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Best Closing Song on an Album

AbookamongstthemanyAbookamongstthemany Posts: 8,209
edited October 2006 in Other Music
My two favs:

Welcome To- Ani Difranco *off of Evolve*
All or None - PJ
If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
-Oscar Wilde
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  • EchoesEchoes Posts: 1,279
    Opeth - "Blackwater Park"
    The Mountain Goats - "In Corolla"
    printf("shiver in eternal darkness\n");
  • mwachsmanmwachsman Posts: 474
    Rock & Roll Ain't Noise Pollution - AC/DC, Back In Black
    When The Levee Breaks - Led Zeppelin, IV
    Hey Hey What Can I Do - Led Zeppelin, Coda
    The Ocean - Led Zeppelin, Houses of The Holy
    Over Now - Alice In Chains, Tripod
    Would - Alice In Chains, Dirt
    Release - PJ
    All Those Yesterdays - PJ

    Wow, there are just too many so I'm going to stop.
    "So, you must really love Led Zeppelin. That’s the oldest shirt I’ve ever seen on someone who wasn’t a bum."
    "Hey, if God didn’t want me to wear it so much, he wouldn’t have made them rock so hard."
  • StoneG82StoneG82 Posts: 806
    Hey Hey, My My - Neil Young and Crazy Horse

    I don't think it gets much better.
    "What’s Orphans? I don’t know. Orphans is a dead end kid driving a coffin with big tires across the Ohio River wearing welding goggles and a wife beater with a lit firecracker in his ear." - Tom Waits
  • AbookamongstthemanyAbookamongstthemany Posts: 8,209
    mwachsman wrote:
    Rock & Roll Ain't Noise Pollution - AC/DC, Back In Black
    When The Levee Breaks - Led Zeppelin, IV
    Hey Hey What Can I Do - Led Zeppelin, Coda
    The Ocean - Led Zeppelin, Houses of The Holy
    Over Now - Alice In Chains, Tripod
    Would - Alice In Chains, Dirt
    Release - PJ
    All Those Yesterdays - PJ

    Wow, there are just too many so I'm going to stop.

    Release is another excellent one...forgot about that one
    If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.

    Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
    -Oscar Wilde
  • prytocorduroyprytocorduroy Posts: 4,355
    PJ - Indifference, All Those Yesterdays, All or None, Inside Job
    Green Day - F.O.D., Walking Contradiction, Prosthetic Head, Whatsername
    Metallica - Damage, Inc.
    Nirvana - Something in the Way, Aneurysm, All Apologies
  • FreshTendrilsFreshTendrils Posts: 267
    Like Suicide - Soundgarden (Superunknown)
    Salt of the Earth - The Rolling Stones (Beggar's Banquet)
    Modern Romance - Yeah Yeah Yeahs (Fever to Tell)
    Inner City Blues (Makes Me Wanna Holler) - Marvin Gaye (Whats Going On)
    All Night Thing - Temple of the Dog (Temple of the Dog)
    This Sky - The Derek Trucks Band (Songlines)
    Jet Lag - Brendan Benson (Lapalco)
    Train in Vain - The Clash (London Calling)
    Rhinestone Cowboy - Madvillain (Madvillainy)
    Chonkyfire - OutKast (Aquemini)
    Passing Afternoon - Iron & Wine (Our Endless Numbered Days)
    Fairies Wear Boots - Black Sabbath (Paranoid)
    Angels & Fuselage - The Drive-By Truckers (Southern Rock Opera)
    I share a cigarette with negativity.
  • Pearls&StonesPearls&Stones Posts: 585
    Release, Inside Job, Parting Ways......Pearl Jam
    Gas Hed Goes West, Dance With You....Live
    Proudest Monkey, Bartender......Dave Matthews Band
    Electrolite, Find the River.........R.E.M.
    Drive.........Treble Charger
    Love Riegn O'er Me..............The Who
    I love my female wife...
    we sit around and wonder exactly why our marriage should feel threatened by gay marriage
  • GibsonGibson Posts: 2,646
    For me, "Release" is an opener. Indifference is the perfect closer.

