Best Songs to Close Albums (last song on album)

Submitted by oramosvt on Tue, 11/04/2003 - 11:02
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  • "Train in Vain" Clash London Calling
  • "Caroline, No" Beach Boys Pet Sounds
  • "Day in the Life" Beatles Sgt Pepper's
  • "When the Levee Breaks" Led Zeppelin
  • "Tomorrow Never Knows" Beatles Revolver
  • "Sister Ray" Velvet Underground White Light/ White Heat
  • "Glad Tidings" Van Morrison Moondance
  • "Ooh La La" the Small Faces Ooh La La
  • "I Believe when I fall in Love" Stevie Wonder the Talking Book
  • "You Can't Always Get What You Want" Rolling Stones Let it Bleed
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Figure the flip side to the first list.

AJDaGreat11/04/2003

You know, I was thinking about cloning this list or the companion one, but I think it'd be pointless, since you nailed 'em all. My lists would look a lot like yours. ESPECIALLy good calls on "Day in the Life" and "I Believe When I Fall in Love."

dcstar11/05/2003

Here are some I thought of:

Desolation Row/ Highway 61 Revisited/ Bob Dylan
Whipping Post/ Allman Brothers Band/ Allman Brothers Band
Gold Dust Woman/ Rumours/ Fleetwood Mac
Brain Damage/Eclipse/ Dark Side of the Moon/ Pink Floyd
Salt of the Earth/ Beggers Banquet/ Rolling Stones
Watching the Detectives/ My Aim is True/ Elvis Costello

AAA11/05/2003

My Aim is True doesn't end with Watching the Detectives. I'm fairly sure it ends with I'm Not Angry, which is still a candidate for best closing song.

AJDaGreat11/05/2003

Actually, dcstar is right. My Aim Is True does end with "Watching the Detectives." "I'm Not Angry" is the 11th song. Unless you have a different, horribly bastardized copy, AAA.

But hey, I like "I'm Not Angry" better. Maybe we could make a list of Best 11th Songs on Albums. Let's see, Costello could also make the list with "Lipstick Vogue". I personally love Rundgren's "Marlene." Then there's "Hypnotize", "Nightswimming", "Absolutely Sweet Marie", "In My Life"... :-)

geek11/06/2003

Actually, AAA is right if we're talking about the original release of the album. It's my understanding that "Waiting for the End of the World" was only originally on the UK version of My Aim is True and "Watching the Detectives" wasn't on either the UK or US original release. They were both added later in the US. I could be wrong, but I think that's the story.