Rutlefan Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 (edited) Great songs, or finishes, to albums? Off the top of my head (my tastes are admittedly so limited)... # 1. The Beatles Sgt Peppers -- Sgt Pepper's (reprise)/A Day in the Life Led Zeppelin IV -- When the Levee Breaks Rush Hemispheres -- La Villa Strangiato The Beatles Revolver -- Tomororow Never Knows The Beatles Abbey Road -- Side 2 medley Led Zeppelin II -- Bring it on Home New Order Power Corruption & Lies -- Leave Me Alone Tones on Tail The Album Pop -- Rain Wire 154 -- 40 Versions Depeche Mode A Broken Frame -- The Sun and the Rainfall (not a D-Mode fan but like the song) OMD Architecture and Morality -- The Beginning and the End Van Halen Fair Warning -- Sunday Afternoon in the Park/One Foot Out the Door The Kinks Something Else by The Kinks -- Waterloo Sunset Yo La Tengo Summer Sun -- Let's Be Still/Take Care Sufjan Stevens Seven Swans -- The Transfiguration Velvet Underground Loaded -- Oh! Sweet Nuthin The Clash London Calling -- Train in Vain And of course, Yes Close to the Edge -- Siberian Khatru Edited December 1, 2013 by Rutlefan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclonus X-1 Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 Moving Pictures (Rush) -- Vital SignsPermanent Waves (Rush) -- Natural ScienceClose to the Edge (Yes) -- Siberian KhatruTime and a Word (Yes) -- Time and a WordRelayer (Yes) -- To Be OverHeavy Horses (Jethro Tull) -- WeathercockAftertaste (Helmet) -- Crisis KingPlankton Comes Alive (The Mess) -- Buckwheat's Diner ELP would've had one of the greatest finishes ever with A Time and A Place on Tarkus, but they had to go ahead and include that Ready Eddy crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rutlefan Posted December 1, 2013 Author Share Posted December 1, 2013 I'll add... Wings Band on the Run -- Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five Queen A Night at the Opera -- Bohemian Rhapsody 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReRushed Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 Rutlefan, I'm surprised! Wire Pink Flag - "12XU" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Analog Grownup Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 Rush - Clockwork Angels: The Garden 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReRushed Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 Talking Heads Speaking in Tongues - "This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)" The Beach Boys Surf's Up - "Surf's Up" Black Sabbath Paranoid - "Fairies Wear Boots" Deerhunter Halcyon Digest - "He Would Have Laughed" John Lennon John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band - "God"/"My Mummy's Dead" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HemispheresserehpsimeH Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 Crime Of The Century (Supertramp) - Crime Of The Century (Just had to reference this one again)The Stranger (Billy Joel) - Everybody Has A DreamPiano Man (Billy Joel) - Captain JackNo Exit (Fates Warning) - The Ivory Gate Of DreamsThe Chemical Wedding (Bruce Dickinson) - The AlchemistNOLA (Down) - Bury Me In SmokeDown II: A Bustle In Your Hedgerow (Down) - Landing On The Mountains Of MeggidoBurnt Offerings (Iced Earth) - Dante's InfernoCrack The Skye (Mastodon) - The Last BaronThis Godless Endeavor (Nevermore) - This Godless EndeavorBad As Me (Tom Waits) - New Year's EveSomething/Anything? (Todd Rundgren) - SlutEmpire (Queensrÿche) - Anybody Listening?Operation: Mindcrime (Queensrÿche) - Eyes Of A StrangerInnuendo (Queen) - The Show Must Go OnInnervisions (Stevie Wonder) - He's Misstra Know It All Special mention goes out to Iron Maiden who always end their albums on great notes. A few examples: Fear Of The Dark, Alexander The Great, Rime Of The Ancient Mariner, Iron Maiden, Hallowed Be Thy Name, The Legacy, Mother Russia, etc. They're the masters of ending an album. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormtron Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 King Diamond, Abigail - Black Horsemen. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union 5-3992 Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 (edited) Well if Opeth ended Damnation with Ending Credits, that would have been a fantastic ending Edited December 1, 2013 by Union 5-3992 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rutlefan Posted December 1, 2013 Author Share Posted December 1, 2013 Rutlefan, I'm surprised! Wire Pink Flag - "12XU" That was a miss for sure. Maybe because Wire themselves considered it sort of an albatross that they tried to avoid, like Radiohead and Creep. Nevertheless, it is a great song. I'll add Options R bonus track to that as it perfectly followed 12XU on the original CD release (not included on the remastered reissue though). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluefunk Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 Permanent Waves (Rush) -- Natural Science.Oh yes! Also Hemispheres- La Villa Strangiato, and A Farewell to Kings- Cygnus X-1 book 1. :) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandDesigner Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 I'm not a huge fan of the album, but Fading Lights off of We Can't Dance has to be the ultimate ending-song for an album/band ever. It's like they knew Phil would leave and made a final song with him. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narps Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 Island Of Domination ( Sad Wings ) Dissident Aggressor ( Sin After Sin ) Damn those were the days......... :haz: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cat 3 Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 Genesis - "Los Endos" from "A Trick of the Tail" http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f1/Trick76.jpg 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HemispheresserehpsimeH Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 A more recent one: ...Like Clockwork (Queens Of The Stone Age) - ...Like Clockwork Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
custom55 Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Pink Floyd - Meddle ( Echoes )Emerson, Lake & Palmer - 1st ( Luck Man )Jethro Tull - Aqualung ( Wind Up )Led Zeppelin - I ( How Many More Times )The Doors - The Doors ( The End )Rolling Stones - Let it Bleed ( You Can't Always Get What You Want )Rolling Stones - Goats Head Soup ( Star Star )Rolling Stones - Tattoo You ( Waiting on a Friend )The Who - Quadrophenia ( Love Reign O'er Me )Van Halen - Fair Warning ( One Foot Out the Door )Van Halen - Women and Children First ( Growth )Yes - Fragile ( Heart of the Sunrise )Rush - A Farewell to Kings ( Cygnus X-1 )Rush - Signals ( Countdown )Allman Brothers - Each A Peach ( Little Martha )Traffic - Low Sparks... ( Rock and Roll Stew ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rutlefan Posted December 2, 2013 Author Share Posted December 2, 2013 (edited) Pixies Trompe Le Monde -- Motorway to Roswell/The Navajo Know My Bloody Valentine Loveless -- Soon Teenage Fanclub Bandwagonesque -- Alcoholiday/Guiding Star/Is This Music? Along with Nirvana's Nevermind, the alt rock masterpieces of 1991. What a year. Edited December 2, 2013 by Rutlefan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barney_rebel Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Rush, Clockwork Angels - The Garden 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 AC/DC, Let There Be Rock - Whole Lotta RosieAC/DC, Dirty Deeds - SquealerAC/DC, Highway to Hell - Night Prowler 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Van Halen - On FireVan Halen - Beautiful Girls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Doors, LA Woman - Riders on the Storm 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RushBoingo Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Power Windows (Rush)-Mystic RhythmsBoingo (Oingo Boingo)-ChangeDark At The End of The Tunnel (Oingo Boingo)-Try to BelieveMaybe I'm Dreaming (Owl City)-West Coast FriendshipThey Might be Giants (They Might be Giants)-Rhythm Section Want AdRandom Access Memories (Daft Punk)-ContactThe Age of Plastic (The Buggles)-Johnny on the Monorail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sitboaf Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust: Rock 'n' Roll Suicide Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greyfriar Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 Rush: Caress Of Steel - The Fountain Of Lamneth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citizen of the World Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 The Who - Who's Next - Won't Get Fooled Again 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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