DBT Rank 'Em - Album Openers

[Zip City]

1. Where the Devil Don't Stay
2. The Deeper In
3. Shit Shots Count
4. Days of Graduation
5. Wife Beater
6. Two Daughters and a Beautiful Wife
7. Bulldozers and Dirt
8. I Do Believe
9. February 14
10. Daddy Learned to Fly

[Iowan]

1. Where the Devil Don't Stay
2. Bulldozers and Dirt
3. Shit Shots Count
4. Two Daughters and a Beautiful Wife
5. The Deeper In
6. February 14

7. Daddy Learned to Fly
8. Wife Beater
9. I Do Believe

10. Days of Graduation


If you were to count Ronnie & Neil as the opener for SRO, since it's the first proper "song", the list changes drastically.

[dbtfan4life]

1. Bulldozers and Dirt
2. Days of Graduation
3. Where The Devil Dont Stay
4. Shit Shots Count
5. Two Daughters and A Beautiful Wife

6. Daddy Learned To Fly
7. The Deeper In
8. Feb. 14
9. I Do Believe
10. Wife Beater

[Smitty]

The Deeper In
Devil
Bulldozers
Feb 14
Days
Daughters
Wife
SSC
Daddy
Believe

[OkieinTexas]

Two Daughters
Bulldozers And Dirt
The Deeper In
Where The Devil Don't Stay
Feb. 14
Daddy Learned To Fly
Shit Shots Count
Wife Beater
I Do Believe
Days Of Graduation

[hanklow]

Devil
2 Daughters
Days
Deeper In
Daddy
Bulldozers
Feb 14
I Do Believe
Wife Beater

[hanklow]

Devil
2 Daughters
Days
Deeper In
Daddy
Bulldozers
Feb 14
I Do Believe
Wife Beater

[lotusamerica]

Where The Devil Don't Stay
Two Daughters
Feb. 14
Shit Shots Count
Bulldozers And Dirt
Daddy Learned To Fly
The Deeper In
Wife Beater
I Do Believe
Days Of Graduation

[John A Arkansawyer]

Days Of Graduation (Like Angels and Fuselage, this one is in a class of its own)

Where The Devil Don't Stay
Shit Shots Count (I've heard this enough times to judge now)
Feb. 14
I Do Believe (Again, I could put these last four in almost any order on any given day)
The Deeper In

I find these two songs way too hard to listen to very often:
Two Daughters and a Beautiful Wife
Daddy Learned To Fly

I don't know these two records well enough to judge (but they sure are good songs!):
Wife Beater
Bulldozers And Dirt

[LastLawson]

Days of Graduation
Where The Devil Don't Stay
Bulldozers and Dirt
Feb. 14
Shit Shots Count
Two Daughters and a Beautiful Wife
Daddy Learned to Fly
I Do Believe
The Deeper In
Wife Beater

[coornelius]

Devil
Feb 14
Shit Shots
Bulldozers
Deeper In
Daughters
Daddy
Days of Grad
Wife Beater
I Do Believe

[dee dee]

Devil Don't Stay
Bulldozers and Dirt
Feb 14
Days of Graduation
Shit Shots
The Deeper In
I Do Believe
2 Daughters
Daddy Learned to Fly
Wife Beater

[cortez the killer]

Deeper
Devil
Shit
Daughters
Feb
Wife
Graduation
Bulldozers
Believe
Fly

[beantownbubba]

The Deeper In
Days of Graduation

Totally non-traditional openers. They get over on pure audaciousness and choice of subject matter but if the idea is to grab your attention and suck you in, well, these do that like nothing else.

Shit Shots Count
Where the Devil Don't Stay
Feb 14

"Classic" type openers and guess what? DBT does those pretty well, too.

Two Daughters
Bulldozers
I Do Believe
Daddy Learned to Fly
Wifebeater

All good songs and the order can change on any given day; they're just not as extraordinary as the others. Sometimes "Daddy Learned to Fly" breaks out for me, other times it doesn't - that's kind of unusual for me for any band including DBT and I'm not sure what it says about the song, but I guess I'm covering my ass if the next time we do this I have "Fly" at #1

[TruckerTomer]

1. Where the Devil Don't Stay
2. Days of Graduation (-> Ronnie & Neil)
3. Two Daughters and a Beautiful Wife
4. Bulldozers and Dirt
5. The Deeper In
6. I Do Believe
7. Wife Beater
8. February 14
9. Daddy Learned to Fly

[Duke Silver]

Deeper In
Devil
Feb. 14
Bulldozers
Shit Shots
Days of Graduation
Daddy
I Do Believe
Wifebeater

[Slipkid42]

These are much tougher to rank than the closers for me.

1. Devil
2. 2 Daughters
3. Bulldozers
4. Feb. 14
5. I Do Believe (love this an opener)
6. Shit Shots (can see this one movin' up)
7. Days of Graduation (perfect for SRO)
8. Deeper In
9. Daddy/Fly
10. Wife Beater

I tried to weigh their impact as album openers & their stand alone quality.

[BB Coach]

1. Where the Devil Dont Stay
2. Feb 14
3. Bulldozers and Dirt
4. Days of Graduation
5. Daddy Learned to Fly
6. Deeper In
7. I Do Believe
8. Shit Shots Count
9. Two Daughters and Wife
10. Wife Beater

[RoyHandcuff]

1.The Deeper In
2.Where The Devil Don't Stay
3.Daddy Learned To Fly
4.Bulldozers and Dirt
5.Two Daughters and a Beautiful Wife
6.Shit Shots Count
7.Feb 14
8.I Do Believe
9.Days Of Graduation
10.Wife Beater

[211poundsofpork]

1. The Deeper In
2. Where the Devil Don't Stay
3. Two Daughters and a Beautiful Wife
4. Daddy Learned to Fly
5. Shit Shots Count
6. Feb. 14
7. Bulldozers and Dirt
8. I Do Believe
9. Wife Beater
10. Days of Graduation

[WestByGod]

1. The Deeper In
2. Where the Devil Don't Stay
3. Shit Shots Count
4. Two Daughters and a Beautiful Wife
5. Days of Graduation
6. Wife Beater
7. Bulldozers and Dirt
8. I Do Believe
9. February 14
10. Daddy Learned to Fly

[Erdlivz]

1. Where the Devil Don't Stay
2. The Deeper In
3. Two Daughters and a Beautiful Wife
4. Days of Graduation
5. Shit Shots Count
6. Bulldozers and Dirt
7. I Do Believe
8. Daddy Learned to Fly
9. February 14
10. Wife Beater

[bathmalts]

1. Where The Devil Don't Stay
2. Days of Graduation
3. The Deeper In
4. Bulldozers and Dirt
5. Two Daughters and a Wife
6. Shit Shots Count
7. Daddy Learned to Fly
8. Wife Beater
9. Feb 14
10. Ramon Casiano
11. I Do Believe

If i count Ronnie and Neil as part of the opener for SRO, it's no doubt my number one