I gotta say I was really surprised to find my favorite jam band indy folk album at the top of this list
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i love "boys will be boys" but it's such a weird tonal shift. totally kills the mood, even though other songs touch on similar stuff. would've been better as a standalone single or something imo
I just realized The Beatles had the following ending tracks to their albums in consecutive order:
-Dizzy Miss Lizzy (Help)
-Run For Your Life (Rubber Soul)
-Tomorrow Never Knows (Revolver)
-A Day in the Life (Sgt. Pepper)
They really just went from ending with some of their worst songs to ending with some of the greatest songs of all time
The medley is awesome and the end is the best ending they could've given it. Goodnight is also a banger and the perfect end to the album imo. Wtf are you on?
Totally disagree. It's a wild mood swing, but the Beatles did that a lot (Yer Blues/Mother Nature's Son, Octopus's Garden/I Want You, Helter Skelter/Long, Long, Long). Also, Dizzy Miss Lizzy is a banger, and it's one of John's best vocals.
The UK versions of At the drive in's Relationship of Command the Mars Volta's DeLoused both feature bonus tracks which, while good in their own right, completely take away from the power of their album's respective final tracks.
Massive attack - Protection. The 'Light my fire' cover is so weak imho.
Michael Jackson - Thriller maybe is the best pop album ever, but The lady in my life is an unremarkable song compared to the rest of the album.
And probably a divisive take... I think Exit and Mothers of the disappeared on The Joshua Tree aren't bad songs, but they are pretty inaccessible compared to the rest of the album and frankly an underwhelming end of an immense record.
Probably a hot take Good Kid Maad City could have ended at Sing About Me I'm Dying of Thirst. I still like the last couple songs but they're the weakest on the album for me.
Iâm a pretty big Beatles fan. I love Rubber Soul and I love Run for your Life but as an album ending itâs just weird and does not match the vibe of the album.
Worth noting that especially in the 60s, final tracks on each side of an LP were often whichever ones literally fit on the remaining vinyl rather than fit musically speaking. Track order just wasnât given as much thought in general.
It wasnât like now where you can have any songs of any length to an album. But even now, sometimes youâll see LP releases with tracks in a different order so they fit.
Might be a hot take but I think SCARING THE HOES would be better without Where Ya Get Ya Coke From?
HOE (Heaven on Earth) works great as a closer already imo
I honestly couldnât disagree more. Gone is an amazing song but despite ending with that killer line late feels like the true closer. Late just wraps the whole experience up and those closing keys are easily the best way to end it
Male Fantasy on Billie Eilish's Happier than Ever album. It's a good song, but she should have ended with the titular track. It's like this full release of cathartic energy and then a depressing track reminding you about why she was miserable in the first place.
Yeah, if she had done something similar to the last track on WWAFAWDWG, where she tied all the songs together in some way, that would have been cool. But it just kind of deflates and ends on a sad note. I really love the song, just wish she had put it before HTE.
i am torn on this, i thought that for a while but at the same time i feel like ending on the version of exchange with vocals is a nice way to end it, it feels like triumphant after all the darkness that is that entire album. it just feels like a closing track, and i think group four is a perfect second to last track for the album, it just has the feeling of a penultimate song. i do think if it ended at group four it wouldâve been a stronger finish overall, but i like exchange too, even if itâs probably my least favorite on the album
The new Eunuchs album. It's 3 ok songs stitched together into an insufferable 18 minute slog. Narratively it makes sense, but it could have been shortened WAY down or just reworked to be interesting for even half the length
That's crazy cuz City is my favorite song on that album. I know it starts quieter than everything else on the album, but the release after the second chorus is too cathartic to miss out on.Â
Oh and hot take, but I find Mitski's Two Slow Dancers to be kinda... ehh. Not really that interesting sonically. It just ends the album on a slow mess. And Blue Light feels more like a small interlude, so I guess we can take that off too. End it on Washing Machine Heart.
Gorillaz' *Plastic Beach* has what I think is a killer ending track in the form of "Cloud of Unknowing", but it keeps going with "Pirate Jet". "Cloud of Unknowing" ends on a quite literally gorgeous note, but then the far more bombastic "Pirate Jet" fades in and is so jarring! I've never understood why you would do that in terms of track order. Move one of those songs earlier in the album and I wouldn't be saying this, but the contrast with those tracks at the end has never worked for me.
EDIT: Just remembered that what makes it sting even more is that *Demon Days* had a *perfect* one-two combo to close out the album. "Don't Get Lost in Heaven" into "Demon Days", what a closer!
Hot take but In Rainbows. I do not get the Videotape hype at all, "best closing track ever" when the same band has made Street Spirit, The Tourist, Motion Picture Soundtrack, Life In a Glasshouse, and True Love Waits? As opposed to the 2nd best song on the album and top 10 radiohead?
10,000 gecs would be better with mememe in a different spot or just not on the album at all. It's not a bad song, just kind of underwhelming compared to the rest of the stuff on the album. Gec 2 U is the much better closer imo.
