NWA - Straight Outta Compton
― nashwan, Monday, 26 December 2022 20:22 (one year ago) link
The Shangri-Las - Leader of the Pack (Give Him a Great Big Kiss)
― Wet Legume (morrisp), Monday, 26 December 2022 20:24 (one year ago) link
The Fall - Dragnet (if a call-and-response chant counts...)
― Wet Legume (morrisp), Monday, 26 December 2022 20:25 (one year ago) link
Drive-By Truckers, "Decoration Day"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZ52COM60JI
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 26 December 2022 20:28 (one year ago) link
Smile (Our Prayer)
― Wet Legume (morrisp), Monday, 26 December 2022 20:33 (one year ago) link
Einstürzende Neubauten – Halber Mensch (Halber Mensch)Einstürzende Neubauten – Haus Der Luege (Prolog)Einstürzende Neubauten – Tabula Rasa (Die Interimsliebenden)
― this country's had enough of exports (Matt #2), Monday, 26 December 2022 20:40 (one year ago) link
Tigermilk (The State I’m In)
― Wet Legume (morrisp), Monday, 26 December 2022 20:47 (one year ago) link
Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True (Welcome to the Working Week)
Each of his first three albums!
― Moniker? I barely know 'er! (SlimAndSlam), Monday, 26 December 2022 20:54 (one year ago) link
King Crimson - Three of a Perfect Pair (Three of a Perfect Pair)
― Moniker? I barely know 'er! (SlimAndSlam), Monday, 26 December 2022 20:56 (one year ago) link
The Jam - The Gift (Happy Together)
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Monday, 26 December 2022 20:56 (one year ago) link
Arab Strap - Philophobia"It was the biggest cock you'd ever seen..."
― Camaraderie at Arms Length, Monday, 26 December 2022 20:59 (one year ago) link
STP - Core
― billstevejim, Monday, 26 December 2022 21:02 (one year ago) link
Cafe Tacvba - Avalancho de Exitos (Chilanga Banda)
― Moniker? I barely know 'er! (SlimAndSlam), Monday, 26 December 2022 21:03 (one year ago) link
British Sea Power’s Classic THE DECLINE of BRITISH SEA POWER starts with forty-one seconds of wordless sea-chanty harmonizing called “Men Together Today,” not sure if that is the right sense of Vocal for this thread.
― A Kestrel for a Neve (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 26 December 2022 21:13 (one year ago) link
Meryn Cadell - Angel Food for Thought (Secret)Meryn Cadell - Bombazine (Jonny & Betty)
― Moniker? I barely know 'er! (SlimAndSlam), Monday, 26 December 2022 21:14 (one year ago) link
The Sugarcubes - Life's Too Good (Traitor, gotta turn up the volume)
― eatandoph (Neue Jesse Schule), Monday, 26 December 2022 21:23 (one year ago) link
About 4 or 5 Popol Vuh albums.
― Twa pehs an' an ingin ane an' aw (Tom D.), Monday, 26 December 2022 21:24 (one year ago) link
Let It Be
― nate woolls, Monday, 26 December 2022 21:24 (one year ago) link
Suzanne Vega - Solitude Standing (Tom's Diner)Miley Cyrus - Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz (Dooo It!)
― The self-titled drags (Eazy), Monday, 26 December 2022 21:35 (one year ago) link
Epic Soundtracks - Fallen Down (Rise Above)
― Fried Egg Sandwich, Monday, 26 December 2022 22:34 (one year ago) link
In Visible Silence by Art of Noise starts with about a minute of looped vocal samples
― orifex, Monday, 26 December 2022 22:48 (one year ago) link
Spacemen 3 - Recurring (Big City)
― henry s, Monday, 26 December 2022 23:36 (one year ago) link
Todd Rundgren - Healing (Healer)
― henry s, Monday, 26 December 2022 23:43 (one year ago) link
Todd Rundgren - Todd (How About a Little Fanfare?)
― henry s, Monday, 26 December 2022 23:44 (one year ago) link
Moby - Play (Honey)
― The self-titled drags (Eazy), Tuesday, 27 December 2022 00:56 (one year ago) link
Caetano Veloso – the 1969 white album
― fpsa, Tuesday, 27 December 2022 03:20 (one year ago) link
And The Boy With the Arab Strap
(The 2nd and 4th B&S longplayers also get damn close, but the feeblest of guitar strums are audible a matter of milliseconds before the voice.)
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Tuesday, 27 December 2022 04:46 (one year ago) link
The Wedding Present, Watusi
― goodoldneon, Tuesday, 27 December 2022 05:30 (one year ago) link
Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
― ArchCarrier, Tuesday, 27 December 2022 05:59 (one year ago) link
vampire weekend’s contra (“horchata”) and fotb (“hold you now”) both start with sharp intakes of breath and singing shortly after
“obvious bicycle” from mvotc starts right with the vocal. I thought “mansard roof” did too, but nope, keys come in first
― sault bae (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 27 December 2022 06:53 (one year ago) link
Madness - One Step Beyond
― Valentijn, Tuesday, 27 December 2022 08:50 (one year ago) link
Neko Case 'Wild Creatures' on 'The Worse Things Get....'. Albeit by only about half a second.
