# Best FINAL album cuts of the rock era **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 20, 2003, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-final-album-cuts-of-the-rock-era/183257 "2003-06-20T19:52:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-final-album-cuts-of-the-rock-era/183257/1 "2003-06-20T19:52:35Z")
_(Inspired by the “best first cuts” thread.)_ What are among the best final album tracks of the rock era? It’s interesting to search for these songs because so many albums front-load their best material and leave filler for the end. There are exceptions aplenty, however. Here are a few nominees that reflect my tastes: \*\*“Don’t Bring Me Down” by ELO, on _Discovery_ (CD) “Gold Dust Woman” by Fleetwood News on _Rumours_ (CD) “The Party’s Over” by Journey on _Captured_ (live CD) “Open Arms” by Journey on _Escape_ (CD) “When The Levee Breaks” by Led Zeppelin on _Led Zeppelin IV_ (CD) “The Ocean” by Led Zeppelin on _Houses of the Holy_ (CD) “Suite Madame Blue” by Styx on _Eqionox_ (CD) “A Day in the Life” by the Beatles on _Sgt Pepper_ (CD)\*\* … For the purposes of this OP, exclude greatist-hits compilations. Live albums are OK. Also, indicate whether or not your track is the last on the vinyl album, casette, or CD. There seems to be some variation. For instance, the final cut of the casette version of _Rumours_ is not “Gold Dust Woman” (going from memory … is that right?). ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-final-album-cuts-of-the-rock-era/183257/2 "2003-06-20T20:16:38Z")
Okay, the first thing I thought of was **“Her Majesty”** : the last track on the last album the Beatles ever recorded (_Abbey Road_). I’m at least half serious about this one. I _love_ how, after the grandiose sweeping epical career-capping music that is The End of Abbey Road, we get this short silly little ditty. 🙂 Also, **“Waterloo Sunset”** at the end of _Something Else By The Kinks_. ---
**Author:** ![Husker\_Dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Husker\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Husker_Dude)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-final-album-cuts-of-the-rock-era/183257/3 "2003-06-20T20:23:03Z")
A couple of good picks… Good Morning, Captain from _Spiderland_ by **Slint** Soon from _Loveless_ by **My Bloody Valentine** Won’t Get Fooled Again from _Who’s Next (vinyl version)_ by **The Who** Untrustable Pt 2 from _Perfect From Now On_ by **Built To Spill** Long Distance Runner from _Red Medicine_ by **Fugazi** Here Come The Warm Jets from _Here Come The Warm Jets_ by **Brian Eno** Sister Ray from _White Light/White Heat_ by **Velvet Underground** ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-final-album-cuts-of-the-rock-era/183257/4 "2003-06-20T21:40:51Z")
At the risk of being a cliche (version of myself), Whipping Post from _At Fillmore East_ DOES have to be on this list. ---
**Author:** ![Murcielago](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Murcielago](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Murcielago)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-final-album-cuts-of-the-rock-era/183257/5 "2003-06-20T21:50:17Z")
_Brain Damage/Eclipse_ was a good summing up for _Dark Side of the Moon_. _Find the River_ was a nice end track for R.E.M.'s _Automatic for the People_. ---
**Author:** ![Kantalooppi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a5b964/32.png) [@Kantalooppi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kantalooppi)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-final-album-cuts-of-the-rock-era/183257/6 "2003-06-20T22:03:13Z")
“ **Moon Over Marin** ”, Dead Kennedys ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-final-album-cuts-of-the-rock-era/183257/7 "2003-06-20T23:00:44Z")
“Night Prowler,” Highway to Hell, AC/DC hrh ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-final-album-cuts-of-the-rock-era/183257/8 "2003-06-20T23:11:09Z")
_Desolation Row_ from **Bob Dylan’s** _Highway 61 Revisited_ _In My Hour of Darkness_ from **Gram Parsons’** _Grievous Angel_ ---
**Author:** ![Sassy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@Sassy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sassy)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-final-album-cuts-of-the-rock-era/183257/9 "2003-06-20T23:20:01Z")
Jackson Browne _Running On Empty_ **The Load Out/Stay** and The Eagles _Hotel California_ **The Last Resort** ---
**Author:** ![meanyblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8edcca/32.png) [@meanyblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meanyblue)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-final-album-cuts-of-the-rock-era/183257/10 "2003-06-20T23:33:40Z")
“Won’t get Fooled Again” definitely, other possibilities: “Jungleland” Born to Run “How Many More Times” Led Zeppelin I ---
