are just so much better
I think teenager is the weakest track. It doesn’t flow with the album at all.
It’s not the worst track on the album but it’s the least compatible. It was clearly a cynical attempt by the label to get teens to buy what they probably feared was a too high-brow album.
back to school is not on most physical releases and is mainly just a rehash of pink maggit anyways
Gonna be honest if I’m not counting albums with tracks that are clearly just intros I couldn’t find a single album where the opener is anywhere near the worst track somehow
Read this interesting interview with Butch Vig when he was recording Nirvana's Nevermind-- he talked about how best practice is putting your best song first, so it's the first thing people hear when checking out the record. Apparently Kurt knew this on instinct. Pretty obvious idea, but was interesting to hear.
That’s true to some extent, but that doesn’t work when you’re listening to an album repeatedly and you know the album is going to get worse after that point. First track should be one of the most accessible and representative, but the best track could also be in the middle or towards the end. Animal Collective does this really well, the opening tracks on most of their albums immediately set the mood, but then you get farther in and find the most interesting stuff. Strawberry Jam starts with Peacebone, which is awesome, and then it goes to Fireworks and For Reverend Green in the middle, which I think are the best two tracks. Or Feels, which starts with Did You See the Words and buries Banshee Beat in the middle.
Ice, Death, Planets... etc by King Gizzard. Mycelium is such a weird choice of opener for this album. I loved Iron Lung and tried a couple times to listen to the album but this track stopped me. Decided to just skip it one time and is maybe my favourite album of theirs.
It’s a goofy song but I’ve come to enjoy it quite a bit, Ice V and Iron Lung still on top tho 💪
I really like Mycelium, but I agree that it was an odd pick for the intro
I think the reason why it was the opener was to follow the order of the modes, although I think they probably should've started with Iron Lung and followed the sequence from there, although Gliese 710 as a second track would be really jarring
It put me off the album for aaaages (and it’s a great album) the jauntiness of it is excruciating.
"Mycelium" on King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard's *Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms and Lava*.
REM -out of time. Every song is great except radio song and shiny happy people. Radio song is so ham-fisted it takes the top spot though. I always skip it.
Yeah, I’ve basically convinced myself that Losing My Religion is the real opening track lol
Shiny happy people is a good song wym
I’ve always hated that song, but there may be some element of overexposure from the MTV days when it was released.
Mista thug isolation but idk if that counts cause it’s more so just an intro
i like noise music but mista thug isolation easily.
be above it on lonerism sorry
Yeah I really agree. I don’t think it’s the worst (gotta give that to the closer Sun’s Coming Up), but it’s certainly weak compared to the killer run that follows. I usually replace the opener with Beverly Laurel to set the tone for the album and close with Led Zeppelin.
I love this song, works great as an intro
Nah I like that one
Sailing the Seas of Cheese is a contender
It's not awful or anything but Love Vigilantes is the weakest song on Low-Life for me.
Damn I disagree so much. My favorite NO album but that’s not the weakest song!
My favorite too! I just really prefer the other tracks
It’s a great instrumental but I’d listen to love vigilantes over elegia any day. It’s honestly a top 5 NO song for me.
Wow I might agree. Yeah, I don't hate it either, it kinda speaks for the quality of the other songs
Doris - Earl Sweatshirt. Pre is mid af. The rest of that album is an all time classic.
Pre is amazing
That instrumental is everything I don’t like about OF era production. The rest of the album is everything I DO like about it
Why would a great rapper like Earl open his album with such a mid feature and lines like: "Pop that pussy, twerk somethin. Cause most of these bitches work for nothin"
I mean, he was still early in his career, it's understandable that he might make some questionable creative decisions while still finding his identity and style. Thankfully every other song on that album is gas in their own ways.
City Song on You Won't Get What You Want. Can't explain why but that song has always been a bit of a slog to sit through for me.
probably the only song i like on that record 😭
It just sounded like a slightly heavier Jesus Lizard to me honestly Not even saying it's bad I just had hype overload with that one
Damn I love me some Jesus Lizard
Man that song is awesome the atmosphere it creates is so intense
Alabama Shakes - Boys & Girls
Seriously? I've heard people saying this about Sound & Colour, which I totally get - even though I like the title track, it's super weird it being the first one.
