Top 10 best album closers

[One, Two, Middlesboogie]

In song/album/artist format, and in no particular order.

• Goodnight Lover, Risotto, Fluke
• Inside Of Me, Pilgrim, Eric Clapton
• Moaner, Beaucoup Fish, Underworld
• Lady Grinning Soul, Aladdin Sane, David Bowie
• Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five, Band On The Run, Paul McCartney & Wings
• Tomorrow Never Knows, Revolver, Beatles
• Rino's Prayer, Rhythm & Stealth, Leftfield
• Death Of The Prodigy Dancers, Experience, The Prodigy
• The Test, Come With Us, The Chemical Brothers
• Magnetic Fields Part 6, Magnetic Fields, Jean Michel Jarre

[Joe the Intern]

All By Myself (secret song)/Dookie/Green Day.

[Danny]

In no particular order. And they're just off the top of my head...

Devil Will Ride ~ Gomez, Liquid Skin
Rie's Wagon ~ Gomez, Bring It On (Not actually the last track, but the actual last track is just a reprise of the first, and so doesn't count)
Glory Box ~ Portishead, Dummy
Skindiving ~ James, Laid
I Think I Lost My Headache ~ Queens of the Stone Age, Rated R
Get Away ~ Ocean Colour Scene, Mosely Shoals
Nine Feet Underground ~ Caravan, In the Land of Grey and Pink
New Song ~ Four-Day Hombre, Beaumont Street EP
The Day After the Revolution ~ Pulp, This Is Hardcore
You ~ REM, Monster

I think if I had to pick a favourite, it would be Nine Feet Underground, by Caravan - it's over 22 minutes long... Calling it an album closer doesn't do it justice. Calling it the second half of the album would probably be more accurate...

[SeaRex]

Originally posted by Joe the Intern
Dookie/Green Day.

No way! Insomniac is way better! And you call yourself a Green Day fan. Tsk tsk!

[Joe the Intern]

No way! Insomniac is way better! And you call yourself a Green Day fan. Tsk tsk!

Well, I have to admit that Walking Contradtiction is a good album closer, but giving it the honor wouldn't be doing justice to Tre's comedic genius, would it?

[LuxoJr]

Radiohead's Amnesiac had the ending that wasn't an ending. Does that count?

In terms of actual albums, I'd have to say:

1. Queen: Greatest Hits Vol. 1 (best songs EVAR)
2. Radiohead: Ok Computer
3. George: You Can Take What's Mine

Speaking of which, is anybody here familiar with the band George mentioned above? They're an Australian group that's risen in popularity over the last three years or so. Do you get their music in Europe and the US?

If you don't, I'd strongly suggest you search Kazaa or something for the two songs 'Spawn' and 'Release'. Great stuff.

[Danny]

Luke: I'm ashamed of you! All the songs on Insomniac sound the same... Nimrod was the only decent Greenday album...

Leon: It's not the Top 10 Albums, it's the Top 10 Album Closers. Pay attention.

LuxoJr: What do you mean, "an ending that wasn't an ending"? My copy of Amnesiac doesn't have a hidden track or anything, it just ends with Life in a Glasshouse...

[SeaRex]

Originally posted by Danny
Luke: I'm ashamed of you! All the songs on Insomniac sound the same... Nimrod was the only decent Greenday album...

Exactly! It was the most punk album they had. On the other hand, Nimrod had "Take Back", the most punk song they've ever done. But Insomniac turns into a poster! A poster! A poster, Danny, a poster!

[Danny]

Originally posted by SeaRex
But Insomniac turns into a poster! A poster! A poster, Danny, a poster!

Oh, I take it all back, then...

[Statikk HDM]

Best album closers
Shut up you bastard! By primus
Would? By Alice in Chains
Like Suicide by Soundgarden

[LuxoJr]

oops...I meant Kid A. did you find the 'hidden' booklet, Danny?

To be honest, I never really listened to all of Amnesiac properly. Bought the album, didn't like it, shelved it. I should have also listed Don McLean's American Pie as one of the greatest tracks ever written and performed.

[Danny]

Originally posted by LuxoJr
oops...I meant Kid A. did you find the 'hidden' booklet, Danny?

I did, yes. Quite early on, as well. Not all of the copies had it, though. My friend Sim was really pissed off when I told him about it, because his copy didn't have one...

[LuxoJr]

burn.