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Listening to 'Black Star' by radiohead today reminded me how much I like the song because of the way it fades in, something kind of rare in pop music. Go.

― tylero, Tuesday, 7 October 2003 03:17 (twenty-one years ago)

I have plenty of techno/house DJ records that fade in (which always annoys me...hard to find the 1 and get the phrasing right...) but not a ton of rock/pop/whatever stuff.

― tylero, Tuesday, 7 October 2003 03:18 (twenty-one years ago)

Search: "Eight Days a Week"!

― Douglas (Douglas), Tuesday, 7 October 2003 03:45 (twenty-one years ago)

Ladies and Gentlemen We are Floating in Space

― A Nairn (moretap), Tuesday, 7 October 2003 03:59 (twenty-one years ago)

All I'm coming up with now is "Vaseline" by Stone Temple Pilots.

― Sean (Sean), Tuesday, 7 October 2003 06:49 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh, "Turn to Stone" by ELO fades in too.

― Sean (Sean), Tuesday, 7 October 2003 06:49 (twenty-one years ago)

I Want To Break Free by Queen comes to mind.

― Damian (Damian), Tuesday, 7 October 2003 08:01 (twenty-one years ago)

The Shins 'New Slang'. Lovely song and all the better for the fade in and out.

― mms (mms), Tuesday, 7 October 2003 08:17 (twenty-one years ago)

The most famous fade-in in "rock" music may be the intro to "Where The Streets Have No Name".

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 7 October 2003 08:24 (twenty-one years ago)

Back cover of Mad Magazine.

Hand in Glove (forget which version..)

― dave225 (Dave225), Tuesday, 7 October 2003 10:29 (twenty-one years ago)

SEARCH: "No Reason to Complain" by the Lyres, "I Want You Back" by the Hoodoo Gurus and "Stop This Game" by Cheap Trick, which is the first song on their otherwise lamentable album, All Shook Up. The opening note that fades in is supposedly the final note that fades out on Sgt.Pepper's. Audacious? Yes, but still cool.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 7 October 2003 12:45 (twenty-one years ago)

Actually, the slow, somnambulistic fade-in to "To All the Girls" that opens up Paul's Boutique is not only a great fade-in (and fade-out at the end), but one of the greatest album openers of all time....if y'ask me.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 7 October 2003 12:47 (twenty-one years ago)

Sigur Ros "Vidrar Vel Til Loftarasa" (aka track 7 on Agaetis Byrjun) with the atmospherics then the piano fading eeeeeveeeeer sooooooo sloooooowly in and not reaching full volume until about the 2 minute mark, it's very patient and evokes this wonderful wintery ambience that really sets the tone for the whole piece.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 7 October 2003 13:01 (twenty-one years ago)

It has to be "Porcelina of the Vast Oceans" by the Pumpkins... Very slow fade in, lovely guitar plucking intro...

― JP Almeida (JP Almeida), Tuesday, 7 October 2003 13:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Out Of The Blue~Roxy Music is a fine fade in.

― thomas de'aguirre (biteylove), Tuesday, 7 October 2003 14:31 (twenty-one years ago)

This Town Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Us fades in doesn't it?

― Ferg (Ferg), Tuesday, 7 October 2003 14:50 (twenty-one years ago)

People, people puh-LEASE! The best fade-in:

The Smiths: Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others

Bonus points because it fades in, out, and back in again! (Except for you wacky Australians, who have a different version on The Queen Is Dead for some reason)

― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Tuesday, 7 October 2003 14:56 (twenty-one years ago)

As a kid I liked the fade-in to Metallica's Orion, it reminded me of the soundtrack for a sci-fi movie or something.

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 7 October 2003 14:59 (twenty-one years ago)

blur's "he thought of cars" is my favourite.

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Tuesday, 7 October 2003 15:03 (twenty-one years ago)

stone roses - i wanna be adored

― gfd, Tuesday, 7 October 2003 15:26 (twenty-one years ago)

I just pulled the record off the shelf to make sure, but does "I Want You Back" really fade in? It begins with what sounds like a couple seconds of decaying notes played backwards; this does mimic the build-up of a fade in, but is it the same thing? It's also very brief. Fab song, though.

― Sean (Sean), Tuesday, 7 October 2003 15:48 (twenty-one years ago)

The Verve - A New Decade. Always cool when the fade in is at the top of an album and it works.

― Michael G, Tuesday, 7 October 2003 15:53 (twenty-one years ago)

sub-category: fade-ins within a song. david bowie, "changes." the snare drum fades in on every chorus. weird and fabulous.

― fact checking cuz, Tuesday, 7 October 2003 16:02 (twenty-one years ago)

search: changing of the guards, dylan
destroy: changing of the guards, dylan

― Chuck Tatum (Chuck Tatum), Tuesday, 7 October 2003 16:03 (twenty-one years ago)

Search: Portishead, "Glory Box"

― The Lex (The Lex), Tuesday, 7 October 2003 20:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Does "Foxy Lady" fade in?

"Another Green World" by Eno

― Maxwell von Bismarck (maxwell von bismarck), Tuesday, 7 October 2003 20:40 (twenty-one years ago)

Can't believe this thread has lasted so long without mention of Temptation by New Order.

― Damian (Damian), Tuesday, 7 October 2003 22:16 (twenty-one years ago)

Guitar feedback fading in before the song starts: Classic

― Siegbran (eofor), Tuesday, 7 October 2003 22:20 (twenty-one years ago)

This Town Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Us fades in doesn't it?

O boy does it fade in, fuck yeah! One of the most memorable fade-ins ever.
Doesn't also the twiddly bit at the start of Zep's "Black Dog" kida 'fade in'?
Hendrix's "Crosstown Traffic"?

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Tuesday, 7 October 2003 22:27 (twenty-one years ago)

Do I really have to be the first one to mention "Swingtown" by the Steve Miller Band?

― Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Tuesday, 7 October 2003 22:30 (twenty-one years ago)

'ACHILLES LAST STAND'-
LED Z3P3LIN

― calstars (calstars), Tuesday, 7 October 2003 23:47 (twenty-one years ago)

"Limbo Swing" by Dadamah--fades in slowly over most of the song, then peaks near the end with some saturated organ, then fades out with the organ spinning around by itself.

― Stephen Boyle (SBoyle), Wednesday, 8 October 2003 12:15 (twenty-one years ago)

"Gaudete", Steeleye Span

(Good gracious, what a song. Not to mention its unhurried fading-in and -out. A cappella, to boot.)

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Wednesday, 8 October 2003 12:45 (twenty-one years ago)

oooh - speaking of A Cappella fade-ins:

Flying Pickets - 'Only You' (cover of the Yazoo song)

― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Wednesday, 8 October 2003 13:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Another good one: "These Little Monkeys" by Jonathan Fire*Eater

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 8 October 2003 13:20 (twenty-one years ago)

well done damian i was jus gonna say exactly that.
best fade in ever.

― pisceboy, Wednesday, 8 October 2003 13:49 (twenty-one years ago)

Guitar feedback fading in before the song starts: Classic

Opal: Supernova (I think that's the one.. single note - vol. knob turned up from zero.)

― dave225 (Dave225), Wednesday, 8 October 2003 13:56 (twenty-one years ago)

Guitar feedback fading in before the song starts: Classic
Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend
Teenage Fanclub - Star Sign

probabaly a million more....

― Rob Bolton (Rob Bolton), Wednesday, 8 October 2003 15:31 (twenty-one years ago)

Deeper Into Movies by Yo La Tengo fades in with guitars, bass + drums pretty nicely.

― captain badass, Wednesday, 8 October 2003 15:36 (twenty-one years ago)

His Name Is Alive, the "rockin'" version of "Home" fades in with the loud guitars.

― Blood and sparkles (bloodandsparkles), Wednesday, 8 October 2003 17:42 (twenty-one years ago)

four years pass...

whoa..no mention of neil young/buffalo springfield's "expecting to fly"?

― bb, Monday, 28 April 2008 18:36 (seventeen years ago)

Blackened - metallica

― kingkongvsgodzilla, Monday, 28 April 2008 18:38 (seventeen years ago)

Ha, I found years ago a clip of that intro played in reverse in its original forwards form.

― Pleasant Plains, Monday, 28 April 2008 18:40 (seventeen years ago)

Great tracks mentioned above. But they don't include

Psychedelic Furs, 'Highwire Days'

― the pinefox, Monday, 28 April 2008 18:41 (seventeen years ago)

"pinion" by NIN

― moonship journey to baja, Monday, 28 April 2008 18:41 (seventeen years ago)

What's the Feelies song that takes forever to fully fade-in, maybe 40 seconds or so...maybe "Moscow Nights", I think? If so, search that, for sure.

― Z S, Monday, 28 April 2008 18:58 (seventeen years ago)

Blackened - metallica

Also Orion and To Live is To Die.

― chap, Monday, 28 April 2008 19:08 (seventeen years ago)

"Psycho Therapy," Ramones

― If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up, Monday, 28 April 2008 22:02 (seventeen years ago)

three years pass...

"I'm In the Mood" - Robert Plant!!

― Dark Noises from the Eurozone (Tracer Hand), Friday, 5 August 2011 22:28 (thirteen years ago)

"Planet Claire" - The B-52's

"Yacht Dance" - XTC

― Hideous Lump, Saturday, 6 August 2011 05:20 (thirteen years ago)

Neu! - Hallogallo & Fur Immer.

― ledge, Saturday, 6 August 2011 08:37 (thirteen years ago)

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