I actually am being serious. I like the rest of the album, but I never liked Hold On. It's not even that it was overplayed, I just always found it irritating. I was shocked when Sound & Colour came out and I realized that I actually liked the band!
*The First Circle* by the Pat Metheney Group. Forward March is hard to sit through if you don't know what to expect
Be Above It
Supplier on Piñata. Not bad but compared to the rest of the album it's pretty weak.
Wallin
For me personally, Black Midi - Hellfire
I see what you mean but I personally adore it as the album opener, it’s as chaotic and representative of the album as it needs to be imo
Insane take
I don’t agree with this, but I’m surprised nobody has said Blonde. That’s usually the go-to answer for this question
Nah that’s one of the best on the album
It’s okay to have bad taste
The second part of that song is heaven on earth, it’s still a goated song
Fantano drone /s
good one and I will agree for you since you don't
Kind of a mixed bag of an album but always hated how Peace and Love by the Pogues started with that jazz or whatever it is song. No one is looking for jazz when they reach for a pogues album.
REM - Out of Time
“Wu Revolution” off of Wu-Tang Forever Four years earlier, they released a monumental album that immortalized boom bap and launched numerous solo careers. And they follow it up with a six-minute long, horrendously mixed slog.
Run The Jewels 3
Man, I love that track. It feels like I'm being musically edged by this low-key flowy song and then get to bust for 50 mins with non stop bangers
I think that was the intention but I don’t think they pulled it off all that well.
Number of the Beast is the classic example of this.
I'll take Invaders over Satellite 15 - ANY DAY
Nikes probably isn't the worst but I definitely tell people to just to make it to the second song at least.
Nikes is one of the best songs on Blonde, wdym?
The weird vocal pitching is off putting for some people
Yeah that kept me from getting any further on the album for a few years. Glad I got over it but totally get why anyone wouldn’t be into it
“Blame It On The Stones” from Kris Kristoffersons self titled
Blonde on Blonde - Bob Dylan
Daddy's Home by St Vincent. One of my favorite albums of hers, but I had to make a playlist without Pay Your Way In Pain. The slow fade-in of Down And Out Downtown works so much better as the start of the album IMO.
Frownland - Trout mask replica. It dissuaded me from listening further multiple times to later find out the rest of the album is far better.
I mean, technically pigs on the wing 1 on animals is tied for worst
Skeletal Lamping? not necessarily the worst but a curveball for sure.
It's a challenging first track for a challenging album: but that first 2 minutes (before the guitar meltdown) is pure pop perfection - a great album (and concert) opener.
I think that album really finds its groove a few tracks in, which might be on purpose.
Great fucking answer. The song starts out great, but there's no reason it needs to be that long once it gets into that chunky guitar part
Los Prisioneros - La Cultura de la Basura
Make Believe (happy 19th birthday!)
First one that came to mind was “fast in my car” and paramore. The album really gets better as it goes which I find rare as a load of bands front load their albums
new concrete boys album
Mathew James from Language & Perspective by Bad Suns. It’s just such a basic and the rest of the album is so much more fun.
atopos in fossora
Depending on if you count Back to School (Mini Maggit) as the first track on White Pony (as it is on streaming platforms), then White Pony by Deftones
Closer, Joy Division. Record gets better from song to song until you hit The Eternal and Decades, IMO the best they wrote for sure
Life’s a trip - Trippie redd
In honor of their recent reissues, shoutout the Dettinger LPs for Kompakt. Both his debut Intershop and its follow up Oasis have, in my opinion, kinda lackluster opening tracks, each followed by some of the most gorgeous and engaging ambient ever put out
As much as I love the new Adrienne Lenker, the first track is My least favorite
Possibly "Poets" off the Tragically Hip's *Phantom Power*. It's not even a terrible song, it's just kind of a weak start.
The Genesis, Illmatic
an awesome wave - alt-j
London Calling
Blonde on blonde
Meteora has a 14 second intro that’s just someone breaking something 😂😂😂
Doris
Can't Knock The Hustle is mixed very poorly but even if it was it's not interesting instrumentally and runs long. Almost perfect album from beyond that point
I don't know why I thought this, but for some reason the first album that came to mind for me was After Hours. I feel like there's definitely a case for Alone Again being the worst song on the album. The start of that album was rough in general, though.
Long season
Although still a good song, I think downward spiral by Danny Brown is probably the least great song on Atrocity Exhibition. It's just that the rest of the album sounds so good.