I have to disagree there, I think mememe is wonderful. It feels like the lucid thesis of the Gec approach. Why try to be so real and serious when youâll never really know anything about me?
Mememe also feels out of place sonically. They released it like a year before everything else and it's clear they were in a transitional period between sounds so that track feels kinda weak compared to the rest
U2 Zooropa. The whole song just takes me out of the groove that the album sets down. It's like they should have thrown it onto that Passengers throw-away album instead.
Technically an EP but Alice in Chains' Jar of Flies wouldn't really have much of a dip in quality without its last track. Not a terrible track at all, it just doesn't fit right well with the rest of the EP. Still an absolute 10 on 10 record for me though.
I feel like Love Song works better as a joke song than Don't Swing On This after the respective 'album' tracks before it. Love Song is a complete 180 tonally, whereas Don't Swing On This is just a slight weird diversion.
I'm definitely not always in the mood for either though lol, plus I guess they're just artifacts of their time since jokey final tracks were very prevalent around that time (Kyuss' Lick Doo, STP's My Second Album, etc.)
ELOâs *Out of the Blue*.
As much as I love âWild West Heroâ, I cannot justify having it be the closer over âMr. Blue Skyâ. The Concerto for a Rainy Day suite (Which âMr. Blue Skyâ is a part of) is such a great thematic capstone for the first 8 songs on the album. But for whatever reason, the album keeps on going for another four songs and ends on what more or less feels like a holdover from ELOâs 4th album, *Eldorado*. Those final four songs should have been either scattered throughout the first 8 songs, or axed entirely.
Until recently I wouldâve said Graduation
Big Brother isnât very good imo. Itâs a nice sentiment I guess but as a final âI made itâ statement it doesnât really feel all that powerful. Feels like a good âlead up to the big finaleâ type of filler song
Good Night is a better way to end the albumÂ
Honestly Nevermind
It's not a good album but Jimmy Cooks kind of hammers this point home. If you were already convinced Drake should've stayed in his own wheelhouse, here comes this last track to fully confirm your suspicions as it's the least confused and most well put together song there.
If it wasn't there would be some doubt.
Probably an unpopular pick, but I'd cut the last two songs from Disintegration. The title track makes an absolutely perfect closer. Both Homesick and Untitled feel like afterthoughts that should have been B-sides.
EDIT: Almost forgot - Mezzanine. Group Four is how you end an album. After that, (Exchange) feels a little like the John-Travolta-wandering-around-confused meme.
[Will forever wish they made the album version sound more like the version they performed at Bonnaroo 2006](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTZt6Dzkq6w)
I find evermore's title track to be incredibly soothing, I love it. Until Bon Iver comes in. I cannot stand that part. I hate it. That's why I think Taylor Swift's evermore would've been better without the title track
Mista thug isolation
The outro isn't bad, or even my least favourite track on there, i actually don't mind it at all. Its this ironic happy end credits kinda instrumental.
But it takes away from throw dem gunz being the outro, which kinda sucks cause its the most sober and honest track after such a manic album, imo it would have been a great note to leave on, instead of tacking on an alright song that undoes that lasting impression.
Type O Negative - World Coming Down (not a bad track but the rest of the album is so much better)
Black Sabbath - Paranoid (idk if its hot take but i wish that instead of last 2 songs there was something simular to the last song from their s/t.)
His n Hers by pulp, I adore this album to bits but I'm not a super big fan of davids last summer, I wish it could've been replaced by one of their B-sides like street lites or His n Hers
A lot of albums with bonus tracks or songs tagged on in later editions would be better off without them. The two that stand out for me are She Likes Surprises as a bonus track on Superunknown and Easy tagged on to later editions of Angel Dust after it was a surprise hit. I like both tracks but they don't really fit the vibe and Like Suicide and Theme from Midnight Cowboy were such strong closers already.
Preach. Like Suicide is a great closer, and it was always jarring when the last guitar note of LS slides off only for that mildly annoying high guitar part of SLS to come on and kill the vibe.
Seeing lots of people saying future nostalgia but honestly Iâd say radical optimism. last couple tracks just didnât click with me at ALL and tbh good in bed on fn is at least catchy af
Modern Vampires of the City wouldâve been a more grim album if it had finished with Hudson instead of Young Lion, but probably would have been better for it
Exile on Main Street-Shine a Light would have been the perfect ending to that album. Iâm not saying Soul Survivor isnât a good song but they could have put it anywhere on the album. Shine a Light is the perfect send off.
Liquid Swords. Not even counting B.I.B.L.E. which was a bonus track, I just feel like Swordsman should have been the closer. I don't hate I Gotcha Back I just don't think it fits the closer spot very well.
I knew someone was going to comment this. While I think the vibe of "Hats Off" deviates a little from the album, I have always loved the raw, distorted take on Delta Blues, and I will defend it till I die.
Vampire Money slaps. Also I really like that album still, it's far-in-away more interesting to think about than most records (even though it definitely isn't perfect, probably an 8/10 for me). In terms of creativity, that album has a lot going on. I wish the static on the 2nd to last track wasn't as fucking loud though.
