the first title coming to mind:
"blue line swinger"
― alex in mainhattan, Thursday, 26 June 2008 19:51 (sixteen years ago) link
I can't believe all the complaints about "After Hours" and no one has mentioned "European Son" or "Sister Ray!!" I'll go with the latter, but my private chestnut has to be "Never Forget."
Best song that happens to be a closer: "This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)."
― talrose, Thursday, 26 June 2008 21:34 (sixteen years ago) link
"Nebel" at the end of the great RAMMS+EIN's great "Mutter"
― i, grey, Friday, 27 June 2008 02:41 (sixteen years ago) link
at the risk of sounding stuck in the past, "European Son" and "Desolation Row" are two that spring to mind
-- outdoor_miner, Thursday, 2 August 2007 06:03 (10 months ago) Link
learn to read you poxy fules
― Edward III, Friday, 27 June 2008 03:11 (sixteen years ago) link
I opened this thread, searched for the first three songs that came to mind, and I had posted every one of them almost a year ago.
my ilm's playing tricks on me
― Edward III, Friday, 27 June 2008 03:16 (sixteen years ago) link
i agree with "The Tourist"
― billstevejim, Friday, 27 June 2008 03:28 (sixteen years ago) link
the avalanches - extra kings the white stripes - I fought piranhas
― nicky lo-fi, Friday, 27 June 2008 04:37 (sixteen years ago) link
I agree with "Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others"
― wanko ergo sum, Friday, 27 June 2008 13:45 (sixteen years ago) link
Here Comes A Regular
thas it and thas all
-- ksg, Thursday, August 2, 2007 8:55 AM (Thursday, August 2, 2007 8:55 AM) Bookmark Link
I would've put "Answering Machine" first.
-- Pleasant Plains, Friday, August 3, 2007
I think I'd actually choose "Treatment Bound" over eithor of those
― Myonga Vön Bontee, Friday, 27 June 2008 14:58 (sixteen years ago) link
The Bewlay Brothers.
― chap, Friday, 27 June 2008 15:02 (sixteen years ago) link
Out There Somewhere Pt 2.
― chap, Friday, 27 June 2008 15:16 (sixteen years ago) link
led zep - when the levee breaks (awesome) harvey milk - mothers day (really epic) biggie - suicidal thoughts (grim) botch - we are the romans (this is pretty epic too) faith no more - midnight cowboy (perfect wind-down) steely dan - king of the world/third world man (both work really well in the context of the albums that they cap off)
― original bgm, Friday, 27 June 2008 15:16 (sixteen years ago) link
faith no more - midnight cowboy (perfect wind-down)
King For a Day and Album of the Year have great closers as well.
― chap, Friday, 27 June 2008 15:18 (sixteen years ago) link
Grand Funk-I'm Your Captain
That album (*Closer to Home) also has one of the alltime great openers in "Sin's a Good Man's Brother"
― Bill Magill, Friday, 27 June 2008 16:29 (sixteen years ago) link
REM - Find the River
― pgwp, Friday, 27 June 2008 20:19 (sixteen years ago) link
SFA - Gweirridasfetjajegjaegeuau Dwfn
― teflon monkey, Friday, 27 June 2008 20:37 (sixteen years ago) link
-- alex in mainhattan, Thursday, 26 June 2008 19:51 (Yesterday) Link
Thank the Lord you mentioned this, alex. I thought I was going to have to throw a tantrum.
(also I like "Soul Survivor," "All Apologies," the loud version of "Keep On Rockin in the Free World" and "I'm in Love With a Girl." And does "Leave the Capitol" count?)
― Drugs A. Money, Friday, 27 June 2008 21:15 (sixteen years ago) link
also almost forgot about "22 Going on 23"
― Drugs A. Money, Friday, 27 June 2008 21:19 (sixteen years ago) link
"Piledriver", Damn Yankees
― Euler, Friday, 27 June 2008 21:32 (sixteen years ago) link
The Verve had some nice ones: "See You in the Next One" & "Stormy Clouds (Reprise)"
― Pillbox, Friday, 27 June 2008 22:11 (sixteen years ago) link
xtc - complicated game
― ciderpress, Friday, 27 June 2008 22:39 (sixteen years ago) link
Let's See What Else:
I def. second "Eulogy and Light" (super-creepy) and "When the Levee Breaks," along with "A Day in the Life..." (but, really, who doesn't second that one?)
"L.A. Blues is great, tho apparently it lacks compared to the live version.
"You Set the Scene" is great. I also like "And More" from Love's first album, for personal reasons.
Surprised "Bike" hasn't gotten any love yet.
Ditto for "Ambulance Blues." Also, "Last Dance" (from Time Fades Away) is pretty damn cool: CSN has never sounded so raw & ragged, perhaps bcz Neil insists on pummelling them with the riff. Great freaky rock moment.
It hasn't been mentioned (I don't think) but no list fultimate classic-rock album closers is complete without "Ramble Tamble."
I believe the original Mirror Man album ends with "Kandy Korn," which is an awesome song. (For that matter, "Apes-Ma" wraps up Shiny Beast on an impossibly poignant note.)
"Brick is Red" "Havalina" "She Brings The Rain" "Adventures Close to Home": none of these would belong on a list of greatest album closers ever, but all are v. good, so shout-outs to them all.
"Sweet Shine" and "Bouncing Round the Room" are even better. Verging on transcendence, particularly "Bouncing" which is the greatest song that Paul Simon never wrote.
And nothing against "You're Not an Airplane"--it does the job--but "Peep-hole would've made a fantastic closer for Bee Thousand. it has to be one of the loveliest songs to ever clock in under a minute.
― Drugs A. Money, Friday, 27 June 2008 23:12 (sixteen years ago) link
hey! did i kill another thread? dammit!
― Drugs A. Money, Friday, 27 June 2008 23:54 (sixteen years ago) link
don't worry about it. some ilxors kill entire borads
― PappaWheelie V, Friday, 27 June 2008 23:55 (sixteen years ago) link
and we have a word for them, too: heroes.
btw best album close is billy's got a gun
― deeznuts, Saturday, 28 June 2008 00:02 (sixteen years ago) link
"Sunless Saturday"
― Oilyrags, Saturday, 28 June 2008 00:04 (sixteen years ago) link
Speaking of GbV, the one-two punch of "Mute Superstar" and "Bomb in the Beehive" that closes Mag Earwig! is one of my favorite endings to an album ever. If I have to pick a single song...maybe "Jimmy Tomorrow" from the Waitresses' debut? "Complicated Game" is a pretty strong contender too.
― Vaguely Threatening CAPTCHAs, Saturday, 28 June 2008 00:19 (sixteen years ago) link
omg wau I'm listening to drums & wires RIGHT NOW and came here specifically to say complicated game.
― Autumn Almanac, Saturday, 28 June 2008 01:14 (sixteen years ago) link
"Take Care." Big Star, Sister Lovers.
― Michael Train, Saturday, 28 June 2008 10:13 (sixteen years ago) link
Delia & Gavin's "Black Spring" from Days of Mars a strong contender.
― Neil S, Thursday, 6 November 2008 15:17 (fifteen years ago) link
The Go-Betweens' "Apology Accepted."
― Simon H., Thursday, 6 November 2008 15:49 (fifteen years ago) link
I've always felt that Pavement's "Fillmore Jive" was their greatest moment, particularly because it was the album closer.
― Kublakhan61, Thursday, 6 November 2008 15:54 (fifteen years ago) link
"siberian khatru"
― kamerad, Thursday, 6 November 2008 15:57 (fifteen years ago) link
The morning of our lives-Modern Lovers liveGouge away-Pixies-DoolittleAnd this Day-The Fall-Hex Enduction HourParty for your right to fight-Public Enemy-It takes a nation of millionsYou set the scene-Love-Forever changes
― Sven Hassel Schmuck, Thursday, 6 November 2008 16:11 (fifteen years ago) link
Beatles - "Her Majesty"
― o. nate,
― skeletal lexing (Finefinemusic), Thursday, 6 November 2008 16:11 (fifteen years ago) link
New Order - "Dream Attack"
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Thursday, 6 November 2008 16:15 (fifteen years ago) link
Brushed with Oil, Dusted with Powder - Scritti Politti - A&B
― Paul in Santa Cruz, Thursday, 6 November 2008 16:15 (fifteen years ago) link
fillmore jivealright - gbv
― Kevin Keller, Thursday, 6 November 2008 18:48 (fifteen years ago) link
rock'n'roll suicide
― goole, Thursday, 6 November 2008 18:49 (fifteen years ago) link
Gotta go classic rock here: "When The Levee Breaks" and "Riders on the Storm". And maybe The Jam's "In The Midnight Hour".
― Eazy, Thursday, 6 November 2008 18:52 (fifteen years ago) link
Maybe in Bizarro World, where "Ramble Tamble" isn't in fact the album-OPENER!
― Myonga Vön Bontee, Thursday, 6 November 2008 19:48 (fifteen years ago) link
DeBarge: "A Dream"
― Kevin John Bozelka, Thursday, 6 November 2008 20:56 (fifteen years ago) link
I am the Resurrection does it for me, but there's a lot of roses haters on ilm, so that could be a lonely view
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Thursday, 6 November 2008 20:59 (fifteen years ago) link
Iggy Pop : "Mass Production"
― Snowballing, Thursday, 6 November 2008 20:59 (fifteen years ago) link
Slick Rick - "Lick The Balls"
― henry s, Thursday, 6 November 2008 21:01 (fifteen years ago) link
'dream attack' thirded (i think). also 'whoblo' by bola and 'home entertainment' by carl craig.
― or something, Thursday, 6 November 2008 21:01 (fifteen years ago) link
"pimpf" or "true to myself" from the au harem d'archimede
― rio (r1o natsume), Thursday, 6 November 2008 22:39 (fifteen years ago) link
actually fuck that, the real answer is "the sun and the rainfall"
― rio (r1o natsume), Thursday, 6 November 2008 22:40 (fifteen years ago) link
"President of Vice" on the cd version of Nation of Ulysses Plays Pretty for Baby. I think that "I Can See it But I can't Feel It" is a better album closer than "Soon." But I generally prefer Isn't Anything to Loveless. TV Personalities "Look Back in Anger," I don't know, lots.
― Trip Maker, Thursday, 6 November 2008 22:46 (fifteen years ago) link
"Dream Attack" again, but no mention of "Leave Me Alone"?
― Millsner, Friday, 7 November 2008 01:39 (fifteen years ago) link