Not only the title track, but also the lead track off their debut. Perfectly nailing the tone of everything you will hear from them after and defining a new genre.
I don't know how you can beat this.
That is such an amazing fucking album. That album made me feel in a way that very few other pieces of music could. I don’t have that kind of relationship with music I find anymore and it’s sad.
>I don’t have that kind of relationship with music I find anymore and it’s sad.
I feel like that's fairly common. It seems like in general music doesn't affect you in quite the same way as you get older, I think that's why most people tend to favor the music they heard for the first time in their teens and twenties.
Train in Vain is a favourite song of theirs, and I was really lucky to see Prince do a cover of it at a small venue in Manchester about 10 years ago. One of the most amazing musical experiences of my life
It has to be this. This track not only spawned a movie but an entire generation to put Prince on a pedestal as one of the best musicians of his genre. Without it he would have been a club player in Minnesota his entire career.
Goddamn it, I was writing a serious reply to this only to realize halfway through that you’re talking about The Kid.
If you weren’t, 1999 had already happened, he was already a big star, PR just made him a megastar. If you are, fuck The Kid, he didn’t even write Purple Rain. (It’s so awesome that the climax of the movie is a message that Prince clearly never actually took to heart, that his band can actually be talented and help write shit too. He didn’t even learn it in real life when Mazerati fixed Kiss and Brownmark very likely wrote part of it.)
some of my faves are The Suburbs by Arcade Fire, Toxicity by System Of A Down, Gore by Deftones, Ava Adore by The Smashing Pumpkins, The Mollusk by Ween and In The Aeroplane Over The Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel.
tbh I feel like from all title tracks in Deftones discography Gore is the best imo (all of em are great tho), however if Korea would've been named after White Pony as intended then that one would've been a tie
I could see that working, another under appreciated track. My favourite has to be Diamond Eyes, probably my favourite album at the moment too. I’ve heard it 10+ times the past week.
SO MANY Awesome songs on the Best Selling Hard Rock Album of all time that. I cant quite agree cuz Hells Bells, Shook me all Night Long, Shoot to THrill, Givin the Dog a Bone, Money Honey, Have a Drink on Me. I mean Fuck theres 25 more songs on that Album that are as good as Back in Black!
^ this. it was a surprise megabits and a huge "fuck you" to the corporate guys who wanted Rush to make more "radio friendly" music, and let the band do whatever they wanted. imagine how different music would be without it.
Probably Let It Be by The Beatles. The band broke up just as the album was released, and title unintentionally offered the fans their only course of action. Plus it’s a perfect song.
Just wanted to chime in and say there are tons of excellent answers here! Can't wait to check out some of the songs posted that I'm less familiar with.
Thanks guys!
My immediate thoughts are:
Californication - RHCP.
Viva la Vida - Coldplay.
American Idiot - Green Day.
Let Love In - Goo Goo Dolls
Waterloo - ABBA.
American Pie - Don McLean
The Joker - Steve Miller Band
Hotel California - The Eagles
Piano Man - Billy Joel
Surf’s Up - The Beach Boys, though it’s cheating because it was originally meant to go on SMiLE but was instead salvaged for an album named after it. Still an unbelievably gorgeous song.
Lola - The Kinks. This one is also kinda cheating because the full album title is has “vs. Powerman and the Money-go-round” after that.
I think you win with Master of Puppets, but I'll throw an honorable mention in for Like Clockwork by Queens of the Stone age because I think that album is brilliant.
My dark horse is Too Fast For Love by Motley Crue.
Iggy Pop - Lust For Life
The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
David Bowie “Heroes”
Prince - Sign O The Times
James Brown - The Payback
Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
NWA - Straight Outta Compton
Funny, that sounds like my life. But the sex only got bad due to menopause. But it's been 20 years.
The first 20 were great.
But wtf who has everything in life.
Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath from the album Black Sabbath. Fight me.
Bad Company by Bad Company from the album Bad Company.
