Top 5 closing tracks

First one I thought of was Awaken by Yes.

clarke2001 wrote: Vompatti, I think I fell in love with you.

I saw her first I tell you!!

I was too shy to mention it though

Isn't that a picture of Winona Ryder though?

The Quiet One wrote:   I agree entirely with you, that's why I didn't mention none of the obvious choices everybody would choose: Echoes, Supper's Ready, Plague of Lighthouse Keepers, etc.   When I mentioned it by Genesis, I thought the exact same thing as you, it's a definite closer to the great concept.

Funny how opinions differ. I would say that about Aisle of Plenty, certainly, but I don't think I'd say that about It. Actually It may be my very least favourite album closer ever. The more I listen to TLLDOB the more emotionally impacted I am by the fourth side, and especially In the Rapids. When you realize what's going on there, and Rael sacrificing his shot at freedom to save his brother and in the process finding redemption, it's a very shattering experience. To have that then transition into something that is stylistically alien to the rest of the album (kind of sounds like a used car commercial to my ears) completely ruins the experience, IMHO.

Anyway, my list might be something like:

Genesis - Aisle of Plenty
Birds and Buildings - Sunken City, Sunny Day
Anekdoten - Wheel
King Crimson - LTIA pt 2 (bizarre, I know, but it's agressive experimentation sums up the spirit of the album perfectly, to my ears)
Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick (hah, only joking)

A Day In the Life ..............Beatles,Sgt Peppers

Echoes-Pink Floyd Awaken-Yes I Think I Lost My Headache-Queens Of The Stone Age Cassandra Gemini-The Mars Volta

Opeth- Hex Omega

Rune2000 wrote: 5. Supertramp - Crime of the Century 4. Cardiacs - The Whole World Window (A Little Man And A House And The Whole World Window) 3. Barclay James Harvest - For No One (Everyone Is Everybody Else) 2. The Residents - Epilogue (Not Available) 1. King Crimson - The Court Of The Crimson King

Good to see someone else mention Cardiacs in this thread. Like I said earlier, I could do a top 5 made up entirely of Cardiacs songs!

Ricochet wrote: In my opinion, a "closer" with "the last piece of an album" are not the same thing, even if it stands as a popular term (or used in certain expressions, like "the album closes with..." instead of "ends with..."). An album's last piece could have the character of a closer, just as easily as it could not (more often actually). How is (NB I'm just extracting some random examples) Cassandra Gemini the closer of Frances The Mute? It's 30 minutes long, some could say the whole album channels towards it (instead of it being the conclusive part of the rest of the album), it has its own closer, and its parts also have their own closers. How is Ritual a closer, when it's on equal terms, in length and strength, with the other three epics? I don't actually have such a list in my head. I did however just finished listening to the Crane Wife. I think Sons and Daughters both fits and it is excellent.

In my opinion, a "closer" with "the last piece of an album" are not the same thing, even if it stands as a popular term (or used in certain expressions, like "the album closes with..." instead of "ends with..."). An album's last piece could have the character of a closer, just as easily as it could not (more often actually).

How is (NB I'm just extracting some random examples) Cassandra Gemini the closer of Frances The Mute? It's 30 minutes long, some could say the whole album channels towards it (instead of it being the conclusive part of the rest of the album), it has its own closer, and its parts also have their own closers. How is Ritual a closer, when it's on equal terms, in length and strength, with the other three epics?

I don't actually have such a list in my head. I did however just finished listening to the Crane Wife. I think Sons and Daughters both fits and it is excellent.

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