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<blockquote data-quote="Riley" data-source="post: 9112099" data-attributes="member: 12870"><p>Okay, I'll post my list (for today). My answers will be completely different tomorrow.</p><p></p><p>A tiny part of my mind keeps urging me to cite U2's Zooropa, but I'm dismissing that.</p><p>I'll also dismiss Massive Attack's Protection as someone else's correct answer (from "High Fidelity").</p><p></p><p>Today I'm apparently in a mood for opening tracks that build from a minimalist start:</p><p></p><p><strong>1. Laurie Anderson - From the Air (Big Science, 1982)</strong></p><p>It not only announces what will follow on the album, but in all Laurie's future work.</p><p></p><p>""Good evening. This is your Captain.</p><p>We are about to attempt a crash landing.</p><p>Please extinuish all cigarettes.</p><p>Place your tray tables in their upright, locked position.</p><p>Your Captain says: Put your head on your knees.</p><p>Your Captain says: Put your head on your hands.</p><p>Captain says: Put your hands on your head. Put your hands on your hips.</p><p>Heh heh.</p><p>This is your Captain, and we are going down.</p><p>We are all going down, together."</p><p>And I said: "Uh oh.</p><p>This is gonna be some day.""</p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]CL2a8fos5NI[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>2. XTC - River of Orchids (Apple Venus, 1999)</strong></p><p>This studio-constructed round built on a base of plucked strings and water drops easily justified XTC's prior 7 years of (get-out-of-our-horrible-record-contract) silence.</p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]BXcGM4iU1a0[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>3? Stevie Wonder's Superstition...</strong> is disqualified solely on the technicality that it opens Side 2 of 1972's Talking Book.</p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]0CFuCYNx-1g[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>If it must be disqualified, I offer instead these honorable mentions (pick any for #3):</strong></p><p>David Bowie - Five Years (The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars, 1972)</p><p>Madness - One Step Beyond (1979)</p><p>Prince - Controversy (1981) or Sign ‘O’ The Times (1987)</p><p>King Crimson - Elephant Talk (Discipline, 1981)</p><p>Luna - California [All The Way] (Bewitched, 1994)</p><p>Regina Spektor - Fidelity (Begin to Hope, 2006)</p><p></p><p>Disclaimers: Yes I am old, and my opportunities to sit and carefully listen to whole, new albums have been about nil since 2004. Get off my lawn! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Riley, post: 9112099, member: 12870"] Okay, I'll post my list (for today). My answers will be completely different tomorrow. A tiny part of my mind keeps urging me to cite U2's Zooropa, but I'm dismissing that. I'll also dismiss Massive Attack's Protection as someone else's correct answer (from "High Fidelity"). Today I'm apparently in a mood for opening tracks that build from a minimalist start: [B]1. Laurie Anderson - From the Air (Big Science, 1982)[/B] It not only announces what will follow on the album, but in all Laurie's future work. ""Good evening. This is your Captain. We are about to attempt a crash landing. Please extinuish all cigarettes. Place your tray tables in their upright, locked position. Your Captain says: Put your head on your knees. Your Captain says: Put your head on your hands. Captain says: Put your hands on your head. Put your hands on your hips. Heh heh. This is your Captain, and we are going down. We are all going down, together." And I said: "Uh oh. This is gonna be some day."" [MEDIA=youtube]CL2a8fos5NI[/MEDIA] [B]2. XTC - River of Orchids (Apple Venus, 1999)[/B] This studio-constructed round built on a base of plucked strings and water drops easily justified XTC's prior 7 years of (get-out-of-our-horrible-record-contract) silence. [MEDIA=youtube]BXcGM4iU1a0[/MEDIA] [B]3? Stevie Wonder's Superstition...[/B] is disqualified solely on the technicality that it opens Side 2 of 1972's Talking Book. [MEDIA=youtube]0CFuCYNx-1g[/MEDIA] [B]If it must be disqualified, I offer instead these honorable mentions (pick any for #3):[/B] David Bowie - Five Years (The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars, 1972) Madness - One Step Beyond (1979) Prince - Controversy (1981) or Sign ‘O’ The Times (1987) King Crimson - Elephant Talk (Discipline, 1981) Luna - California [All The Way] (Bewitched, 1994) Regina Spektor - Fidelity (Begin to Hope, 2006) Disclaimers: Yes I am old, and my opportunities to sit and carefully listen to whole, new albums have been about nil since 2004. Get off my lawn! ;) [/QUOTE]
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