    Otherwise:
    U2 - All I want is You (Rattle & Hum)
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  • NakedClownNakedClown Posts: 545
    Goddamn Lonely Love - Dirty South - Drive By Truckers
  • spongersponger Posts: 3,159
    Eclipse - DSOTM
    A Day in the Life - SPLHCB
    reigning champion

    http://forums.pearljam.com/showthread.php?t=272825
  • EPhi1430EPhi1430 Posts: 33
    The Beatles - Abbey Road - Golden Slumber, Carry that Weight, The End. To me best epic way to end an album and career.
    Best PJ closer is Release
    Thats okay man, cause I love Frogs

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  • pearlzepfanpearlzepfan Posts: 456
    Desolation Row
    "I'm a thief, and I dig it"
  • sebaarg88sebaarg88 Posts: 1,277
    My favs:

    Parting Ways - PJ
    A murder of one - Counting crows - August and everything after
    Drown - The smashing pumpkins - Singles soundtrack
    only love can break your heart
    but only love can brake your fall
  • holtzholtz Posts: 509
    Rocket Queen, AFD, GNR
  • IDgotIIDgotI Posts: 262
    Biko - Peter Gabriel's third album sometimes called 'Melt'.

    For PJ my vote is Indifference / Vs.
  • adam42381adam42381 Posts: 2,505
    I've always loved Only In Dreams as the closer on Weezer's Blue Album.
    I wish I was as fortunate, as fortunate as me.
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  • Bleakest HarvestBleakest Harvest Posts: 127
    Opeth - To Bid You Farewell, Blackwater Park
    Emperor - Inno e Satana
    Smashing Pumpkins - Age of Innocence
    Nirvana - All Apologies
    Tool - Third Eye, Faaip de Oiad
    Pearl Jam - Indifference, Release, Inside Job
    Nine Inch Nails - Hurt
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    MrGibbons wrote:
    Indifference is the perfect closer.

    i was thinking the same thing.

    though i am also quite fond of 'this time' by the drones.(wait long by the river...)
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • searchlightsoulsearchlightsoul Posts: 583
    Like suicide - Soundgarden (greatest song ever?)
  • Marie CurieMarie Curie Posts: 1,250
    searchlightsoul wrote:
    Like suicide - Soundgarden (greatest song ever?)

    I was going to say that.

    Also Love Reign O'er Me - The Who
    “Life is life everywhere. Life is in ourselves and not outside us. There will be men beside me, and the important thing is to be a man among men and to remain a man always, whatever the misfortunes, not to despair and not to fall - that is the aim of life, that is its purpose.”
    Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  • intodeepintodeep Posts: 7,228
    I agree with so many that have been said already, but i'll add a couple more not mentioned

    -Pink Floyd- High Hopes ( division bell may not be the best album but damn that song is awesome and a perfect ender i think)

    -Neil Young- Ambulance blues ( one of my favorite neil songs on my fav neil album)
    Charlotte 00
    Charlotte 03
    Asheville 04
    Atlanta 12
    Greenville 16, Columbia 16
    Seattle 18 
    Nashville 22
  • viggs20viggs20 Posts: 1,296
    Decades ~ JOY DIVISION.
    "Reality continues to ruin my life." - Calvin & Hobbes.

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  • Blind MelonBlind Melon Posts: 911
    Bruce Springsteen - Jungleland
    Radiohead - Street Spirit (Fade Out)
    Incubus - Out From Under, Leech
    Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Turn Into
    Guster - Parachute, Hang On
    The Chemical Brothers - Surface to Air
    If I could, think I would give in.
  • dante76dante76 Posts: 76
    Here's just a few...

    DAVID BOWIE - rock'n'roll suicide
    REM - i remember california
    PJ - all or none
    THE DOORS - the end, riders on the storm
  • MCGMCG Posts: 780
    Matthew Good Band had some great ones

    Change of Season
    Sun Up Running For Home
    and Sort of a Protest Song

    are all wonderful songs to end an album on.
    Which came first,
    the bad idea or me befallen by it?
  • Marie CurieMarie Curie Posts: 1,250
    dante76 wrote:
    Here's just a few...

    DAVID BOWIE - rock'n'roll suicide
    REM - i remember california
    PJ - all or none
    THE DOORS - the end, riders on the storm

    Of course! Forgot to mention The Doors - The End
    “Life is life everywhere. Life is in ourselves and not outside us. There will be men beside me, and the important thing is to be a man among men and to remain a man always, whatever the misfortunes, not to despair and not to fall - that is the aim of life, that is its purpose.”
    Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  • Todd76Todd76 Posts: 1,469
    Diamond Sea - Sonic Youth (Washing Machine)
    Filmore Jive - Pavement (Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain)
    Street Spirit - Radiohead (The Bends)
    Calender Girl - Stars (Set Yourself On Fire)
    Cop Shoot Cop - Spiritualized (Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space)
    Over Your Shoulder - Dinosaur Jr. (Without A Sound)
    Together Or Alone - Sebadoh (Bakesale)
    In The Backseat - Arcade Fire (Funeral)
    Leif Erikson - Interpol (Turn On The Bright Lights)
    In my world everyone is a pony,
    and they all eat rainbows and pooh butterflies!
  • lukins fridgelukins fridge Posts: 237
    i love finales which is why i made a playlist of just them listed below. my fav is probably source tags and codes off of ...trail of dead's source tags and codes. of course A Day in the Life really does take the cake. check em out:

