closing tracks that are the most celebrated/famous on the record?

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sad eyed lady of the lowlands perhaps
echoes
the diamond sea
shot in the dark
uh

― Charlie Howard (the sphinx), Monday, 9 October 2006 13:04 (nineteen years ago)

a day in the life

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Monday, 9 October 2006 13:06 (nineteen years ago)

uh huh

― Charlie Howard (the sphinx), Monday, 9 October 2006 13:07 (nineteen years ago)

'hurt' off the downward spiral? there is probably a case for this after the Cash cover...for some reason, it was the first that came to me.

― J. Grizzle (trainsmoke), Monday, 9 October 2006 13:17 (nineteen years ago)

You set the scene.

― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 9 October 2006 13:19 (nineteen years ago)

That's funny, I always think of "Alone Again Or" first.

― owen moorhead (i heart daniel miller), Monday, 9 October 2006 13:29 (nineteen years ago)

hahaha

i think of andmoreagain or bummer in the summer

― Charlie Howard (the sphinx), Monday, 9 October 2006 13:32 (nineteen years ago)

surprisingly difficult question...

"Year Of The Cat"
"I Walk On Gilded Splinters"
"Release The Bats"
""The Sweetest Girl""

― hank (hank s), Monday, 9 October 2006 13:34 (nineteen years ago)

Supper's Ready

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 9 October 2006 13:36 (nineteen years ago)

"I Am The Resurrection".

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Monday, 9 October 2006 13:38 (nineteen years ago)

Tomorrow Never Knows obv.

― DougD (DougD), Monday, 9 October 2006 13:40 (nineteen years ago)

i had a mind to mention 'when the levee breaks' then realised it's actually in about 6th place.

― Charlie Howard (the sphinx), Monday, 9 October 2006 13:43 (nineteen years ago)

sister ray

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Monday, 9 October 2006 13:48 (nineteen years ago)

Portishead - Glory Box.

― chap who would dare to contain two ingredients. Tea and bags. (chap), Monday, 9 October 2006 13:51 (nineteen years ago)

hahahah

otm

― Charlie Howard (the sphinx), Monday, 9 October 2006 13:52 (nineteen years ago)

both of the above

― Charlie Howard (the sphinx), Monday, 9 October 2006 13:53 (nineteen years ago)

pulp - sunrise

― You've Got Scourage On Your Breath (Haberdager), Monday, 9 October 2006 14:18 (nineteen years ago)

mogwai fear satan

― You've Got Scourage On Your Breath (Haberdager), Monday, 9 October 2006 14:19 (nineteen years ago)

and MBV - SOON ffs

― You've Got Scourage On Your Breath (Haberdager), Monday, 9 October 2006 14:20 (nineteen years ago)

"Come On Eileen"

― Tim (Tim), Monday, 9 October 2006 14:21 (nineteen years ago)

Well, the tracks I think of first are "TO here knows when" and "Only Shallow"

rattatataBLIMMMMM(etc)

― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 9 October 2006 14:22 (nineteen years ago)

track 8 on ( )

i'm gonna agree with the pulp and mogwai choices, but the loveless accolade could go to a handful of tracks

― Charlie Howard (the sphinx), Monday, 9 October 2006 14:24 (nineteen years ago)

Soon isn't necessarily everyone's favourite Loveless track, but I'd say it just pips Only Shallow as the most talked-about, written-about and generally well-known song from that album. If only for Brian Eno's comments on it. Curse you, Eno.

good morning captain? street spirit?

also, the the - lonely planet

right, enough already. *locks self from thread*

― You've Got Scourage On Your Breath (Haberdager), Monday, 9 October 2006 14:27 (nineteen years ago)

What did Eno say about Soon?

― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Monday, 9 October 2006 14:28 (nineteen years ago)

haha, street spirit could be a co-winner with about three other tracks

― Charlie Howard (the sphinx), Monday, 9 October 2006 14:30 (nineteen years ago)

xpost: something about it being 'the future of pop music'. the fact that he was wrong didn't detract from the force of the sentiment.

― You've Got Scourage On Your Breath (Haberdager), Monday, 9 October 2006 14:32 (nineteen years ago)

A lot of the tracks named on this thread:

when the last track on the album is the first single

― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Monday, 9 October 2006 14:51 (nineteen years ago)

All Apologies--In Utero

― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Monday, 9 October 2006 14:55 (nineteen years ago)

actually, my favourite record's last two tracks (on the UK version) were the two singles. band is Mansun, singles are Legacy and Being A Girl, the latter of which may well suit the thread criteria.

― You've Got Scourage On Your Breath (Haberdager), Monday, 9 October 2006 14:59 (nineteen years ago)

Time of the Season

― autovac (autovac), Monday, 9 October 2006 14:59 (nineteen years ago)

Pavement - Fillmore Jive

― N Mallin (DocMartensBoots), Monday, 9 October 2006 15:25 (nineteen years ago)

"Waterloo Sunset" from Kinks' Something Else

― Bob McNichol (bmcnee), Monday, 9 October 2006 15:43 (nineteen years ago)

All Apologies--In Utero

A brave claim to say that one is more famous than "Heart Shaped Box", but OK....