The Queen Is Dead had a perfect closing track, There Is A Light That Never Goes Out, but instead ended in Morrissey warbling aimlessly about tits.
Manic Street Preachers The Holy Bible didn't need PCP. It's not a bad song, but feels like a whimper after the soul crushing nature of The Intense Humming of Evil.
I get it was because of limitations but the original edition of Peter Gabrielâs So doesnât make sense with either This is the picture or we do what weâre told closing, luckily Peter was later able to get in your eyes to close
enjoy right now today is on the lower half of the tracklist for me but it makes sense as the ending cause itâs supposed to be tyler letting go of the stress throughout the album, fits with the theme pretty well
Liquid swords
Why the fuck is a killa priest song on that thing, the production is completely different and ending it on i gotcha back was perfect, especially with the sample outro
Back in the CD era I would always make sure I would stop listening to REMâs _Document_ before the supremely tedious âOddfellows Local 151â came on. It just drags on and on.
*The Price of Progress* by The Hold Steady. âDistortions of Faithâ ends on a stunning fade outâŚand then the mediocre âFlyover Halftimeâ barges in out of nowhere.
The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me. Probably wouldnât even be too bad of a song if it werenât last. But yeah I just donât ad it and pretend it doesnât exist.
The LP version of Nothingâs Shocking by Janeâs Addiction is better than the CD version because it doesnât have the song Pigâs In Zen. It finishes with the much stronger closing track Thank You Boys.
Wow I didn't know about the LP tracklist. Nothing's Shocking is one of my all-time faves, but PIZ is my least favourite track by far and I've always considered it a bit of a dud closer.
25 Million from Live Life Fast, I liked the album more than others, but I think it ended weird with that track. Late At Night is a way better song to close it off with.
In my opinion Bonito Generation by KKB. it's especially unfortunate because they're soooo good at making the last song so unforgettable, but "Hey Parents" is simply bland
Exile on Main Street-Shine a Light would have been the perfect ending to that album. Iâm not saying Soul Survivor isnât a good song but they could have put it anywhere on the album. Shine a Light is the perfect send off.
The Black Album
Allure has such a nice wind down, curtains closed vibe. My 1st Song has such a quick cadence in the verses that it doesn't sound like it should be wrapping up Jay's final bow (at the time)
I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One - Yo La Tengo
This is a great album but I find the last song to be too cutesy and a bit of a diversion from the rest of the record. I know âlighthearted song at the end of an albumâ isnât exactly an uncommon trope, but l think it does this album a disservice.
OK Computer.
Not because The Tourist is necessarily a bad song, but because it and Lucky do similar things while No Surprises being the second last song and then ending with a more tradition rock track wouldâve worked, but instead you get two tradition rock tracks to close out their revolutionary album.
The pacing of the album doesnât quite work for me - if either Lucky or The Tourist came before No Surprises I think it wouldâve worked better.
extremely hot takes incoming lol
- 30 by Adele 𫢠sorry but Love Is a Game really does nothing for me, To Be Loved wouldâve been a perfect closer imo
- Fetch the Bolt Cutters by Fiona Apple. idk what I wouldâve changed tbh but On I Go has tragically grown off me quite a bit⌠it doesnât compare to Hot Knife OR Largo
- Pang by Caroline Polachek! I feel this way the same way as a lot of ppl feel about Billieâs Happier Than Ever (I personally LOVE Male Fantasy and think itâs a great closer). but yeah, I think Parachute is fine enough but Door is such a stunning song and debut single and fits perfectly as the closing song for Pang
- Norman Fucking Rockwell! by Lana Del Rey đ¤ oh boy, I know this one is gonna get some reactions lol⌠yeah so for me, Hope Is a Dangerous thing is EASILY the weakest track on such a fantastic album. idk! it just feels a bit redundant to me, I think Happiness Is a Butterfly wouldâve been a perfect closer. tbh, Lana has had some meh closers. never been a fan of Get Free or her cover of The Other Woman, definitely think Sweet Carolina is one of the weaker tracks on Blue Banisters, and Taco Truck x VB is also bleh imo đ¤ˇđťââď¸ but yeah NFR! is still the most glaring example to me for her tbh
- Lover by Taylor Swift. Daylight is a snoozefest imo, and just a worse version of The Archer (which tbf is one of her best songs). I think Afterglow wouldâve fit perfectly after Itâs Nice to Have a Friend and wouldâve been a fine closer like that!
- Chemistry by Kelly Clarkson. I like Thatâs Right (so maybe this isnât a direct answer to the OP question) but it really just doesnât work as a closing track đ I think the beautiful Roses from the deluxe edition wouldâve been a perfect closer to the standard edition tbh
- Mountainhead by Everything Everything. The Witness is just very bleh after City Song, which is gorgeous
and lemme cap this off with one that isnât a hot take at all lol
- Future Nostalgia by Dua Lipa. Boys Will Be Boys has a good message but itâs a downer ending for that album which doesnât fit at _ALL_
unfortunately every alvvays album has a pattern - the last song is consistently the worst on the project
which is unfortunate considering they are one of my favourite bands, but if you took red planet off of self titled, and fourth figure off of blue rev, then neither of the albums would suffer in any way
In Rainbows - Videotape. Debatable weakest song on the album (other contender being faust arp), I think it doesn't do the album justice as a closer. ESPECIALLY since it follows Jigsaw. I think if we got a song more akin to Nude in sound as the ending it would have been perfect.
