Really Bad Reverb: Killer First Tracks
The first track on an album can make or break your whole listening experience. So what makes a killer a first track?
Check out the third installment of Really Bad Reverb to find out Lloyd Tiverton’s take on this question.
Mclusky - “Lightsabre Cocksucking Blues”, Do Dallas, 2002 (Too Pure Recordings)
The Rapture - “Out of the Races and Onto the Tracks”, Out of the Races and Onto the Tracks, 2001 (Sub Pop)
The Wipers - “Return of the Rat”, Is This Real?, 1980 (Sub Pop)
Black Flag - “Rise Above”, Damaged, 1981 (SST Records)
Minor Threat- “Filler”, Complete Discography, 1984 (Dischord)
Radiohead - “Planet Telex”, The Bends, 1995 (Capitol)
Nirvana - “Smells Like Teen Spirit”, Nevermind, 1991 (DGC)
Jaco Pastorius - “Donna Lee”, Jaco Pastorius, 1976 (Epic)
Outkast - “The Love Below (Intro)”, Speakerboxx/The Love Below, 2003 (Arista)
Background Music: Don Caballero - “Fire Back About Your New Baby’s Sex”, American Don, 2000 (Touch and Go)
Tortoise - “Seneca”, Standards, 2001 (Thrill Jockey)
Trans Am - “First Words”, Sex Change, 2007 (Thrill Jockey)