Best extended length album openers, 6+ minutes

[Entre_Perpetuo]

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

[LakesideShark]

"A Tab in the Ocean" - Nektar

"Yours Is No Disgrace" - Yes

[bluefox4000]

The Music Box-Genesis

 

Mick

[bluefox4000]

The Light

At the End of the Day

 

both Spock's Beard.

 

Mick

[grasbo]

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

Edited August 6, 2016 by grasbo

[Mr. Not]

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

[custom55]

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

 

Black Sabbath - War Pigs / Luke's Wall

 

Deep Purple - Highway Star

Edited August 6, 2016 by custom55

[bluefox4000]

Hemisheres

 

and

 

2112

 

Mick

[goose]

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

[bluefox4000]

Hydra-Toto.

 

Mick

[custom55]

CS&N - Suite: Judy Blue Eyes

Led Zep - In the Evening

Edited August 6, 2016 by custom55

[bluefox4000]

Like A rolling Stone-Bob Dylan.

 

Mick

[Entre_Perpetuo]

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!

[custom55]

King Crimson - 21st Century Schiziod Man / Larks' Tongues in Aspic #1 Edited August 6, 2016 by custom55

[Entre_Perpetuo]

Innuendo - Queen

[Entre_Perpetuo]

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.

[Lucas]

- Machine Messiah - Yes ( Drama )

 

- Flight Over Rio - Al DiMeola ( Elegant Gypsy )

 

- Roundabout - Yes ( Fragile )

 

 

[invisible airwave]

Metallica - Blackened

Springsteen - Outlaw Pete

The Cure - One Hundred Years, The Kiss, Out Of This World

The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead

Dire Straits - Telegraph Road

Bowie - Station To Station

U2 - Zooropa

Genesis - Watcher of the Skies

PF - SOYCD

 

[Digital Dad]

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.

[Disembodied Spirit]

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

[Entre_Perpetuo]

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.

[Digital Dad]

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

[greyfriar]

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

[Super25Smasher]

Metallica - Blackened

Rush - Hemispheres

Rush - 2112

Yes - Roundabout

[foghorn-leghorn]

Steve Hillage: Rainbow Dome Music.