The 40 Best Album-Opening Songs Of All Time?

The opening song can set the tone for an entire album. UltimateClassicRock.com picked what they’re calling The 40 Best Album Openers. Here are the Top 5:

#5) “Welcome to the Jungle” – Guns N’ Roses from “Appetite for Destruction” (1987)

#4) “Smells Like Teen Spirit” – Nirvana from “Nevermind” (1991)

#3) “Whole Lotta Love” – Led Zeppelin from “Led Zeppelin 2” (1969)

#2)  “Sympathy for the Devil” – The Rolling Stones from “Beggar’s Banquet” (1968)

#1)  “Thunder Road” – Bruce Springsteen from “Born to Run” (1975)

A few others in the top 20 . . .

“Baba O’Reilly” The Who from “Who’s Next”

“Runnin’ With the Devil” Van Halen from “Van Halen”

“We Will Rock You” Queen from “News of the World”

“Come Together” by the Beatles . . . 

“Enter Sandman” by Metallica . . .

AC/DC’s “Highway to Hell” . . .

And “Tom Sawyer” by Rush.

(Check out the complete list HERE)