[qwert9579]

What are some of the best closing tracks? The last track of an album is usually the one that leaves a lasting impression, they can either make or break an album as a whole. I always look forward to the last track of an album, my favourite songs are usually the closer.

A few that come to mind for me:
505 - Favourite Worst Nightmare, Arctic Monkeys
A Day In The Life - Sgt. Peppers, The Beatles
Tea For The Tillerman - Tea For The Tillerman, Cat Stevens
Rock n Roll Suicide - Ziggy Stardust, David Bowie
Hacker - The Money Store, Death Grips
Seize The Day - Self Titled, End of Fashion
Hot Knife - The Idler Wheel..., Fiona Apple
BaBopByeYa - The Archandroid, Janelle Monae
The Repudiated Immortals - The Sunlandic Twins, of Montreal
NYC-25 - Dusk At Cubist Castle, The Olivia Tremor Control
Eclipse - Dark Side of The Moon, Pink Floyd
In The Laps of The Gods... Revisited - Sheer Heart Attack, Queen
I Think I Lost My Headache - Rated R, Queens of The Stone Age
La Villa Strangiato - Hemispheres, Rush
Spinning In Daffodils - Self Titled, Them Crooked Vultures
I Think Ur A Contra - Contra, Vampire Weekend

That was a few more than I thought I would list, but these are just my personal favourites. I love a good closer, please tell me your favourites!

[TracyJacks]

We've been discussed this before several times

505 and A Day in the Life are also amongst my favourite choices.
Here are some of other favourites of mine:

Tomorrow Never Knows - The Beatles (Revolver)
Decades - Joy Division (Closer)
Looking Glass - The La's (self-titled)
Vapour Trail - Ride (Nowhere)
I Am the Resurrection - The Stone Roses (self-titled)
You Set the Scene - Love (Forever Changes)
Supper's Ready - Genesis (ok it is almost an entire side of an album but it's still a closing track) (Foxtrot)
Echoes - Pink Floyd (same here) (Meddle)
Brain Damage/Eclipse - Pink Floyd (The Dark Side of the Moon)
In Your Eyes - Peter Gabriel (So)
Biko - Peter Gabriel (Peter Gabriel III)
The Kick Inside - Kate Bush (The Kick Inside)
The End - The Doors (self-titled)
Time of the Season - The Zombies (Odessey & Oracle)
Yuko and Hiro - Blur (The Great Escape)
Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who (Who's Next)
Soon - My Bloody Valentine (Loveless)
Caroline, No - The Beach Boys (Pet Sounds)
The Kids Don't Stand a Chance - Vampire Weekend (self-titled)
Om - The Moody Blues (In Search of the Lost Chord)
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida - Iron Butterfly (In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida)

[qwert9579]

Great choices!
Thought this may have been done before but I couldn't find it anywhere

[NowhereMan]

Few that haven't been mentioned:


Time Of The Season - Odessey & Oracle
Jungleland - Born To Run
Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands - Blonde On Blonde

[eyezayzay]

HiiPower - Section.80, Kendrick Lamar
Rhimestone Cowboy, Madvilliany, Madvillian
Outro - Hurry Up We're Dreaming, M83
Who Will Survive In America - MBDTF, Kanye West
Last Call - The College Dropout, Kanye West
Big Brother - Graduation, Kanye West
Suspect - 1999, Joey Badass
Won't Do - The Shining, J Dilla
Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth - Liquid Swords, GZA
Pinata - Pinata, Freddie Gibbs & MadLib (I don't like that Mac Miller is the last one to rap though)
It's Your World - Be, Common (The kids talking about what they want to be is adorable!)
III. life: the biggest troll [andrew auernheimer]
Twice Inna Lifetime - Black Star, Black Star

I know it's mainly rap, but I'll probably make another post later.
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[NowhereMan]

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S.F. Sorrow by The Pretty Things

Loneliest Person.

[denmarkman]

Just off my chart. Obviously I love the closing tracks of all albums on my chart, so I'm restricting this to closing tracks that I would consider to be in the top 2 or 3 on their respective albums:

From the Morning - Nick Drake (Pink Moon)
Raver - Burial (Untrue)
Judy and the Dream of Horses - Belle & Sebastian (If You're Feeling Sinister)
Veteran's Day Poppy - Captain Beefheart (Trout Mask Replica)
Untrustable/Part 2 (About Someone Else) - Built to Spill (Perfect from Now On)
Desolation Row - Bob Dylan (Highway 61 Revisited)
Gouge Away - Pixies (Doolittle)
You Set the Scene - Love (Forever Changes)
Buggin' - The Flaming Lips (The Soft Bulletin)
The Flames of the End - At the Gates (Slaughter of the Soul)
Broken Chairs - Built to Spill (Keep It like a Secret)
Walk on Guilded Splinters - Dr. John (Gris-Gris)

[NowhereMan]

Won't Get Fooled Again - Who's Next
After Hours - Velvet Underground
Love Reign O'er Me - Quadrophenia
How Many More Times - Led Zeppelin I

[NowhereMan]

OF COURSE


I'm Not Down - London Calling

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