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* Music/{{Queen}}'s second album ''Queen II'' opens with the track "Procession", a short faux-classical Brian May composed instrumental that segues directly into the second track (which in turn segues into the third track). More importantly however, "Procession" served as an introduction for many fans to Brian May's trademarked guitar sound and the guitar harmonies that often accompanied them.
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* Music/{{Queen}}'s second album ''Queen II'' opens with the track "Procession", a short faux-classical Brian May composed instrumental that segues directly into the second track (which in turn segues into the third track). More importantly however, "Procession" served as an introduction for many fans to Brian May's trademarked trademark guitar sound and the guitar harmonies that often accompanied them.
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* Music/{{Queen}}'s second album ''Queen II'' opens with the track "Procession", a short faux-classical Brian May composed instrumental that segues directly into the second track (which in turn segues into the third track). More importantly however, "Procession" served as an introduction for many fans to Brian May's trademarked guitar sound and the guitar harmonies that often accompanied them.
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* All of VNVNation's albums have one of these. ''Transnational'' opens with "Generator", which is a SiameseTwinSong and EpicInstrumentalOpener to "Everything".
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* "Son et lumiere", the first track of The Mars Volta's "De-Loused in the Comatorium", provides an ambient rise to the first song.
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* "Son et lumiere", the first track of The Mars Volta's "De-Loused TheMarsVolta's ''Deloused in the Comatorium", Comatorium'', provides an ambient rise to the first song.
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* Green Day's album 21st Century Breakdown begins with the radio-staticed acapella "Song of the Century" later reprised for the song American Eulogy.
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* Every album by Bright Eyes has included an example of this, usually either spoken word (I'm Wide Awake It's Morning) or some sort of sample which could either be musical or some sort of speaking.
* Every album by Bright Eyes has included an example of this, usually either spoken word (I'm Wide Awake It's Morning) or some sort of sample which could either be musical or some sort of speaking.
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* Music/GoodCharlotte: ''The Chronicles of Life and Death'', ''Good Morning Revival'' '''and''' ''Cardiology''.
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* Music/GoodCharlotte: ''The Chronicles of Life and Death'', Death'' ("Once Upon A Time: The Battle of Life and Death"), ''Good Morning Revival'' ("[[AlbumTitleDrop Good Morning Revival]]") '''and''' ''Cardiology''.
''Cardiology'' ("[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Introduction To Cardiology]]").
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* Music/GoodCharlotte: ''The Chronicles of Life and Death'', ''Good Morning Revival'' '''and''' ''Cardiology''.
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* {{Music/Mudhoney}}'s ''Piece Of Cake'' starts with an [[NoTitle untitled]] 40 second parody of OrchestraHitTechnoBattle-style rave music. This is definitely in a "different genre from the rest of the album" category, because the other songs are primarily {{Grunge}}.
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* {{Music/Mudhoney}}'s ''Piece Of Cake'' starts with an [[NoTitle untitled]] 40 second parody of OrchestraHitTechnoBattle-style rave music. This is definitely in a the "different genre from the rest of the album" category, because the other songs are primarily {{Grunge}}.
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* {{Music/Mudhoney}}'s ''Piece Of Cake'' starts with an [[NoTitle untitled]] 40 second parody of OrchestraHitTechnoBattle-style rave music. This is definitely in a "different genre from the rest of the album" category, because the other songs are primarily {Grunge}}.
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* {{Music/Mudhoney}}'s ''Piece Of Cake'' starts with an [[NoTitle untitled]] 40 second parody of OrchestraHitTechnoBattle-style rave music. This is definitely in a "different genre from the rest of the album" category, because the other songs are primarily {Grunge}}.{{Grunge}}.
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* {{Music/Mudhoney}}'s ''Piece Of Cake'' starts with an [[NoTitle untitled]] 40 second parody of OrchestraHitTechnoBattle-style rave music. This is definitely in a "different genre from the rest of the album" category, because the other songs are primarily {Grunge}}.
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* Figure's dubstep album ''Monsters Vol. 4'' starts off with the three-and-a-half-minute "Death's Gospel", which sets the mood with (in order) creepy ambience, a DroneofDread, an ominous EtherealChoir coupled with a LonelyPianoPiece, and another [[DroneofDread drone]], before wrapping things up with some WhisperingGhosts and FallingBass.
