Top 10 Greatest Album Closing Tracks of All Time

After the opening track, the closer is the most important song on an album. Often chilling, these are the tracks that make you sit for a few minutes after the album is over before putting the CD or vinyl back in its case.

The Top Ten

  1. A Day in the Life - The Beatles (Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band)

    Haunting lyrics about news stories, interspersed with everyday life, all building to a massive crescendo that culminates in a crashing E major piano chord.

    Oh, and after that, there are a few seconds of sound too high-pitched for the human ear to detect, but which will make your dog freak out. Does it get any better?

    This song is such a great closing track. The song is perfect from beginning to end because of the way it is so beautifully executed.

    The Beatles rock.

  2. Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who (Who's Next)

  3. The End - The Doors (The Doors)

    What an appropriate name.

  4. Eclipse - Pink Floyd (The Dark Side of the Moon)

    The most epic closing track to the most epic album ever made!

    This song is incredible.

    As is the album in general.

    "There is no dark side in the moon, really. Matter of fact, it's all dark."

  5. Hallowed Be Thy Name - Iron Maiden (The Number of the Beast)

    It is way better than any of these tracks.

  6. Rock 'n' Roll Suicide - David Bowie (The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars)

  7. You Can't Always Get What You Want - The Rolling Stones (Let It Bleed)

  8. Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd ((Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd))

    Epic closer to Pronounced 'Leh-'Nérd 'Skin-'Nérd.

  9. Working Man - Rush (Rush)

  10. Waterloo Sunset - The Kinks (Something Else by the Kinks)

    Gorgeous lyrics about a sunset over London's Waterloo Station and the people in the scene.

    11. The Newcomers
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    Independencia Cultural - Los Prisioneros (Pateando Piedras)

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    Into the Void - Black Sabbath (Master of Reality)

    13. The Contenders

  13. All Apologies - Nirvana (In Utero)

    This has to be higher. So does Endless, Nameless.

  14. Whole Lotta Rosie - AC/DC (Let There Be Rock)

  15. Jungleland - Bruce Springsteen (Born to Run)

  16. Caroline, No - The Beach Boys (Pet Sounds)

    First the train, and then Brian Wilson's true "Pet Sounds": his dogs, Louie and Banana.

  17. Raining Blood - Slayer (Reign in Blood)

  18. Eyes of a Stranger - Queensrÿche (Operation: Mindcrime)

  19. When the Levee Breaks - Led Zeppelin (Led Zeppelin IV)

  20. Twist and Shout - The Beatles (Please Please Me)

  21. I Am a Rock - Simon & Garfunkel (Sounds of Silence)

    "And a rock feels no pain. And an island never cries."

  22. Right Where It Belongs - Nine Inch Nails (With Teeth)

  23. Hurt - Nine Inch Nails (The Downward Spiral)

  24. Would? - Alice in Chains (Dirt)

    Alice in Chains are great.

  25. Knights of Cydonia - Muse (Black Holes and Revelations)

  26. Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys (Smiley Smile)

  27. Love, Reign o'er Me - The Who (Quadrophenia)

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