best closer to an album

[clifford]

following in the tradition of jakobe_road's magnificent thread:

whats the best LAST song/closer off/to an album?

clifford says:
•third eye-tool-Ænima
•the tourist, street spirit, a wolf at the door- radiohead-OKC, the bends, HTTT
•the canyon behind her-dredg-el cielo
•when the levee breaks, the ocean-led zeppelin-zeppelin IV, houses of the holy

[nobody]

"Soon" - My Bloody Valentine - loveless

[RUSHFANnLV]

La Villa Strangiato-Rush-Hemispheres (the live version on Exit..Stage left is better and yes its the closer). Instumental with great guitar work and even better band work. Each member shines on this track.

[Wayjurn]

PUSHING mE aWY by teh Linkon Parkz!!!!!!!11111111111



:p

[fiveways]

LA Blues by the Stooges, works prefectly in context of the album "Funhouse"

[skip tracer]

Slowdive - Just For A Day - "Primal"

[Lukin]

indiference-Pearl Jam-Vs album

[Dubious]

"Love is Blindness" off U2's Achtung Baby.
"Dream Brother" from Jeff Buckley's Grace. This one's a great opener too, which he demonstrated at his live shows.

[Crash]

I'm not going to try for all time best ever because guaranteed I'll think of a better one five minutes after I post it, but the first one that popped into my head was

Come Back - Foo Fighters One by One

I don't know what it is about that song but I really like it and it does a great job of finishing the album.

[Twistedin]

"Only In Dreams" from Weezer's blue album.

[NoteBOOM]

I really dig "Assemble the Empire", on the end of "Wiretap Scars" by Sparta, it's just so chaotic at times you just kinda wonder what's gonna happen next. Oh, there are many more, like "Third Eye" by Tool on Aenima, "We're Not Gonna Take It" by the Who on Tommy, and even "Aerials" by System of a Down on Toxicity. I think that tune's a great way to end an album. OF course, the hidden track kinda wrecks it.

[acrashingsound]

"Plastic Empire" from the Burning Brides' Fall of the Plastic Empire or "Two-Headed Boy Pt. Two" from Neutral Milk Hotel's In the Aeroplane Over the Sea.

[VillageIdiot]

Third Eye- Aenima- Tool
Just a Man- King For A Day, Fool For A Lifetime- Faith No More
Bound and Tied- My Own Prison- Creed

[i_finlayson37]

The End - The Doors - The Doors
Riders on the Storm - The Doors - La Woman
I Am The Resurrection - Stone Roses - Stone Roses

[TheGrinnan]

"Kill All The White Man" - NOFX, The Longest Line

"All Apologies" - Nirvana, In Utero

"Born To Die In Berlin" - The Ramones, Adios Amigos

"Bro Hymn/Bro Hymn Tribute" - Pennywise (band), Pennywise (album), Full Circle, and every live show after Full Circle

"Damaged I" - Black Flag, Damaged

"Call of the Ktulu" - Metallica, Ride the Lightning

"Neo-Natal Butterfly Meltdown" - Slow Children Playing (SCP), Demo

[Clayton38]

Bali Eyes - ****o for Pyros, Good God's Urge
Classic Girl - Jane's Addiction, Ritual De Lo Habitual
Elephant Talk - King Crimson, Absent Lovers
Triad - Tool, Lateralus

[idealflaw]

"Love is Blindness" off U2's Achtung Baby, I agree.
What an awesome ender to an amazing album.


Blowout, by radiohead if you consider that teh END of pablo honey.


"Clean" off depeche mode's violator.

"Hurt" off Nine inch Nails' brilliant Downward Spiral album.
"Street Spirit" is another great ender by radiohead,

other great enders include the last song on V.A.S.T (a band every single one of you should check out)

U2 also ends Josua Tree with the marvalous "Mothers of the Dissapeared" Incredible. ****ing incredible, man..

[galaxee]

ps148 - denison marrs

[Wir-Click-Wir]

"All Apologies" - Nirvana, In Utero
"Brain Damage/Eclipse" - Pink Floyd, Dark Side Of The Moon
"Torn Curtain" - Television, Marquee Moon
"Good Morning, Captain" - Slint, Spiderland

[abdiel69]

No, Nobody got it right.

It WAS 'Soon' from Loveless.

Well done Nobody - you keep these young whippersnappers in line.

Also worth looking at though are

Time Thief - Comforts of Madness - Pale Saints

A Natural - Heartworm - Whipping Boy

Vapour Trail - Nowhere - Ride

OX4 - Going Blank Again - Ride

Something More - Whirlpool - Chapterhouse

And 2nd place?

I Want You - Elvis Costello's Greatest Hits.

I know he's had about 50 greatest hits, and greatest hits shouldnt be allowed on here, but COME ON, that song is magnificent.