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* Figure's dubstep album ''Monsters Vol. 4'' starts off with the three-and-a-half-minute "Death's Gospel", which sets the mood with (in order) creepy ambience, a DroneofDread, DroneOfDread, an ominous EtherealChoir coupled with a LonelyPianoPiece, and another [[DroneofDread drone]], before wrapping things up with some WhisperingGhosts and FallingBass.
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* Figure's ''Monsters Vol. 4'' starts off with the three-and-a-half-minute "Death's Gospel", which sets the mood for the dubstep songs in the album with (in order) creepy ambience, an ominous EtherealChoir coupled with a LonelyPianoPiece, and a couple [[DroneofDread Drones of Dread]], before wrapping things up with some WhisperingGhosts and FallingBass.
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* Figure's dubstep album ''Monsters Vol. 4'' starts off with the three-and-a-half-minute "Death's Gospel", which sets the mood for the dubstep songs in the album with (in order) creepy ambience, a DroneofDread, an ominous EtherealChoir coupled with a LonelyPianoPiece, and a couple another [[DroneofDread Drones of Dread]], drone]], before wrapping things up with some WhisperingGhosts and FallingBass.
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* Figure's ''Monsters Vol. 4'' starts off with the three-and-a-half-minute "Death's Gospel", which has spooky ambience, an ominous choir, and a trombone. It mainly serves to set the mood for the dubstep songs in the album.
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* Figure's ''Monsters Vol. 4'' starts off with the three-and-a-half-minute "Death's Gospel", which has spooky ambience, an ominous choir, and a trombone. It mainly serves to set sets the mood for the dubstep songs in the album.
album with (in order) creepy ambience, an ominous EtherealChoir coupled with a LonelyPianoPiece, and a couple [[DroneofDread Drones of Dread]], before wrapping things up with some WhisperingGhosts and FallingBass.
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* Figure's ''Monsters Vol. 4'' starts off with the three-and-a-half-minute "Death's Gospel", which has spooky ambience, a dramatic choir, and a trombone. It mainly serves to set the mood for the dubstep songs in the album.
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* Figure's ''Monsters Vol. 4'' starts off with the three-and-a-half-minute "Death's Gospel", which has spooky ambience, a dramatic an ominous choir, and a trombone. It mainly serves to set the mood for the dubstep songs in the album.
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* Figure's ''Monsters Vol. 4'' starts off with the three-and-a-half-minute "Death's Gospel", which has spooky ambience, a dramatic choir, and a trombone. It mainly serves to set the mood for the dubstep songs in the album.
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* Music/DreamTheater's "Regression" from ''Metropolis, Pt. 2'' and "False Awakening Suite" from ''Dream Theater''. The intro to "Root of All Evil" from ''Octavarium'' also counts.
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* ''Music/DemonHunter''. ''The Triptych'' opens with "The Flame That Guides Us Home", an a cappella piece sung by a women's choir, leading directly into the second track, "Not I". On ''True Defiance'', the first twenty seconds of the first track are very lo-fi (as if they were recorded on cheap tapes in someone's garage) before abruptly switching to a louder and clearer studio recording.
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* ''Music/DemonHunter''.Music/DemonHunter. ''The Triptych'' opens with "The Flame That Guides Us Home", an a cappella piece sung by a women's choir, leading directly into the second track, "Not I". On ''True Defiance'', the first twenty seconds of the first track are very lo-fi (as if they were recorded on cheap tapes in someone's garage) before abruptly switching to a louder and clearer studio recording.
* Music/{{Showbread}}'s ''No Sir, Nihilism Is Not Practical'' uses this for a joke at the listener's expense. The first track, "A Llama Eats a Giraffe (and Vice Versa)" begins with a quiet phone conversation between two people which lasts for about 30 seconds. An unsuspecting listener who turn up the volume to understand it will then get assaulted by a MetalScream and blaring guitars when the song itself starts without any prior warning.
* Music/{{Showbread}}'s ''No Sir, Nihilism Is Not Practical'' uses this for a joke at the listener's expense. The first track, "A Llama Eats a Giraffe (and Vice Versa)" begins with a quiet phone conversation between two people which lasts for about 30 seconds. An unsuspecting listener who turn up the volume to understand it will then get assaulted by a MetalScream and blaring guitars when the song itself starts without any prior warning.
