Best two consecutive songs on an album

[Mrs Smoker]

Countless really..

Yeah. Chances are, consecutive songs on any album you really really like would fit the theme of this thread.

 

[Olly Gunnar Solskjær]

Another couple of good ones

Pleasure and the Pain -> Life Goes On
Gardening at Night -> Carnival Of Sorts

 

[diarm]

Eh? Compared to a dance pop numbers?

I think it's because we didn't follow the 2 consecutive songs rule!

 

[amolbhatia50k]

I think it's because we didn't follow the 2 consecutive songs rule!

oops

Sorry @Dante

 

[2 man midfield]

Sabbath: Symptom of the Universe > Megalomania
Metallica: Battery > Master of Puppets
Maiden: Powerslave > Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Porcupine Tree: Even Less > Piano Lessons
Anathema: Fragile Dreams > Empty
Devin Townsend: Seventh Wave > Life
Kyuss: Gardenia > Asteroid
QOTSA: A Song for the Dead > The Sky is Falling
Opeth: The Moor > Godhead's Lament
Tool: Stinkfist > Eulogy

Off the top of my head

 

[Dante]

I Will Always Love You and I Have Nothing from The Body Guard Soundtrack

 

[Dante]

oops

Sorry @Dante

I'm just surprised you didn't say Fleet Foxes.

 

[.Rossi]

 

[amolbhatia50k]

I'm just surprised you didn't say Fleet Foxes.

I didn't want the other contributions looking bad.

 

[bigredmachine]

Oasis What's the story morning glory has Wonderwall followed by Don't Look back in anger

 

[Moby]

Porcupine Tree: Even Less > Piano Lessons

That's more like it!

Arriving Somewhere > Mellotron Scratch
Anesthetize > Sentimental

 

[Ivor Ballokov]

Cream - Strange Brew>Sunshine of your love
Jamie T - Calm down dearest>So lonely was the ballad
Big Boi - Follow us>shutterbug
Springsteen - Nebraska>Atlantic City
Bill Callahan - America!>Universal Applicant
Astronautalis - Astigmatism>Skeleton

Too many Dylan ones to even start with.

 

[BigDunc9]

Lifes a bitch
World is yours

I don't think you can get better.

 

[Moby]

Maiden :

Ghost of the Navigator > Brave New World
Starblind > The Talisman > The man who would be kind > Where the wild wind blows
Another Life > Genghis Khan
The number of the beast > Run to the hills (not my fav from the album but still pretty good)

 

[Moby]

Rain Song > Over the hill and far away.

 

[Duffy]

Going To California > When The Levee Breaks - Led Zeppelin IV

 

[Adzzz]

My beautiful dark twisted fantasy goes in throughout really. Same goes for Led Zep 4 and The Beatles albums.

 

[Duffy]

Go Your Own Way > Songbird
Songbird > The Chain

Both Rumours by Fleetwood Mac

Another 3 song run that can go both ways...

Where The Streets Have No Name > Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For > With Or Without You

The Joshua Tree by U2

 

[Wittmann45]

Rain Song > Over the hill and far away.

Have to admit that I'm slightly indifferent when it comes to Led Zeppelin, but the Rain Song is absolutely fantastic

Beatles - White Album - While My Guitar Gently Weeps and Happiness Is a Warm Gun.

Yep, that and Eleanor Rigby > I'm Only Sleeping from Rubber Soul as far as the Beatles are concerned.

Detroit, Lift Up Your Weary Head > Romulus, by Sufjan Stevens - Michigan
Also, Come On, Feel the Illinoise>John Wayne Gacy>Jacksonville by Sufjan Stevens, Illinois

Down in a Hole > Would? by Alice in Chains on the album Dirt
Nutshell>I Stay Away>No Excuses by Alice in Chains from Jar of Flies

 

[justboy68]

Closer > Ruiner. Nine Inch Nails
Haligh, Haligh > The Centre of the World. Bright Eyes.
Degausser > Limousine. Brand New
Toys, Toys, Toys > All the Way Down. Biffy Clyro

 

[Duffy]

Another that can go both ways from Dark Side Of The Moon...

The Great Gig In The Sky > Money > Us And Them

 

[Berbaclass]

NIN

The Wretched > Were In This Together

RATM

Know Your Enemy > Wake Up / Killing In The Name > Take The Power Back

 

[Maagge]

Yeasayer's 'All Hour Cymbals' contains the best three opening songs ever: So 'Sunrise' and 'Wait for the Summer', and the latter and '2080'. The rest of the album isn't close to these.