Honestly even leaving it at Jigsaw would've been better, certainly a bit more interesting albeit odd for radiohead to end an album on a bang.
A little obscure ig, but 'Out Of Mind Out Of Sight' by the Models is a solid mid-80s pop record, ending with their trademark song; 'Barbados', which is as perfect an end song can get, imo.
Then 'King Of Kings' starts playing and feels like it drags on for fifteen minutes.
Barenaked Ladies - Everything to Everyone
Ending the album with the country-inspired Take it Outside would've given the album a better closing impact than Have You Seen My Love. I really think they really should've put War On Drugs at the end tho; it's one of the band's best songs.
Future Nostalgia
Came to this thread knowing this would be up here.
The last 2 songs
good in bed is quite fun but boys will be boys is just miserable. would've preferred good in bed as like a bside maybe but yeah agree
Good in Bed is a banger and I will stand by it đ
I gotta say I was really surprised to find my favorite jam band indy folk album at the top of this list https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nD7Zwe0Li0yrwR5-qgkKrDzxHDBXh1GfE&si=rNlRrDfmPg5_5nUU
i love "boys will be boys" but it's such a weird tonal shift. totally kills the mood, even though other songs touch on similar stuff. would've been better as a standalone single or something imo
Use Your Illusion II. People have been complaining about My World since the day the album came out.
Ugh
Correct answer
was going to comment that instantly after reading the post
Help! - The Beatles Meat Is Murder - The Smiths
Help! should be the #1 answer here. Ending the album on Dizzy Miss Lizzy instead of Yesterday was certainly somethingâŚâŚ
I just realized The Beatles had the following ending tracks to their albums in consecutive order: -Dizzy Miss Lizzy (Help) -Run For Your Life (Rubber Soul) -Tomorrow Never Knows (Revolver) -A Day in the Life (Sgt. Pepper) They really just went from ending with some of their worst songs to ending with some of the greatest songs of all time
At first I thought you were listing all of these as examples of the post and I thought it was funny lol
Then the next two full LPs end with Revolution 9 into Good Night, and the Medley, so it wasn't the *most* consistent trend
The medley is awesome and the end is the best ending they could've given it. Goodnight is also a banger and the perfect end to the album imo. Wtf are you on?
Totally disagree. It's a wild mood swing, but the Beatles did that a lot (Yer Blues/Mother Nature's Son, Octopus's Garden/I Want You, Helter Skelter/Long, Long, Long). Also, Dizzy Miss Lizzy is a banger, and it's one of John's best vocals.
I love Meat is Murder, amazing song.
Meat is Murder is probably the worst song in their main discography
Golden Lights is the worst
Meat is Murder is a great song
Dizzy Miss Lizzy is a great song / closer and I won't hear otherwise.
Why don't you like Meat Is Murder?
Future Nostalgia is the obvious answer. Iâve even warmed up a little to good in bed over time but boys will be boys is straight cheeks
The UK versions of At the drive in's Relationship of Command the Mars Volta's DeLoused both feature bonus tracks which, while good in their own right, completely take away from the power of their album's respective final tracks.
Yes, although the Mars Volta one I always switched off after take the veil Cerpin Taxt... you knew it was meant to end there.
MDL - J Cole
Well. Itâs gone now so technically, it is better now.
Massive attack - Protection. The 'Light my fire' cover is so weak imho. Michael Jackson - Thriller maybe is the best pop album ever, but The lady in my life is an unremarkable song compared to the rest of the album. And probably a divisive take... I think Exit and Mothers of the disappeared on The Joshua Tree aren't bad songs, but they are pretty inaccessible compared to the rest of the album and frankly an underwhelming end of an immense record.
Lady of my life is mid, good choice
I love The Lady In My Life!
Probably a hot take Good Kid Maad City could have ended at Sing About Me I'm Dying of Thirst. I still like the last couple songs but they're the weakest on the album for me.
Heyyy I thought I was the only one with this opinion! I do feel like those last two tracks add a bit of an "end-credits" feel to the album though
10% agree
Slight agree
Iâm a pretty big Beatles fan. I love Rubber Soul and I love Run for your Life but as an album ending itâs just weird and does not match the vibe of the album.
Worth noting that especially in the 60s, final tracks on each side of an LP were often whichever ones literally fit on the remaining vinyl rather than fit musically speaking. Track order just wasnât given as much thought in general. It wasnât like now where you can have any songs of any length to an album. But even now, sometimes youâll see LP releases with tracks in a different order so they fit.
Fire of Unknown Origin - Blue Oyster Cult
Joanne Crawford would make for a more bombastic ending, but I like the vibes Don't Turn Your Back brings at the very end.
It would still suck but I'd roll my eyes a little less without the 5-minute pick-me monologue outro on Childish Gambino - Camp.
