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
This Year's Model
― 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
Electro-Pura by Yo La Tengo was the quintessential example of this fer me.
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
Nirvana - Unplugged
― Ich bin kein Berliner (alex in mainhattan), Thursday, 11 October 2018 20:47 (five years ago) link
Eldorado/Out of the Blue/Face the Music/Third Day/Discovery by ELO.All the classic era Moody Blues albums.Every Girls Aloud album.One Step Beyond/Absolutely/Seven/Rise and Fall by Madness.1000 Years of Trouble by Age of Chance.
I just knew within seconds each album would be perfect for me.And they have been.There is something about a consistent production crew and a band that I love.
― mark e, Thursday, 11 October 2018 21:14 (five years ago) link
New Pornographers, Electric Version
― alpine static, Thursday, 11 October 2018 21:33 (five years ago) link
The Go! Team - Thunder, Lightning, Strike
― daavid, Thursday, 11 October 2018 21:34 (five years ago) link
any solex album
― Ross, Thursday, 11 October 2018 21:40 (five years ago) link
exactly my point.within seconds you know this is an album that's going to hit the spot.
― mark e, Thursday, 11 October 2018 22:09 (five years ago) link
OvalprocessRadian - tg11Aerial M - s/t
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Thursday, 11 October 2018 23:42 (five years ago) link
Pixies - Doolitle
Debaser
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 11 October 2018 23:49 (five years ago) link
bob drake's arx pilosa. "Many years ago - billions actually..." - sold.
― dub pilates (rushomancy), Thursday, 11 October 2018 23:50 (five years ago) link
Kraftwerk - Computer World
Took this out from the library c 1986; nodding gladly along to the initial electro perc and bass, then utterly sold when THAT little synth riff came in at 0:15. Still works.
― anatol_merklich, Friday, 12 October 2018 09:43 (five years ago) link
John Martyn / Solid Air
― fetter, Friday, 12 October 2018 09:59 (five 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, October 10, 2018 3:40 PM (two days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
about halfway through this album and loving it
― rip van wanko, Friday, 12 October 2018 14:30 (five years ago) link
weezer blue album btw
― rip van wanko, Friday, 12 October 2018 14:33 (five years ago) link
Master of Reality.
Blues for the Red Sun.
In A Silent Way.
― Have the Rams stopped screaming yet, Lloris? (Chinaski), Friday, 12 October 2018 14:37 (five years ago) link
Copper Blue.
― campreverb, Friday, 12 October 2018 15:05 (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 (five years ago) link
Snakes for the Divine
― Duke, Friday, 12 October 2018 15:44 (five years ago) link
I have a recollection of the 3 big trip hop albums (maxinquaye, dummy, mezzanine) being mindblowing for me when I played them for the first time. Mezzanine in particular but they all tell you what you need to know about what’s ahead in 20 seconds.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 12 October 2018 16:19 (five years ago) link
30 seconds: Leftism
― StanM, Friday, 12 October 2018 16:26 (five years ago) link
Agreed, Moka. Hearing those albums for the first time was transfixing and transformative from the get-go.
― pomenitul, Friday, 12 October 2018 16:29 (five years ago) link
Dinosaur jr - You're Living All Over Me
― Herb Achelors (NickB), Friday, 12 October 2018 16:30 (five years ago) link
monster magnet god says no
― reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 12 October 2018 16:45 (five 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
― 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
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 (eight months ago) link