Top 5 closing tracks

Trouserpress wrote: SaltyJon wrote: Trouserpress wrote: I could write an entire list of Cardiacs closers (Tim Smith surely knows how to leave a listener satisified yet wanting more) but I'll limit myself to one. Cardiacs - The Everso Closely Guarded Line Magma - Nono Gentle Giant - Mr Class & Quality/Three Friends King Crimson - Starless Robert Wyatt -  Little Red Robin Hood Hit The Road Nice addition of Nono there, I thought I'd be the only one to choose it. I hadn't noticed you'd chosen it as well! It's bloody brilliant, isn't it? One of Magma's most underrated songs, IMO.

Indeed, it is a brilliant song.

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Marillion - Neverland
Genesis - Aisle of Plenty
Yes - Awaken
King Crimson - Starless
IQ - Harvest of Souls

At least, that's my feeling on the subject today

Pink Floyd - Eclipse

Genesis- "Supper's Ready"

Edited by gottagetintogetout - January 19 2010 at 21:10

If I can only have five, then:

(In no order)

Porcupine Tree: Collapse The Light Into Earth
Genesis: Supper's Ready
Maudlin Of The Well: Laboratories Of The Invisible World (Rollerskating The Palmistric Post-bored)
Big Big Train: The Underfall Yard
Marillion: Neverland

Edited by progkidjoel - January 19 2010 at 21:16

progkidjoel wrote: Maudlin Of The Well: Laboratories Of The Invisible World (Rollerskating The Palmistric Post-bored)

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.

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.

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!