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Best title tracks

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Just listening to The Queen Is Dead and was wondering what everyones favourite title tracks are?

An End Has A Start. Editors
The Bends. Radiohead
Help! The Beatles

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some favourites

Iggy & The Stooges - Raw Power
Jim Ford - Harlan County
Mavis Staples - You Are Not Alone
SAHB - Next
Roky Erickson with Okkervill River - True Love Cast Out All Evil
Thelonious Monk - Brilliant Corners
Dr Alimantado - Born For A Purpose

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el hombre malo | 31 March 2011 - 2:38pm

Jim Ford's Harlan County

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Seamus | 31 March 2011 - 3:13pm

Back in Black

is one which springs immediately to mind.

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Bob | 31 March 2011 - 2:42pm

Showing my age here...

Jackson Browne: "Late for the Sky" and "For Everyman"
The Eagles: "Hotel California"
Pink Floyd: "Wish You Were Here"
John Martyn: "Solid Air" and "Bless The Weather"
The Stranglers: "No More Heroes"
Roxy Music: "For Your Pleasure" and "Avalon"
Steely Dan: "Gaucho" and "Aja"

but perhaps most of all

The Boss: "Born To Run"

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Mark JF | 31 March 2011 - 2:50pm

Brooooce

Born to run ?

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jackthebiscuit | 31 March 2011 - 2:50pm

The Jam

In The City
(This Is The)Modern World
All Mod Cons
The Gift

Bowie:
Station To Station
Heroes
Young Americans

The Clash:
London Calling

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SimonL | 31 March 2011 - 3:01pm

Doors

L.A. Woman
Late For The Sky' - already noted above
Aja - Steely Dan
Cry Tough - Nils Lofgren
Show Some Emotion - Joan Armatrading
1999 - Prince
Talk To Your Daughter - Robben Ford
Exodus - Bob Marley
London Calling - The Clash
Copperhead Road - Steve Earle

a few for starters.

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Badlands | 31 March 2011 - 3:07pm

The best by a long shot

Television - Marquee Moon

I thank you.

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jimmyshoes01 | 31 March 2011 - 3:12pm

For me:

Tom Waits - Alice / Rain Dogs
Blur - Parklife
Massive Attack - Protection
Bob Marley - Exodus
El-P - Fantastic Damage
Sigur Ros - Agaetis Byrjun
Tom Baxter - Skybound
Mos Def - True Magic

Good stuff!

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badger_king | 31 March 2011 - 3:29pm

Kraftwerk - Autobahn

Iron Maiden - Fear Of The Dark (although a not very good album)
Metallica - Master Of Puppets
Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love
James Brown - The Payback
Bruce Springsteen - The Ghost Of Tom Joad
Neil Young - Harvest Moon

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Ola Claesson | 31 March 2011 - 3:36pm

Where to start...

Simple Minds - New Gold Dream
Billy MacKenzie - Beyond The Sun
Avalanches - Since I Left You
Lloyd Cole & Commotions - Rattlesnakes
Junior Boys - Last Exit

And all suitably marvellous albums too.

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Banbury Cake | 31 March 2011 - 4:12pm

Here's some more

Trans Europe Express
Paid In Full
What's Going On
I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You
Astral Weeks

also I really like the JAMC song "Psychocandy". Although not on the original lp, it came free on a bonus single when I bought the album.

*edit* Just spotted Dr Alimantado's Born For A Purpose. Excellent selection!

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STD | 31 March 2011 - 4:14pm

Welcome To The Pleasuredome - Frankie

Kings of the Wild Frontier - Adam & The Ants
Born to Run - Broooooooooooooce
Let There Be Rock - AC/DC
My Generation - The 'Orrible 'Oo

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Six Dog | 31 March 2011 - 4:33pm

A few of mine...

Randy Newman - Sail Away

Steely Dan - The Royal Scam

Richard and Linda Thompson - Shoot Out the Lights

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Patrick Crowther | 31 March 2011 - 4:37pm

True dat

Burial - Untrue

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LastRoseofSummer | 31 March 2011 - 4:56pm

At the moment

Long Player, Late Bloomer.

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Joe Robert | 31 March 2011 - 7:24pm

Some

King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King
Iron Maiden - Number Of The Beast
Motorhead - Ace Of Spades
Metallica - Master Of Puppets
Slade - We'll Bring The House Down
Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells A Story
Faces - Ooh La La
Squeeze - Cools For Cats
Richard & Linda Thompson - I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight
Paul Weller - Wake Up The Nation

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Rigid Digit | 31 March 2011 - 8:07pm

A Few

Autobahn
Young Americans
Station to Station
Boys Outside
Here, My Dear
Zoot Allures
Gaucho
Let It Die
Expensive Shit
The Modern Dance

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pocket.calculator | 1 April 2011 - 1:19am

Mine

Other than the Frankie/Bowie/Kraftwerk ones already mentioned...

The Art of Falling Apart - Soft Cell
Architecture and Morality - OMD
Black Celebration - Depeche Mode
Warriors - Gary Numan
Working with Fire and Steel - China Crisis
Once Upon a Time - Simple Minds
Heathen - Bowie
(sort of) Plastic Age - The Buggles
Graceland - Paul Simon
Thriller - Michael Jackson

Interesttingly, the Depeche Mode one was the first and only of their albums that actually has a title track. God, I sound like Patrick Bateman.

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Austin | 1 April 2011 - 5:22am

Prince

Dirty Mind
Controversy
1999
Purple Rain
Sign O' The Times
Crystal Ball
Gold
3121
Planet Earth

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Black Type | 1 April 2011 - 7:37am

10cc

How Dare You!

An instrumental opener; I never tire of it.

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Donald McTroosers | 1 April 2011 - 7:57am

Must be millions!

But the one that immediately springs to mind is Leaders of the Free World by Elbow.

They never bettered this track. IMO, of course.

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kev147 | 1 April 2011 - 8:23am

Can

Future Days. The albums's a masterpiece and this is one of the best tracks.

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Sven Garlic | 1 April 2011 - 1:02pm

not that I'm rooted in the 70s or anything...

Dixie Chicken - Little Feat
Fly Like An Eagle - Steve Miller Band
Hejira - Joni Mitchell
Desperado - Eagles

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Nick Duvet | 1 April 2011 - 1:35pm
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