"I don't wanna kiss you, I don't wanna touch..."
― ellaguru, Thursday, 16 December 2010 16:17 (thirteen years ago) link
Rory Gallagher- Irish Tour
he's tuning up and you know this is going to be a fucking killer show.
― Randy Moss' dog's personal chef (Bill Magill), Thursday, 16 December 2010 16:29 (thirteen years ago) link
cluster - zuckerzeit
― straight old fashioned, virgin (another al3x), Thursday, 16 December 2010 16:30 (thirteen years ago) link
The Congos- Heart of the Congos, for the exact same reason as Loveless, weirdly enough.
― oiocha, Thursday, 29 January 2015 00:33 (nine years ago) link
fuckin' FUN HOUSE!!!!
― Mr. Snrub, Thursday, 29 January 2015 01:04 (nine years ago) link
Patti Smith - Horses
― Lee626, Thursday, 29 January 2015 02:02 (nine years ago) link
Stone Roses
― ghetto phablet (rip van wanko), Thursday, 29 January 2015 02:13 (nine years ago) link
Live Evil
― walid foster dulles (man alive), Thursday, 29 January 2015 02:23 (nine years ago) link
Fun House cosign
also Hounds of Love
― mom, Thursday, 29 January 2015 02:24 (nine years ago) link
hi mom!
― i ain't marchant anymore (unregistered), Thursday, 29 January 2015 02:33 (nine years ago) link
This Year's Model
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 29 January 2015 04:39 (nine years ago) link
I've heard less than a minute of Current 93's Sleep Has His House and I know this is going to be the best album of all time
― imago, Wednesday, 10 October 2018 19:40 (five years ago) link
Maybe Raw Power?
― brush ’em like crazy (morrisp), Wednesday, 10 October 2018 19:49 (five years ago) link
pirates
i just knew
― princess of hell (BradNelson), Wednesday, 10 October 2018 20:12 (five years ago) link
Unknown Pleasures anyone? The slightly sluggish drums, the characteristic bass lead line with the oomph and the guitar motiv are all present in the first 20 seconds. Plus some synthesizer effects. It's all there, one of the greatest albums of all-time has just begun and you know it immediately.
― Ich bin kein Berliner (alex in mainhattan), Wednesday, 10 October 2018 20:20 (five years ago) link
Richard D. James LP probably another one.
― brush ’em like crazy (morrisp), Wednesday, 10 October 2018 20:23 (five years ago) link
Owen Pallett's 'Heartland' comes to mind: you hear those strings rising and you're just knocked for six.
LJ you're in for a treat, Sleep Has His House is a stone cold classic.
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 10 October 2018 20:29 (five years ago) link
I just checked this out, and uhhh.... what are you hearing, exactly(?)
― brush ’em like crazy (morrisp), Wednesday, 10 October 2018 20:38 (five years ago) link
Mournful perfect bassline interjected by frolic-sad-soft folk guitar shimmer. It's a mood idk
Title track BTW - now THAT is how you construct a long ambient piece that I can get with. Just needs magick
― imago, Wednesday, 10 October 2018 21:02 (five years ago) link
Yeezus
― dinnerboat, Wednesday, 10 October 2018 21:06 (five years ago) link
The Young Gods - L'eau RougeSwans - Holy Money
― MaresNest, Wednesday, 10 October 2018 21:10 (five years ago) link
xxp I guess the bassline isn't coming thru via my computer speakers; the first minute sounds mostly silent!
― brush ’em like crazy (morrisp), Wednesday, 10 October 2018 21:10 (five years ago) link
Where’s the thread for albums that give you anticipatory goosebumps in the first two minutes and then turn into a total slog HELLO LATE NINETIES TECHNO
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 10 October 2018 21:44 (five years ago) link
How about albums whose opening track initially sounded limp/underwhelming -- especially given the hype around the album -- but you quickly came around after a few spins:
SLANTED & ENCHANTED
IS THIS IT
― brush ’em like crazy (morrisp), Wednesday, 10 October 2018 22:05 (five years ago) link
Where’s the thread for albums that give you anticipatory goosebumps in the first two minutes and then turn into a total slog
HELLO LATE NINETIES TECHNO
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 10 October 2018 21:44 (twenty-three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Plaid - Double Figure being a lovely example
― imago, Wednesday, 10 October 2018 22:08 (five years ago) link
d'angelo - black messiah
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 10 October 2018 22:12 (five years ago) link
Miles Davis - Nefertiti (probably other Miles albums too)
― Paul, Thursday, 11 October 2018 00:50 (five years ago) link
Electro-Pura by Yo La Tengo was the quintessential example of this fer me.
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 11 October 2018 01:04 (five years ago) link
Phil niblock - touch food
― brimstead, Thursday, 11 October 2018 03:39 (five years ago) link
phill
State Of Grace - Taylor Swift (the Edge-style guitar comes in just under the 20 sec line)
― austinb, Thursday, 11 October 2018 07:10 (five years ago) link
Most recently, Hannah Peel's Awake but Always Dreaming did this to me.
The moment the beat and subsequently Hannah's glorious vocals kick in within the first 15 seconds of All That Matters I was hooked. And the record only got much much better after every track.
― octobeard, Thursday, 11 October 2018 08:07 (five years ago) link
Second Toughest In The Infants
― groovypanda, Thursday, 11 October 2018 08:54 (five years ago) link
Dave Holland Quartet - Conference of the Birds
― pomenitul, Thursday, 11 October 2018 09:11 (five years ago) link
Oh and Alice Coltrane's Journey in Satchidananda.
― pomenitul, Thursday, 11 October 2018 09:12 (five years ago) link
More recently whilst on an ECM jag, Rainer Bruninghaus - Continuum
― MaresNest, Thursday, 11 October 2018 09:13 (five years ago) link
Genesis' Duke begins with the powerful, fanfare-like intro of 'Behind the Lines', which has such ferocious drumming from Phil Collins. I know there's people out there that prefer Collins' solo version, but the Genesis original is the one.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Thursday, 11 October 2018 18:14 (five years ago) link
Also: Suede - The Blue Hour.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Thursday, 11 October 2018 18:15 (five years ago) link
Alice Cooper, "Killer".
― Zach Same (Tom D.), Thursday, 11 October 2018 18:24 (five years ago) link
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, January 28, 2015 11:39 PM (three years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this was my first instinct too
― nba jungboy (voodoo chili), Thursday, 11 October 2018 18:25 (five years ago) link
Alice Cooper, "Killer".― Zach Same (Tom D.), Thursday, October 11, 2018 6:24 PM (two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Zach Same (Tom D.), Thursday, October 11, 2018 6:24 PM (two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I 110% agree with this. Billion Dollar Babies has 'Hello Hooray' too, which also fits the bill.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Thursday, 11 October 2018 18:28 (five years ago) link
good call
― mookieproof, Thursday, 11 October 2018 18:29 (five years ago) link
Xp "The Blue Hour"? Really? I never understood the appeal of Suede. Brett Anderson's theatrical mannered way of singing, his lard locke, the grandiose pompous music. Brett, wake up and make some real music like a punk album!
― Ich bin kein Berliner (alex in mainhattan), Thursday, 11 October 2018 18:42 (five years ago) link
Kimono My House feels like an obvious example
― frogbs, Thursday, 11 October 2018 18:45 (five years ago) link
^^^ yeah, that's a great intro: the slow fade in and then Russell's bizarre voice.
Has no one said Remain in Light yet? That big "AH!" followed by the bubbling polyrhythms and the layers of noises...
― Freddy "Boom Boom" QAnon (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 11 October 2018 18:54 (five years ago) link
Liar
― I Occasionally Post on ILX (2x5), Thursday, 11 October 2018 18:55 (five years ago) link
Going for some more recent picks here. . .
King Krule — '6 Feet Beneath the Moon'William Tyler — 'Impossible Truth'Radiohead — "In Rainbows'
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Thursday, 11 October 2018 19:54 (five years ago) link
post
― mookieproof, Thursday, 11 October 2018 20:08 (five years ago) link
meat puppets ii
― nba jungboy (voodoo chili), Thursday, 11 October 2018 20:29 (five years ago) link
Ege Bamyasi's another one, talk about just getting down to business
I Get Wet, maybe another obvious example, but yeah you pretty much know right away what you're in store for
― frogbs, Thursday, 11 October 2018 20:42 (five years ago) link