Best Pink Floyd Album Closer
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Topic: Best Pink Floyd Album Closer
Posted By: steppenfloyd
Subject: Best Pink Floyd Album Closer
Date Posted: January 07 2011 at 20:42
| I saw a poll on here of the best Pink Floyd openers so I decided to make one of the best Pink Floyd closers. So take your pick. I'm stuck between Echoes, Brain Damage, Shine On, and High Hopes. But I'd probably go with Echoes even though I feel like it's the obvious and cliche choice. Or High Hopes b/c it's such a great way to end their career. I don't know, I'll see what everyone else votes and then make my decision off that. |
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Posted By: DisgruntledPorcupine
Date Posted: January 07 2011 at 21:07
| High Hopes |
Posted By: Mastosis
Date Posted: January 07 2011 at 21:22
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Echoes all the way! It's almost like an EP in itself.
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Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: January 07 2011 at 21:33
Those same ones would be my choices, no other song comes close to them. I leave Shine on out because for me it's only half a song, as well as Eclipse (for me, Brain Damage / Eclipse are one song, there's no way I can hear the one without the other). So, that leave Echoes and High Hopes... Indeed, the obvious choice is Echoes. However, special mention must go to High Hopes, because it's not only a perfect album closer, but the perfect closer to their whole career (they should have ended their shows in that tour with that song!!!, being thus the last song they had ever sung together). |
steppenfloyd wrote:Posted By: ThinLizzy
Date Posted: January 07 2011 at 22:34
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Echoes.
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Posted By: tdfloyd
Date Posted: January 07 2011 at 22:45
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Tough choices!!! Echoes, Brain Damage/Eclipse, Shine On, 2 Suns, Sorrow and HIgh Hopes are all real good closers. The first 3 are a tier above the next 3. Got to be Echoes.
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Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: January 07 2011 at 22:46
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Two Suns Alan's Bike ------------- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/sQD8uhpWXCw" rel="nofollow - It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood...Road Rage Edition |
Posted By: thesameoldfears
Date Posted: January 07 2011 at 23:38
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(Of course Echoes is one of the great masterpieces of all prog music) That being said, I do vote for High Hopes because, as has been mentioned before, it sums up the history and legacy of Pink Floyd in a single track (or at least as much as such a thing can be possible). The guitar solo is incredibly moving, and the lyrics are a first-hand account of the rise and fall of the greatest band ever. From Syd Barrett's unconventional vision, to Dark Side of the Moon's triumph, to the descent into "desire and ambition," High Hopes is the essence of Pink Floyd. Also worth mentioning: Bike: A catchy tune, and an early example of the band's love for non-musical sounds. Jugband Blues: Syd Barrett's disjointed but heartfelt song of departure from Pink Floyd |
Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: January 07 2011 at 23:39
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Posted By: Mr. Maestro
Date Posted: January 07 2011 at 23:56
I actually just finished listening to that album before logging on... I agree, it is a powerful and underrated song.
But I still think "Eclipse" is their best closer, so I'm giving that one my vote. Pink Floyd sure did know how to end an album, though. ------------- "I am the one who crossed through space...or stayed where I was...or didn't exist in the first place...." |
Posted By: petrica
Date Posted: January 08 2011 at 02:34
| High hopes for prog rock music... |
Posted By: Harold-The-Barrel
Date Posted: January 08 2011 at 02:42
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Some tough choices there but I went with Eclipse
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Posted By: akaBona
Date Posted: January 08 2011 at 04:12
| High Hopes. |
Posted By: Shevrzl
Date Posted: January 08 2011 at 04:20
| Guess I'll be the only one going with Absolutely Curtains. |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: January 08 2011 at 05:29
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Echoes, just before Shine On VI-IX. But Bike, Jugband Blues, Absolutely Curtains and High Hopes are excellent album closers. ------------- 
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Posted By: Gandalff
Date Posted: January 08 2011 at 05:59
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There is no dark side of the moon really. Matter of fact its all dark. ------------- A Elbereth Gilthoniel silivren penna míriel o menel aglar elenath! Na-chaered palan-díriel o galadhremmin ennorath, Fanuilos, le linnathon nef aear, sí nef aearon! |
Posted By: Gandalff
Date Posted: January 08 2011 at 06:04
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Oh! Unhappy multiple voting again!
