[TheFoxBen]

I don't think this thread has been done before so I'm doing it, the question is simple: what's your favorite album endings ?

Mine are:

"Decades" on Closer by Joy Division

"In the Backseat" on Funeral by Arcade Fire

"Some of Them Are Old/Here Come the Warm Jets" on Here Come the Warm Jets by Brian Eno (actually, pretty much every pop album by Eno ends perfectly)

"Spirits Drifting" on Another Green World by Brian Eno

"Forever" on Circulatory System by Circulatory System

"Providence" on F♯A♯∞ by Godspeed You! Black Emperor

"Alright" on Alien Lanes by Guided by Voices (to only mention one)

"Life Goes Off" on Insignificance by Jim O'Rourke

"Bubble/Frida" on Hooray for Tuesday by The Minders

"Brother Sport" on Merriweather Post Pavilion by Animal Collective

"Tomorrow Never Knows" on Revolver by The Beatles

and of course, "Two-Headed Boy (Part II)" on In the Aeroplane Over the Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel

[loubarret]

"I'm trying to find my way home.
I'm sorry . . .
And I miss you

I miss you
I've grown taller now
I want the police to be notified
I'll make it up to you
I swear, I'll make it up to you

I miss you."

[Seandi]

Expressway to Yr. Skull

[Satan]

a day in the life - beatles - sgt peppers
it's all too much - beatles - yellow submarine
for tammy rae - bikini kill - pussywhipped
clouds - hole - pretty on the inside
(you're all going to hate me for this) train in vain - clash - london calling
soon - my bloody valentine - loveless
death trip - stooges - raw power
raining blood - slayer - reign in blood
shine like stars - primal scream - screamadelica

[pbradley]

I've always really enjoyed Radiohead's ending tracks.

[TheDom]

from the morning - nick drake
are you experienced? - hendrix
her majesty at the end of abbey road
trilogy from daydream
treatment bound - the replacements

[automatic bzooty]

i agree so hard on here come the warm jets. i think i'll have to go listen to that album now.

david bowie, ziggy stardust, "rock 'n' roll suicide"
sonic youth, evol, "expressway to yr skull"
ramones, s/t, "today your love, tomorrow the world"
beck, midnite vultures, "debra"
the kills, keep on your mean side, "gypsy death & you"
the velvet underground, third album, "after hours"
nico, desertshore, "all that is my own"
patti smith, horses, "my generation" (the version i was familiar with first had that at the end. "elegie" is perfect too though. but c'mon, there are few things better in life than patti smith and john cale obliterating the who's balls.)
sonic youth, washing machine, "the diamond sea"
the velvet underground, white light/white heat, "sister ray" (the biggest fucking duh on this list)
bowie, aladdin sane, "lady grinning soul"
the modern lovers, s/t, "government center"
the white stripes, elephant, "it's true that we love one another"
prince, purple rain, "purple motherfucking rain"

[Savage Clone]

Bauhaus "Hope"
Japan "Television"
Echo and the Bunnymen "In Bluer Skies" (quite possibly my favorite Bunnymen song of all time)
The Cure "Pornography"

[starsailor]

beatles, a day in the life
beatles, her majesty
nirvana, endless nameless,
slayer, raining blood
the cure, desintegration

[jerf]

Originally Posted by loubarret

"I'm trying to find my way home.
I'm sorry . . .
And I miss you

I miss you
I've grown taller now
I want the police to be notified
I'll make it up to you
I swear, I'll make it up to you

I miss you."

^this.

I love how the feedback cuts out at the end of the song. Best album ending ever.

[Savage Clone]

That Slint tune is pretty devastating. Had quite the impact on me at the time.

[SYRFox]

Originally Posted by loubarret

"I'm trying to find my way home.
I'm sorry . . .
And I miss you

I miss you
I've grown taller now
I want the police to be notified
I'll make it up to you
I swear, I'll make it up to you

I miss you."

this

[SYRFox]

Alvin Row on Animal Collective's Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished

[gmku]

Probably my favorite of all time in the universe ever is the last string strains on Moonlight Mile on Sticky Fingers. So perfect. 180 degrees from the album's opening riffs.

[greedrex]

going for the obvious:

 

[joe11121]

every SY album (not including bonus tracks)
Pixies - The Navajo Know (Trompe Le Monde)
M83 - Midnight Souls Still Remain (Saturdays = Youth)
Mogwai - Mogwai Fear Station (Young Team)
VU - Sister Ray (White Light/White Heat)
Nico - All That Is My Own (Desertshore)
Radiohead - Videotape (In Rainbows, (bad album, great song)), Motion Picture Soundtrack (Kid A)

[GeneticKiss]

Originally Posted by starsailor

beatles, a day in the life
beatles, her majesty
nirvana, endless nameless,
slayer, raining blood
the cure, desintegration

The last track on Disintegration wasn't the title track, it was Untitled--but it does make for a rather poignant (sp?) ending.

How could no one have mentioned The Doors' "The End" or "When The Music's Over"?!

WE WANT THE WORLD AND WE WANT IT NOW!

[Satan]

iggy - lust for life - fall in love with me

[SYRFox]

Originally Posted by joe11121

Mogwai - Mogwai Fear Station (Young Team)

It's actually called Mogwai Fear Satan, but yeah I agree, this track is incredible.
We're No Here (Mr. Beast) also counts

[SuperCreep]

Sigur Rós - Untitled 8 ( ( ) )
Can - Bel Air (Future Days)
Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention - The Return of the Son of Monster Magnet (Freak Out!)
GZA - B.I.B.L.E. (Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth) (Liquid Swords)
Radiohead - Motion Picture Soundtrack (Kid A)
The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset (Something Else...)
Jandek - European Jewel (Incomplete) (Ready for the House)
Nico - Evening of Light (The Marble Index)
Neil Young - Ambulance Blues (On the Beach)
King Crimson - The Court of the Crimson King (In the Court of the Crimson King) (Starless and Larks' Tongues in Aspic Pt. II also)
The Cure - Faith (Faith)
Hüsker Dü - Reoccuring Dreams (Zen Arcade)
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme Pt. 4: Psalm (A Love Supreme)
The Smiths - Suffer Little Children (The Smiths)

I have way too many. I'm a sucker for a good closer. It can change my whole opinion of an album in most cases.