― Dan Worsley, Tuesday, 27 December 2022 09:22 (one year ago) link
Soft Cell, 'Frustration' on 'Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret'.
― Dan Worsley, Tuesday, 27 December 2022 09:28 (one year ago) link
Exactly what I thought of when I saw the title. I've used it in a music quiz to a friend before.
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Tuesday, 27 December 2022 14:41 (one year ago) link
If we can have Let It Be we can surely have
We are the Night (distorted, alas)GodWeenSatanRevolverHeadquarters
?
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Tuesday, 27 December 2022 14:46 (one year ago) link
if distorted vocals count, then:
Daft Punk - Homework (Daftendirekt)
― henry s, Tuesday, 27 December 2022 14:50 (one year ago) link
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Tuesday, 27 December 2022 14:50 (one year ago) link
If we're counting vocal and music at the same time (as with the Play example) then The Wall
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Tuesday, 27 December 2022 14:51 (one year ago) link
if spoken word counts, then:
Orbital - The Brown Album (Time Becomes)
― henry s, Tuesday, 27 December 2022 14:52 (one year ago) link
age of chance : 1000 years of trouble.'there's a beautiful noise coming up from the street ..
'there's a beautiful noise coming up from the street ..
Not sure if this really counts because of the 20 seconds of noise before it but I love to see it mentioned
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Tuesday, 27 December 2022 14:53 (one year ago) link
and on the vocal-and-music-at-the-same-time tip:
American Music Club - Engine (Big Night)
― henry s, Tuesday, 27 December 2022 14:53 (one year ago) link
McCartney's Give My Regards to Broad Street opens with "No More Lonely Nights."
― The self-titled drags (Eazy), Tuesday, 27 December 2022 14:54 (one year ago) link
Spiritualized - Ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space (title track)
― henry s, Tuesday, 27 December 2022 14:56 (one year ago) link
The Kinks - Sleepwalker (Life on the Road)
― henry s, Tuesday, 27 December 2022 15:03 (one year ago) link
The Kinks - Something Else by The Kinks - (David Watts)
― henry s, Tuesday, 27 December 2022 15:06 (one year ago) link
Carter USM - 3O Something (Surfin' U.S.M.)
Bodyswap was on TV recently but with most of Rimmer's speech removed. For shame.
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Tuesday, 27 December 2022 15:12 (one year ago) link
The other Elvis's first album begins this way too ("Well it's-a one for the money"). So does Cliff Richard's studio debut Cliff Sings, with the same song.
Some others:Gene Vincent and his Blue Caps - Bluejean Bop!Little Richard - Here's Little RichardTommy Steele - The Duke Wore JeansBuddy Holly - That'll Be the DayThe Zombies - Begin HereLittle Richard - The Rill ThingBee Gees - 2 Years OnElvis Presley - Elvis NowThe Beach Boys - 15 Big OnesPaul McCartney - Flowers in the DirtThe Divine Comedy - Fin de SiècleSparks - Hello Young LoversThe Beach Boys - The Smile Sessions
― houdini said, Tuesday, 27 December 2022 15:18 (one year ago) link
― you can see me from westbury white horse,
was wondering if i was going to get caught out.i posted, then dug out the track and realised re the industrial noise starts before steven e appears.
― mark e, Tuesday, 27 December 2022 15:20 (one year ago) link
Both With the Beatles and Beatles for Sale start on the vocal.
― houdini said, Tuesday, 27 December 2022 15:22 (one year ago) link
McCartney's Give My Regards to Broad Street opens with "No More Lonely Nights." ― The self-titled drags (Eazy)
I hate to be a pedant but the album version of "No More Lonely Nights" starts with some atmosphere and a bass riff.
― houdini said, Tuesday, 27 December 2022 15:24 (one year ago) link
Dunno if a count-in counts, but "Roadrunner" from the Jonathan Richman/Modern Lovers debut. And also "Astral Plane" and "I'm Straight" from the same LP.
― Position Position, Wednesday, 28 December 2022 16:34 (one year ago) link
I might count that particular unusual count-in, but if all count-in’s count then Dee-Dee Ramone to thread!
― A Kestrel for a Neve (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 28 December 2022 16:44 (one year ago) link
Tommy James and the Shondells - Crimson and Clover (studio chatter category)
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, December 27, 2022 8:20 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
Fun fact: James was doing promo at WLS-AM in Chicago, and played a rough mix of "Crimson and Clover" for the station staff off-air. Unbeknownst to him, the station surreptitiously recorded it. On his way to that night's show, he heard the rough mix being played on WLS. Because it got so much airplay, he had to release it as-is.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 28 December 2022 18:17 (one year ago) link
Hallelujah All the Way Home by the Verlaines: "Well hello there, sordid inmates..."Kim Deal loves to do this. Pacer by the Amps / Pod & All Nerve by the Breeders. Others Breeders albums don't count but do start really spare and get to a vocal with some urgency.Also could've sworn Triffids' Born Sandy Devotional goes straight in with The Seabirds: "No foreign pair of dark sunglasses could ever shield you from/the light that pierces your eyelids, the screaming of the gulls."Turns out the strings come in a fraction of a second before, but think the general idea here is a call to attention to start with, and it's too arresting not to mention.
