Top Ten Albums that Don't Open with a Big Hit

The Top Ten

1 Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd

The track that opens this album is Speak to Me.

2 In Utero - Nirvana

3 Smile - The Beach Boys

The Smile Sessions version of Heroes and Villains is superb

4 Toxicity - System of a Down

5 Ride the Lightning - Metallica

The most popular songs are Fade to Black and For Whom the Bell Tolls (#4 and #3). The opener is Fight Fire with Fire.

6 Follow the Leader - Korn

7 Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles

Dated but in a fine wine way

8 The Number of the Beast - Iron Maiden

The opener isn't very special but the closer is a massive hit - Hallowed Be Thy Name. It's truly mindblowing and considered the best metal song ever by many. This album was game-changing.

Invaders isn't a big hit in my eyes, but it's a great album starter for one of heavy metal's best albums.

9 Blue - Joni Mitchell

10 Revolver - The Beatles

Nah, Taxman is pretty famous.

The Contenders

11 The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars - David Bowie

12 Machine Head - Deep Purple

The hit is Smoke On The Water (track #5) - the song with the most legendary guitar riff. I agree about the riff but in general I personally like more the opener - Highway Star.

13 The Mollusk - Ween

14 Nightfall in Middle-Earth - Blind Guardian

The opener is awesome but the most popular songs from this album are #9 and #4 - Mirror Mirror, Nightfall. This is a concept album professionally rated 9.5/10.

15 Blonde On Blonde - Bob Dylan