Best album ending
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Topic: Best album ending
Posted By: Zitro
Subject: Best album ending
Date Posted: December 09 2007 at 09:18
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these are 3 of my favorite album closers I can think of. Which one do you enjoy more? Note: Don't vote for your favorite album Note2: Don't vote for the song, just vote according to that song's climax/ending. |
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Posted By: proglil49
Date Posted: December 09 2007 at 09:42
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"Life in Motion" is the best song on the list, but for the ending, it's without a doubt "To Be Over". ------------- I want to be an astronaut |
Posted By: Shakespeare
Date Posted: December 09 2007 at 09:57
| Hmmm.....Throw Down the Sword (Wishbone Ash) has a pretty monstrous ending. |
Posted By: Anderson III
Date Posted: December 09 2007 at 10:00
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Happy to see To Be Over in this poll. I think it's one of those songs that don't get talked about often enough (probably because it's on the same album as TGOD). One of my favorite endings for sure- climax written all over it, leaving you thirsty for more. ------------- "Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and cannot remain silent" - Victor Hugo |
Posted By: Nightfly
Date Posted: December 09 2007 at 11:50
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Lunar Sea; absolutely brilliant!!!
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Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: December 09 2007 at 13:02
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I havent heard the Flower Kings album, but neither Camel nor Yes comes as incredible endings.... my vote will always go to the ending of In the court of the Crimson King, love it, love it, love it ------------- "You want me to play what, Robert?" 
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Posted By: fuxi
Date Posted: December 09 2007 at 13:03
| "To Be Over" - simply sublime! |
Posted By: Floydian42
Date Posted: December 09 2007 at 13:04
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Haven't heard any, so.... The last 9 minutes of Supper's Ready! |
Posted By: Shakespeare
Date Posted: December 09 2007 at 13:08
| Some of the best 9 minutes you can spend on earth. |
Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: December 09 2007 at 13:13
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Lunar Sea by a mile of those listed but Throw Down the Sword is damn close - sad it's not on the list.
------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: Dim
Date Posted: December 09 2007 at 13:16
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Dont own any camel or TFK ------------- 
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Posted By: Zitro
Date Posted: December 09 2007 at 13:28
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Yeah, I agree that Throw Down the Sword has a very very good ending. Probably the only enjoyable couple of minutes in the whole album. Supper's Ready's last 9 minutes are amazing. I probably should have included it, though that fadeout at the end bothers me. Yes' To Be Over's ending has a heavenly harmony of vocals and instrumentation that moves me more than almost anything. Camel's Lunar Sea ends with a very energetic pace, plays one of the best guitar solos I have ever heard (and I don't really dig Camel), changes time signature into an addicting bass/synth interplay, and ends with a fantastic atmospheric synthesizer with one of the best guitar riffs of all times (IMO). The Flower Kings' Life In Motion, while not their greatest track, ends with a very powerful anthem of peace and love with fantastic singing and keyboard playing. |
Posted By: The Pessimist
Date Posted: December 09 2007 at 13:41
| i love the album also, however i do think that life in motion one of the greatest endings i have heard in ages. |
Posted By: ProgBagel
Date Posted: December 09 2007 at 13:46
| The end of 'To Be Over'...one of the most beautiful things I have ever heard. |
Posted By: ghost_of_morphy
Date Posted: December 09 2007 at 15:50
| Nione of the above. I'm going with the "As sure as eggs is eggs" section of Supper's Ready. |
Posted By: ghost_of_morphy
Date Posted: December 09 2007 at 15:51
You poor soul....
We should organize a collection for you....
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schizoid_man77 wrote:Posted By: ghost_of_morphy
Date Posted: December 09 2007 at 15:53
Have you heard Steve's acoustic and instrumental version on Natural Timbres? It's a huge improvement over the original. The last I checked he's got samples from that album on his website.
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Posted By: bobesh
Date Posted: December 09 2007 at 16:07
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my best album ending would go to Three Friends......it's one of the most beautiful songs |
Posted By: Zitro
Date Posted: December 09 2007 at 17:27
| Yea, Three Friends has a really beautiful vocal harmony-based finale. It tends to make me rewind in order to hear it again. |
Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: December 09 2007 at 19:29
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I just reviewed three friends and gave it only 2 stars, but I mentioned that the title track is the best!
I love the end of Renaissance "A Song for All Seasons" or Strawbs' "Ghosts". Full of emotion not to mention heavy organ and/or orchestration.
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Posted By: Tomodachi
Date Posted: December 10 2007 at 03:22
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Three great endings from three great album, I pick Life in motion because the last 4 minutes are really a masterpiece.
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Posted By: Norbert
Date Posted: December 10 2007 at 07:53
It's always good when a TFK album finally ends.  Sorry.
Anyway, To be over for me.