In this case I gave three votes to Brain Damage/Eclipse, two ones to Echoes and one vote to Shine On You Crazy Diamond. ------------- A Elbereth Gilthoniel silivren penna míriel o menel aglar elenath! Na-chaered palan-díriel o galadhremmin ennorath, Fanuilos, le linnathon nef aear, sí nef aearon! |
Posted By: Wilson
Date Posted: January 08 2011 at 08:56
| A lot of great choices here, but Echoes always wins. That's what I would vote for! |
Posted By: Wilson
Date Posted: January 08 2011 at 08:59
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And I'd put SOYCD 6-9 in second place, Sorrow in third, High Hopes fourth. |
Posted By: yanch
Date Posted: January 08 2011 at 09:42
| I like Eclipse and High Hopes, but I love Echoes! |
Posted By: Gandalff
Date Posted: January 08 2011 at 10:30
 ------------- A Elbereth Gilthoniel silivren penna míriel o menel aglar elenath! Na-chaered palan-díriel o galadhremmin ennorath, Fanuilos, le linnathon nef aear, sí nef aearon! |
Posted By: mourningknight
Date Posted: January 08 2011 at 11:01
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So many great ones, but, I had to go with Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts VI-IX). Brain Damage/Eclipse is a close second. It just doesn't get any better than those two as closers for me . The perfect endings to two perfect musical journeys. ------------- 
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Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: January 08 2011 at 11:01
| Echoes obviously, but Jugband Blues is very cool, and it has few votes, so... |
Posted By: Adams Bolero
Date Posted: January 08 2011 at 11:32
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''scrambled eggs, bacon, sausages,tomato, toast, coffee, marmalade..I like marmalade...'' ------------- ''Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.'' - Albert Camus |
Posted By: RorroFloyd
Date Posted: January 08 2011 at 13:00
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Shine On Part IX is the most glorious way anyone could close an album. Especially following the previous parts. Eclipse and High Hopes are just amazing too. I would consider Echoes more of an independent track, not as cohesive with the rest of the album as the previous two, although its last minutes are one of the best ways to end a masterpiece too. |
Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: January 08 2011 at 13:31
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Brain Damage/Eclipse.
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Posted By: crimhead
Date Posted: January 08 2011 at 14:01
| Echoes. |
Posted By: Proggy Pogo
Date Posted: January 09 2011 at 10:17
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I've got to go with the majority and say Echoes - it's one of my favourite tracks of all time. Other contenders are High Hopes and also Sorrow from the surprisingly unpopular and, I think, very underrated A Momentary Lapse of Reason.
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Posted By: hobocamp
Date Posted: January 09 2011 at 10:25
| Pick one. Thank god it's over. I can go off the Prozac now. |
Posted By: jean-marie
Date Posted: January 09 2011 at 12:36
echoes!!! without any doubt
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Posted By: thehallway
Date Posted: January 09 2011 at 12:43
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They are better at opening albums (or bookending albums in some cases).
Jugband Blues is really fitting, whereas Echoes is a whole side so it wouldn't really matter where it was on the album. ------------- http://www.thefreshfilmblog.com/" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: let prog reign
Date Posted: January 09 2011 at 14:01
| I'm surprised High Hopes has as many votes as it does... I never really like Division Bell too much. |
Posted By: Lark the Starless
Date Posted: January 09 2011 at 22:06
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Echoes, surely. ------------- 
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Posted By: TheOppenheimer
Date Posted: January 10 2011 at 03:50
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Echoes could be an album by itself, i really like it. my vote goes for it. also, i think Dogs would have made a hell of a closer ("who was dragged down by the stone.....") and regarding the wall, i feel The Trial is more of a closer than Outside the Wall. ps: we should start similar polls, best rush closer, best dream theater closer, best x closer, and so on. i like this ------------- //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// A veces es cuestión de esperar, y tomarte en silencio. |
Posted By: Gandalff
Date Posted: January 10 2011 at 04:02
------------- A Elbereth Gilthoniel silivren penna míriel o menel aglar elenath! Na-chaered palan-díriel o galadhremmin ennorath, Fanuilos, le linnathon nef aear, sí nef aearon! |
Posted By: Gandalff
Date Posted: January 10 2011 at 04:09
------------- A Elbereth Gilthoniel silivren penna míriel o menel aglar elenath! Na-chaered palan-díriel o galadhremmin ennorath, Fanuilos, le linnathon nef aear, sí nef aearon! |
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Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: January 10 2011 at 12:51
| Echoes |
Posted By: catfood03
Date Posted: January 10 2011 at 20:26
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"Pigs On The Wing" gentle and unsettling at the same time |
Posted By: mEP
Date Posted: January 11 2011 at 00:16
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Posted By: Languagegeek
Date Posted: January 11 2011 at 00:31
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I wouldn't call Echoes a closer, it's the whole point of the album. Jugband blues for me. |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: January 11 2011 at 01:38
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High Hopes
Echoes
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Posted By: Mr Greeen Genes
Date Posted: January 11 2011 at 15:07
| As much as I'd like to vote for Jugband Blues, Echoes it is... |
Posted By: moodyxadi
Date Posted: March 21 2011 at 20:07
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As a closer to a concept album Brain Damage/Eclipse is undefeatable (does this word exists?); maybe The Who's "We're not gonna take it"'s See me feel me section came closer but it's not as succint and briliant as this one. But I vote for the album last track itself without paying atention to what came before it, so it must be Echoes. As multiple votes are permited (what ruins any thread) I pick Sorrow because it's the best cut on PF' comeback album. And I like it too.