    49 Bye-Byes--Crosby, Stills & Nash--Crosby, Stills & Nash
    Her Majesty--The Beatles--Abbey Road
    Is This Music?--Teenage Fanclub--Bandwagonesque
    Parting Ways--Pearl Jam--Binaural
    Havalina--Pixies--Bossanova
    Other People's Lives--Modest Mouse--Building Nothing Out Of Something
    Levitate Me--Pixies--Come On Pilgrim
    Eclipse--Pink Floyd--Dark Side Of The Moon
    Your Southern Can Is Mine--The White Stripes--De Stijl
    Blue Line Swinger--Yo La Tengo--Electr-o-pura
    Voodoo Child (Slight Return)--Jimi Hendrix--Electric Ladyland
    Natural Anthem--The Postal Service--Give Up
    The Good Times Are Killing Me--Modest Mouse--Good News For People Who Love Bad News
    A Wolf at the Door--Radiohead--Hail to the Thief
    One Of These Good Old Days--Al Green--I'm Still in Love With You
    True Love Waits--Radiohead--I Might Be Wrong: Live Recordings
    Transitions--Beastie Boys--Ill Communication
    Stay Together--N.E.R.D.--In Search Of...
    All Apologies--Nirvana--In Utero
    Take It Or Leave It--The Strokes--Is This It?
    Time Will Tell--Bob Marley--Kaya
    Motion Picture Soundtrack--Radiohead--Kid A
    Paper Boats--Nada Surf--Let Go
    B.I.B.L.E. (Basic Instruction Before Leaving Earth)--Genius/GZA--Liquid Swords
    Train in Vain (Stand by Me)--The Clash--London Calling
    Chinese Apple--Loose Fur--Loose Fur
    Soon--My Bloody Valentine--Loveless
    Age Of Innocence--Smashing Pumpkins--MACHINA/The Machines of God
    Debra--Beck--Midnite Vultures
    God Lives Through--A Tribe Called Quest--Midnight Marauders
    Chloe Dancer/Crown Of Thorns--Mother Love Bone--Mother Love Bone
    I Heard You Looking--Yo La Tengo--Painful
    Untrustable Part 2 (About Someone Else)--Built To Spill--Perfect From Now On
    Tomorrow Never Knows--The Beatles--Revolver
    All Or None--Pearl Jam--Riot Act
    Hey Hey, My My (Into The Black)--Neil Young--Rust Never Sleeps
    A Day In The Life--The Beatles--Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
    Luna--Smashing Pumpkins--Siamese Dream
    Shattered--The Rolling Stones--Some Girls
    Line of Best Fit--Death Cab For Cutie--Something About Airplanes
    Annabella's Song--Everclear--Songs From An American Movie Vol. 1: Learning How To Smile
    Song From An American Movie Pt. 2--Everclear--Songs From An American Movie Vol. 2: Good Time For A Bad Attitude
    Source Tags & Codes--...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead--Source Tags & Codes
    New Way Home--Foo Fighters--The Colour And The Shape
    Styrofoam Boots - It's all Nice on Ice--Modest Mouse--The Lonesome Crowded West
    Debate Exposes Doubt--Death Cab For Cutie--The Photo Album
    Space Travel Is Boring--Modest Mouse--This Is a Long Drive For Someone With Nothing To Think About
    A Lack Of Color--Death Cab For Cutie--Transatlanticism
    Scientist Studies--Death Cab For Cutie--We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes
    All Those Yesterdays--Pearl Jam--Yield
    Those undecided,........ Needn't have faith to be free
    And those misguided, There was a plan for them to be
    Now you got both sides Claiming killing in Gods name
    But God is nowhere,..... To be found, conveniently

    What goes on?
  • tybirdtybird Posts: 17,388
    NakedClown wrote:
    Goddamn Lonely Love - Dirty South - Drive By Truckers
    exceeeeeelant...........

    How about "Atlanta" by Stone Temple Pilots on "No. 4"
    All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.
  • transplanttransplant Posts: 1,088
    Archers of Loaf - White Trash Heroes
    Ozzy - Diary of a Madman
    REM - Me and Honey
    Queensryche - Eyes of a Stranger
    Rolling Stones - Salt of the Earth
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