From Tame Impala's 'Innerspeaker' you have 'It Is Not Meant to Be' followed by 'Desire Be, Desire Go'.

There's a whole bunch of great sets on 'The Midnight Organ Fight' by Frightened Rabbit. Same goes for Beach House's 'Teen Dream' and a host of other great albums.

 

[Brwned]

A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall & Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (Bob Dylan - Freewheelin' Bob Dylan)
Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes & You Can Call Me Al - Paul Simon - Graceland)
Running Up That Hill & Hounds of Love (Kate Bush - Hounds of Love)
Gloria & Caravan (Van Morrison - It's Too Late To Stop Now [live album])
Medley: It's All Right/For Sentimental Reasons & Twisting The Night Away (Sam Cooke - Live at the Harlem Square Club [live album])
I've Been Loving You Too Long & Shake (Otis Redding - Otis Blue)
So Far Away & It's Too Late (Carole King - Tapestry)

 

[sullydnl]

If You See Her Say Hello > Shelter From The Storm

 

[afrocentricity]

Not the goat or best ever, but I like how these two tracks go together... plus the production is tight.


There's loads but this came to mind...

 

[Mciahel Goodman]

Gloria & Caravan (Van Morrison - It's Too Late To Stop Now [live album])

Just to follow up on that. Cyprus Avenue and The Way Young Lovers Do or The Way Young Lovers Do and Madame Geroge from Astral Weeks.

 

[Organic Potatoes]

...
Tool: Stinkfist > Eulogy

Off the top of my head

Oooh, I forgot this one...

10,000 Days --> The Pot (Tool)

 

[One Night Only]

Sabaton - Resist & Bite, then, Soldier of 3 Armies

 

[ThierryHenry]

Yep, that and Eleanor Rigby > I'm Only Sleeping from Rubber Soul as far as the Beatles are concerned.

Good shout, that would be my Beatles pick too.

 

[Olly Gunnar Solskjær]

Mrs. Robinson -> A Hazy Shade of Winter

 

[Everest Red]

I'm just surprised you didn't say Fleet Foxes.

Fleet foxes fecking suck! Bland, insipid, generic indie rock. Glad they've faded to irrelevance.

 

[amolbhatia50k]

Fleet foxes fecking suck! Bland, insipid, generic indie rock. Glad they've faded to irrelevance.

I hope you get locked in the bathroom today only to realise that you weren't turning the knob hard enough.

 

[Everest Red]

I hope you get locked in the bathroom today only to realise that you weren't turning the knob hard enough.

Beats listening to FF's whiny sound.

 

[amolbhatia50k]

Beats listening to FF's whiny sound.

They're brilliant. You need better ears.

 

[amolbhatia50k]

Bon Iver - Perth and Minnesota

 

[amolbhatia50k]

Ghost of the Navigator > Brave New World
The number of the beast > Run to the hills (not my fav from the album but still pretty good)

Loved these growing up.

 

[Everest Red]

They're brilliant. You need better ears.

I mean they might sound okay to some but they're by no means the best two songs on an album. I don't like PF or LZ but it's something like that that'd make a good contender. Or bob dylan, not fleet 'irrelevant since 2009' foxes.

Bon Iver - Perth and Minnesota

See reply above this(and I actually think bon ever is okay!) Please don't post arcade fire next.

 

[suheilsworld]

Thriller, Beat It and Bille Jean all come after one another on Thriller. I reckon some combination of those must come close.

That's true. They might top it.

My all time favorite! Can't beat that combination

 

[suheilsworld]

History Begins and History Continues album ... All the songs in both the CDs are killer! You just cannot skip any!

Songs 1-8 in Thriller. Can listen to it again and again.
Wanna Be Startin' Somethin
Baby Be Mine
The Girl Is Mine
Thriller
Beat It
Billie Jean
Human Nature
P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)

Bad and The Way You Make Me Feel and then Man in the Mirror, I Just Can't Stop Loving You, Dirty Diana and Smooth Criminal in Bad (Can't beat that)

Scar Tissue and Otherside on Californication.
Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough and Rock with You on Off the Wall

Business, Cleanin' Out My Closet and Square Dance on The Eminem Show