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* "All Hail Bright Futures" by And So I Watch You From Afar begins with a track called Eunoia which leads in to the first proper track.
* "Hey Everyone" by Dananananaykroyd begins with an instrumental intro track which is also called "Hey Everyone".
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* "All ''All Hail Bright Futures" Futures'' by And So I Watch You From Afar begins with a track called Eunoia "Eunoia" which leads in to the first proper track.
*"Hey Everyone" ''Hey Everyone'' by Dananananaykroyd begins with an instrumental intro track which is also called "Hey Everyone".
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* Limp Bizkit's "Chocolate Starfish at the Hot Dog Flavoured Water" and "Significant Other" both have intro tracks lasting roughly 30-40 seconds.
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* "Mezmerize" by SystemOfADown begins with an intro version of the song Soldier Side, the full version of which isn't heard until the last track of the sister album "Hypnotize".
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* ''Music/DemonHunter''. ''The Triptych'' opens with "The Flame That Guides Us Home", an a cappella piece sung by a women's choir, leading directly into the second track, "Not I". On ''True Defiance'', the first twenty seconds of the first track are very lo-fi (as if they were recorded on cheap tapes in someone's garage) before abruptly switching to a louder and clearer studio recording.
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* Music/TheKLF's ''The White Room" opens with "What Time Is Love? (Live at Trancentral)", which begins with Black Steel singing the first verse of "Justified and Ancient" over some mellow keys. He then gets cut off by a sampled "[[Music/{{MC5}} Kick Out the Jams!"]] shout, and the album launches into frantic stadium house music. (The previously-released single version of "What Time is Love? [Live at Trancentral]" completely lacked the mellow intro.)
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* Music/TheKLF's ''The White Room" Room'' opens with "What Time Is Love? (Live at Trancentral)", which begins with Black Steel singing the first a verse of "Justified and Ancient" over some mellow keys. He then gets cut off by a sampled "[[Music/{{MC5}} Kick Out the Jams!"]] shout, and the album launches into frantic stadium house music. (The previously-released single version of "What Time is Love? [Live at Trancentral]" completely lacked the mellow intro.)) Black Steel's verse shows up again at the end of the album, on the song "Justified and Ancient", and this time he gets to finish.
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* Dr Israel's ''Inna City Pressure'' begins with "Inna City", a slow spoken-word piece. It segues seamlessly into the VocalColdOpen of the next track, the ragga jungle-influenced "Pressure".
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* Dr Israel's ''Inna City Pressure'' begins with "Inna City", a slow spoken-word piece. It segues seamlessly into the VocalColdOpen LyricalColdOpen of the next track, the ragga jungle-influenced "Pressure".
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* Music/TheKLF's ''The White Room" opens with "What Time Is Love? (Live at Trancentral)", which begins with Black Steel singing the first verse of "Justified and Ancient" over some mellow keys. He then gets cut off by a sampled "[[Music/{{MC5}} Kick Out the Jams!"]] shout, and the album launches into frantic stadium house music. (The previously-released single version of "What Time is Love? [Live at Trancentral]" completely lacked the mellow intro.)
* Dr Israel's ''Inna City Pressure'' begins with "Inna City", a slow spoken-word piece. It segues seamlessly into the VocalColdOpen of the next track, the ragga jungle-influenced "Pressure".
* Dr Israel's ''Inna City Pressure'' begins with "Inna City", a slow spoken-word piece. It segues seamlessly into the VocalColdOpen of the next track, the ragga jungle-influenced "Pressure".
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* "Theme from ''Flood''" from TheyMightBeGiants' ''Flood''. A 27 second choral piece introducing the album. (Alternative music)
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* Music/JarsOfClay's ''The Long Fall Back to Earth'' begins with "The Long Fall", a mostly-instrumental track that starts quiet and builds up to a segue into "Weapons".
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* Music/ModestMouse's ''Good News For People Who Love Bad News'' starts with "Horn Intro", a 6 second track that has a horn section (The Dirty Dozen Brass Band) playing a couple of sustained notes that lead right into "The World At Large", the album's first proper song. This turns out to be taken from the very beginning of "This Devil's Workday", which comes later on the same album, and is a full song collaboration with The Dirty Dozen Brass Band.
