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| Top 10 Album Closers
My favourite album finales ever | | 1 | David Bowie - "Heroes"
The Secret Life of Arabia
Admittedly, this is a unique starter choice but personally I feel the trippy yet
altogether roaring Berlin-Bedouin funk completely transcends the sombre tone of
the rest of "Heroes", with Bowie leaving his stamp of fantastical melodrama once
again. | | 2 | The Beatles - 'Sgt. Pepper'
A Day in the Life
I don't think this really requires any reasoning, other than "Daym, Dat E chord!" | | 3 | Gorillaz - 'Demon Days'
Demon Days
Damon Albarn's chocolate box of electro-pop-rock builds to a euphoric climax
with
the prelude 'Don't Get Lost in Heaven', segueing into the soothing cello that
blooms
effortlessly to a towering gospel-induced finale. | | 4 | The Velvet Underground- 'Loaded'
Oh! Sweet Nuthin!
Oh, sweet Lou. Even though it took me a while to realise that it's in fact
Doug Yule who provides vocals on the soaring finale of the VU's last proper
album
(Yeah, fuck off Squeeze) you can still feel the impact of Lou's wistful love
letter to
the down-and-outs, akin to McCartney?s elegy to the loners in Eleanor Rigby.
Then,
just as you're prepared to sink into melancholic bliss, Sterling Morrison?s
blazing
guitar solo picks you up from the gutter and sends you home. | | 5 | LCD Soundsystem - 'Sound of Silver'
New York, I Love You But...
James Murphy's sophomore effort comes to an operatic close with the
quintessential love-hate relationship tale, only with a city rather than a
woman.
The gentle keyboard lulls the listener as Murphy, Kermit-like, gives scathingly
witty
eulogy to NYC, slowly progressing with pinches of dazzling guitar to a raucous
and
bombastic crescendo. | | 6 | Paul McCartney - 'Ram'
The Back Seat Of My Car
Pseudo-Beatle fans love to mock Macca?s solo stuff, but frankly RAM is the best
album put out by an ex-Beatle (yes, even better than Plastic Ono Band and ATMP).
Each track twinkles with syrupy charm and mucky guitar, but Paul?s majestic ode
to
adolescent idealism and triumphant romance rocks the album to its wobbly core,
and then some. | | 7 | The Doors - 'The Doors'
Riders On The Storm
Not only did this track close their final album, it was also the last track ever
recorded by the quintessential quartet (other than the Fab Four). Manzarek's
raindrop keyboard drizzles with mystique over Morrison's disturbing tale of a
highway killer. Seasoned with Krieger's smooth, darting guitar, ?Riders? allows
the
Doors an ethereal exit whilst maintaining that fiery edge that burst into
psychedelic
technicolour in 'Break On Through'. A delicate, eerie masterpiece. | | 8 | The La's - 'The La's
Looking Glass
The first and final studio album by The La?s is filled with tracks so brash
yet coherently perfect that it was always going to be a challenge to bring it to
a
defining conclusion. Thankfully, Looking Glass not only retains the ramshackle
feel
of its previous 10 songs, it lifts the entire album to staggering heights.
Beginning
with a modest, folk arpeggio, the Liverpool meets Lewis Carroll odyssey builds
to a
pummelling climax of thrashing acoustics and raw emotion. For the attentive
listener,
excerpts from each album track are peppered faintly behind the crashing cymbals
and Lee Mavers? soulful scouse scatting. | | 9 | The Rolling Stones - 'Sticky Fingers'
Moonlight Mile
Probably the most underrated Stones song ever, humble guitar plucking and
Jagger?s wistful howl to the moon lay the framework for an soaring orchestral
finale
that surpasses the gospel melancholy of ?You Can?t Always Get What You Want?.
Keith is markedly absent from Moonlight Mile but, dare I say, that was probably
for
the best, as his smutty guitar would feel out of place amid Jagger?s Van
Morrison-
like ululations and Mick Taylor?s elusive, sweeping guitar solo. Not to mention
one of
the most raw and heartfelt Stones lyrics, ?I am just living to be lying by your
side?.
