Best opening tracks of debut albums

It's simple, really: what do you think is the best opening track of a band or artist's debut album? The best song that announces the arrival of a new band?

I'm asking because I had this song in my head this morning:

https://youtu.be/3dLAv0NklTg

[ Break on Through (To the Other Side) - The Doors ]

For my money it's Rock 'n' Roll star. Track 1, Definitely maybe.

Welcome to the Jungle on Appetite for Destruction by Guns and Roses

'Bone Machine' off Come On Pilgrim by the Pixies.

Running With The Devil - Van Halen
See No Evil - Television
Confidence Man - The Jeff Healey Band

Good call on 'See No Evil,' Davie!

Like a Rolling Stone- Bob Dylan (Highway 61 Revisited)

Neighbourhood (Tunnels) - Aracde Fire (Funeral)

Ramones (The Ramones) – Blitzkrieg Bop
Velvet Underground (Velvet Underground & Nico) – Sunday Morning
Arctic Monkeys (Whatever People Say I am, That’s What I’m Not) – View From the Afternoon
The Stone Roses (The Stone Roses) – I Wanna Be Adored

Gaelic-Warrior wrote:Like a Rolling Stone- Bob Dylan (Highway 61 Revisited)

It's a great song, but Highway 61 Revisited isn't Dylan's debut album.

Hero wrote:The Stone Roses (The Stone Roses) – I Wanna Be Adored

THANK YOU! I knew the first track on that album was a classic but couldn’t remember what it was. Great choice.

Jenny was a friend of mine – The Killers

Followed by track 2 – Somebody Told Me

Shame the rest of their catalogue from track 3 to the present day is utter shyte. Showed such great promise.

Slash and Burn - Manic Street Preachers

Pearl Jam (Ten) - Once
R.E.M. (Murmur) - Radio Free Europe
Led Zeppelin (Led Zeppelin) - Good Times, Bad Times

'Black Sabbath' by Black Sabbath off Black Sabbath. The sound of doom!

Biffy Clyro (Infinity Land) - Glitter and Trauma

A Day To Remember (Homesick) - Downfall Of Us All

Foo Fighters (One By One) - All My Life

I'm pretty sure the debut album for Foo Fighters was self-titled.

luckless_pedestrian wrote:

Gaelic-Warrior wrote:Like a Rolling Stone- Bob Dylan (Highway 61 Revisited)

It's a great song, but Highway 61 Revisited isn't Dylan's debut album.

Ooops! Sorry man. I misread the title of the thread.

In that case-
Do it again- Steely Dan (Can't Buy a Thrill)

Gaelic-Warrior wrote:Do it again- Steely Dan (Can't Buy a Thrill)

Great song, great album!

Pr4wn wrote:I'm pretty sure the debut album for Foo Fighters was self-titled.

Yeah it was mate but the song I mentioned is on the album 'One by One'

Though I'm unsure whether this was their first album, Nirvana - Smells like teen spirit springs to mind. Another is Is This It by The Strokes.

I just read the OP too.

Woops

GG wrote:Though I'm unsure whether this was their first album, Nirvana - Smells like teen spirit springs to mind. Another is Is This It by The Strokes.

Nevermind was Nirvana's second album. Not a bad opener to it, though!

A couple of my favourites (Stone Roses, GNR) have already been mentioned, so here's a couple more suggestions from me:

U2 - I Will Follow (Boy)
Duran Duran - Girls on Film (Self titled debut)
Ride - Seagull (Nowhere)
The Sex Pistols - Holiday in the Sun (Nevermind The B*ll*cks, Here's The...)
The Stereophonics - A Thousand Trees (Word Gets Around)
The Script - We Cry (Self titled debut)

'Girls on Film' is a great song, Cari!

I Wanna be Adored - The Stone Roses

Holidays In The Sun - Never Mind The B****cks Heres The S*x Pistols

luckless_pedestrian wrote:'Girls on Film' is a great song, Cari!

It is, and I bet the guy who sold them the song for a measly £600 back in 1980 is gutted!

I had to go away and think about the DEBUT albums I've got...now if you said best opening tracks on an album....but that's another thread...

That would be a good idea for a thread, But I was thinking debut albums because that's how new bands announce their arrival, singles aside.

...and just as I typed that "Girls on Film" comes on the radio!!!

That's true Lucky...there's been some disappointing debut albums though from people who became huge as time went on and produced better albums later on.

Oh, I just thought of a cracker: 'Astronomy Domine' off The Piper at the Gates of Dawn by Pink Floyd. I love Pink Floyd Mk I.

Blur (Leisure) - She's So High
Wham (Fantastic) - Bad Boys
Rage Against the Machine (self titled) - Bombtrack
Elvis Presley (self titled) - Blue Suede Shoes

RATM, how on earth did I miss that beauty!

U2 (Boy) - I Will Follow
Radiohead (Pablo Honey) - You
Muse (Showbiz) - Sunburn
Bloc Party (Silent Alarm) - Like Eating Glass

Can't believe I missed Sunburn. What a song...

Madonna - Lucky Star
The Clash - Janie Jones
Jeff Buckley - Mojo Pin

Maybe not a debut album (in fact definitely not a debut album) but the first track off Philophobia by Arab Strap really sets the mood!

Oh and how could I forget the title track from the Villagers album "Becoming A Jackal". It's class!

Cari wrote:Oh and how could I forget the title track from the Villagers album "Becoming A Jackal". It's class!

You're a personal hero of mine Cari you know that!

Some other gems.

Wreckin bar - The Vaccines
Henrietta - The Frattellis
Jenny was a friend of mine - The Killers
Damien Rice - Delicate

'Reuters' from the album Pink Flag by Wire.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_cMF2eluxM