10 Best Opening Album Tracks

London Calling, the opening track to the album of the same name, by The Clash is a song draped in swagger and attitude; punk rock personified. As an added bonus, it has one of the best basslines ever. The stomp of the drums and stabbing guitar chords playing in unison claws its way out of the speakers and shakes the walls to their core.

Power, aggression and f*** you attitude; that's what London Calling is. It's one of The Clash's best songs and critics past and present agree; it was ranked the 15th best song of all time by Rolling Stone, which is the highest position any punk song got.

Is it Joe Strummer's snarling vocals, the military march sounding beat or the repeat of the words 'London Calling' that make it a great opening track? It's all three being put together as only The Clash could do.