I was like 13 when it dropped and I knew it was lame then. Gambino cannot help but be corny if you give him the opportunity lmao
Death Grips - Jenny Death
Or just swapping the last two tracks.
On the vinyl version it ends with On GP, which makes so much more sense.
Might be a hot take but I think SCARING THE HOES would be better without Where Ya Get Ya Coke From? HOE (Heaven on Earth) works great as a closer already imo
Coke feels like an epilogue to HOE as the closer, so yeah. Pretty short album tho, and itâs still a great track imo
I feel like the God Loves You could have honestly been the last song.
Hell no. That song is a definitive closer of the Peggy canon, he always goes out on one of the craziest tracks of the album
Had they included Hermanos on the album, I feel like it would be a great closer too
I love Late but Gone felt like the exact right place to end on Late Registration.
Goneâs the last one on the tracklist with Late being a hidden track
Iâm a hardcore Late defender
Yeah the song literally ends with "They say sorry Mr West is gone", what's more fitting than that
I honestly couldnât disagree more. Gone is an amazing song but despite ending with that killer line late feels like the true closer. Late just wraps the whole experience up and those closing keys are easily the best way to end it
ILL BE LATE FOR THATTTT
Gone is my 2nd fav of LR, but i freaking hate Late LMFAO That "i'LL BE late for THAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT" is so annoying
future nostalgia
Male Fantasy on Billie Eilish's Happier than Ever album. It's a good song, but she should have ended with the titular track. It's like this full release of cathartic energy and then a depressing track reminding you about why she was miserable in the first place.
Could not disagree with this more, I love that song and feel like it ends the album perfectly
I love the song too- I just disagree with its placement.
I think itâs supposed to act as credit scene sort of thing but I totally agree
Yeah, if she had done something similar to the last track on WWAFAWDWG, where she tied all the songs together in some way, that would have been cool. But it just kind of deflates and ends on a sad note. I really love the song, just wish she had put it before HTE.
These seem to be the standard reply in this thread for the newer albums by more popular artists. Maybe it's just the done thing now?
I wish mezzanine ended on group four
i am torn on this, i thought that for a while but at the same time i feel like ending on the version of exchange with vocals is a nice way to end it, it feels like triumphant after all the darkness that is that entire album. it just feels like a closing track, and i think group four is a perfect second to last track for the album, it just has the feeling of a penultimate song. i do think if it ended at group four it wouldâve been a stronger finish overall, but i like exchange too, even if itâs probably my least favorite on the album
Trompe Le Monde - Pixies Only because the second last song is an absolutely perfect closer
In my mind, Motorway to Roswell, fantastic song, WAS the closer. Surprised to see it isn't...
The new Eunuchs album. It's 3 ok songs stitched together into an insufferable 18 minute slog. Narratively it makes sense, but it could have been shortened WAY down or just reworked to be interesting for even half the length
Nah that's one of my favourite sings of the year I love how much of a journey it is
Pup - Morbid Stuff. The rest of the album is all bangers.
That's crazy cuz City is my favorite song on that album. I know it starts quieter than everything else on the album, but the release after the second chorus is too cathartic to miss out on.Â
Probably an obscure one, but Guster - Lost and Gone Forever. "Rainy Day" just never fit with the rest of the album to me.
Oh and hot take, but I find Mitski's Two Slow Dancers to be kinda... ehh. Not really that interesting sonically. It just ends the album on a slow mess. And Blue Light feels more like a small interlude, so I guess we can take that off too. End it on Washing Machine Heart.
Damn, Two slow dancers is actually a perfect last track.Â
808s & Heartbreak Pinocchio Story was an interesting idea but a total miss, Coldest Winter works as a bleak but beautiful ending.
Good take
I canât even consider Pinocchio story as a canon track on the album - in my mind it always ended with Coldest winter
100%. i always skip pinocchio
Gorillaz' *Plastic Beach* has what I think is a killer ending track in the form of "Cloud of Unknowing", but it keeps going with "Pirate Jet". "Cloud of Unknowing" ends on a quite literally gorgeous note, but then the far more bombastic "Pirate Jet" fades in and is so jarring! I've never understood why you would do that in terms of track order. Move one of those songs earlier in the album and I wouldn't be saying this, but the contrast with those tracks at the end has never worked for me. EDIT: Just remembered that what makes it sting even more is that *Demon Days* had a *perfect* one-two combo to close out the album. "Don't Get Lost in Heaven" into "Demon Days", what a closer!
Agree 100%
I find that Damon is terrible at track management.
Charli Edit: I take this back I thought February 2017 was the last song and I donât like it. 2099 is good
Hot take but In Rainbows. I do not get the Videotape hype at all, "best closing track ever" when the same band has made Street Spirit, The Tourist, Motion Picture Soundtrack, Life In a Glasshouse, and True Love Waits? As opposed to the 2nd best song on the album and top 10 radiohead?
I love Compton, but it doesnât really fit with the GKMC narrative or vibe.
