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What are some of your favorite extended piece album openers? Preferably 6+ minutes.

 

Here are just a couple of mine:

 

Funeral For A Friend / Love Lies Bleeding - Elton John

Station To Station - David Bowie

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Hocus Pocus lp version-Focus

Archilles Last Stand-Zep

Wheels of Confusion-Sabs

Breaking All The House Rules-Budgie

Its a Rainy Day-Faust

Time Was-Wishbone Ash

Metal Machine Music-Lou Reed

Dark Star-Grateful Dead

21st Century Schizoid Man-King Crimson

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Cool thread idea. Alphabetized (a few are 5 min+, sry):

 

Alice Cooper - Welcome To My Nightmare

Arcane - Promise [Part 2]

Blind Guardian - The Ninth Wave

Coheed and Cambria - In Keeping Secrets of the Silent Earth: 3

Dream Theater - The Glass Prison

Electric Light Orchestra - In Old England Town

Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Tarkus

Frank Zappa - Inca Roads

Haken - Point of No Return

Karnivool - C.O.T.E.

Knifeworld - I Can Teach You How To Lose a Fight

The Mars Volta - Vicarious Atonement

Muse - New Born

Porcupine Tree - Even Less

Steven Wilson - Luminol

Stratovarius - Destiny

Vektor - Charging The Void

Yes - Close To the Edge

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Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick, Minstrel In the Gallery and A Passion Play :blush:

 

Black Sabbath - War Pigs / Luke's Wall

 

Deep Purple - Highway Star

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Venus & Mars/Rock Show/Jet off of Wings Over America

 

Telegraph Road from Dire Straits Love Over Gold

 

Once Upon A Time In The West off Dire Straits Alchemy

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Cool thread idea. Alphabetized (a few are 5 min+, sry):

 

Alice Cooper - Welcome To My Nightmare

Arcane - Promise [Part 2]

Blind Guardian - The Ninth Wave

Coheed and Cambria - In Keeping Secrets of the Silent Earth: 3

Dream Theater - The Glass Prison

Electric Light Orchestra - In Old England Town

Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Tarkus

Frank Zappa - Inca Roads

Haken - Point of No Return

Karnivool - C.O.T.E.

Knifeworld - I Can Teach You How To Lose a Fight

The Mars Volta - Vicarious Atonement

Muse - New Born

Porcupine Tree - Even Less

Steven Wilson - Luminol

Stratovarius - Destiny

Vektor - Charging The Void

Yes - Close To the Edge

 

Muse! :yes:

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Watcher Of The Skies - Genesis

Dancing Out With The Moonlit Knight - Genesis

Eleventh Earl Of Mar - Genesis

Abacab - Genesis

No Son Of Mine - Genesis

 

Pretty sure those are all over six.

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Iron Maiden - Where Eagles Dare

Sting - Island of Souls

Pink Floyd - Shine on You Crazy Diamond

Nightwish - The Poet and the Pendulum

Dream Theater - Pull Me Under

Steely Dan - Babylon Sisters

Alice In Chains - Rotten Apple

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Watcher Of The Skies - Genesis

Dancing Out With The Moonlit Knight - Genesis

Eleventh Earl Of Mar - Genesis

Abacab - Genesis

No Son Of Mine - Genesis

 

Pretty sure those are all over six.

 

Mama is also over 6.

 

Couldn't remember. Ty. That's one of their absolute best ever of all time period.

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With You There To Help Me- Jethro Tull - Benefit

Achilies Last Stand - Led Zeppelin - Presence

In The Evening - LZ - In Through the Out Door

Gazpacho - Marillion - Afraid of Sunlight

Assassing - Marillion - Fugazi

Script For a Jesters Tear - Marillion - Script...

King of Sunset Town - Marillion- Seasons End

 

Holy crap a ton of Marillion albums start with an over 6 minute song

 

New Moon - MC 900 ft Jesus - One Step Ahead of the Spider

Holy Wars the Punishment Due - Megadeth - Rust In Peace

 

 

damn thats not even all the Ms

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Pilgrims - Van der Graaf Generator

Tarot Woman - Rainbow

Gypsy - Uriah Heep

Driftin' Back - Neil Young

Can You Understand - Renaissance

Father Of Day, Father Of Night - Manfred Mann's Earth Band

Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

Tower - Angel

Wells Fargo - Babe Ruth

Time Machine - Beggar's Opera

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