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Posted By: zbida
Date Posted: December 10 2007 at 07:56
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Posted By: seamus
Date Posted: December 10 2007 at 14:02
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Posted By: prog-expert #1
Date Posted: December 29 2007 at 01:25
| I personally think that none of those are, because the best ending is the ending of In the Presence of Enemies by Dream Theater. (so dramatic, makes my spine tingle every time) |
Posted By: zicIy
Date Posted: December 29 2007 at 05:19
| Lunar Sea by Camel |
Posted By: MattiR
Date Posted: December 31 2007 at 12:41
| Yes |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: December 31 2007 at 13:01
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I kind of like the ending of Guru Guru's "Mani und seine Freunde". not performed by the band itself; instead they present us with an excerpt of a live recording of Champion Jack Duprey. very original ending indeed
-------------  A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: Damjan
Date Posted: December 31 2007 at 17:29
Mekanik Destruktiw Kommandoh, with the crazy feedback ending
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Posted By: Grimfurg
Date Posted: May 13 2008 at 13:50
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I second that.
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Posted By: Relayer09
Date Posted: May 13 2008 at 14:20
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To Be Over for sure. Great song that doesn't get enough recognition. ------------- If you lose your temper, you've lost the arguement. -Proverb |
Posted By: crimhead
Date Posted: May 13 2008 at 14:27
Agreed on Supper's Ready but it is not for everyone. |
Posted By: Dr. Prog
Date Posted: May 13 2008 at 14:36
agreed here too. Hard to imagine a more majestic and emotional ending as this masterpiece, especially from Apocalypse in 9/8 through to the end of As Sure as Eggs is Eggs (Aching Men's Feet). The epitome of a prog climax.
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Posted By: Cesar Inca
Date Posted: May 16 2008 at 13:49
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Everything is magnificent about the "Relayer" album, even that mantric chanting on soft percussion, plus the final guitar lines. I voted for the "Relayer" ending, just to make it "official".
Kind regards.
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Posted By: bruin69
Date Posted: May 16 2008 at 13:54
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I voted for To Be Over, but would also have included As Sure as Eggs is Eggs and Van der Graaf Generator's Pawn Hearts ending - spine tingling! ------------- A dog is for lunch and not just for breakfast |
Posted By: cosmic_owl
Date Posted: May 16 2008 at 14:24
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I love the ending of Supper's Ready. Makes me feel like I'm being drawn into the golden light of some heavenly paradise. My favorite ending has to be The End off of the Beatles Abbey Road. Puts an end to the medley and it really was the end of their career, because it was record after Let It Be. I wish they would've kept Her Majesty off though. Usually I just stop the album before it comes on.
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Posted By: TGM: Orb
Date Posted: May 16 2008 at 15:42
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I don't know The Flower Kings one, so not voting. I find Lunar Sea pretty bland, and I like To Be Over, though I don't think it's in the top 10 endings, for me. These'd be something like: Vital Signs - Rush Cygnus X-I - Rush Islands - King Crimson Fracture - King Crimson Crime Of The Century - Supertramp The Fountain Of Salmacis - Genesis Supper's Ready - Genesis Time Machine - Colosseum Lady Fantasy - Camel Echoes - Pink Floyd |
Posted By: cosmic_owl
Date Posted: May 16 2008 at 15:50
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The ending for Echoes was so strange. I love it. The Shepard Scale at the end makes me feel like I'm being sucked into a void.
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Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: May 16 2008 at 16:04
| "To be Over" is a fantastic track and has such a great ending, superb way to end that album. |
Posted By: Andrew A.
Date Posted: May 16 2008 at 16:22
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My guess is that To Be Over will win as it's the one most people are familiar with. Should people only vote if they know all three albums?
And I'd like to throw in a mention for "Starless", closer for KC's "Red"
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Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: May 16 2008 at 16:23
| I don't know the Flower Kings album, so I didn't vote. Doesn't seem to be any harm in posting my thoughts, though. |
Posted By: alanerc
Date Posted: August 28 2008 at 18:46
| The last minutes of "Echoes" of the PF's album Meddle |
Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: August 28 2008 at 18:51
| The last 2 minutes of Supper's Ready! That'll do it! "To take them to the new Jerusalem!!!" |
Posted By: Andrew A.
Date Posted: August 28 2008 at 18:58
| Thanks for mentioning "Starless" from "red" - that would have been my first choice, shortly followed by "Awaken" from "Going for the One" - To be Over is pretty, but it's not Awaken! |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: August 29 2008 at 08:19
| "To Be Over" has one of the best endings in progressive rock, period. |
Posted By: Grimfurg
Date Posted: August 29 2008 at 08:47
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Going to have to add the end of Seconds Out as one of the most epic live endings in the world.
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Posted By: Roj
Date Posted: August 29 2008 at 09:21
| Awaken is a good call. I like the last 23 minutes of Echoes a lot too. |
Posted By: crimhead
Date Posted: August 29 2008 at 13:01
I agree as well as the ending to "Lamb lies..." "It" is a great way to tie up that album.. |
Posted By: Alberto Muñoz
Date Posted: September 04 2008 at 19:42
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In this poll To be Over
Other would be
The final 2 minutes of Thick as a Brick.
The final 2 minutes on Musical Box.
The Final 2 minutes on The Knife.
The final 2 minutes on It
etc. etc.
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