**Author:** ![typhoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ed8c4c/32.png) [@typhoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typhoon)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2003, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-final-album-cuts-of-the-rock-era/183257/11 "2003-06-21T01:50:44Z")
“The End” on the Doors’ eponymous debut is a pretty good one. ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2003, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-final-album-cuts-of-the-rock-era/183257/12 "2003-06-21T06:21:27Z")
“S.M.F.” on **Twisted Sister** ’s _Stay Hungry_. I love how it just…ends. “Hallowed Be Thy Name” on **Iron Maiden** ’s _The Number of the Beast_. “Blood of the Kings” on **Manowar** ’s _Kings of Metal_. Good Lord, that song is wayyy over the top, even for them! “Supper’s Ready” on **Genesis** ’s _Foxtrot_. Of course, it took up half the album… 🆒 I’d list more but I’m too tired and drunk to type vB code properly. _hic_ ---
**Author:** ![Tanaqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Tanaqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tanaqui)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2003, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-final-album-cuts-of-the-rock-era/183257/13 "2003-06-21T06:42:56Z")
“Train in Vain” off London Calling by the Clash. It’s just so damn catchy. And to reference a more esoteric band, AFI has put their best song last on their past 3 albums. ---
**Author:** ![seriousart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@seriousart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seriousart)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2003, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-final-album-cuts-of-the-rock-era/183257/14 "2003-06-21T06:42:59Z")
Alive Alone by the Chemical Brothers. Easily the best song on the album. ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2003, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-final-album-cuts-of-the-rock-era/183257/15 "2003-06-28T05:17:42Z")
“White Punks On Dope” on The Tubes’ first album. “Keep On Chooglin’” on “Bayou Country” by Creedence Clearwater Revival. “Three More Days” on “Share The Land” by The Guess Who. “So Long Bannatyne” on the LP of the same name by The Guess Who. “When The Levee Breaks” on Led Zeppelin IV. “In Context Of The Moon” on “High Class In Borrowed Shoes” by Max Webster. “Cry Out Your Life” on “Universal Juveniles” by Max Webster. Only Canadians would know some of these. Sorry to leave out the rest of you guys, but there was some great music made in Canada that never escaped. ---
**Author:** ![Dragon\_Phoenix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Dragon\_Phoenix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragon_Phoenix)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2003, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-final-album-cuts-of-the-rock-era/183257/16 "2003-06-28T05:29:20Z")
I win again: Shine on you crazy diamond (\*part2) from Wish you were here by Pink Floyd… ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2003, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-final-album-cuts-of-the-rock-era/183257/17 "2003-06-28T07:05:58Z")
_Echoes_, Meddle - Pink Floyd _Sharleena_, The Lost Episodes - Frank Zappa _Sketches of China_, Baron von Toolbooth and the Chrome Nun - Pauk Knatner/Grace Slick _Hyperdrive_, Dragonfly - Jefferson Starship ---
**Author:** ![WonTon\_Sean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/54ee81/32.png) [@WonTon\_Sean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WonTon_Sean)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2003, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-final-album-cuts-of-the-rock-era/183257/18 "2003-06-28T07:18:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by KGS \* > > “Hallowed Be Thy Name” on **Iron Maiden** ’s _The Number of the Beast_. > \*\* I second that. **B-Boys Bouillabiasse** on the **Beastie Boy** ’s second album, Paul’s Boutique, was, IMHO, a perfect end to the perfect album. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2003, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-final-album-cuts-of-the-rock-era/183257/19 "2003-06-28T07:39:45Z")
“Here Comes A Regular” from _Tim_ by the Replacements. “Can’t Hardly Wait” from _Pleased To Meet Me_, again by the Replacements. ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2003, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-final-album-cuts-of-the-rock-era/183257/20 "2003-06-28T15:58:15Z")
Welcome aboard(s), **fishbicycle**! Some very tasty selections there. **Starship Trooper** from the second Yes album. Quite possibly one of the finest overall sides in all of rock and roll. Certainly their best album, that much is for sure. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-final-album-cuts-of-the-rock-era/183257.md?page=2)