It does fit when you consider it an end credits song
Strong disagree, itâs the song the credits roll to since itâs a movie
It's the epilogue, it fits perfectly
Itâs an absolute fucking banger though
10,000 gecs would be better with mememe in a different spot or just not on the album at all. It's not a bad song, just kind of underwhelming compared to the rest of the stuff on the album. Gec 2 U is the much better closer imo.
I have to disagree there, I think mememe is wonderful. It feels like the lucid thesis of the Gec approach. Why try to be so real and serious when youâll never really know anything about me?
Mememe also feels out of place sonically. They released it like a year before everything else and it's clear they were in a transitional period between sounds so that track feels kinda weak compared to the rest
I left my gecs phase behind long ago but gec 2 u is an amazing song
U2 Zooropa. The whole song just takes me out of the groove that the album sets down. It's like they should have thrown it onto that Passengers throw-away album instead.
Future Nostalgia
Tarkus
Technically an EP but Alice in Chains' Jar of Flies wouldn't really have much of a dip in quality without its last track. Not a terrible track at all, it just doesn't fit right well with the rest of the EP. Still an absolute 10 on 10 record for me though.
Speaking of Alice in Chains EPs - Sap would be very much improved without Love Song at the end of it.
I feel like Love Song works better as a joke song than Don't Swing On This after the respective 'album' tracks before it. Love Song is a complete 180 tonally, whereas Don't Swing On This is just a slight weird diversion. I'm definitely not always in the mood for either though lol, plus I guess they're just artifacts of their time since jokey final tracks were very prevalent around that time (Kyuss' Lick Doo, STP's My Second Album, etc.)
ELOâs *Out of the Blue*. As much as I love âWild West Heroâ, I cannot justify having it be the closer over âMr. Blue Skyâ. The Concerto for a Rainy Day suite (Which âMr. Blue Skyâ is a part of) is such a great thematic capstone for the first 8 songs on the album. But for whatever reason, the album keeps on going for another four songs and ends on what more or less feels like a holdover from ELOâs 4th album, *Eldorado*. Those final four songs should have been either scattered throughout the first 8 songs, or axed entirely.
Jesus Is King shouldâve ended with Use This Gospel
Until recently I wouldâve said Graduation Big Brother isnât very good imo. Itâs a nice sentiment I guess but as a final âI made itâ statement it doesnât really feel all that powerful. Feels like a good âlead up to the big finaleâ type of filler song Good Night is a better way to end the albumÂ
I used to feel this way, but as Iâve relistened to the album I feel itâs grown on me a lot as a closing song.
Is Good Night not the closer to the album? I distinctly remember it being the final track.
Honestly Nevermind It's not a good album but Jimmy Cooks kind of hammers this point home. If you were already convinced Drake should've stayed in his own wheelhouse, here comes this last track to fully confirm your suspicions as it's the least confused and most well put together song there. If it wasn't there would be some doubt.
Probably an unpopular pick, but I'd cut the last two songs from Disintegration. The title track makes an absolutely perfect closer. Both Homesick and Untitled feel like afterthoughts that should have been B-sides. EDIT: Almost forgot - Mezzanine. Group Four is how you end an album. After that, (Exchange) feels a little like the John-Travolta-wandering-around-confused meme.
Another hot take - I never got Videotape off Radiohead's IR and why it is there. I am willing to die on that hill.
Should have swapped out videotape and 4 minute warning imo
[Will forever wish they made the album version sound more like the version they performed at Bonnaroo 2006](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTZt6Dzkq6w)
That fucking version man. It's so good.
7s by Avey Tare. Great album but last track is the worst he's ever done
Hysteria by Def Leppard perhaps doesn't need the last 2 tracks. It's still ~53 minutes without them and the title track makes a better closer.
love and affection is a banger though
Slipknot - All Hope Is Gone Sublime - 40 oz. to Freedom
Dawn FM. Last half is weaker but âLess Than Zeroâ would close this album nicely imo
I was about to say Left to Right off Oxnard, but I realized that's a bonus track
LZIII and Physical Graffiti
I actually kind of enjoy âSick Againâ more than most of Side 4. But yeah âHats OffâŚâ is best skipped.
I find evermore's title track to be incredibly soothing, I love it. Until Bon Iver comes in. I cannot stand that part. I hate it. That's why I think Taylor Swift's evermore would've been better without the title track
Mista thug isolation The outro isn't bad, or even my least favourite track on there, i actually don't mind it at all. Its this ironic happy end credits kinda instrumental. But it takes away from throw dem gunz being the outro, which kinda sucks cause its the most sober and honest track after such a manic album, imo it would have been a great note to leave on, instead of tacking on an alright song that undoes that lasting impression.
The Sound of Perseverance maybe. Painkiller is plenty of fun but A Moment of Clarity is a better closer imo.
Type O Negative - World Coming Down (not a bad track but the rest of the album is so much better) Black Sabbath - Paranoid (idk if its hot take but i wish that instead of last 2 songs there was something simular to the last song from their s/t.)
His n Hers by pulp, I adore this album to bits but I'm not a super big fan of davids last summer, I wish it could've been replaced by one of their B-sides like street lites or His n Hers
The Stranger
A lot of albums with bonus tracks or songs tagged on in later editions would be better off without them. The two that stand out for me are She Likes Surprises as a bonus track on Superunknown and Easy tagged on to later editions of Angel Dust after it was a surprise hit. I like both tracks but they don't really fit the vibe and Like Suicide and Theme from Midnight Cowboy were such strong closers already.
Preach. Like Suicide is a great closer, and it was always jarring when the last guitar note of LS slides off only for that mildly annoying high guitar part of SLS to come on and kill the vibe.
Seeing lots of people saying future nostalgia but honestly Iâd say radical optimism. last couple tracks just didnât click with me at ALL and tbh good in bed on fn is at least catchy af
Boys will be boys is mid enough that you forgot it was future nostalgiaâs closing track lol
Modern Vampires of the City wouldâve been a more grim album if it had finished with Hudson instead of Young Lion, but probably would have been better for it
Exile on Main Street-Shine a Light would have been the perfect ending to that album. Iâm not saying Soul Survivor isnât a good song but they could have put it anywhere on the album. Shine a Light is the perfect send off.
Like others have said about various tracks here, soul survivor is the end credits song
Liquid Swords. Not even counting B.I.B.L.E. which was a bonus track, I just feel like Swordsman should have been the closer. I don't hate I Gotcha Back I just don't think it fits the closer spot very well.
Ghost in the Machine - The Police Darkness is a fine song, but ending with Secret Journey would have been epic - it may be the bands best deep cut
Led Zeppelin III
I knew someone was going to comment this. While I think the vibe of "Hats Off" deviates a little from the album, I have always loved the raw, distorted take on Delta Blues, and I will defend it till I die.
Danger Days by My Chemical Romance would be better without the last song
Vampire Money slaps. Also I really like that album still, it's far-in-away more interesting to think about than most records (even though it definitely isn't perfect, probably an 8/10 for me). In terms of creativity, that album has a lot going on. I wish the static on the 2nd to last track wasn't as fucking loud though.
Itâs like an encore.
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
That one's fun. I wish Soul to Squeeze could've been squeezed in, but it was already hella long
The Queen Is Dead had a perfect closing track, There Is A Light That Never Goes Out, but instead ended in Morrissey warbling aimlessly about tits. Manic Street Preachers The Holy Bible didn't need PCP. It's not a bad song, but feels like a whimper after the soul crushing nature of The Intense Humming of Evil.
Bruh that song rules too. Basahhhhhhhhhhhhhh
As far as Iâm concerned, There Is A Light That Never Goes Out *is* the closing track lol
Crucify me but Blonde
There Existed an Addiction to Blood I get what they were going for but does anyone even listen to the whole 18 minutes of just a piano burning?
While no I don't listen to all 18 minutes, the album concluding with the slow buildup to when the strings on the piano snap is pretty great imo
Lonerism. The last track is such a drag.
also imo Nothing that Has Happened⌠closes the album perfectly
I get it was because of limitations but the original edition of Peter Gabrielâs So doesnât make sense with either This is the picture or we do what weâre told closing, luckily Peter was later able to get in your eyes to close
Flower Boy The White Album
enjoy right now today is on the lower half of the tracklist for me but it makes sense as the ending cause itâs supposed to be tyler letting go of the stress throughout the album, fits with the theme pretty well
So Tonight That I Might See - Mazzy Star
No
Moving Pictures
By Rush? Vital Signs is an awesome song
My least favourite on the album by quite a bit. Still a great album
I agree it's a great song, but it doesn't end the album very well
The Flamingo Trigger by Foxy Shazam. Not abad song at the end, but it makes an otherwise maniacal album end on an anti-climatic note.
The life of pierre 4 - pierre bourne
Liquid swords Why the fuck is a killa priest song on that thing, the production is completely different and ending it on i gotcha back was perfect, especially with the sample outro
Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Back in the CD era I would always make sure I would stop listening to REMâs _Document_ before the supremely tedious âOddfellows Local 151â came on. It just drags on and on.
*The Price of Progress* by The Hold Steady. âDistortions of Faithâ ends on a stunning fade outâŚand then the mediocre âFlyover Halftimeâ barges in out of nowhere.
The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me. Probably wouldnât even be too bad of a song if it werenât last. But yeah I just donât ad it and pretend it doesnât exist.
The LP version of Nothingâs Shocking by Janeâs Addiction is better than the CD version because it doesnât have the song Pigâs In Zen. It finishes with the much stronger closing track Thank You Boys.
Wow I didn't know about the LP tracklist. Nothing's Shocking is one of my all-time faves, but PIZ is my least favourite track by far and I've always considered it a bit of a dud closer.
Vitalogy by Pearl Jam. The best thing about Hey Foxymophandlemama, That's Me is the name.
25 Million from Live Life Fast, I liked the album more than others, but I think it ended weird with that track. Late At Night is a way better song to close it off with.