[300mhz]

"God of wine" - Third Eye Blind - Third Eye Blind

[3v3+Z]

"when (And if) the big one hits... i'll just meet you there" (http://artists.iuma.com/IUMA/Bands/pAper_chAse,_the_the_paperchase/) by the pAper chAse from their album "young bodies heAl quickly, you know".

And does it get any better than "A Day in the Life"?!??!?!! The orchestra was told that they have a certain number of measures to go from this note to that note. As I understand it, they were given no further instruction. They just wanted to see how these classically trained squares would deal with it. How cool is that?!! Then that long chord. Then that loop in that groove at the end of the record...

(wandering, slightly, from the topic)

That loop is a really cool idea that I would like to experiment with. I wanna make a double album so I can do four of those loops. One could be some kind of drone, another could be a drum beat... I've got ideas, don't you worry! Someone MUST have done something like this before. I know, The Beatles, duh, but theirs was basically random noise. Anyway, I was thinking I would put the EVEN sides on one record, and the ODD sides on the other. So instead of having one record with sides 1 & 2 and the other with 3 & 4, I would have one with 1 & 3 and the other with 2 & 4. That way, people with two turn tables could just let the loop at the end of an album side play out for as long as they're feelin' it, and it could make for a smooth transition into the next album side, faded out to suit their taste as the next side is playing...

[Epiphone8]

good thread

a day in the life - sgt pepper.... - the beatles
the end - abbey road - the beatles
the end - the doors - the doors
the tourist - ok computer - radiohead
street spirit (fade out) - the bends - radiohead
a wolf at the door - hail to the theif - radiohead
the show must go on - innuendo - queen
only in dreams - weezer - weezer
all apologies - in utero - nirvana
daddy - korn - korn
rocket queen - appetite for destruction - guns n roses
voodoo child (slight return) - electric ladyland - jimi hendrix....
raining blood - reign in blood - slayer
wont get fooled again - whos next - the who

[HappyNoodleBoy]

The Diamond Sea - SONIC YOUTH, A Thousand Leaves
always loved this song...

[skip tracer]

The Diamond Sea is the last song on Washing Machine.

Has anyone mentioned "Tomorrow Never Knows," the last song on Revolver?

[coldbuggin]

reprise-the verve "a northern soul"

[guitardude5489]

The Tourist-Radiohead
Street Spirit-Radiohead
Amsterdam-Coldplay

[jakobe_road]

the end - the beatles - abbey road
f.o.d. - green day - dookie
street spirit - radiohead - the bends

[HappyNoodleBoy]

fook! yeah skip tracer, you're right! I was listening a thousand leaves. :eek:

[AndThenTheresMe]

Nobody's put this yet, so I will:
"Our Singer" - Pavement, Slanted and Enchanted
Gradually they strip away all the instruments as the opening chord slowly repeats and then the lone guitar just stops.

Others (people like these, too, apparently)
"Street Spirit"-Radiohead, The Bends
"All Apologies"- Nirvana, In Utero
"Would?" Alice in Chains, Dirt
"Her Majesty" - The Beatles, Abbey Road
"Butterfly"- Weezer, Pinkerton
(it breaks my heart: Rivers softly singing, almost whispering "I'm sorry" over a strummed C chord and a final arpeggio before silence)

[nobody]

Originally posted by abdiel69
Well done Nobody - you keep these young whippersnappers in line.

:)

"Soon" was so revolutionary. When you thought you had heard the most mind blowing album, they end it with an even more mind blowing song.

[fiveways]

Originally posted by nobody
:)

"Soon" was so revolutionary. When you thought you had heard the most mind blowing album, they end it with an even more mind blowing song.

I still prefer "Only Shallow" for tracks off that album.

Still, both are amazing.

[monkeyspunky]

murder song - cooper temple clause

in remote part- idlewild

naked - avril lavigne :D

[abdiel69]

"Soon" was so revolutionary. When you thought you had heard the most mind blowing album, they end it with an even more mind blowing song.

I first heard it with the glider EP - remember thinking 'whats going on here?' cos it sounded NOTHING like 'Isnt Anything', and then that big guitar comes in, the top of your head lifts off and all is right with the world again.

Apparently, the drums are sightly off kilter with each verse - deliberately so - if you dance to it, you have to keep stopping and starting.

Kevin has started recording again, apparently - a couple of new songs are appearing on a compilation soon.

Fingers crossed....

I always wondered why so few people actually talk about the differences between 'Isnt Anything' and 'Loveless'.

Both utter works of genius, granted, but so different in style and application. With a lot of bands album B is a natural progression from album A, or just more of the same, but you couldnt say that here. There is only one song from Isnt Anything that would fit on Loveless, and even then it would look slightly out of place....

I miss My Bloody Valentine.



By the way, isn't 'Scottish Fiction' the last song on 'Remote Part'?