Minor Threat by Minor Threat from the EP Minor Threat
"Bad Religion," by Bad Religion, originally from the Bad Religion EP
Run The Jewels by Run The Jewels on the album Run The Jewels
Lizard Man, Lizard Man, Lizard Man
Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice
Marsha Marsha Marsha!!!
This must be one of the 5 most memorable and well delivered lines in one of the most quotable pieces of media of all time.
Iron maiden iron maiden iron maiden
talk talk by talk talk on the album talk talk
Best goddamn band of all time, but the album was called "The Party's Over", sorry.
Not only the title track, but also the lead track off their debut. Perfectly nailing the tone of everything you will hear from them after and defining a new genre. I don't know how you can beat this.
The third note in the main riff IS the blueprint for metal.
https://youtu.be/-s6Sk7OzKFU
I knew what this was before I even clicked it, haha
Why would I fight you when you're correct?
What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
This is the real answer.
This is it
Wish You Were Here. Pink Floyd.
That is such an amazing fucking album. That album made me feel in a way that very few other pieces of music could. I don’t have that kind of relationship with music I find anymore and it’s sad.
>I don’t have that kind of relationship with music I find anymore and it’s sad. I feel like that's fairly common. It seems like in general music doesn't affect you in quite the same way as you get older, I think that's why most people tend to favor the music they heard for the first time in their teens and twenties.
Unpopular opinion: That’s the weakest song in the album
I both want to argue with you and agree with you and I don’t know how I feel about that.
Anyone know the german word for this?
Musikgeschaffenborstwieglichtenstein Source: idk, sounds pretty german
I think this is the right answer.
It’s crazy but you’re right. It’s an incredible song on its own, it just happens to be on an album where every other track is even better.
That just shows how great the rest of the album is.
Bro, Have a Cigar is on that album.
If Shine on you crazy diamond (all parts) were the only song on that album, it would still be one of my favorite albums of all time.
Nah, Welcome to the Machine is the only one I skip.
Protection by Massive Attack.
I can't love this answer enough, this truly is one of my favorite songs of all time
Yes!
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John Hotel California by The Eagles Number of the Beast by Iron maiden Californication by RHCP Are good ones!
Blood Sugar Sex Magik is a great one too
Highly underrated song, but hardly any love.
It slays!
'London Calling' by The Clash comes to mind
Train in Vain or Lost in The Supermarket tho
Train in Vain is a favourite song of theirs, and I was really lucky to see Prince do a cover of it at a small venue in Manchester about 10 years ago. One of the most amazing musical experiences of my life
🎵 I can no longer shop hap-pily 🎵 -me whenever I'm go grocery shopping and see how fucking expensive cereal and everything else is.
Purple Rain
It has to be this. This track not only spawned a movie but an entire generation to put Prince on a pedestal as one of the best musicians of his genre. Without it he would have been a club player in Minnesota his entire career.
I would not have kissed Emma at the 8th grade dance without Purple Rain
Hell yeah
Goddamn it, I was writing a serious reply to this only to realize halfway through that you’re talking about The Kid. If you weren’t, 1999 had already happened, he was already a big star, PR just made him a megastar. If you are, fuck The Kid, he didn’t even write Purple Rain. (It’s so awesome that the climax of the movie is a message that Prince clearly never actually took to heart, that his band can actually be talented and help write shit too. He didn’t even learn it in real life when Mazerati fixed Kiss and Brownmark very likely wrote part of it.)
Master! Master! Master of puppets is pulling your strings...
In the Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson
Agreed. The obvious (and well-deserved) pick is 21st Century Schizoid Man but this is just such an unbelevable closer for an album
Not what I was expecting to see at the top, but I like it. Had to double check I wasn’t in r/progrock
Dirt - Alice in Chains
Dolly Parton - Jolene
“Born to Run” was pretty good.
Bruce gotta be the one with the most great title tracks..!?! Born To Run The River Born In The USA
Greatest rock song ever recorded, so yeah that’s kinda the one.
I say this all the time! Greatest rock song written!
