Top 5 Back-to-Back Songs

Every now and then a band will put out an album that rocks from start to finish. Even less often, a band will put out an album that's great all the way through, but the two best tracks are back to back and are easily the highlight of the album.

Following along the same lines as some other threads in the forum, I thought I'd start a top 5 list that I always thought was a good one.

Okay, the title is a little ambiguous, so I'll clarify. Pick your top 5 favourite sets of two songs in a row, so you'll be picking 10 songs altogether. If you can't pick your favourite 5, just pick 5 that you like.

To make it more interesting, let's place some restrictions on what we can and can't pick: the songs have to be from the original album, so that excludes compilations, live albums, remix albums, unplugged, and so on. Cover albums are okay though. Also, you can't pick songs that span across a side or disc (i.e.: you can't pick A and B sides of a 45 like "Hey Jude" and "Revolution"). However, if it's an album that was originally on LP that's been released on CD, you don't need to be too picky. Finally, you can't pick movements or parts of a longer song (i.e.: "Storm Signal" and "Celestial Voices" from SoS).

Also, try to be a little more creative than something obvious like "Brain Damage"/"Eclipse".

To start everybody off, here's my top 5 (that I can think of):

5. "Rock of Ages"/"Comin' Under Fire" from Def Leppard Pyromania (1983) tracks 7 & 8
4. "It's A Miracle"/"Amused To Death" from Roger Waters Amused To Death (1992) tracks 13 & 14
3. "Judith"/"Orestes" from A Perfect Circle Mer de Noms (2000) tracks 4 & 5
2. "Hellbound"/"Spiderbite" from Jerry Cantrell Degradation Trip, Vol. 1 (2002) tracks 7 & 8
1. "You Got Me Runnin'"/"Lady Strange" from Def Leppard High 'n' Dry (1981) tracks 6 & 7

*Note: For those of you know who may complain that those Jerry Cantrell songs are not from their original album, strictly speaking the single-disc version is a compilation. The original album, intended for initial release, is the double-disc version, with both discs given a volume number.

Heartbreaker/Living Loving Maid - Led Zep
Nebraska/Atlantic City - Bruce Springsteen

that's all i can think of for now

Tira me a Las Aranas/Drunkship of Lanterns - The Mars Volta
Son et Lumiere/Inertiatic ESP - The Mars Volta
Airbag/Paranoid Android - Radiohead
Angry Chair/Hate to Feel - Alice in Chains

hmm..

1.Mood for a day/heart of the sunrise - Yes (fragile)
2.Astral traveller/time and a word - Yes (time and a word)
3. set the controls.../careful with that axe.. - floyd (ummagumma)
4. ONe of my turns/dont leave me now - floyd (the wall)
5. carpet crawlers /chamberof 32 doors-genesis (the lamb)
6. moonage daydream/starman - davd bowie (ziggy stardust)
7. johnny blade/junior's eyes - black sabbath (never say die)


im sry i just had to add some extras, i could go on forever




YES ROCKS

But grandviziertrev, Ummagumma is ineligible (for being a live album)...

Great topic! These are the first five I could think of:

Wah-Wah / Isn't It A Pity - George Harrison: "All Things Must Pass"
Big Man With A Gun / A Warm Place - Nine Inch Nails: "The Downward Spiral"
The Prophet's Song / Love of My Life - Queen: "A Night at the Opera"
Ashes to Ashes / Fashion - David Bowie: "Scary Monsters"
21st Century Schizoid Man / I Talk to the Wind - King Crimson: "In the Court of the Crimson King"

Down to the Waterline /Water of Love -- Dire Straits (Self titled)
Summertime/Piece of My Heart -- Big Brother & Holding Co.(Cheap Thrills)
Animal/Love Bites -- Def Leppard (Hysteria)
Patience/Used To Love Her -- Guns 'N Roses (Lies)
Behind Blue Eyes/ Won't Get Fooled Again -- The Who (Who's Next)

Thank you

That's funny. I almost put that but then I couldn't decide between that and "My Sweet Lord"/"Wah Wah"!

It's really more of a three-fer!

Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band/With a Little Help From My Friends

in no particular order:

empty space/what shall we do now - Floyd, ITAOT

Pigs (three different ones)/Sheep - Floyd, Animals

Warrior/Throw Down the Sword - Wishbone Ash, Argus

Brain damage/Eclipse - Floyd DSOTM

Mood for a day/Heart of the sunrise - Yes, Fragile

woah! this is difficult..

erm...

Welcome to the North/Freedom Fighters- Welcome to the North by The Music
Appocalypse Please/Time is Running Out - Absolution by Muse
Get out of my house/Fit but you know it - A grand don't come for free by The Streets
Love is Everywhere/You Sound like Louis Burdett
How to Explain/Days Like These - The Cat Empire by The Cat Empire

cheers

I agree, Sydney - this is tough...

Here goes:

1) Spirit of Radio / Freewill ... Rush ... Permanent Waves
2) Hell's Bells / Shoot To Thrill ... AC-DC ... Back In Black
3) Thunder Road / Tenth Avenue Freeze Out ... Bruce Springsteen ... Born To Run
4) Starship Trooper / I've Seen All Good People ... Yes ... The Yes Album
5) As / Another Star ... Stevie Wonder ... Songs In The Key Of Life

You can actually argue that point with every NIN song. Trent knows what he's doing when he put the albums together.

I listen to back2back trax on my computer often...

> freeway jam / diamond dust - jeff beck: blow by blow

Isn't NNJ after TFC? And isn't Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors in between Pyramid Song and You & Whose Army?