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 9 October 2006 16:15 (nineteen years ago)

Heart Shaped Box is never played on the radio anymore, but All Apologies, (unplugged and album version) remains one of their most enduring, and best songs.

― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Monday, 9 October 2006 16:56 (nineteen years ago)

"Yoo Doo Right"
"Caroline No"
"Xanadu"

― 0xDOX0RNUTX0RX0RSDABITFIELDXOR^0xDEADBEEFDEADBEEF00001 (donut), Monday, 9 October 2006 17:06 (nineteen years ago)

"The Spider And I"

― 0xDOX0RNUTX0RX0RSDABITFIELDXOR^0xDEADBEEFDEADBEEF00001 (donut), Monday, 9 October 2006 17:09 (nineteen years ago)

"No Vaseline"

― 0xDOX0RNUTX0RX0RSDABITFIELDXOR^0xDEADBEEFDEADBEEF00001 (donut), Monday, 9 October 2006 17:14 (nineteen years ago)

Neil Young:

"Cowgirl in the Sand"
"Ambulance Blues"
"Hey, Hey, My My (grunge version)"
"Rockin' in the Free World (grunge version)"

― King-a-Ling (King-a-Ling), Monday, 9 October 2006 17:15 (nineteen years ago)

Portishead - Glory Box

Uh, is this true only in the UK maybe? The only Portishead track that's well known in the US at all is "Sour Times."

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 9 October 2006 17:15 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, Geir, I think "All Apologies" is a lot more famous than "Heart-Shaped Box" these days.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 9 October 2006 17:16 (nineteen years ago)

Who's Next, "Won't Get Fooled Again"
Very, "Go West"

― David Bachyrycz (David Bachyrycz), Monday, 9 October 2006 17:26 (nineteen years ago)

Sour Times is also pretty famous here, but I think Glory Box is marginally more so.

― chap who would dare to contain two ingredients. Tea and bags. (chap), Monday, 9 October 2006 17:33 (nineteen years ago)

Some of these are crazy: 'Caroline No' is more famous than 'Wouldn't It Be Nice' or 'God Only Knows' or 'Sloop John B'? 'Tomorrow Never Knows' is more famous than 'Yellow Submarine'?!

― robert in SLC (robert in SLC), Monday, 9 October 2006 17:37 (nineteen years ago)

The Unplugged treatment of "All Apologies" did WONDERS for its legacy.

― got yourself a fish biscuit! (nickalicious), Monday, 9 October 2006 17:39 (nineteen years ago)

Tomorrow Never Knows is possibly the most celebrated track on Revolver from a chin-stroking muso point of view, but no way is it the most famous.

― chap who would dare to contain two ingredients. Tea and bags. (chap), Monday, 9 October 2006 17:42 (nineteen years ago)

well, the problem is that "celebrated" and "famous" are tossed off as the same thing, when the two are actually mutually exclusive, if not sometimes the opposite.

Among hardcore Pet Sounds aficionados, I'd say "Caroline No" is the most celebrated, but I definitely wouldn't say it's the most famous.

― 0xDOX0RNUTX0RX0RSDABITFIELDXOR^0xDEADBEEFDEADBEEF00001 (donut), Monday, 9 October 2006 17:47 (nineteen years ago)

Pavement - Fillmore Jive
-- N Mallin (nymalli...), October 9th, 2006.

Not even close -- "Fillmore Jive" hardly even tops "Gold Soundz", let alone "Cut Your Hair" or "Range Life". If anything, it's the most underrated track on that album.

― bernard snow (sixteen sergeants), Monday, 9 October 2006 17:47 (nineteen years ago)

Not even close -- "Fillmore Jive" hardly even tops "Gold Soundz", let alone "Cut Your Hair" or "Range Life". If anything, it's the most underrated track on that album.

-- bernard snow (andrew.bryso...), October 9th, 2006.

I agree that those three are better known now but I remember Fillmore getting a lot of the press when it came out...

― Radio Free Albemuth (DocMartensBoots), Monday, 9 October 2006 18:23 (nineteen years ago)

well, the problem is that "celebrated" and "famous" are tossed off as the same thing, when the two are actually mutually exclusive, if not sometimes the opposite.

This is bollocks. They are not the same thing, but they are certainly not mutually exclusive. Are you saying nothing has ever been both a critical and popular success?

― chap who would dare to contain two ingredients. Tea and bags. (chap), Monday, 9 October 2006 18:28 (nineteen years ago)

Kiss - Rock and Roll All Nite - Dressed to Kill

― darin (darin), Monday, 9 October 2006 18:33 (nineteen years ago)

The Clash - Train in Vain...maybe not most celebrated but it was the hit and an unlisted bonus track

― Radio Free Albemuth (DocMartensBoots), Monday, 9 October 2006 18:35 (nineteen years ago)

Neil Young:
"Cowgirl in the Sand"

-- King-a-Ling (jgking071...), October 9th, 2006.

umm, 'cinnamon girl' has got to be more famous/celebrated

― 6335 (6335), Monday, 9 October 2006 19:10 (nineteen years ago)

The Doors - The End

famous but perhaps not celebrated

― a.b. (alanbanana), Monday, 9 October 2006 19:11 (nineteen years ago)

umm,'cinnamon girl' has got to be more famous/celebrated

touché

― King-a-Ling (King-a-Ling), Monday, 9 October 2006 19:55 (nineteen years ago)

Heart Shaped Box is never played on the radio anymore, but All Apologies, (unplugged and album version) remains one of their most enduring, and best songs.

