You don't get a second chance at a first impression.

That's something each artist in the list below of the Top 35 Opening Songs on Debut Albums knows all too well. The first song on that first album is one of the most important decisions an artist can make. One wrong turn could derail a career before it even had a chance.

These tracks, selected by the UCR staff, set moods, tones and narratives; they can make or break an entire album and career. Many of rock's biggest names are here and for good reason. From the start, they surveyed the landscape and set their marks. They took their chances and then made music history.

35. Meat Loaf, "Bat Out of Hell" (From Bat Out of Hell , 1977)

Meat Loaf had already recorded an album with singer Shaun "Stoney" Murphy, appeared in The Rocky Horror

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