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Posted By: catfood03
Date Posted: March 21 2011 at 21:05
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Pigs On The Wing (Part 2) A nice comedown from the intensity of the central 3 tracks on Animals. |
Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: March 21 2011 at 21:35
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I opted for High Hopes, apt title really. ------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: March 21 2011 at 21:55
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Echoes is just so titanic, it can't be ignored. Next up would be Brain Damage/Eclipse. ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: jean-marie
Date Posted: March 22 2011 at 15:15
| we all know echoes is a floyd classic but it's much more than a closer , it's half the album ,so give my vote to alan psychedelic break fast because it's often underrated though it's a beautiful piece |
Posted By: jean-marie
Date Posted: March 22 2011 at 15:22
just love it 
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Posted By: Lozlan
Date Posted: March 22 2011 at 15:24
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I'm completely shocked and completely pleased to see all the Division Bell love! High Hopes. I grew up on this song, it changed the entire way I perceived music and ushered me into Floyd lust. ------------- Certified Obscure Prog Fart. http://scottjcouturier.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow - The Loose Palace of Exile - My first novel, The Mask of Tamrel, now available on Amazon and Kindle |
Posted By: silverpot
Date Posted: March 22 2011 at 15:59
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Shine On...because it's my favorite piece of music. Sorrow because it's such a dramatic end to an otherwise melancholy album. High Hopes because it's so beautiful and it turned out to be the very last Floyd song. |
Posted By: Ruby900
Date Posted: March 22 2011 at 16:16
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Tricky, but it has to be Echoes from the options.....
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Posted By: Steven Brodziak
Date Posted: March 24 2011 at 01:39
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I really wanted to go with anything else but after playing each in my head I must vote ECHOES.
Interstellar Overdrive much underated. I could've gone Absolutely Curtain or even Outside the Wall. Brain Damage/Eclipse awesome as well. Floyd knows how to close an album. ------------- Well, there it is. (Amadeus) |
Posted By: ten years after
Date Posted: March 24 2011 at 02:55
I wouldn't get too excited. As soon as I saw the number of votes for High Hopes my Sherlock Holmes instinct kicked in.
Sure enough, this is a multiple vote poll. There is one very keen fan of High Hopes out there.
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Posted By: Steven Brodziak
Date Posted: March 24 2011 at 03:38
I was going to say that about BIKE. ------------- Well, there it is. (Amadeus) |
Posted By: esky
Date Posted: March 30 2011 at 16:56
| Not from an era that is a fan favorite, but the Division Bell's High Hopes does seem majestic enough to take this one (I did say "seem"). |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: March 31 2011 at 06:42
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Marmelade I like marmelade!!!! ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: genbanks
Date Posted: March 31 2011 at 14:00
It's a good poll. In my opinion the best is between High Hopes and Brain damage/Eclipse (Shine on you could be there too). It's really difficult.
Brain damage/Eclipse is my choice. Just a great way of finish an album, especially when the lyrics talks about the album title.
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Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: March 31 2011 at 14:07
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Looks like breakfast is going for the gold Might have voted a couple of times though... ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: esky
Date Posted: April 04 2011 at 16:54
I like eggs.
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Posted By: Mista-Gordie
Date Posted: April 04 2011 at 19:53
| Echoes is the Floyd's masterpiece, but I have to say Jugband Blues because of the history context. Even if I think that Pink Floyd became better when Syd left, his last song was the best way to end an album, and I think It's the best of the Barret'S compsitions with Astronomy Domine |
Posted By: TheClosing
Date Posted: April 07 2011 at 14:23
| Two Suns in the Sunset |
Posted By: jean-marie
Date Posted: April 07 2011 at 15:06
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Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: June 06 2011 at 16:49
I second it, too. It's only that Echoes and High Hopes are both in my "top two", so I can't vote. ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Posted By: antonyus
Date Posted: June 10 2011 at 07:24
| High hopes |
Posted By: Fox On The Rocks
Date Posted: October 22 2011 at 22:49
I like mine Sunny Side Up!  . Yes but in all seriousness, Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast is an overlooked song on probably Floyd's most overlooked album. Hard choice though because theres Echoes, which is a monster of a piece, Shine On which is such an uplifting song and then you have the very brief but nostalgic, powerful Eclipse - perfect way to end Dark Side. I don't think they could have done it any other way. ------------- 
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Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: October 23 2011 at 10:31
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I voted for Two Suns in the Sunset. It really ties the whole Final Cut album together, and is its best track. ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: MonsterMagnet
Date Posted: October 24 2011 at 12:57
| The Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast |
Posted By: jean-marie
Date Posted: October 24 2011 at 15:26
YES!  this piece is so much disliked and i love it so much
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