― verhexen, Wednesday, 28 December 2022 20:40 (one year ago) link
Barry Adamson - Oedipus SchmoedipusBlack Box Recorder - England Made MeThe Beths - Future Me Hates Me!
― technopolis, Wednesday, 28 December 2022 21:05 (one year ago) link
The Meters - The Meters
― nate woolls, Thursday, 29 December 2022 06:06 (one year ago) link
pretty sure Tommy James story was ... Pittsburgh?
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 29 December 2022 06:22 (one year ago) link
XXP: Yeah, that Triffids opener is one of most abrupt I can think of, otherwise! Like they could plausibly have already played through several such verses before we joined them. Gawd, I need to listen to it now...
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Thursday, 29 December 2022 08:22 (one year ago) link
Neko Case - Furnace Room Lullaby (Set Out Running)
― The self-titled drags (Eazy), Thursday, 29 December 2022 08:22 (one year ago) link
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs
― Wet Legume (morrisp), Thursday, 29 December 2022 18:19 (one year ago) link
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, December 29, 2022 1:22 AM (eleven hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
Pittsburgh was where someone found "Hanky Panky," played it at a bunch of dance parties, someone else pressed thousands of (bootleg) copies, then it went to #1 (in Pittsburgh, then Chicago, then nationally).
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 29 December 2022 18:23 (one year ago) link
Daniel Johnston, 1990 (entire first track is a cappella)
― goodoldneon, Thursday, 29 December 2022 19:55 (one year ago) link
Keyshia Cole's sophomore album JUST LIKE YOU. The song is "Let it Go". Technically there's a quick record scratch before she sings acapella, though.
― cahmiafl, Thursday, 29 December 2022 20:29 (one year ago) link
latest Costello album also starts with the vocal (Farewell, Ok)
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Thursday, 29 December 2022 20:34 (one year ago) link
All Saints s/t
― fetter, Thursday, 29 December 2022 22:26 (one year ago) link
Aphrodite's Child, 666 (The System)
― this country's had enough of exports (Matt #2), Thursday, 29 December 2022 22:51 (one year ago) link
Hot Chip, Freakout/Release (“Down”)
― more crankable (sic), Friday, 30 December 2022 06:34 (one year ago) link
Oneida - Each One Teach One
― I Occasionally Post on ILX (2x5), Friday, 30 December 2022 07:06 (one year ago) link
I opened the thread specifically to see if this one had been mentioned yet.
Nicely done, ILM.
― I can't tell if he's trolling or not (ilxor), Friday, 30 December 2022 07:24 (one year ago) link
Terence Trent D'Arby - Symphony or Damn (Welcome to my monasteryo)
― Hans Holbein (Chinchilla Volapük), Friday, 30 December 2022 07:32 (one year ago) link
Jeanne Balibar - Paramour (Le tour du monde)
― Hans Holbein (Chinchilla Volapük), Friday, 30 December 2022 07:33 (one year ago) link
Charli XCX - Crash (Crash)
― Hans Holbein (Chinchilla Volapük), Friday, 30 December 2022 07:35 (one year ago) link
Gun Club Miami Jeffrey Lee vocal gets joined by rest of band.
Does a cough count cos Junkyard starts with that before Nick sings about the death of his dad on Dead Joe.
― Stevolende, Friday, 30 December 2022 07:39 (one year ago) link
Johnny Hates Jazz’s “I Don’t Want to be a Hero” sounds very very close to Shalamar’s “I Can Make You Feel Good”
― houdini said, Friday, 30 December 2022 14:35 (one year ago) link
Sorry - wrong thread! Argh!
Stevie Wonder - Hotter Than July
― Hongro Hongro Hippies (Myonga Vön Bontee), Friday, 30 December 2022 15:50 (one year ago) link
Badfinger "Ass" ("Apple of My Eye")
― A Drunk Man Looks At Partick Thistle (Tom D.), Wednesday, 18 January 2023 17:23 (one year ago) link
American Life
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Wednesday, 25 January 2023 14:44 (one year ago) link
Songs About Fucking
― nate woolls, Wednesday, 25 January 2023 17:54 (one year ago) link
Medúlla by Björk
― ˈʌglɪɪst preɪ, Wednesday, 25 January 2023 17:57 (one year ago) link
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:A_cappella_albums
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Thursday, 26 January 2023 08:09 (one year ago) link
Frazier Chorus - Sue
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Wednesday, 8 February 2023 13:23 (one year ago) link
Big Audio Dynamite II: The Globe (Rush)
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 8 February 2023 16:23 (one year ago) link