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Question: Guitar-Album-Intro me !

querty — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 07:44:01 -0800

Guitar-Album-Intro me !

Looking for guitar intros/solos that starts off an album, stuff like:

Anberlin - (Debut) | off the album "Cities"

Converge - First Light | off the album "You Fail Me"

Requirements : Must be Track #1. No Vocals. Rock / Metal / Prog / Punk preferred... GO!

By: Dr-Baa

Dr-Baa — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 07:55:50 -0800

How about "Red" by King Crimson?

Here's a live version from the double trio days.

By: theichibun

theichibun — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 08:00:51 -0800

Sum 41: Grab the Devil by the Horns and **** Him Up the ***
Chevelle: Open (which runs right into the second song Point #1, so I don't know how well that will work for you)

By: jbickers

jbickers — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 08:07:18 -0800

Eruption! From the first Van Halen record. The mother of all record-opening guitar solos.

By: theichibun

theichibun — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 08:15:25 -0800

Except Eruption is track #2 on that album. Otherwise it would be perfect. Although you could cheat a little bit and say it's from the first Greatest Hits album, where it is the first track.

By: The Straightener

The Straightener — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 08:34:06 -0800

Converge - First Light | off the album "You Fail Me"

Great track, great album, I thought a lot of people were too critical of this one because it was so different from Jane Doe. The whole YFM album is a paean to mid-90s noise rock and the Jesus Lizard influence is really, really apparent. You should check out Then Comes Dudley, the lead off track to the Jesus Lizard's album "Goat" if you're not aware of it already, it has a similar extended instrumental lead in with lots of skronky guitar work.

By: jtoth

jtoth — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 08:47:44 -0800

Check out The Answers's Never Too Late EP. I love that opener.

Also, Van Halen's Fair Warning opens with what might just be the most badass guitar solo intro ever committed to vinyl :)

By: jbickers

jbickers — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 09:43:32 -0800

Except Eruption is track #2 on that album.

Man, this shows just how unreliable (my) memory is. I have vivid, vivid memories of that cut being track 1. Must've been a custom mix tape I had, or something.

By: Sailormom

Sailormom — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 10:39:21 -0800

"Intro/Sweet Jane" off of Rock And Roll Animal. It doesn't get any better than that.

By: plinth

plinth — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 10:50:28 -0800

Surfing with the Alien opens with the eponymous track. Here's a YouTube video of him playing it live and faster, and if you think you have the chops, he shows you how to play it.

By: ignignokt

ignignokt — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 11:22:57 -0800

Megadeth - Into the Lungs of Hell

By: abc123xyzinfinity

abc123xyzinfinity — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 12:14:16 -0800

Pink Floyd: Shine On You Crazy Diamond
Track 1 - "Shine On You Crazy Diamond"

By: abc123xyzinfinity

abc123xyzinfinity — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 12:15:49 -0800

Oops! The album is actually called Wish You Were Here

By: dfan

dfan — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 12:23:37 -0800

Maybe it doesn't count in the age of the CD, but Peace - a Theme kicks off side 2 of the King Crimson album In the Wake of Poseidon.

By: regicide is good for you

regicide is good for you — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 13:19:11 -0800

Queen - Procession, track 1 of Queen II

By: chronic sublime

chronic sublime — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 18:40:45 -0800

No. You're all wrong. Welcome to the Jungle on Guns N Roses' Appetite For Destruction. My boyfriend has even banned me from telling him it's the ultimate opening riff on any album every time it comes on in the car. I say it every effing time.

By: chronic sublime

chronic sublime — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 18:41:48 -0800

On further inspection, have I mis-read the question?? Anyway, I still stand by the opening riff part, even if it has lyrics alllll over it. Sorry!

By: paleyellowwithorange

paleyellowwithorange — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 02:20:42 -0800

Artist: Roger Waters
Album: Amused to Death
Song: The Ballad of Bill Hubbard
Guitarist: Jeff Beck

Artist: Pink Floyd
Album: The Division Bell
Song: Cluster One
Guitarist: David Gilmour