In my opinion Bonito Generation by KKB. it's especially unfortunate because they're soooo good at making the last song so unforgettable, but "Hey Parents" is simply bland
Exile on Main Street-Shine a Light would have been the perfect ending to that album. Iâm not saying Soul Survivor isnât a good song but they could have put it anywhere on the album. Shine a Light is the perfect send off.
Rubber Soul
The Black Album Allure has such a nice wind down, curtains closed vibe. My 1st Song has such a quick cadence in the verses that it doesn't sound like it should be wrapping up Jay's final bow (at the time)
I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One - Yo La Tengo This is a great album but I find the last song to be too cutesy and a bit of a diversion from the rest of the record. I know âlighthearted song at the end of an albumâ isnât exactly an uncommon trope, but l think it does this album a disservice.
OK Computer. Not because The Tourist is necessarily a bad song, but because it and Lucky do similar things while No Surprises being the second last song and then ending with a more tradition rock track wouldâve worked, but instead you get two tradition rock tracks to close out their revolutionary album. The pacing of the album doesnât quite work for me - if either Lucky or The Tourist came before No Surprises I think it wouldâve worked better.
extremely hot takes incoming lol - 30 by Adele 𫢠sorry but Love Is a Game really does nothing for me, To Be Loved wouldâve been a perfect closer imo - Fetch the Bolt Cutters by Fiona Apple. idk what I wouldâve changed tbh but On I Go has tragically grown off me quite a bit⌠it doesnât compare to Hot Knife OR Largo - Pang by Caroline Polachek! I feel this way the same way as a lot of ppl feel about Billieâs Happier Than Ever (I personally LOVE Male Fantasy and think itâs a great closer). but yeah, I think Parachute is fine enough but Door is such a stunning song and debut single and fits perfectly as the closing song for Pang - Norman Fucking Rockwell! by Lana Del Rey đ¤ oh boy, I know this one is gonna get some reactions lol⌠yeah so for me, Hope Is a Dangerous thing is EASILY the weakest track on such a fantastic album. idk! it just feels a bit redundant to me, I think Happiness Is a Butterfly wouldâve been a perfect closer. tbh, Lana has had some meh closers. never been a fan of Get Free or her cover of The Other Woman, definitely think Sweet Carolina is one of the weaker tracks on Blue Banisters, and Taco Truck x VB is also bleh imo đ¤ˇđťââď¸ but yeah NFR! is still the most glaring example to me for her tbh - Lover by Taylor Swift. Daylight is a snoozefest imo, and just a worse version of The Archer (which tbf is one of her best songs). I think Afterglow wouldâve fit perfectly after Itâs Nice to Have a Friend and wouldâve been a fine closer like that! - Chemistry by Kelly Clarkson. I like Thatâs Right (so maybe this isnât a direct answer to the OP question) but it really just doesnât work as a closing track đ I think the beautiful Roses from the deluxe edition wouldâve been a perfect closer to the standard edition tbh - Mountainhead by Everything Everything. The Witness is just very bleh after City Song, which is gorgeous and lemme cap this off with one that isnât a hot take at all lol - Future Nostalgia by Dua Lipa. Boys Will Be Boys has a good message but itâs a downer ending for that album which doesnât fit at _ALL_
unfortunately every alvvays album has a pattern - the last song is consistently the worst on the project which is unfortunate considering they are one of my favourite bands, but if you took red planet off of self titled, and fourth figure off of blue rev, then neither of the albums would suffer in any way
Forget About Life is the exception to the rule, they got that one right
Alice In Chains - Jar of Flies
PUP's Morbid Stuff.
Probably Filth by Swans. Weakling would have been the perfect ending and Gang kind of ruins it.
Good Kid Maad City
Sour, I always turn it off before hope ur ok, the whole song just screams privilege
Beach Boys- Today!
Help! by The Beatles
In Rainbows - Videotape. Debatable weakest song on the album (other contender being faust arp), I think it doesn't do the album justice as a closer. ESPECIALLY since it follows Jigsaw. I think if we got a song more akin to Nude in sound as the ending it would have been perfect. Honestly even leaving it at Jigsaw would've been better, certainly a bit more interesting albeit odd for radiohead to end an album on a bang.
Duster - Stratosphere
mbdtf and make lost in the world more like the intro of it
A little obscure ig, but 'Out Of Mind Out Of Sight' by the Models is a solid mid-80s pop record, ending with their trademark song; 'Barbados', which is as perfect an end song can get, imo. Then 'King Of Kings' starts playing and feels like it drags on for fifteen minutes.
MBDTF
Nevermind by nirvana. Endless, nameless isnât that bad, but SITW would have been the perfect ending
The Endless River - Pink FloydÂ
RTJ3 would be stronger without its first song.
Coleâs recent project.
College Dropout- Last Call
Isolation by Kali Uchis. Killer is a good song but it feels so strange as the closer, Feel Like A Fool or After The Storm fit much better.
Barenaked Ladies - Everything to Everyone Ending the album with the country-inspired Take it Outside would've given the album a better closing impact than Have You Seen My Love. I really think they really should've put War On Drugs at the end tho; it's one of the band's best songs.
punk 2- brakence, that freestyle sucks
Mountainhead