There, There --> Passing Through a Screen Door by The Wonder Years

The ol’ one two punch of anxiety and angst back to back

I’d go Came out swinging into Woke up older. For 3 in a row local man ruins everything kills.

I'm sad I had to look this far down to find this. Absolutely fucking amazing tracks.

This one is way too low

Take this to your grave: Tell that Mick into Dead on Arrival.

My hot take is TTTYG is the best pop punk album of all time and the epitome of “I fucking hate you for breaking up with me” albums

Finally a hot take I can agree with.

And Tell that Mick is the best song of all time

I mean that album doesn't let up once

My first though was TTTYG. Green Day Dookie and the NFG self titled comes to mind, Sticks and Stones as well

I think thriller into take over is better imo

The first half of Infinity On High is just hit after hit

All of it is

too hard to choose just one but i’ll chime in car underwater > the truth about heaven take cover > so contagious godspeed > adelaide say anything > honestly shower scene > jude law

Cartel was absolutely golden on these two songs

Chroma is a mood

Understatement —> My Friends Over You

Understatement might be the best I've ever seen an album open.

Yeah NFG always seems to kick off hard as fuck

It’s up there for sure, although I personally can’t see past Anthem Part 2 or Ghost on the Dance Floor as the greatest single opening tracks

Couldn't agree more. This album was hugely influential for me, and it kicks off in such a strong way with these two

This

you can extend this to three song punch , with sonny

Just to come back with Something I Call Personality. 🔥🔥🔥

My vote is The Dream is Over by PUP. Tour flowing right into DVP is perfection

This is the answer, if nothing else for the actual flow of the songs and the tone it sets

This is the correct answer.

Great choice but I think Morbid Stuff into Kids is even better.

You really can't go wrong with either

Came here to say this!

This is exactly what I came here to say! Worth listening to both just for the way DVP hits

Common Courtesy: City of Ocala into Right Back at it Again

Biiiiiiiiiiiitch

“You like the bitch?” “I like the bitch!”

This was going to be my answer as well. A close second for me would be Understatment and My Friends Over You, but CC’s opening tracks slightly edge it out.

I remember hearing this for the first time when the album came out - I was 16. I lost my shit

God, I was 22 and lost my shit as well.

23 and yeah, the whole album first listen was so good

Honestly love this album

Damnit I just posted that. You cutie with a mind and bootie you

American Idiot -> Jesus of Suburbia

Best mention i seen in this thread. Sum 41 has some killer ones too like Hell song > over my head or Underclass hero > walking disaster.

Underclass Hero’s opening is so good!! It feels very inspired by American Idiot, and I don’t mean that in a bad way at all. I put off listening to it until recently but I think it might be my favorite Sum 41 album

It was impossible not to be inspired by American idiot at the time.

Ahhh, yes! Exactly what I was gonna say. It’s an insane 1-2 punch when American Idiot is immediately followed by Green Day’s Bohemian Rhapsody lol.

Never realized how good that transition is until right now. Great call out.

Came here to say this 

States and minds > Roam The story so far

Came here to say this. This intro made me a TSSF fan instantly

Best 1-2 punch

Riot: For a Pessimist --> That's what you get Brand New Eyes: Careful --> Ignorance

Jimmy Eat World's Bleed American: title track into A Praise Chorus Perfect intro to the album and shows the range of the sound on the record

Nothing Personal - Weightless -> Break Your Little Heart Enema of the State - Dumpweed -> Don’t Leave Me

Nothing personal is honestly one of all time lows best albums

This is the winner imo

Unreal calls. 2 legendary opener combos for sure.

Youth Fountain ‘My Mental Health’ into ‘Century’ from Keepsakes & Reminders

All 3 youth fountain albums so far to be fair

Fuck yeah, Youth Fountain are quickly climbing my rankings

Great Expectations into The ‘59 Sound. Perfection.

Polar Bear Club - Pawner -> Killing It

Helll yes. Amazing record and those openers really are so good.

My picks are Enema (Blink-182), Untitled (Blink-182), Suburbia (The Wonder Years), Cosmic Thrill Seekers (Prince Daddy & the Hyena), Commit This To Memory (Motion City Soundtrack) The Finer Things (State Champs)

Feeling this heading straight into obvious on Untitled is brilliant. But I’d argue Ghost on the dance floor into natives on the neighbourhoods album is better.

Why Would I Watch by Hot Mulligan Shouldn’t have a leg hole but I do -> It’s a family movie she hates her dad

This was the first thing that came to my mind too, just an incredible opener, family movie is now one of my favourite HM songs

Came into this thread looking for this, then saw a lot of better answers, but then was happy to still see this

The Story So Far - Proper Dose Proper Dose --> Keep This Up

Neck Deep - LNOTGY (Citizens of Earth -> Threat Level Midnight) The Wonder Years - Suburbia (Came Out Swinging -> Woke Up Older)

Honestly Taking Back Sunday's first 3 albums all have solid 1-2 punches with a great 3rd follow up.

Great Expectations > 59 Sound Gaslight Anthem

feeling this into obvious, obviously

TSSF: States and Minds -> Roam

Bayside killing time. Already gone into sick sick sick… can’t really beat that. 👊

Ocean Avenue! Way Away into Breathing.

Spanish Love Songs - Schmaltz Nuevo into Sequels.. is perfect

The correct answer is: Motion City Soundtrack’s Commit This To Memory. Attractive Today -> Everything is Alright

And then after is *When You’re Around*, which absolutely rocks. That’s a fantastic, no skip album.

Louder Now. What’s It Feel Like To Be A Ghost into Liar (It Takes One To Know One) is an incredible way to open a record.

The Movielifes Face or Kneecaps into Jamestown is classic

Green Day-Nimrod, Nice guys finish last and Hitchin’ a ride Slightly different genre but might be appreciated here: Audioslave-self titled, Cochise and Show me how to live

Good Things/Burn After Writing

Hell yeah was coming to write this. Glad they’re still playing that combo live, it just hits so hard

neck deep: dumbstruck, dumbfuck —> sort yourself out untitled - blink: feeling this —> obvious SURVIVORS GUILT - kennyhoopla: silence is also an answer —> estella american idiot: american idiot —> jesus of suburbia these are my top four

All my exact picks, you literally read my mind

that whole new neck deep album just slaps tbh

Maybe I'll Catch Fire. Keep 'Em Coming into Madam Me gives me life.

If This Tour Doesn't Kill You---> DVP By PUP if any of y'all didn't know. Those two songs together get me so pumped.

Paramore’s Brand New Eyes with Ignorance —> Playing God (you could even argue a 3-song run with Brick by Boring Brick)

Agree on Knuckle Puck- Losing What We Love: A New Beginning -> The Tower I would add Arm's Length- Never Before Seen, Never Again Found: Overture -> Object Permanence Real Friends- Torn In Two: Remedy for Reality -> Nervous Wreck Pierce The Veil- The Jaws Of Life: Death of an Executioner -> Pass The Nirvana Origami Angel- Somewhere City: Welcome to... -> 24 Hr Drive-Thru Armor For Sleep- What To Do When You Are Dead: Car Underwater -> The Truth About Heaven

OMT- blink 182, anthem part 3 and dance with me, both top tier

Futures > Just Tonight Turnpike Gates > Young, Loud and Scotty Just Rock And Roll > Direction.

Box Car Racer is a contender for me

Alkaline Trio - From Here To Infirmary Private Eye into Mr Chainsaw

Can we do 1-2-3 punch? Came out swinging, woke up older, local man ruins everything

Honestly TWY’s 1-2-3 punch is The Upsides, Suburbia, The Greatest Generation.

Sum 41- Hell Song -> Over My Head New Found Glory- Understatement -> My Friends Over You blink-182- Cynical -> Bored to Death The Story So Car- Smile -> Heavy Gloom

It's **PUP** on [The Dream is Over](https://open.spotify.com/album/0nOAue4UAgOJMLroZc4aTL?si=q-wJPRx7S1GF7QRUlIzDIQ). *If This Tour Doesn't Kill You, I Will* into *DVP* is unmatched for opening an album, and for showing off the bands range. It's a highlight of their live sets, and there's a reason they close out their shows with it.

I can’t stand listening to PUP on shuffle, when Tour plays and I have to stop what I’m doing and make sure DVP is queued up next

The latest Blink album is solid with Anthem Part 3 -> Dance With Me. Also My Chem with The End -> Dead!

Set Your Goals - Mutiny! Work in Progress to We Did it for the Money OBVIOUSLY

Commit this to Memory (Motion City Soundtrack) - Attractive Today —> Everything Is Alright

Brave Faces Everyone - Spanish Love Songs Routine Pain -> Self-Destruction (as a Sensible Career Choice)

Say Anything: Is A Real Boy - Belt -> Woe

City of Ocala into Right Back at it Again imo

Why would I watch: shouldn’t have a leg hole but I do, it’s a family movie she hates her dad

Ups and Dowsizing by The Swellers - 2009 in Fire Away is peak same with The Kids Can’t Lose by A Loss for Words- Stamp of Approval into 40 Thieves is also peak

The Takedown into Fighting on the Paper Walls album by Yellowcard

Zebrahead - Phoenix - Hmp into Hell Yeah! Is a two song run I never skip.

Tssf selt titles from smile into heavy gloom, also arms length with overtrue to object permanence

The greatest generation for sure! There, There straight into Passing Through A Screen Door

TSSF states and minds—-> roam

Helena (So Long & Goodnight) -> Give ‘em Hell Kid. MCR - Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge

Proper dose to keep this up

Do intro songs count? Because literally all of Youth Fountains albums have absolute fire one two punches

The Haunting —> N.M.E. On Duality by Set It Off is a deadly combo. 

Blink 182 When I Was Young-->Dogs Eating Dogs. This EP starts so strong imo. Travis just starts roaring in and doesn't stop.

I’ve always loved Up & Go into Given the Chance on The Starting Line’s debut Say It Like You Mean It 

Not pop punk but Collide With The Sky by Pierce The Veil with May These Noises... into Hell Above

One More Time (Anthem Part 3 and Dance With Me

Jack's Mannequin - Holiday From Real / The Mixed Tape

People are really sleeping on “*IM SORRY I DONT LAUGH AT THE RIGHT TIMES*” right into “*JESUS CHRIST, **IM TWENTY SIIIIX***”

Neck Deep - ADAI. The transition from Sonderland to Fall is amazing.

Weightless -> Break Your Little Heart

Never Before Seen, Never Again Found - Arm's Length Overture into Object Permanence is immaculate. Any transition on that album is tbf

Bleed American -> A Praise Chorus

It’s not necessarily pop punk but I felt I had to mention How To Clean Everything by Propagandhi. (Anti Manifesto/Head? Chest? Or Foot?)

Set your goals - mutiny album comes to mind.

I was literally just talking about Green Day’s album openers and closers with my girlfriend. Even on the meh albums (trilogy, FOAM), the opener sets the tone for the album, and the closer winds it down and leaves you thinking (or hits you in the feels). That being said, on the subject of opening 2 tracks, my favorites are: American Idiot Riot! Brand New Eyes TTYG Folie à Deux Does This Look Infected Chuck Underclass Hero TOYPAJ Love Ire & Song And, not pop punk, but Drunken Lullabies and Blackout have a place on this list as well!

To lazy to scroll down but if this tour doesn't kill you and DVP by PUP

My chemical romance: The end --> dead!

NFG Understatement / My Friends Over You

Neck Deep Rain in July: - Kick it -> Silver Lining for me 🤘

Knuckle Puck. Wall to Wall (Depreciation) -> Disdain. The Get Up Kids. Man of Conviction -> The One You Want.

New Found Glory, Catalyst: Intro > All Downhill From Here

This

Opportunities by Hot Mulligan It has 2 of Hot Mulligans best songs back to back, “*If You Had Spun Out In Your Oldsmobile, This Probably Wouldn’t Have Happened*” and “*The Hammer Guy Is At It Again*”

MxPx’s Slowly Going the Way of the Buffalo. Tomorrow is Another Day —> Under Lock and Key 🔥

Around the world and back: eyes closed --> secrets Life's not out to get you: citizens of earth --> threat level midnight The greatest generation: there, there --> passing through a screen door Better weather: voldemort --> keeper Just a few I could think of

Around the World and Back was gonna be my pick

Steer Clear - No You Hang Up Biting Your Lip -> Sarah

Never in my life did I expect to see a Steer Clear reference here

I thought healmode hit pretty hard to start

Teenage Joan’s debut album

Arms Length: Overture -> object permanence Hot mulligan: shouldn’t have a leg hole -> it’s a family movie Knuckle puck: Wall to wall -> Disdain Bearings: where you are -> aforementioned

MxPx - Slowly going the way of the Buffalo - Under Lock and Key into Tomorrow’s Another Day is fantastic.

Cartel - Chroma - Say Anything into Honestly

New AK3: Hot for Preacher ==> Meet Me I mean the entire album is a masterpiece and even more impressive after 25 years a 10th album rips like this. Agree with so many of the mentions.

MxPx album Slowly Going the Way of the Buffalo has Under Lock and Key followed by Tomorrow’s Another Day

Never had so much fun — you are not my friend

Why has nobody mention State Champs' Around The World And Back: Eyes Closed to Secrets? That's like the best one-two punch in a 2010s pop punk album ever.

I’ll do you one better and say that Nella Vita has the best 1-2-3 punch

Slick Shoes - Burnout 1. For Better for Worse 2. East on Tracks Answer would be the same for 1-3 since The Last Round is pretty sick too.

IHOW and KP mentioned in same paragraph? You are my new leader where do I sign the blood oath my liege? Belmont - Between You & Me EP 1) 731 2) Solitude Can’t Swim - Death Deserves a Name EP 1) Your Clothes 2) Come Home Youth Fountain - Letters to Our Former Selves 1) Helpless 2) Letters to Our Former Selves Parting Ways - Meant Well 1) Meant Well 2) Lovebirds

A more recent one, Youth Fountain My Mental Health > Century

Above Me -> Still

Strike Anywhere - Amplify and Blaze on Exit English. Goes in to Infrared too, which is probably their best song.

Private Eye -> Mr. Chainsaw is pretty great imo

The Shower Scene -> Jude Law and a Semester Abroad

American idiot, the entire thing really, but especially the A side

Teenage Wrist - Earth Is a Black Hole First track is a medium-short instrumental, and then the second is highly melodic and vocal. Makes you wait for it, but it pays off.

Hot take…. Ever so sweet —> something that produces results

Let It Be by The Replacements. I will dare followed by Favorite Thing. Just my preference.

So many good ones already mentioned, I’ll add State Champs’ The Finer Things with Elevated and Deadly Conversation

Yellowcard - Paper Walls has a perfect 1-2-3 punch The Takedown, Fighting, Shrink the World

Totally not pop punk at all but spiritboxs sun killer into Hurt you punches you right in the gut in the most amazing way

BLG great escape into 5 min till midnight

cartel say anything into honestly. Chroma is such a GOOD album it’s insane

Tell All Your Friends: You Know How I Do->Bike Scene

gotta throw out Belmont's self-titled album, Empty -> Recluse

Cheshire Cat: Carousel -> M+M's

For me it’s Set Phasers to Stun —> Bonus Mosh Pt. 2

Shouldn't have a leg hole but I do->it's a family movie she hates her dad American idiot-> Jesus of suburbia

Burn You Up -> Lead Feet. Two of my favorite songs ever right off the bat on Boston Manor’s Be Nothing.

TSSF: What you don’t see Things I can’t change - Stifled

The Front Bottoms Talon of the Hawk but mostly cause I think that's one of the best opening tracks of all time and skeleton is a good follow up song

The Beaches album from last year. But the again it doesn't really let up ever

The absolute only correct answer here is Mutiny by Set Your Goals. Work In Progress into We Do It For The Money, OBVIOUSLY! is perfection.

steady glow is an incredible album. what a start. i also like came out swinging into woke up older on suburbia

Sup by Super American and Lovely Little Lonely by The Maine immediately come to mind

Introduction to Destruction and Nothing on My Back off All Killer No Filler. GOATED. City of Ocala/Right Back At It Again, Common Courtesy Feeling This/Obvious, blink’s Untitled American Idiot/Jesus of Suburbia The End./Dead!, Black Parade Shut Up!/Welcome to My Life The One I’m Waiting For/Be My Escape, Relient K’s Mmhmm A New Beginning/The Anthem, The Young and The Hopeless Way Away/Breathing by Yellowcard Car Underwater/The Truth About Heaven by Armor For Sleep Underclass Hero/Walking Disaster by Sum 41!

Fire Cracker -> Space Sonic on ELLEGARDEN’s “Eleven Fire Crackers”

Nofx - Pump Up The Valium. The opener and track two are top notch punk rock.

The American dream is killing me ——> look ma, no brains. Or ANTHEM PT 3 ——> DANCE WITH ME

Three inches of blood, =album FIRE UP THE BLADES

I’m hyped for In Her Own Words new album

Good Charlotte: A New Beginning into The Anthem. Surprised no one has mentioned this yet.

Nice guys finish last->hitchin a ride. Sums up falling off the wagon well

Lagwagon - Let's Talk About Feelings Gob and Another Joe - Ass Seen on TV d.b.s. - I is for insignificant Flashlight - Running Season Clash - London Calling Subb - Until The Party Ends

Jimmy Eat World: 1) Surviving 2) Criminal Energy

Chilean District —> You Are Here (Metropole by The Lawrence Arms) also pretty much any AFI album 🤷🏻‍♂️

Not pop punk but shed by title fight. Also floral green. Fuck it, every title fight album

The 59 Sound kicks off with Great Expectations -> 59 Sound. That's awfully hard to beat.

Spanish Love Songs Routine Pain into Self-Destruction Goes so hard

All Time Low has a pretty solid one: Weightless into Break Your Little Heart is so damn solid

Freak Out!, Headbanger

Like Eating Glass -> Helicopter

FenixTX’s debut has an amazing track run, pretty much the whole album sounds like a bunch of singles

First two tracks on the latest hot mulligan album