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If you hear a CD that starts with "Beetlebum" and is followed by "Song 2", you will have to wait until track 3 to find out is you are listening to Blur's greatest hits album, or "Blur" the selftitled one.

Any more? Any that go further than two tracks?

― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 11:49 (twenty-two years ago)

How about The Dandy Warhols ...Come Down and the BJM's Give It Back?

Two albums by two different artists that start with an identical track!

― Citizen Kate (kate), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 11:57 (twenty-two years ago)

The radio static on the Kinks "Around the Dial" (which begins Give the People What They Want) sounds a hell of a lot like the Flaming Lips "Turn it On" (first track on Transmissions...)

― Mark (MarkR), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 12:20 (twenty-two years ago)

Shirokuma - Midnight Chess Club starts with Moonlight in the Afternoon whihc sounds like..... no better not.

― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 12:26 (twenty-two years ago)

Elastica's first record starts off just like a Wire album (also ends like one and resembles it in the middle as well).

― Nom De Plume (Nom De Plume), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 14:54 (twenty-two years ago)

Not sure this counts, but the opening note of Cheap Trick's All Shook Up is this closing note of Sgt.Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Oooh, the audacity. Funny how one remains a classic and the other...well.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 15:57 (twenty-two years ago)

The Beatles' blue double compilation album starts with "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band" and "With a Little Help From My Friends" segued together, followed by "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds". Exactly like the "Sgt. Pepper" album does.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 16:09 (twenty-two years ago)

Top marks Geir. Can anyone make Four?

― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 16:10 (twenty-two years ago)

Two albums by two different artists that start with an identical track!

Damm, Kate beat me too it. Since she also knows why he did that.

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 16:12 (twenty-two years ago)

alex all shook up
is a great cheap trick record.
the other's okay.

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 16:49 (twenty-two years ago)

Roxy Music's Roxy Music, The Early Years and The Thrill of it All start with "Remake/Remodel," "Ladytron," and "If There Is Something." If you consider the fact that the original UK pressing of the debut album did not contain "Virginia Plain," "2HB" would make four identical successive tracks on three different releases.

― Kent Burt (lingereffect), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 17:02 (twenty-two years ago)

Mmmmm.

That last one is a live album, yeah? But I take nothing away from you....

― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 17:03 (twenty-two years ago)

Not sure this counts, but the opening note of Cheap Trick's All Shook Up is this closing note of Sgt.Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Oooh, the audacity. Funny how one remains a classic and the other...well.

Yeah, that Beatles album IS best left consigned to the dustheap.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 17:12 (twenty-two years ago)

That last one is a live album, yeah? But I take nothing away from you....

No, it's a boxed set.

― Kent Burt (lingereffect), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 17:24 (twenty-two years ago)

How about:

http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc000/c028/c028711d0sl.jpg & http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc400/c485/c48556936kb.jpg

(I'm really surprised Ned didn't beat me to that one!)

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 17:33 (twenty-two years ago)

And what about:

http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B000095Z4B.02.LZZZZZZZ ?

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 17:35 (twenty-two years ago)

I think those are sorta cheats, see. (Even though they're all FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABULOUS!)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 19 November 2003 18:08 (twenty-two years ago)

The Byrds "Highlights" album is quite similar to their "Mr Tambourine Man" album. In fact, they are completely identical, track by track, start to finish.

― Michael Dubsky, Thursday, 20 November 2003 00:18 (twenty-two years ago)

Bob Dylan's "Subterranean Homesick Blues" and "Bringing It All Back Home" has several quite obvious similarities. :-)

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Thursday, 20 November 2003 01:08 (twenty-two years ago)

And, yes, Nick Lowe's "Jesus Of Cool" and "Pure Pop For Now People" too.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Thursday, 20 November 2003 01:44 (twenty-two years ago)

'loveless' and secret shine 'greater than god'.

― keith m (keithmcl), Thursday, 20 November 2003 03:05 (twenty-two years ago)

Forgot about Prefab Sprout's "Steve McQueen" and "Two Wheels Good"

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Thursday, 20 November 2003 03:06 (twenty-two years ago)

My blue album starts with Strawberry Fields & Penny Lane. Perhaps the CD version is different from the record.

― billstevejim, Thursday, 20 November 2003 03:54 (twenty-two years ago)

I don't know if this counts, but Beatles For Sale and Beatles '65 have identical Side A's.

― billstevejim, Thursday, 20 November 2003 03:58 (twenty-two years ago)

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