Best opening 3 songs on an album? or strongest 3 songs in a row on an album?

[Takes_Two_To_Tango]

Nevermind

1. Smells Like Teen Spirit
2. In Bloom
3. Come as You Are

Joshua Tree

1. Where the Streets Have No Name
2. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
3. With or Without You

Thriller

4. Thriller
5. Beat It
6. Billie Jean

 

[HARRISON_3]

Just listen to it 3 times

 

[heavyarms21]

Isn't Thirller still one of the highest selling singles of all time ? I remember it was between that and Hotel California for some accolade but I don't quite remember.

 

[I Am Legion]

GNR AFD:
Opened with:
Welcome to The Jungle
It's So Easy
Night Train

Def Lep Pyromania:
Has two 3 peats of bad ass songs:
Starts with:
Rock,Rock
Photograph
Stagefright
Then has
Foolin'
Rock of Ages
Coming Under Fire

 

[Takes_Two_To_Tango]

Isn't Thirller still one of the highest selling singles of all time ? I remember it was between that and Hotel California for some accolade but I don't quite remember.

I think Thriller is best selling album of all time.

 

[Pliny Pete]

2pac - Me Against The World

Dear Mama
It Aint Easy
Can U Get Away

 

[BisexualMMA]

Def Leppard Hysteria takes until song 8 to drop to an average song.

Bon Jovi / Slippery When Wet
Let it Rock
You Give Love a Bad Name
Livin' on a Prayer

Prince / Purple Rain (4 in a row)
Computer Blue
Darling Nikki
When Doves Cry
I Would Die 4 U

Heart / Heart (4 in a row)
If Looks Could Kill
What About Love
Never
These Dreams

2Pac / All Eyez on Me 1
California Love
I Ain't Mad at Cha
What'z Ya Phone #

2Pac / All Eyez on Me 2
Can't C Me
Shorty Wanna Be a Thug
Holla at Me

Madonna / Like a Virgin
Material Girl
Angel
Like a Virgin

Madonna / True Blue (4 in a row)
Papa Don't Preach
Open Your Heart
White Heat
Live to Tell

 

[-Magua-]

(Memories as Goat Elementary & JR high heartbreak song).

Entire album is one of my ATG favorites.

 

[Mattola]

Tool Ænima.
Stinkfist.
Eulogy.
H.

Black Sabbath
The wizard.
Walls of sleep.
N.I.B.

Clutch.
Escape from the prison planet.
Spacegrass.
I have the body of John Wilkes Booth.

 

[BisexualMMA]

(Memories as Goat Elementary & JR high heartbreak song).

Entire album is one of my ATG favorites.

Monster album.

Listen Like Thieves has What You Need / Listen Like Thieves / Kiss the Dirt in a row and then 4 in a row later with Good and Bad Times / Biting Bullets / This Time / Three Sisters.

 

[Hellowhosthat]

Maybe Angel, Risingson and Teardrop from Massive Attack's Mezzanine. Kind of a frontloaded album, but an incredible start.

 

[BisexualMMA]

Jimi Hendrix / Are You Experienced
Purple Haze
Manic Depression
Hey Joe

Led Zeppelin IV (four in a row)
Black Dog
Rock and Roll
The Battle of Evermore
Stairway to Heaven

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
Blowin' in the Wind
Girl From North Country
Masters of War

U2 / War
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Seconds
New Years Day

Run DMC / Raising Hell
It's Tricky
My Adidas
Walk This Way

2 Live Crew / Nasty as They Wanna Be
The Funk Shop
C'Mon Babe
Get Loose Now

Cyndi Lauper / She's So Unusual
Time After Time
She Bop
All Through the Night

Chris DeBurgh / Into the Light (four in a row)
Last Night
Fire on the Water
The Ballroom of Romance
Lady in Red

Genesis / Invisible Touch (four in a row)
Invisible Touch
Tonight Tonight Tonight
Land of Confusion
In Too Deep

Michael Jackson / Dangerous
Black or White
Who is it
Give in to Me

 

[BEATDOWNS]

Master of Puppets!
Battery
Master of puppets
The thing that should not be

 

[burningspear]

xtal
tha
pulsewidth

 

[BlankaPresident]

Holy Wars
Hangar 18
Take No Prisoners

 

[Prutfis]

Black Sabbath Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
The Wizard
Behind the wall of sleep

Led Zeppelin 1
Good times, Bad times
Babe i´m gonna leave you
You shook me

Pantera Cowboys from hell
Cowboys from hell
primal concrete sledge
Psycho holiday

Pantera Vulgar display of power
Mouth for war
A new level
walk

Mastodon Hushed and grim
Pain with an anchor
The crux
sickle and peace

Pink Floyd Wish you were here
Shine on you crazy diamond
Welcome to the machine
Have a cigar

Slayer Seasons in the abyss
War ensemble
Blood red
spirit in black

Rage against the machine Rage against the machine
Bombtrack
Killing in the name
Take the power back

 

[Goon Dog]

AC/DC Back in Black B side

1. Back in black
2. You shook me all night long
3. Have a drink on me

 

[Long Dark Blues]

If you're into neo-psychedelia alt rock, I'd say Transmissions from the Satellite Heart by The Flaming Lips.

1.) "Turn It On"
2.) "Pilot Can at the Queer of God"
3.) "Oh My Pregnant Head (Labia in the Sunlight)"

Excellent opening to an album, the fourth track being the infamous early-90s ear-worm "She Don't Use Jelly".

Just a fantastic album start to finish actually.

 

[Tone C]

Def Leppard Hysteria takes until song 8 to drop to an average song.

l

Good shout.

I remember a documentary done on Leppard and some huge radio station in the US got hold of the Hysteria album and couldn’t work out which songs to play as the album was so good. In the end they played the 1st ten in a row...

 

[drstrangelov]

Boston/Boston

More Than a Feeling
Peace of Mind
Foreplay/Long Time

Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band/Night Moves

Rock and Roll Never Forgets
Night Moves
The Fire Down Below