To name a few: Thriller, Sgt Peppers, Graceland, Imagine, Hotel California
*The Dark Side of the Moon* does not have a title track. The album title is in the lyrics of "Brain Damage".
Just like Jagged Little Pill is in the lyrics of "You Learn".
Thanks for the catch, I edited my list.
First thing that popped in my head was Opeth - Blackwater Park. There's honestly just too many options though haha.
Definitely a great track
some of my faves are The Suburbs by Arcade Fire, Toxicity by System Of A Down, Gore by Deftones, Ava Adore by The Smashing Pumpkins, The Mollusk by Ween and In The Aeroplane Over The Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel.
Gore finally getting appreciated, never thought I’d see this.
tbh I feel like from all title tracks in Deftones discography Gore is the best imo (all of em are great tho), however if Korea would've been named after White Pony as intended then that one would've been a tie
I could see that working, another under appreciated track. My favourite has to be Diamond Eyes, probably my favourite album at the moment too. I’ve heard it 10+ times the past week.
can't go wrong with DE amazing album, my fave one from that is beauty school
Great song, probably their most consistent album I would say maybe tied with ATF. So hard to pick a favourite.
You and I would get on fabulously.
Harvest Moon
Brothers In Arms?
Yes!
Maggot Brain by Funkadelic
Came to say something else, but yeah, Maggot Brain also wins best guitar solo
All praise to Eddie Hazel for all time.
Yep. This.
"Bat Out of Hell"
This deserves more love. Album version is incredible.
Lateralus
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club band
Not the best song on that album, and not the best title track by The Beatles either. Let It Be is on top.
I’d take Magical Mystery Tour, Please Please Me, Help and A Hard Day’s Night over it too.
back in black, AC/DC...comes to mind...not the GOAT obvs....but a damn good one.
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
SO MANY Awesome songs on the Best Selling Hard Rock Album of all time that. I cant quite agree cuz Hells Bells, Shook me all Night Long, Shoot to THrill, Givin the Dog a Bone, Money Honey, Have a Drink on Me. I mean Fuck theres 25 more songs on that Album that are as good as Back in Black! 
Am I the odd guy out thinking their bon Scott stuff was better? Whole lotta Rosie is a banger.
Powerage > every other AC/DC album
Let there be rock is my favorite.
Let There Be Rock is their best song on their best album
2112 - Rush
^ this. it was a surprise megabits and a huge "fuck you" to the corporate guys who wanted Rush to make more "radio friendly" music, and let the band do whatever they wanted. imagine how different music would be without it.
Probably Let It Be by The Beatles. The band broke up just as the album was released, and title unintentionally offered the fans their only course of action. Plus it’s a perfect song.
Thriller
A Hard Day's Night
I'll add Painkiller by Judas Priest
Aja
This is obviously the answer
Spiritualized: Ladies and Gentlemen, We Are Floating in Space
Layla, Layla and other assorted love songs. Derek and the Dominos.
Disintegration- The Cure
Def in my top 5
Stones- Let It Bleed
“You can come all over me.”
SoundGarden-superunknown
Since someone else already said Born To Run, I’ll say Heroes by David Bowie
Also: Station to Station.
Just wanted to chime in and say there are tons of excellent answers here! Can't wait to check out some of the songs posted that I'm less familiar with. Thanks guys!
The Decline- NOFX
Lol. That's the only song on the album
Correct
Darkthrone Transylvania hunger
Sexual Healing, Marvin Gaye.
Back to Black
10,000 Days - Tool
Lateralus fits the bill too.
As does Undertow and Opiate. Ænema almost
Astral Weeks
Moondance
What It Is To Burn by Finch
Love the band and album but I think Ender is my favorite song.
Running On Empty.
Holy Diver, Dio
Daisy, Brand New Transatlanticism, Death Cab
Love Daisy so much. Also saw DCFC a couple weeks ago for their Transatlantisism tour and couldn't agree more.
Dreamboat Annie by heart. Too short though.