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* The album ''Goodbye Lullaby'' from Music/AvrilLavigne starts with "Black Star", a piano track with one verse.
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* Music/DavidBowie's ''Diamond Dogs'' has an OpeningNarration as its first track: "Future Legend", which establishes the CrapsackWorld setting of the album.
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album. ''1. Outside'' has "Leon Takes Us Outside", an instrumental with a few cryptic spoken-word phrases sprinkled over it.
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* Music/DavidBowie's ''Diamond Dogs'' has an OpeningNarration as its first track: "Future Legend", which establishes the CrapsackWorld setting of the album.
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* The MoodyBlues' 1969 album ''On The Threshold Of a Dream'' begins with a short spoken playlet that riffs on the idea of computer intelligence and Descartes' famous axiom "I think, therefore I am". This was an idea they first used on the preceding album ''In Search of the Lost Chord''. A subsequent LP ''Every Good Boy Deserves Favour'' also begins with an off-beat spoken piece.
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* The MoodyBlues' Music/TheMoodyBlues' 1969 album ''On The Threshold Of a Dream'' begins with a short spoken playlet that riffs on the idea of computer intelligence and Descartes' famous axiom "I think, therefore I am". This was an idea they first used on the preceding album ''In Search of the Lost Chord''. A subsequent LP ''Every Good Boy Deserves Favour'' also begins with an off-beat spoken piece.
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Some albums start off with a sort of prelude before the rest of the "proper" songs. The AlbumIntroTrack is a short track or sometimes a short section of the first track, usually less than three minutes, that is meant to be [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin an introduction]] to the rest of the album.
Some common types of intros:
* SurprisinglyGentleSong - Common in Music/HeavyMetal
* An EpicInstrumentalOpener which leads into the second track
* Spoken words including dialog
* Sound clips
* Music that is of a different genre than the rest of the album
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* "All Hail Bright Futures" by And So I Watch You From Afar begins with a track called Eunoia which leads in to the first proper track.
* "Hey Everyone" by Dananananaykroyd begins with an instrumental intro track which is also called "Hey Everyone".
* "Theme from ''Flood''" from TheyMightBeGiants' ''Flood''. A 27 second choral piece introducing the album. (Alternative music)
-->It's a brand new record for 1990: They Might Be Giants' brand new album... Flooooood
* Music/{{Fun}}'s ''Some Nights'' kicks off with "Some Nights (Intro)", which pretty much highlights the musical and thematic elements of the rest of the work.
* Limp Bizkit's "Chocolate Starfish at the Hot Dog Flavoured Water" and "Significant Other" both have intro tracks lasting roughly 30-40 seconds.
* The xx's SelfTitledAlbum ''xx'' starts with the instrumental "Intro". Ironically, due to being sampled for Music/{{Rihanna}}'s "Drunk On Love", along with some usage on national television, it's one of their more famous songs.
* Music/{{Spiritualized}}'s ''Sweet Heart, Sweet Light'' begins with "Huh?", a brief instrumental track that segues into the first proper song, "Hey Jane". The melody from "Huh?" reappears at the end of the album as the chorus to "Life Is a Problem".
* Mae's ''The Everglow'' begins with "Prologue", which features a simple piano melody and narration welcoming the listener and encouraging them to read the liner notes as the music plays. As BookEnds, the last track is "Epilogue", which has the same piano and the same narrator, thanking the audience for listening.
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* ''18 Months'' by Music/CalvinHarris has "Green Valley", a short instrumental that fades right into lead single "Bounce".
* ''#willpower'' by Will.I.Am has "Good Morning". It's his way of saying "hello" to the listeners.
* Music/JoyElectric's "Hello Mannequin", off the album ''Hello Mannequin'': a spoken word piece on an album otherwise full of danceable synthpop.
* Music/{{Orbital}}'s second album, ''Orbital II'', opens with "Time Becomes..." which is just a looped vocal sample from ''Star Trek: The Next Generation''.
* Hybrid's album ''Wide Angle'' begins with "Opening Credits", a brief orchestral piece followed by a single drum machine fill. The rest of the album is progressive house (with prominent orchestral bits on several tracks).
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* The appropriately titled ''Intro'' in ''{{Outkast}}'s'' ''Stankonia''.