I agree it's a great song, possibly the best on the entire album. But "Heart Shaped Box" was still a bigger hit.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 9 October 2006 20:27 (nineteen years ago)

guys

I know how "All Apologies" goes, and I don't remember how "Heart-Shaped Box" goes. like, at all.

(this could just be a case of knowing the song but not the name... but do you really want to risk it?)

― bernard snow (sixteen sergeants), Monday, 9 October 2006 20:33 (nineteen years ago)

actually I shouldn't even say "don't remember how it goes", I should say "have never known how it goes, because to the best of my knowledge I have never heard it"

― bernard snow (sixteen sergeants), Monday, 9 October 2006 20:33 (nineteen years ago)

"celebrated" and "famous" can be the same of course! But colloquially, they are mutually exclusive.

― 0xDOX0RNUTX0RX0RSDABITFIELDXOR^0xDEADBEEFDEADBEEF00001 (donut), Monday, 9 October 2006 20:34 (nineteen years ago)

galangalangalang

― A Giant Mechanical Ant (The Giant Mechanical Ant), Monday, 9 October 2006 20:37 (nineteen years ago)

blue line swinger

― electric sound of jim [and why not] (electricsound), Monday, 9 October 2006 22:43 (nineteen years ago)

"Highlands"-Time Out of Mind.

― wolfwolfwolf (wolfwolfwolf), Monday, 9 October 2006 23:32 (nineteen years ago)

Soon is the first track on Glider

― occasional mongrel (kit brash), Tuesday, 10 October 2006 03:14 (nineteen years ago)

who would agree with 'faith'?

― Charlie Howard (the sphinx), Tuesday, 10 October 2006 11:50 (nineteen years ago)

...and Carrot Rope

― wogan lenin (dog latin), Tuesday, 10 October 2006 12:03 (nineteen years ago)

Judy and the Dream of Horses

― meritocracy (spencerman), Tuesday, 10 October 2006 15:43 (nineteen years ago)

'faith' is by a distance the worst track on the album (except perhaps 'doubt', and that only pisses me off for 2 minutes). I would also say that in terms of celebration/fame that Primary, The Drowning Man, All Cats Are Grey and The Funeral Party are all ahead. fair enough if you disagree, but I'd say that you're clutching at straws there.

― You've Got Scourage On Your Breath (Haberdager), Tuesday, 10 October 2006 15:50 (nineteen years ago)

'faith' is a real sentimental favourite for bobby smith. this alone has prompted a lot of fans to really embrace the song. it's a real live standard, being performed at every show.

― Charlie Howard (the sphinx), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 06:30 (nineteen years ago)

Superfly- Curtis Mayfield

― ramon fernandez (ramon fernandez), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 12:33 (nineteen years ago)

"Other Voices" rules. So, no "Faith" no.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 12:34 (nineteen years ago)

"Fight The Power"

― Apocalypse '07: Rodney Strikes Back (R. J. Greene), Wednesday, 11 October 2006 14:18 (nineteen years ago)

one year passes...

i revived this thread specifically to mention 'rock and roll all nite' only to realise it's already been given credit. oh well :)

― Charlie Howard, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 14:45 (eighteen years ago)

^^^awesome post

― Dom Passantino, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 14:45 (eighteen years ago)

yeah, it was a treat

― Charlie Howard, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 14:47 (eighteen years ago)

^^^That one too. (xpost And that one)

― Mark G, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 14:49 (eighteen years ago)

sw8 posting

― sleepingbag, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 15:47 (eighteen years ago)

sympathy for the devil

― poortheatre, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 15:59 (eighteen years ago)

Day in the Life

― Bill Magill, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 16:00 (eighteen years ago)

Bike

― Jack Burton, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 23:28 (eighteen years ago)

Expressway to Yr Skull.

― Trayce, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 23:34 (eighteen years ago)

"A Dream" - last track on DeBarge: In A Special Way

― Kevin John Bozelka, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 23:38 (eighteen years ago)

Sympathy For The Devil is the FIRST cut though.

― ian, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 23:42 (eighteen years ago)

"How Dare You" is the best track on "How Dare You", but it would be pressing it a bit to claim it is more famous than "I'm Mandy Fly Me" and "Art For Art's Sake".

― Geir Hongro, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 23:58 (eighteen years ago)

Over a year of this shit and no one has mentioned Raining Blood? What a bunch of pansies ;)

― Nate Carson, Thursday, 13 December 2007 04:19 (eighteen years ago)

i might have mentioned 'raining blood', but the real, shining classic for me on that record is its glorious opener, 'angel of death'

― Charlie Howard, Thursday, 13 December 2007 06:08 (eighteen years ago)

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