Idlewild - now they are a GREAT band......

[monkeyspunky]

technically its called in remote part/ scottish fiction :p


amazing band!

[mirach11]

Only In Dreams-Weezer-Weezer

Its just a great song.

Train In Vain-London Calling-The Clash

That album has so many messages and its kinda heavy when you listen to the whole thing. This is a perfect ending becuase its upbeat and has a somewhat light message.

[abdiel69]

technically its called in remote part/ scottish fiction

If that's the case, I'm having Sight Of You/Time Thief from 'Comforts of Madness' by Pale Saints.

Sight of You = Best Song Ever

Idlewild are a tremendous band - I saw them for the first time recently, just before the new album came out, and they did a fantastic singer+acoustic 'remote part'.

I do like that album, but I do prefer '100 broken windows' and 'Hope is Important' - the best songs on those albums are better than best songs on 'Remote Part'. But 'Remote Part' has fewer duffers.....

BTW, the best song they have ever done is 'A Distant History', b-side to 'You Held...'. What a BRILLIANT song - it's like all the best bits of all their best songs in one easy to swallow package....

[Ice age coming]

Radiohead - OKC (the tourist and the elevator pling!)

The Blood Brothers - Burn, Piano Island, Burn (suddenly the song stopp withouth no notice)

[Wir-Click-Wir]

Originally posted by jakobe_road
the end - the beatles - abbey road

They should've ended that album with that, although "Her Majesty" does catch you off guard in a charming way.

[sonny-boy]

Originally posted by NoteBOOM
I really dig "Assemble the Empire", on the end of "Wiretap Scars" by Sparta

oh yeah, that song rocks! another great closer is "Song For The Deaf" off of Songs For Deaf by Queens Of The Stone Age.

[Bad Johnny]

brain damage/eclipse-pink floyd-dark side of the moon
over now-alice in chains-alice in chains

[DRIVELIKEJEHU]

sunny day real estate.. the rising tide..off of the rising tide...

[BossMXRHarmonix]

Decades - Joy Division, Closer: the album-ender of all album enders

[cormac]

"When the Music's Over" -- The Doors -- Strange Days album

[patlang12]

dont forget the ending of sergent peppers lonley hearts club band

[greenmeansjoe]

The Kinks - "Waterloo Sunset" (from "Something Else") and "Arthur" (from "Arthur...")

Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks - "Us" (from "Pig Lib")

The New ****ographers - "Miss Teen Wordpower" (from "Electric Version")

Sloan - "Delivering Maybes" (from "Between the Bridges")

Blur - "Yuko and Hiro" (from "The Great Escape")

Oasis - "Champagne Supernova" (from "(What's the Story) Morning Glory")

Doves - "Caught By the River" (from "The Last Broadcast")

Joe

[Ice age coming]

Originally posted by greenmeansjoe


Doves - "Caught By the River" (from "The Last Broadcast")

Joe

that song is so beautiful!

[i_finlayson37]

Originally posted by greenmeansjoe
Doves - "Caught By the River" (from "The Last Broadcast")

I always prefered A House from the end of Lost Souls

[abdiel69]

But Cedar Room is their best song.

I'd say it's the best song of the last 10 years.

It's amazing.

[SGROCKER0791]

"Close Yet Far" - CKY - IDR
"Aerials" - SOAD - Toxicity
"Metal Militia" - Metallica - Kill 'em All
"RnR Ain't Noise Pollution" - AC/DC - Back in Black
"All Those Yesterdays" - Pearl Jam - Yield

[Granty Boy]

Originally posted by RUSHFANnLV
La Villa Strangiato-Rush-Hemispheres (the live version on Exit..Stage left is better and yes its the closer). Instumental with great guitar work and even better band work. Each member shines on this track.

+1

[thebluescene]

Dredg - "The Canyon Behind Her" (El Cielo)

The Beatles - "Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End" (Abbey Road)

Spoon - "Advance Cassette" (A Series of Sneaks)

Saves The Day - "Tomorrow Too Late" (In Reverie)

Brian Wilson - "Good Vibrations" (SMiLE)

Matthew Good Band - "Running For Home" (Beautiful Midnight)

Incubus - "Aqueous Transmission" (Morning View)

Led Zeppelin - "The Ocean" (Houses of the Holy)

The Beatles - "A Day in the Life" (Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band)

[no_happy]

woah old topic and a half

id say good morning captain by slint on spiderland

and soon by mbv on loveless

both have allready been mentioned

[wisdomview]

'Ritual' - Yes - Tales From Topographic Oceans
'Supper's Ready' - Genesis - Foxtrot
'Larks Tongues In Aspin Pt. 2' - King Crimson- Larks Tongues In Aspic

[Tedmilk]

+4783 for Only in Dreams by Weezer. Can anyone argue that it's NOT so goddamn amazing?