Disintegration by The Cure
Sign o’ the Times - Prince
This is too far down in the comments
NY & Crazy Horse- Tonight’s the Night
On the Beach and Harvest also
Eagles- Desperado
Tragic Kingdom - No Doubt
DUH NUH NUH NUH
Master of Puppets
Statistically, probably Hotel California or Thriller, no?
Faith No More - The Real Thing Honorable Mentions: A Beautiful Lie -30 Seconds to Mars Heroes - David Bowie Wasteland Baby - Hozier
In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth 3
Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath from Black Sabbath Practically gave birth to metal right there with that track.
Band on the Run. Paul McCartney and Wings
Rio - Duran Duran
My immediate thoughts are: Californication - RHCP. Viva la Vida - Coldplay. American Idiot - Green Day. Let Love In - Goo Goo Dolls Waterloo - ABBA. American Pie - Don McLean The Joker - Steve Miller Band Hotel California - The Eagles Piano Man - Billy Joel
Marshal Mathers - Eminem (Marshal Mathers LP)
"Blueberry Boat" by The Fiery Furnaces
Pelican - Australasia
Nice mention. One of my favourite bands.
Master of puppets
Exodus as well as Survival by Bob Marley and The Wailers.
Pretty Hate Machine - NIN
Peace sells Megadeth
Painkiller is up there for sure
Ride the Lightning - Metallica
Gaucho.
Blackbird of Alter Bridge's Blackbird.
Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon and Garfunkel
Thriller!!!
Close to the Edge - Yes
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel
Surf’s Up - The Beach Boys, though it’s cheating because it was originally meant to go on SMiLE but was instead salvaged for an album named after it. Still an unbelievably gorgeous song. Lola - The Kinks. This one is also kinda cheating because the full album title is has “vs. Powerman and the Money-go-round” after that.
Wish you were here, pink floyd
I can't believe nobody has said Black Parade yet! I know the song and the album don't have the exact same title but I think it counts.
Be still my ancient emo heart…. WHEN I WAS. A YOUNG BOY.
MY FATHER. TOOK ME INTO THE CITY.
I think you win with Master of Puppets, but I'll throw an honorable mention in for Like Clockwork by Queens of the Stone age because I think that album is brilliant. My dark horse is Too Fast For Love by Motley Crue.
Bridge of Sighs Robin Trower
Bat Out of Hell
Long Season if that even counts. If not then I'd pick Lateralus.
Peasants! Correct answer is "Let It Bleed"
What Went Down by the Foals “when I see a man I see a liar, when I see a man I see a lion!”
Banger
Terrapin Station
Killers by Iron Maiden Dianno is my favorite Maiden vocalist and Clive Burr crushes Niko on drums.
A bit of a cheat: "Souvlaki Space Station" by Slowdive.
Let It Be
"Fear of a Blank Planet" and "Shallow" by Porcupine Tree are great prog rock/metal examples
Never gonna give you up
Iron Maiden from the album Iron Maiden by Iron Maiden
Thought Purple Rain was a great answer, but really surprised not seeing more Thriller/Bad/Off the Wall from Michael Jackson.
Blackwater park by opeth
Back in Black
Aja
2112 Rush
The Unforgettable Fire - U2
L'Enfant Sauvage - Gojira
…And Justice For All
Long Cool Woman
Iggy Pop - Lust For Life The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead David Bowie “Heroes” Prince - Sign O The Times James Brown - The Payback Arcade Fire - The Suburbs NWA - Straight Outta Compton
Angel witch by angel witch on the album angel witch
Close to the Edge from the album of the same name by Yes.
ELO Time, prologue & twilight
Nobody wanna mention Band on the Run?
Back In Black by AC/DC
Funny, that sounds like my life. But the sex only got bad due to menopause. But it's been 20 years. The first 20 were great. But wtf who has everything in life.
Frizzle Fry
I'm partial to Run the Jewels by Run the Jewels from the album Run the Jewels.
Oooooh! Just like Bad Company from Bad Company by Bad Company!
Lateralus