Slow album openers

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Kanye West - On Sight

flappy bird, Tuesday, 24 April 2018 04:39 (six years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkJwpYrcAko

kinder, gentler (sleepingbag), Tuesday, 24 April 2018 04:40 (six years ago) link

The Cure have quite a few:

'The Holy Hour' from Faith
'Underneath the Stars' from 4:13 Dream
'The Kiss' from Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me

he doesn't need to be racist about it though. (Austin), Tuesday, 24 April 2018 05:27 (six years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcL4_dX43eY

ArchCarrier, Tuesday, 24 April 2018 05:50 (six years ago) link

Sonic Youth - "Free City Rhymes"
R.E.M. - "Airportman"

eatandoph (Neue Jesse Schule), Tuesday, 24 April 2018 08:12 (six years ago) link

Over and over. Tusk.

29 facepalms, Tuesday, 24 April 2018 08:12 (six years ago) link

Gary Numan, "This Wreckage". Total downer of an opening song. Crap choice for a single as well.

the word dog doesn't bark (anagram), Tuesday, 24 April 2018 08:14 (six years ago) link

Slowdive - "Rutti" - the apex of this art, for mine.

startled macropod (MatthewK), Tuesday, 24 April 2018 08:15 (six years ago) link

and the apex of Slowdive, come to think of it

startled macropod (MatthewK), Tuesday, 24 April 2018 08:16 (six years ago) link

Candy Says

thomasintrouble, Tuesday, 24 April 2018 08:17 (six years ago) link

Morton Feldman - "For Philip Guston"

la vache qui pleure (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 24 April 2018 08:20 (six years ago) link

Couple of alt/grunge ones:

Pearl Jam - 'Sometimes'
Smashing Pumpkins - 'Soothe'

(I love both of these. I don't like the way Hail Hail comes in so blusteringly after 'Sometimes though'

brand new universal harvester (dog latin), Tuesday, 24 April 2018 08:41 (six years ago) link

Fleetwood Mac - Over & Over

how's life, Tuesday, 24 April 2018 08:58 (six years ago) link

Didn't see 29facepalms post there.

how's life, Tuesday, 24 April 2018 08:58 (six years ago) link

These are at least appreciably slower than what immediately follows, from memory, though not necessarily dirges:

Talk Talk - "Myrrhman"
Dizzee Rascal - "Sittin' Here"
The Smiths - "Reel Around the Fountain"
Pavement - "We Dance"
Superchunk - "Like A Fool"

Maximum big surprise! (Nag! Nag! Nag!), Tuesday, 24 April 2018 09:06 (six years ago) link

JAMC - "Just Like Honey"
PiL - "Albatross" [though it probably *feels* slower than its actual BPM]

Maximum big surprise! (Nag! Nag! Nag!), Tuesday, 24 April 2018 09:30 (six years ago) link

Shellac - Didn't We Deserve A Look At You The Way You Really Are

imago, Tuesday, 24 April 2018 09:33 (six years ago) link

Miley Cyrus - “Adore”

... (Eazy), Tuesday, 24 April 2018 09:41 (six years ago) link

David Bowie - "Five Years"

willem, Tuesday, 24 April 2018 09:47 (six years ago) link

the Mountain Goats - Tallahassee

how's life, Tuesday, 24 April 2018 09:51 (six years ago) link

Wolf Alice - Turn to Dust

how's life, Tuesday, 24 April 2018 09:51 (six years ago) link

Bedhead exhume

yuoowemeone, Tuesday, 24 April 2018 09:52 (six years ago) link

jimmy eat world - "table for glasses"

lowercase (eric), Tuesday, 24 April 2018 09:56 (six years ago) link

Talk Talk, "Myrrhman" ... but, y'know.

startled macropod (MatthewK), Tuesday, 24 April 2018 10:05 (six years ago) link

Wire, "Reuters". Relatively speaking.

(Henry) Green container bin with face (Tom D.), Tuesday, 24 April 2018 10:25 (six years ago) link

Aaliyah's "We need a resolution"
Lennon's "Imagine"
Smashing Pumpkins "To Sheila"

AlXTC from Paris, Tuesday, 24 April 2018 11:01 (six years ago) link

Queens of the Stone Age - This Lullaby and Keep Your Eyes Peeled

how's life, Tuesday, 24 April 2018 11:04 (six years ago) link

actually scratch This Lullaby. that's a quiet song but pretty fast.

how's life, Tuesday, 24 April 2018 11:05 (six years ago) link

Wilco - I Am Trying to Break Your Heart

Gavin, Leeds, Tuesday, 24 April 2018 11:17 (six years ago) link

yeah, it can be difficult to estimate sometimes (for instance, the opening suggestion is over 105 bpm...).

AlXTC from Paris, Tuesday, 24 April 2018 11:17 (six years ago) link

Scott Walker, "It's Raining Today"

(Henry) Green container bin with face (Tom D.), Tuesday, 24 April 2018 11:20 (six years ago) link

Lou Reed, "Berlin".

(Henry) Green container bin with face (Tom D.), Tuesday, 24 April 2018 11:22 (six years ago) link

Archers of Loaf - Step Into the Light

kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 24 April 2018 12:09 (six years ago) link

Funkadelic, "Maggot Brain".

(Henry) Green container bin with face (Tom D.), Tuesday, 24 April 2018 12:13 (six years ago) link

the first track on Magma's MDK is pretty slow going compared to the rest of it

frogbs, Tuesday, 24 April 2018 12:16 (six years ago) link

occasionally ops will throw me off for the whole thread, this is one of those

flamenco drop (BradNelson), Tuesday, 24 April 2018 12:22 (six years ago) link

Bedhead exhume

...

thots and players (rip van wanko), Tuesday, 24 April 2018 12:27 (six years ago) link

The Wrens - The House That Guilt Built
Nick Cave - Avalanche
Modest Mouse - The World at Large

808s & Deep States (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 24 April 2018 12:39 (six years ago) link

Grateful Dead Dark Star. 23 minutes long too, Eleven picks up the beat quite a bit.

Stevolende, Tuesday, 24 April 2018 12:43 (six years ago) link

Cloud Nothings - No Future/No Past

obvious, Tuesday, 24 April 2018 13:07 (six years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6H3JeKhoCQ

dinnerboat, Tuesday, 24 April 2018 14:19 (six years ago) link

....this thread was a joke guys................ .... .. .

flappy bird, Tuesday, 24 April 2018 16:03 (six years ago) link

:-(

... (Eazy), Tuesday, 24 April 2018 17:17 (six years ago) link

....this thread was a joke guys

Not to me.

PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love

kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 24 April 2018 18:32 (six years ago) link


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