Quietly bold but tantalizingly unique amongst the Stone?s pantheon, there
clearly
weren?t many places to go after Sticky Fingers, which explains the return to
familiar
ground with Exile (an exceptional return nonetheless). | | 10 | Talking Heads - 'Speaking in Tongues'
This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)
A swift, double snare drum hit that feels like kicking open the front door on a
sunny
day, you don't get much more brazenly upbeat than this. The chirpy but
effortlessly cool
keyboard and footstep rhythms send off Talking Heads? finest album,
with Byrne's earnest lyrics delivered with quirky yet distinctly human vocals.
"Home, is
where
I
want to be but I guess I'm already there". You said it Dave. | |
ArsMoriendi
04.28.14 | 10 is cool, but Talking Heads wise, I'd probably choose "Pulled Up" or maybe even "Drugs"
"When the Levee Breaks" is probably one of my favorites oh and "Dead Goon" so many to name... | Artuma
04.28.14 | no echoes at 1st place
stopped reading there | Artuma
04.28.14 | also lol how could you fuck this up five times before posting the real list | ArsMoriendi
04.28.14 | @Artuma: Way to impose your opinion dude... "Echoes" isn't even Pink Floyd's best closer in my opinion. | insanedrexl1
04.28.14 | Hallowed Be Thy Name is my all time favorite. | Artuma
04.28.14 | well for sure there are some classic ones here but | Uranium
04.28.14 | Genghis Tron - Relief ---------fudge yes
Coverge - Wretched World --------- mmmmm
Swans - Out
The Cure - Pornography ---------omg
Tv on the Radio - DLZ ---------best song ever (ever!) | zakalwe
04.28.14 | Woah Toad. The sound of Someone You Love Who's Going Away and it Doesn't Matter is a great shout that tune really is a thing of beauty. | MrSirLordGentleman
04.28.14 | Wait, wait, wait, hold your horses. Where the hell is Starless?
Big props for 7 though | laughingman22
04.28.14 | 10 is the best closer ever | tcat84
04.28.14 | this list has way too many possible adds... a good closer is important tho fuck lame closers .. can ruin an entire album sometimes | MisterTornado
04.28.14 | lescaleet / lambkin - street cleaner the goat | mandan
04.28.14 | Queensryche - Eyes of a Stranger
Black Sabbath - Into the Void
Pearl Jam - Release
Soundgarden - Like Suicide
Death - Perennial Quest
Megadeth - My Last Words
Opeth - The Apostle in Triumph
Just a few examples | finkleberg
04.29.14 | Artuma, I was tempted to place Echoes in there but at 23mins it doesnt really serve as an ending rather than completely eclipsing the rest of the album. | finkleberg
04.29.14 | If there would be an honourable mentions it would be Separator by Radiohead, The Ocean by Zep, Goodnight by Beatles | Artuma
04.29.14 | "I was tempted to place Echoes in there but at 23mins it doesnt really serve as an ending rather than completely eclipsing the rest of the album."
well yeah that's pretty much true. it makes the rest of the album rather insignificant | DamnVanne
04.29.14 | garden of light | Rowan5215
04.29.14 | 1's a great song but come on dude Subterraneans and Rock n Roll Suicide are the bomb | JohnnyoftheWell
04.29.14 | "I was tempted to place Echoes in there but at 23mins it doesnt really serve as an ending rather than completely eclipsing the rest of the album."
Very good point | JohnnyoftheWell
04.29.14 | garden of light
Second worst Isis closer, well done | finkleberg
04.29.14 | Subterraneans nearly made it too, but to me it doesnt really give a definitive conclusion rather than driftng of into the distance, albeit beautifully | DamnVanne
04.29.14 | first? | AmericanFlagAsh
04.29.14 | Radiohead's Street Spirit... come on | SirDrumsalot
04.29.14 | Queensryche - Eyes of a Stranger [2]
Also Dredg - The Canyon Behind Her | finkleberg
04.29.14 | Street Spirit I love but it's far too bleak for my tastes |
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