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* ''Annihilation of the Wicked'' by Music/{{Nile}} starts off with the instrumental ''Dusk Falls Upon the Temple of the Serpent on the Mount of Sunrise''.

** ''.execute.'' from ''All Hope is Gone'' into "Gematria (The Killing Name)''

* ''V'' from Music/BulletForMyValentine album Venom.

* "Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk" by Music/{{Emperor}} starts with ''Al Svartr (The Oath)'' a slow atmospheric piece.
* On "Frost" by Music/{{Enslaved}} the album starts out with the TitleTrack, a keyboard piece.

* ''SGNL>01'' and ''SGNL>05 (Final Transmission)'' by Music/{{Isis}}, taken from ''Celestial'' and ''SGNL>05'', respectively.

** ''A Thousand Suns''features ''two'' intros. The first is "The Requiem", which [[{{Foreshadowing}} samples lyrics of the lead single "The Catalyst"]] and sets the tone of the album. It transitions into another one, "The Radiance", which is essentially just electronics with samples of J. UsefulNotes/RobertOppenheimer and transitions into "Burning in the Skies".

* ''Shout At The Devil'' by Music/MotleyCrue starts with the track "In The Beginning" with highly distorted spoken word.
* "Annihilation Of The Wicked" by Music/{{Nile}} starts off with ''Dusk Falls Upon The Temple Of The Serpent On The Mount Of Sunrise'' an instrumental.

** 742617000027 from their first album is an intro to (sic)
** (515) from ''Iowa'' is likewise into People=Shit
** ''.Execute'' from ''All Hope is Gone'' into ''Gematria (the killing name)''
** ''XIX'' from the Gray Chapter would also qualify.

** ''Destination Set To Nowhere'' starts with an italian-spoken piece of ambientation called "S'il Fosse Foco" which ends with a countdown to a rocket launch. This piece leads onto "The Dream Maker".

* ''Channel Orange'' by Frank Ocean starts with the track "Start", which samples a sound of a UsefulNotes/PlayStation starting up, along with other electronic sounds.

* ''Music/{{Metallica}}'' starts off both ''Music/RideTheLighting'' and ''Music/MasterOfPuppets'' with an acoustic guitar part, part of "Fight Fire With Fire" and "Battery," respectively.

* Diabolical Fullmoon Mysticism by Music/{{Immortal}}

-->Good evening. We apologize most sincerely to those of you who have bought this record under the impression it was in any way connected with television programme ''Monty Python's Flying Circus.'' This was due to an error in the printing stage of the album cover. This album is in fact called ''Pleasures of the Dance,'' a selection of Norwegian carpenter songs compiled by Oskar Tritt.

* ''Ixnay on the Hombre'' by Music/TheOffspring begins with "Disclaimer", and exceedingly sarcastic disclaimer (narrated by [[Music/DeadKennedys Jello Biafra]]) about its objectionable content. The following two albums, ''Americana'' and ''Conspiracy of One'', follow suit, except with shorter intros: the former, "Welcome" in the form of ForInconveniencePressOne (fitting one of the album's themes, of automated life in America), and the latter, "Intro", sounding like [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin an intro to a song in a concert]].

* "Shout At The Devil" by Music/MotleyCrue starts with the track ''In The Beginning'' with highly distorted spoken word.

* ''Music/{{Jhariah}}'''s ''A BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO FAKING YOUR DEATH'' opens with "ENTER: A BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO FAKING YOUR DEATH'', which is 1 minute and 31 seconds long. It follows a man deciding to go through with his [[FakingTheDead plan to fake his death]], even though he hasn't really thought it through yet.

* Der fünfzehnjährige Krieg'' by Music/{{Absurd}} has one (weirdly, it's actually longer than a couple of the actual songs.)

* Music/TheBeachBoys' Music/{{Smile|TheBeachBoys}} begins with 'Our Prayer,' a church-like hymn with huge echo that provides just a taste of the amazing music to follow it.

* Music/TheBeachBoys' SMiLE begins with 'Our Prayer,' a church-like hymn with huge echo that provides just a taste of the amazing music to follow it.

* {{Music/Mudhoney}}'s ''Piece Of Cake'' starts with an [[NoTitle untitled]] 40 second parody of OrchestraHitTechnoBattle-style rave music (albeit performed solely with organ, guitar, drums, and distorted vocals). This is definitely in the "different genre from the rest of the album" category, because the other songs are primarily {{Grunge}}.

* Music/StoneTemplePilots' ''Tiny Music... Songs From The Vatican Gift Shop'' opens with "Press Play", a minute and 21 seconds of funky, organ-based instrumental jamming that fades into the next song. Interestingly, [[LongSongShortScene the track is three minutes longer on LP copies]], which is how long it was on the original master tapes - it starts repeating itself after the first minute and a half, so they may have just recorded a longer-than-neccesary version so they could decide when to start fading it out later.
* Music/GreenDay's album ''21st Century Breakdown'' begins with the radio-staticed acapella "Song of the Century" later reprised for the song "American Eulogy".
* Music/{{Morphine}}'s ''Cure For Pain'' starts with "Dawna", a 44 second ambient instrumental mostly centered on Dana Colley's saxophone playing. ''Like Swimming'' starts with the minute-long "Lilah", which is similar, but based around Mark Sandman's bass instead.

* ''Handcream For a Generation'' by Music/{{Cornershop}} opens with "Heavy Soup" in which [[TheCameo guest star Otis Clay]] introduces the album and the band, and drops the titles of some of the songs to come.

* Music/{{Jhariah}}'s ''A BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO FAKING YOUR DEATH'' opens with "ENTER: A BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO FAKING YOUR DEATH'', which is 1 minute and 31 seconds long. It follows a man deciding to go through with his [[FakingTheDead plan to fake his death]], even though he hasn't really thought it through yet.

* Music/{{Jhariah}}'s ''A BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO FAKING YOUR DEATH'' opens with "ENTER: A BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO FAKING YOUR DEATH'', which is 1 minute and 31 seconds long. It follows a man deciding to go through with his [[FakingTheDead plan to fake his death]], even though how he hasn't really thought it through yet.

* ''Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand'' is presented as a concert by the eponymous band, with the first song an intro track. (2:02 per Wiki/{{Wikipedia}}, with a reprise at the end of the record @ 1:08, followed by an {{Encore}} song.)