Intros (First Tracks) Playlist

With the beginning of the new year, I thought I would write a blog post that also had to do with beginnings. When making an album, every artist needs a stellar first track to get the listener hooked. Here, I have ranked some of my favorite first tracks from some of my favorite albums. Qualifications for the placement varies from developing a great build up (Sleeping Lessons), to starting off with a bang getting the listener excited for more (What Ever Happened?). Enjoy!

1. Intro - The xx - xx



2. Intro (feat. Zola Jesus) - M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming



3. Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels) - Arcade Fire - Funeral



4. Montezuma - Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues



5. King of Carrot Flower Part 1 - Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea



6. Perth - Bon Iver - Bon Iver



7. Sleeping Lessons - The Shins - Wincing the Night Away



8. Need You Now - Cut Copy - Zonoscope



9. Dark Fantasy - Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy



10. L Y F - Wu Lyf - Go Tell Fire To The Mountain



11. Be (intro) - Common - Be



12. What Ever Happened? - The Strokes - Room on Fire



13. High For This - The Weeknd - House of Balloons



14. Crawlersout - Purity Ring - Shrines



15. 3rd Planet - Modest Mouse - The Moon & Antarctica



16. No Future / No Past - Cloud Nothings - Attack on Memories



17. Lisztomania - Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix



18. Favourite Food - Tokyo Police Club - Champ



19. Long Live A$AP - A$AP Rocky - LongLiveA$AP



20. Zero - Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz