10 Bad Opening Songs On Great Rock Music Albums

10. Chocolate Cake - Woodface (Crowded House)

Crowded House are easily the world's most popular soft rock band founded in Australia whilst also containing members of New Zealand and American backgrounds. It's a tough category, but they rose straight to the top.

After two strong albums in the 1980s, the group launched their first '90s release in 1991. Woodface - so called because its front cover is some wood that looks like a face - also picked up some healthy reviews and gave the group a hit single in Weather With You.

Unfortunately, the song that kicks it all off is a bit of a dud.

Also released as a single, Chocolate Cake is a part-rock 'n' roll, part-crooner, part-novelty record that takes down modern life, particularly in America. Lines about Andrew Lloyd Webber and Elvis Presley are meant to be shots at fame, but none of them really hit. The music doesn't really sit well either, as nobody was crying out for Crowded House to give us their take on skiffle.

Whilst it could have worked a little later on in the tracklist, Chocolate Cake is just too divisive to be a good opener. Why risk alienating half your audience mere minutes into an album?