| Best Openers |
| 50 |  | Tori Amos
From the Choirgirl Hotel
Just something about the first two seconds just BLEEDS emotion |
| 49 |  | Queen
Innuendo
After ten years of cheese, the militant drumbeat and dark synths show you this isn't the Queen you thought you knew |
| 48 |  | Massive Attack
Mezzanine |
| 47 |  | Alice in Chains
Dirt |
| 46 |  | U2
The Joshua Tree
ZOMG BEST OPENING EVAR |
| 45 |  | Pearl Jam
Ten |
| 44 |  | PJ Harvey
Rid of Me
LICK MY LIPS OF DESIRE |
| 43 | | Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin |
| 42 |  | Bob Dylan
Highway 61 Revisited
"The first time I heard Bob Dylan, I was in the car with my mother listening to WMCA, and on came that snare shot that sounded like somebody'd kicked open the door to your mind" |
| 41 |  | Tool
Aenima |
| 40 |  | Smashing Pumpkins
Siamese Dream |
| 39 | | David Bowie
The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust |
| 38 |  | Rage Against The Machine
Rage Against The Machine
crescendo |
| 37 |  | Placebo
Without You I'm Nothing |
| 36 |  | Sigur Ros
( ) |
| 35 |  | Radiohead
Kid A
I'd love to see the faces on fans when this was first out |
| 34 |  | Iggy Pop
Lust for Life
Choose life. |
| 33 |  | Manic Street Preachers
The Holy Bible
HE'S A BOY, YOU WANT A GIRL SO TEAR OFF HIS COCK! TIE HIS HAIR BUNCHES, FUCK HIM, CALL HIM RITA IF YOU WANT |
| 32 |  | Gallows
Orchestra of Wolves |
| 31 |  | David Bowie
Scary Monsters |
| 30 |  | Garbage
Garbage |
| 29 |  | Brand New
The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me |
| 28 |  | At the Drive-In
Relationship of Command
AAAAAAAAHHHHHHH |
| 27 |  | The Clash
London Calling
Iconic |
| 26 |  | Muse
Origin of Symmetry |
| 25 |  | Pearl Jam
Vs. |
| 24 |  | Moby
Animal Rights
Read my review |
| 23 |  | U2
War |
| 22 |  | Biffy Clyro
Puzzle |
| 21 |  | Refused
The Shape of Punk to Come
I'VE GOT A BONE TO PICK WITH CAPITALISM |
| 20 |  | Daniel Johnston
Hi, How Are You
NO ONE UNDERSTANDS YOU, POOR YOU, POOR YOU |
| 19 |  | The Last Shadow Puppets
The Age of the Understatement |
| 18 |  | Klaxons
Myths of the Near Future
You can almost hear NME's collective foreskin |
| 17 |  | Black Sabbath
Paranoid
2nd heaviest guitar riff ever |
| 16 |  | Placebo
Sleeping With Ghosts
As far as I know, Placebo's only instrumental, and yet one of their heaviest tracks |
| 15 |  | Manic Street Preachers
Journal for Plague Lovers
The Machinist is in my top 5 films |
| 14 |  | Nine Inch Nails
The Downward Spiral
I was almost scared to listen to this |
| 13 |  | The White Stripes
White Blood Cells |
| 12 |  | The Prodigy
The Fat of the Land |
| 11 |  | Korn
Korn
ARE YOU REEEEAAADDDYYYY |
| 10 |  | Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
Heaviest guitar riff ever |
| 9 |  | The Prodigy
Invaders Must Die
The actual album is a little underwhelming, but this is golden. Starts off with ominous bass, before guitar riffs slowly build then cut to a spoken sample of "We Are... The Prodigy" before your skull is caved in with harsh pulsing beats and freakishly loud synths |
| 8 | | The Cure
Disentegration |
| 7 |  | Queens of the Stone Age
Songs for the Deaf
You can't even hear it |
| 6 |  | Brand New
Deja Entendu
Ny Batteri |
| 5 |  | Faith No More
Angel Dust
Perfect for the album |
| 4 |  | The Verve
Urban Hymns
You've heard it. About forty seconds of beautiful ambient build-up and then the coolest drums ever. Triumphant |
| 3 |  | Red Hot Chili Peppers
Californication
Flea = God |
| 2 |  | Brand New
Daisy
Actually shat bricks |
| 1 | | Godspeed You! Black Emperor
F# A# (Infinity)
The car's on fire, and there's no driver at the wheel |
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