* Wyclef Jean's "The Ecleftic" has a intro scene with spoken word.
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* Music/JagaJazzist's ''One-Armed Bandit'' starts with "The Thing Introduces...", a 23 second track performed by a completely different band (The Thing).
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* Many Music/{{Bathory}} albums have an intro track, consisting mainly of keyboard parts.
* "Det Som Engang Var" and "Fallen" by Music/{{Burzum}}
* Music/CradleOfFilth is fond of these, and they often overlap with EpicInstrumentalOpener.
* "Generation Why?" by Diamond Plate starts of with various soundbites.
* ''Music/{{Dragonforce}}'''s first album, ''Valley of the Damned'', begins with "Invocation of Apocalyptic Evil", which is generally an instrumental lead-up to the title track.
* "Slainia" and "Helvetios" by Music/{{Eluveitie}} start off with bits of spoken word.
* "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.
* ''Music/{{Gamma Ray}}'''s ''No World Order'' begins with "Induction", a calling out of the Illuminati and those who would seek to control others, which leads up to "Dethrone Tyranny."
* "Tunes Of War" by Music/GraveDigger starts off with the track ''The Brave'' a song played on bag pipes.
* Diabolical Fullmoon Mysticism by ''Music/{{Immortal}}
* Linkin Park's "Meteora" has a short track leading up to the first song.
* "Paranoid Circus" by Lyriel starts out with spoken word.
* ''Music/{{Metallica}}'' starts off both "Ride The Lighting" and "Master Of Puppets" with an acoustic guitar part.
* "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.
* "Shout At The Devil" by Music/MotleyCrue starts with the track ''In The Beginning'' with highly distorted spoken word.
* "Mezmerize" by SystemOfADown begins with an intro version of the song Soldier Side, the full version of which isn't heard until the last track of the sister album "Hypnotize".
*Music/{{Sabaton}}'s album ''Carolus Rex'' begins with a short track titled "Dominium Maris Baltici", which is also the EpicInstrumentalOpener for the second track on the album, "Lion from the North".
* "Ascendancy" by {{Trivium}} begins with an instrumental track titled "The End of Everything."
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* [[http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/strife Strife]], from ''WebComic/{{Homestuck}}'', opens with "Stormspirit", a 46-seconds long piano piece in contrast to the mix of electronic and rock music of the other songs.
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* Christina Aguilera's ''Back to Basics'' begins with a short, mellow, midtempo track intended to summarize the purpose of the album; namely, paying homage to the legendary jazz and blues artists of the early 20th century.
---> So here I stand today, in tribute I do pay, to those before me who laid it down and paved the way
* ''Rated R'' by Music/{{Rihanna}} starts with "Mad House", which incorporates a Creator/VincentPrice-like speech "warning" uneasy listeners and inviting those "who can take it".
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* The self-titled debut album by BadBrains inverts this trope by having a 45 second track called "Intro" appear as the last song on the album.
* ''Ixnay on the Hombre'' by TheOffspring begins with "Disclaimer", and exceedingly sarcastic disclaimer about its objectionable content.
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* ''Channel Orange'' by Frank Ocean starts with the track "Start", which samples a sound of a PlayStation starting up, along with other electronic sounds.
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*''Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand'' is presented as a concert by the eponymous band, with the first song an intro track. (2:02 per TheOtherWiki, with a reprise at the end of the record @ 1:08, followed by an {{Encore}} song.)
* The {{Jimi Hendrix}} album ''Axis: Bold as Love'' begins with a track depicting a British-accented talk show host, with a slightly sped-up "chipmunk" voice, talking skeptically about U.F.O.s and aliens, with his guest revealing himself to be an alien (with guitar noises depicting his ship picking him up)--the track is called "EXP", and segues into "Up From the Skies", a song from the point of view of an [[AncientAstronauts Ancient Astronaut]] returning to Earth.
* "Son et lumiere", the first track of The Mars Volta's "De-Loused in the Comatorium", provides an ambient rise to the first song.
* The MoodyBlues' 1969 album ''On The Threshold Of a Dream'' begins with a short spoken playlet that riffs on the idea of computer intelligence and Descartes' famous axiom "I think, therefore I am". This was an idea they first used on the preceding album ''In Search of the Lost Chord''. A subsequent LP ''Every Good Boy Deserves Favour'' also begins with an off-beat spoken piece.