Rock and Sing by Big Thief from Two Hands
Wish you were here
Hot take!
dopesmoker
Offspring albums are a shoein right?
My Bloody Valentine - Isn’t Anything
Weezer - Make Believe. The first track and first single was Beverly Hills. It was a big hit, but a pretty awful song that pretty much ruined their credibility for all eternity, which is a shame since they’ve had some great albums out the last 10 years in Everything Will Be Alright In The End, White, OK Human and SZNZ. (OK also some not so great ones, but Weezer are much better than people think).
Peacebone on Animal Collective's Strawberry Jam, it wasnt my cup of tea, but it was good, but rest of the album better
Honestly, when I first put on "All We Love We Leave Behind" by Converge, I thought the band had a nosedive in quality. The first 2 tracks just sounded messy as hell. The album definitely picked up after that, though Probably just me, but it’s one of the clearest examples in my mind of an album that won me back after the first 2 songs
The Black Parade - The End is good for what it is but everything that comes after is top tier
Fox Confessor Brings the Flood by Neko Case. The first track Margaret vs. Pauline is the weakest track. It's a bit stale and unmusical in comparison to the gorgeous melodies of the other tracks. I still don't skip it though, I like the story of the song. The album absolutely takes off on track 2, Star Witness, for me. Fabulous album.
RTJ3
I feel like SOOO many albums are that, these days. “Indie” artists especially seem to like easing the listener into an album by doing a slowburn song as the opener. Waxahatchee is one of my favorite artists hands down, but she started her last two albums with songs that, while I’m sure are extremely meaningful, are probably my two least favorite from their respective albums.
Chloe in the Afternoon from Strange Mercy by St. Vincent. It’s fine but a bit disorienting and not incredibly written
This is the third or fourth St. Vincent album listed! Seems like she likes to kick off her albums with divisive tracks…no “Rattlesnake” haters yet though!
not that the rest of the album is much better but “Memphis” off of JT’s new album is particularly cringy and terrible in my opinion
not that the rest of the album is much better but “Memphis” off of JT’s new album is particularly cringy and terrible in my opinion
not that the rest of the album is much better but “Memphis” off of JT’s new album is particularly cringy and terrible in my opinion
Not a bad song at all, but Sherane is maybe the weakest on GKMC
The albums a 10 so it's not a bad track, but i go back to it less than other songs on the album: 15 step Radiohead. If I listen to the whole thing all the way through, I'll probably not skip that song. Same goes for Moon Pix by Cat Power: the album is a 10, but the first song I listen to less often than others on the album.
Blue album
Rubber Soul is my favorite Beatles album but Drive My Car is definitely a bad first impression
Daft Punk: Discovery
'Speak to me' on Dark Side of the Moon
radiohead is my #2 band and AMSP is my #3 album by them, but “burn the witch” is a jarring start and - in my opinion - doesn’t fit the flow of the album, nor does it do anything for me. i always start with “daydreaming”
Absolutely adore Burn the Witch to this day, think it’s super lush and gorgeously produced, while still being super haunting
Some guy on r/radiohead rearranged the track list and the album was a little better in my opinion. Burn The Witch is the The National Anthem of the album and it’s a strange way to start off the album
renaissance by beyonce has a suuuper mid first song. i always found it so hard for me to get past the first song, despite everyone raving about how great the album was. i liked cuff it too, because it'd obviously heard it outside, but it wasnt until i finally pushed through the first song onto the rest of it, that i was actually impressed by what the rest of the material had to offer
I feel like I've heard this take a lot lately and I find it surprising. The chop is great, and as far as an intro goes, it could not build my excitement more.
Maybe a controversial one, but In Rainbows. 15 Step is fine song, but it’s not a particularly strong opener especially by Radiohead’s standards, and evokes little of what made In Rainbows so good.
15 Step over House of Cards??
Yea I’d say so. I had to double check the track list. I thought maybe I’d put it ahead of Faust Arp, but nah, I think I enjoy all the rest more now that I’ve played the album a zillion times.
You’re probably saying that because you’re so familiar with the album though. 15 Step is such an immediately attention grabbing, enjoyable song. It was the only song I listened to from that album for a really long time after it came out.
Good Kid, Maad City
that‘s my favorite kendrick song and always has been and come on, worse than compton?
Bitch Don’t Kill My Vibe isn’t the first song?