Opening Album Tracks That Made You Stick Around

29. "Shadow Of Your Love" - 'Guns N' Roses EP' (1988)/'Appetite for Destruction' (Super Deluxe Edition 2018)

“Shadow Of Your Love” was released as part of the 1988 ‘Guns N’ Roses’ EP that was only released in Japan, but the track would finally get its first official release in the United States in 2018 as part of the Super Deluxe reissue of ‘Appetite for Destruction.’ It’s kind of amazing it took so long for the track to get an official release, because it certainly stands up to much of ‘Appetite’-era tracks. I guess file this one under “Better late than never.”

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BroBible.com has a list of the 50 best opening songs, on an album, of all time. Not surprisingly, a lot of them are at least 20 years old, back in the days when ALBUMS were more of a thing.

The list doesn't include much rap music, because the author found that the "opener" of rap albums is often a brief intro track , and the point of the list was to point out the ones that do the best job of "convincing people to stick around."

Also, each act could only be listed once.

Here's the Top 20:

1. "Welcome to the Jungle", Guns N' Roses . . . off "Appetite for Destruction"

2. "Whole Lotta Love", Led Zeppelin . . . off "Led Zeppelin 2"

3. "Let's Go Crazy", Prince and the Revolution . . . off "Purple Rain"

4. "Runnin' with the Devil", Van Halen . . . off their self-titled debut album

5. "Purple Haze", The Jimi Hendrix Experience . . . off "Are You Experienced?"

6. "No Church in the Wild", Jay-Z and Kanye West . . . off "Watch the Throne"

7. "Refugee", Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers . . . off "Damn the Torpedoes"

8. "Beautiful Day", U2 . . . off "All That You Can’t Leave Behind"

9. "Crazy in Love", Beyoncé . . . off "Dangerously in Love"

10. "Baba O'Riley", The Who . . . off "Who's Next"

11. "P-Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up)", Parliament . . . off "Mothership Connection"

12. "Rock 'n' Roll Star", Oasis . . . off "Definitely Maybe"

13. "Gimme Shelter", The Rolling Stones . . . off "Let It Bleed"

14. "My Name Is Jonas", Weezer . . . off "[The Blue Album]"

15. "Bombtrack", Rage Against the Machine . . . off their self-titled debut album

16. "Tom Sawyer", Rush . . . off "Moving Pictures"

17. "What's Going On", Marvin Gaye . . . off "What's Going On"

18. "Back in the Saddle", Aerosmith . . . off "Rocks"

19. "Rolling in the Deep", Adele . . off "21"

20. "Seven Nation Army", The White Stripes . . . off "Elephant"

To see the full list: BroBible.com

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Opening Album Tracks That Made You Stick Around

BroBible.com has a list of the 50 best opening songs, on an album, of all time. Not surprisingly, a lot of them are at least 20 years old, back in…

Carla Rea