* {{Pink Floyd}}'s ''Dark Side of the Moon'' begins with a cacophony of ringing clocks, cash registers, voices, and screams called "Speak to Me". Many of the sounds occur individually on subsequent tracks on the album (such as the cash registers from "Money", the clocks from "Time", and the high arias from "The Great Gig in the Sky").
* JRock band Donutman's album ''Start Up To Get Over'' begins with a 30 second track that's a mellow guitar riff with a spoken word sample of an [[GratuitousEnglish English conversation]]. The rest of the album is standard rock, albeit sung in wonderful {{Engrish}}.
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* The original soundtrack for ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'' begins with a track called "It's a me, Mario!", which is Mario saying exactly that. Unlike the game, it has no echo effect.
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Some common types of intros:
* SurprisinglyGentleSong - Common in Music/HeavyMetal
* An EpicInstrumentalOpener which leads into the second track
* Spoken words including dialog
* Sound clips
* Music that is of a different genre than the rest of the album
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* "All Hail Bright Futures" by And So I Watch You From Afar begins with a track called Eunoia which leads in to the first proper track.
* "Hey Everyone" by Dananananaykroyd begins with an instrumental intro track which is also called "Hey Everyone".
* "Theme from ''Flood''" from TheyMightBeGiants' ''Flood''. A 27 second choral piece introducing the album. (Alternative music)
-->It's a brand new record for 1990: They Might Be Giants' brand new album... Flooooood
* Music/{{Fun}}'s ''Some Nights'' kicks off with "Some Nights (Intro)", which pretty much highlights the musical and thematic elements of the rest of the work.
* Limp Bizkit's "Chocolate Starfish at the Hot Dog Flavoured Water" and "Significant Other" both have intro tracks lasting roughly 30-40 seconds.
* The xx's SelfTitledAlbum ''xx'' starts with the instrumental "Intro". Ironically, due to being sampled for Music/{{Rihanna}}'s "Drunk On Love", along with some usage on national television, it's one of their more famous songs.
* Music/{{Spiritualized}}'s ''Sweet Heart, Sweet Light'' begins with "Huh?", a brief instrumental track that segues into the first proper song, "Hey Jane". The melody from "Huh?" reappears at the end of the album as the chorus to "Life Is a Problem".
* Mae's ''The Everglow'' begins with "Prologue", which features a simple piano melody and narration welcoming the listener and encouraging them to read the liner notes as the music plays. As BookEnds, the last track is "Epilogue", which has the same piano and the same narrator, thanking the audience for listening.
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* ''18 Months'' by Music/CalvinHarris has "Green Valley", a short instrumental that fades right into lead single "Bounce".
* ''#willpower'' by Will.I.Am has "Good Morning". It's his way of saying "hello" to the listeners.
* Music/JoyElectric's "Hello Mannequin", off the album ''Hello Mannequin'': a spoken word piece on an album otherwise full of danceable synthpop.
* Music/{{Orbital}}'s second album, ''Orbital II'', opens with "Time Becomes..." which is just a looped vocal sample from ''Star Trek: The Next Generation''.
* Hybrid's album ''Wide Angle'' begins with "Opening Credits", a brief orchestral piece followed by a single drum machine fill. The rest of the album is progressive house (with prominent orchestral bits on several tracks).
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* The appropriately titled ''Intro'' in ''{{Outkast}}'s'' ''Stankonia''.
* Wyclef Jean's "The Ecleftic" has a intro scene with spoken word.
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* Music/JagaJazzist's ''One-Armed Bandit'' starts with "The Thing Introduces...", a 23 second track performed by a completely different band (The Thing).
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* Many Music/{{Bathory}} albums have an intro track, consisting mainly of keyboard parts.
* "Det Som Engang Var" and "Fallen" by Music/{{Burzum}}
* Music/CradleOfFilth is fond of these, and they often overlap with EpicInstrumentalOpener.
* "Generation Why?" by Diamond Plate starts of with various soundbites.
* ''Music/{{Dragonforce}}'''s first album, ''Valley of the Damned'', begins with "Invocation of Apocalyptic Evil", which is generally an instrumental lead-up to the title track.
