Wednesday, 23 January 2008

Best Last Songs

The Guardian are currently running a discussion about the best songs which come at the end of an LP.

You can read the discussion here.

...and here is my list (in no order)
(and I could not keep it down to 10 - so it's 20)

1. "Soon." My Bloody Valentine. (Loveless)
2. "Day In the Life." Beatles. (Sgt Pepper.)
3. "I Am The Resurrection." Stone Roses. (Stone Roses)
4. "Eclipse. " Pink Floyd. (Dark Side Of The Moon.)
5. "You Can't Always Get What You Want." Rolling Stones. (Let It Bleed.)
6. "Big Country." Talking Heads. (More Songs About Buildings and Food)
7. "This Must Be The Place." Talking Heads. (Speak In Tongues)
8. "Jungleland." Bruce Springsteen. (Born To Run)
9. "Darkness on the Edge Of Town." Bruce Springsteen. (Darkness On the Edge of
Town.)
10. "Jet Boy." NY Dolls. (NY Dolls.)
11. "Waiting For The Great Leap Forward." Billy Bragg. (Worker's Playtime.)
12. "Train In Vain." Clash. (London Calling.)
13. "Are You Ready To Be Heartbroken." Lloyd Cole and the Commotions. (Rattlesnakes)
14. "Gouge Away." Pixies. (Doolittle)
15. "Sunrise." Divine Comedy. (Fin De Siecle.)
16. "Tonight We Fly." Divine Comedy. (Promenade.)
17. "The Happy Goth." Divine Comedy. (Absent Friends.)
18. "Build." The Housemartins. ( The People Who Grinned Themselves To Death.)
19. "Thank You World." World Party. (Goodbye Jumbo.)
20. "Untitled." The Cure. (Disintegration.)