Best Album-Closing Tracks in Rock history?

[Honolulu Blue]

Originally Posted by sterlingice

Nah, if you're going to pick a Weird Al, it has to be Albuquerque.

Christmas at Ground Zero > The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota > Albuquerque > Genius in France

[CraigSca]

Originally Posted by VPI97

Best closing track? Gotta be the 10 minute version of Fools Gold on The Stone Roses eponymous debut album.

That album also features the best album-opening track with I Wanna Be Adored.

You and dawgfan rock !

Just remember, Fools Gold was only on the American version. The original, british version, ended with "I am the Resurrection." Not a bad ending in itself. However, "Fools Gold" is beyond compare.

[Super Ugly]

"In My Hour of Darkness" - Gram Parsons (Grievous Angel)
"Out There Somewhere?" - Orbital (In Sides)

[sterlingice]

Originally Posted by Honolulu Blue

Christmas at Ground Zero > The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota > Albuquerque > Genius in France

No way- you're full of all flavors of crazy

(and you also left off The Night Santa Went Crazy among others. Genius in France is pedestrian, at best)

SI

[Sgran]

I've got a top 3, and two are by Radiohead:
1. The Tourist
2. street spirit [fade out]
3. How Many More Times by Led Zeppelin

[Grammaticus]

Originally Posted by Maple Leafs

Paridise City is the closer on the live double-album (like it is for every concert), so I'm making the executive decision that we can include it.

I saw them in Denver. They closed the show with Rocket Queen. They had live strippers come up on each end of the stage and got topless.

[Grammaticus]

Originally Posted by Draft Dodger

another one I thought of while out on my walk:

Van Halen - House of Pain.

Obviously, I'm an unabashed Van Halen fanboy, but I've always felt this was an underrated track on a terrific album. It was the last song on the last Roth-era album, although the song actually dates back to their early days (pre-VH1 demos of the song use the VW horn hooked to a volume pedal that they'd end up using on Running with the Devil).

I thought "Happy Trails" was a nice touch on Diver Down. May not be one of the best songs, but a good closer all the same.

edited - Nevermind, I see it has been listed. Should have read the whole thread, oh wells.

[Nwobhm]

How about:

Hallowed Be Thy Name - Iron Maiden (Number Of The Beast)
Raining Blood - Slayer (Reign In Blood)
The Writ - Black Sabbath (Sabotage)
Space Truckin' - Deep Purple (Machine Head)
Princess Of The Dawn - Accept (Restless&Wild)

[Maple Leafs]

Originally Posted by Grammaticus

I saw them in Denver. They closed the show with Rocket Queen. They had live strippers come up on each end of the stage and got topless.

How long ago was that?

[Crim]

I've always thought that Pink Floyd (esp. during the Roger Waters years of course) put a lot of care in their albums' last tracks. Many times the last track was a summation of the album's theme, and often very moving lyrically, and sometimes musically as well.

Consider "Outside the Wall" for a perfect example.

Or "Two Suns in the Sunset" for one that's as powerful lyrically, but the music helps make it into a song which could stand on its own.

[cthomer5000]

Originally Posted by Sgran

I've got a top 3, and two are by Radiohead:
1. The Tourist
2. street spirit [fade out]
3. How Many More Times by Led Zeppelin

Street Spirit is certainly a pretty great closer.

[Anthony]

Originally Posted by Sgran

I've got a top 3, and two are by Radiohead:
1. The Tourist
2. street spirit [fade out]
3. How Many More Times by Led Zeppelin

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[Grammaticus]

Originally Posted by Maple Leafs

How long ago was that?

Around '92

[Mac Howard]

You'll find the second half below the video at the end along with four other tracks from what is arguably Dylan's best album

If nothing else hear the harmonica solo halfway through the second part and/or at the very end. It sends shivers down the spine.