* "Slainia" and "Helvetios" by Music/{{Eluveitie}} start off with bits of spoken word.
* "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.
* ''Music/{{Gamma Ray}}'''s ''No World Order'' begins with "Induction", a calling out of the Illuminati and those who would seek to control others, which leads up to "Dethrone Tyranny."
* "Tunes Of War" by Music/GraveDigger starts off with the track ''The Brave'' a song played on bag pipes.
* Diabolical Fullmoon Mysticism by ''Music/{{Immortal}}
* Linkin Park's "Meteora" has a short track leading up to the first song.
* "Paranoid Circus" by Lyriel starts out with spoken word.
* ''Music/{{Metallica}}'' starts off both "Ride The Lighting" and "Master Of Puppets" with an acoustic guitar part.
* "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.
* "Shout At The Devil" by Music/MotleyCrue starts with the track ''In The Beginning'' with highly distorted spoken word.
* "Mezmerize" by SystemOfADown begins with an intro version of the song Soldier Side, the full version of which isn't heard until the last track of the sister album "Hypnotize".
*Music/{{Sabaton}}'s album ''Carolus Rex'' begins with a short track titled "Dominium Maris Baltici", which is also the EpicInstrumentalOpener for the second track on the album, "Lion from the North".
* "Ascendancy" by {{Trivium}} begins with an instrumental track titled "The End of Everything."
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* [[http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/strife Strife]], from ''WebComic/{{Homestuck}}'', opens with "Stormspirit", a 46-seconds long piano piece in contrast to the mix of electronic and rock music of the other songs.
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* Christina Aguilera's ''Back to Basics'' begins with a short, mellow, midtempo track intended to summarize the purpose of the album; namely, paying homage to the legendary jazz and blues artists of the early 20th century.
---> So here I stand today, in tribute I do pay, to those before me who laid it down and paved the way
* ''Rated R'' by Music/{{Rihanna}} starts with "Mad House", which incorporates a Creator/VincentPrice-like speech "warning" uneasy listeners and inviting those "who can take it".
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* The self-titled debut album by BadBrains inverts this trope by having a 45 second track called "Intro" appear as the last song on the album.
* ''Ixnay on the Hombre'' by TheOffspring begins with "Disclaimer", and exceedingly sarcastic disclaimer about its objectionable content.
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* ''Channel Orange'' by Frank Ocean starts with the track "Start", which samples a sound of a PlayStation starting up, along with other electronic sounds.
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*''Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand'' is presented as a concert by the eponymous band, with the first song an intro track. (2:02 per TheOtherWiki, with a reprise at the end of the record @ 1:08, followed by an {{Encore}} song.)
* The {{Jimi Hendrix}} album ''Axis: Bold as Love'' begins with a track depicting a British-accented talk show host, with a slightly sped-up "chipmunk" voice, talking skeptically about U.F.O.s and aliens, with his guest revealing himself to be an alien (with guitar noises depicting his ship picking him up)--the track is called "EXP", and segues into "Up From the Skies", a song from the point of view of an [[AncientAstronauts Ancient Astronaut]] returning to Earth.
* "Son et lumiere", the first track of The Mars Volta's "De-Loused in the Comatorium", provides an ambient rise to the first song.
* The MoodyBlues' 1969 album ''On The Threshold Of a Dream'' begins with a short spoken playlet that riffs on the idea of computer intelligence and Descartes' famous axiom "I think, therefore I am". This was an idea they first used on the preceding album ''In Search of the Lost Chord''. A subsequent LP ''Every Good Boy Deserves Favour'' also begins with an off-beat spoken piece.
* {{Pink Floyd}}'s ''Dark Side of the Moon'' begins with a cacophony of ringing clocks, cash registers, voices, and screams called "Speak to Me". Many of the sounds occur individually on subsequent tracks on the album (such as the cash registers from "Money", the clocks from "Time", and the high arias from "The Great Gig in the Sky").
* JRock band Donutman's album ''Start Up To Get Over'' begins with a 30 second track that's a mellow guitar riff with a spoken word sample of an [[GratuitousEnglish English conversation]]. The rest of the album is standard rock, albeit sung in wonderful {{Engrish}}.
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* The original soundtrack for ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'' begins with a track called "It's a me, Mario!", which is Mario saying exactly that. Unlike the game, it has no echo effect.
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