I really like Pink Maggit by Deftones. The way you can hear Chino's heartbeat at the end is amazing. I think it really sums up the claustrophobic mood of the record.

Under The Wheels by My Vitriol. A beautiful yet very short song. I love the way all that emotion gives way to the drum beat which is slowly risen to ridiculous volume levels and compressed to hell before it just cuts out like that.

Also, Butterfly by Weezer. A lovely cliched slow number to end the album. It just WORKS baby!

[Mobisimo]

I love the endings to both of The Mars Volta albums.

[_pheonix_]

venice queen- by the way- the red hot chili peppers

[cyberpink]

tool-disgustipated(undertow)
beastie boys-transitions(ill communications)
Led zeppelin-thank you
Beatles-her majesty

[Mobisimo]

I love the endings to both of The Mars Volta albums.

[Mobisimo]

I love the endings to both of The Mars Volta albums.

[Sunset_West]

Originally posted by Tedmilk
[B
I really like Pink Maggit by Deftones. The way you can hear Chino's heartbeat at the end is amazing. I think it really sums up the claustrophobic mood of the record.
[/B]

Yup. Couldn't have said it any better myself.

I wish Finch's What It Is To Burn ended with "Ender"

10 Years - The Autumn Effect (the autumn effect)
Mad at Gravity - Undefined Reversion (resonance)
The Used - Pieces Mended (taste of ink)
Korn - My Gift To You (follow the leader)
Lo-Pro - Bombz (self titled)
Sparta - Amend The Empire (wiretap scars)
Thrice - Don't Ask And We Won't Tell (artist in the ambulance)

[nastynate]

The Beatles - The End
The Beatles - A Day In The Life
The Beatles - Tomorrow Never Knows
Oasis - Champagne Supernova
Ryan Adams - Goodnight Hollywood Blvd.
The Verve - Come On
Whiskeytown - Not Home Anymore
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Life By The Drop
The Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want
Led Zeppelin - When The Levee Breaks


And a hundred others

[Dan the Man]

Sandblasted Skin (Pantera, The Great Southern Trendkill) is a cool song by itself, but it was extra sweet to stick the loudest number at the end of the record, fade it out, then fade it back in. Seems the last song is always the best one on the album.

Another good pick would be the ending of October Rust by Type O Negative. The second to last track is this long, mellow song that damn near puts you to sleep. It just drags on forever and then gets abruptly interrupted by this:

Well, that's about it. Hope you weren't too disappointed. Catch us on tour... till then, take it eas-

That's it.

[james teh OG]

everybody says Triad by Tool, but i actually think the three-track arc of Disposition/Reflection/Triad is actually the perfect way to end an album. what better conclusion than a 23-minute build up to absolute sonic devastation?

also, i really like Caught by the River by The Doves, off their Last Broadcast album. great closer to a great album.

[veer chasm]

"Hotel Womb" by the Church off of the Starfish album.

www.veerchasm.com

[veer chasm]

"Hotel Womb" by the Church off of the Starfish album.

www.veerchasm.com

[Scorpius]

"Tommorow never knows" and "a day in the life" by The beatles are both brilliant.

"Hall of mountain king" by Apocalyptica on the cult album is great too.
And "Fantasmic" on Wishmaster by Nightwish is a fantastic song.
"echoes" by Pink floyd on Meddle.

Big +1 to:

"Champagne supernova" by Oasis and
"where did you sleep last night" by nirvana.

[Fritz Hell]

New York Dolls: "Too Much Too Soon" - Human Being

Originally posted by fiveways
LA Blues by the Stooges, works prefectly in context of the album "Funhouse"

I agree with that sentiment, I couldn't imagine Funhouse ending any other way.

[mr. joey]

+another 1 for Weezer-blue album
for a song as a closer

Sublime - on 40oz to freedom was a cool way to close

and since this thread is limited to any genre...
Kanye West - the College Dropout
another good way to close an album

[grungemaster]

+10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 to

Won't Get Fooled Again- The Who- Who's Next

It's such a high energy song, to end one of their greatest albums, not to mention it's my favorite song of all time.

[theantihero]

the ones i can think of right now:

...and you will know us by the trail of dead - "source tags and codes" - source tags and codes

weezer - "o girlfriend" - weezer (green)

weezer - "only in dreams" - weezer (blue)

failure - "daylight" - fantastic planet

autolux - "capital kind of strain" - future perfect

pinback - "tres" - blue screen life

pinback - "afk" - summer in abaddon

cursive - "staying alive" - the ugly organ

interpol - "leif erikson" - turn on the bright lights

[VillageIdiot]

Space Dye Vest - Awake - Dream Theater
Finally Free - Scenes From a Memory - Dream Theater
Octavarium - Octavarium - Dream Theater
Third Eye - Ænema - Tool
Just a Man - King for a Day, Fool for a Lifetime - Faith No More