Since, most records I hear do not deliver Killer Klosers, this list is shorter than the openers list. Most artists close their albums with songs that aren’t epic enough, way too epic, drag on for too long, or are simply some weird thing at the end, more akin to a filler track. For me the best closers create a great feeling of conclusion, when you hear it you know it’s the final track; it sums up the mood of the record. The following do just that and then some!

1) Pink Floyd- Brain Damage- Eclipse- Darkside of the Moon (1973)

2) The Beatles- A Day In the Life- Sgt. Pepper (1967)

3) Deerhunter- Twilight At Carbon Lake- Microcastle (2008)

4) Bright Eyes- Road to Joy- I’m Wide Awake It’s Morning (2005)

5) Mark Sultan- Unicorn Rainbow Odyssey- The Sultanic Verses (2007)

6) Page France- Feather- Hello, Dear Wind (2005)

7) Rage Against the Machine- Freedom- Rage Against the Machine (1992)

8) The Doors The End- The Doors (1967)

9) Fugazi- KYEO- Steady Diet Of Nothing (1991)

10) Animal Collective- Derek- Strawberry Jam (2007)

11) Nirvana- All Apologies- In Utero (1993)

12) The Who- Won’t Get Fooled Again- Who’s Next (1971)

13) Pixies- Gouge Away- Doolittle (1989)

14) Jay Reatard- Waiting For Something- Blood Visions (2006)

15) Lost Sounds- Bombs Over M.O.M.- Lost Sounds (2004)

16) Arcade Fire- My Body Is A Cage- Neon Bible (2007)

17) Simon & Garfunkel- 7 O’Clock News/Silent Night- Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme (1966)

18) David Bowie- Rock and Roll Suicide- Ziggy Stardust (1972)

19) Beach Boys- Caroline, No- Pet Sounds (1966)

20) Weezer- Only In Dreams- Blue Album (1994)

21) Dead Kennedys- Stars and Stripes of Corruption- Frankenchrist (1985)

22) Ramones- Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World- Ramomes (1976)

23) Smashing Pumpkins- Farewell and Goodnight- Mellon Collie and Infinite Sadness (1995)

24) Box Elders- Death of Me- Alice and Friends (2009)

25) Sex Pistols- EMI- Nevermind the Bollocks (1977)

26) Elliott Smith- The Biggest Lie- Elliott Smith (1995)

27) System Of A Down- