THE BEST ALBUM-CLOSER OF ALL TIME IS...

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

The Bewlay Brothers.

Out There Somewhere Pt 2.

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)

faith no more - midnight cowboy (perfect wind-down)

King For a Day and Album of the Year have great closers as well.

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"

REM - Find the River

SFA - Gweirridasfetjajegjaegeuau Dwfn

the first title coming to mind:

"blue line swinger"

-- 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?)

also almost forgot about "22 Going on 23"

"Piledriver", Damn Yankees

The Verve had some nice ones: "See You in the Next One" & "Stormy Clouds (Reprise)"

xtc - complicated game

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.

hey! did i kill another thread? dammit!

don't worry about it. some ilxors kill entire borads

and we have a word for them, too: heroes.

btw best album close is billy's got a gun

"Sunless Saturday"

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.

omg wau I'm listening to drums & wires RIGHT NOW and came here specifically to say complicated game.

"Take Care." Big Star, Sister Lovers.

Delia & Gavin's "Black Spring" from Days of Mars a strong contender.

The Go-Betweens' "Apology Accepted."

I've always felt that Pavement's "Fillmore Jive" was their greatest moment, particularly because it was the album closer.

"siberian khatru"

The morning of our lives-Modern Lovers live
Gouge away-Pixies-Doolittle
And this Day-The Fall-Hex Enduction Hour
Party for your right to fight-Public Enemy-It takes a nation of millions
You set the scene-Love-Forever changes

Beatles - "Her Majesty"

― o. nate,

New Order - "Dream Attack"

Brushed with Oil, Dusted with Powder - Scritti Politti - A&B

fillmore jive
alright - gbv

rock'n'roll suicide

Gotta go classic rock here: "When The Levee Breaks" and "Riders on the Storm". And maybe The Jam's "In The Midnight Hour".

It hasn't been mentioned (I don't think) but no list fultimate classic-rock album closers is complete without "Ramble Tamble."

Maybe in Bizarro World, where "Ramble Tamble" isn't in fact the album-OPENER!

DeBarge: "A Dream"

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

Iggy Pop : "Mass Production"

Slick Rick - "Lick The Balls"

'dream attack' thirded (i think). also 'whoblo' by bola and 'home entertainment' by carl craig.

"pimpf" or "true to myself" from the au harem d'archimede

actually fuck that, the real answer is "the sun and the rainfall"

"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.

"Dream Attack" again, but no mention of "Leave Me Alone"?

"The Hobo Song" on John Prine's "Bruised Orange".

lolz i cd add a few to my exhaustive list above, but nah Out There Somewhere Pt. 2 is still the answer

i also reinforce my point that XTC are the ultimate closing-tracks band

also wow @ TWO cooper temple clause songs in my initial list, altho in mitigation these songs are probably by a distance the best thing that band did

"The Return of the Son of Monster Magnet"

Portishead - Glory Box

Yes.

'Tower of Song' is one of the very best.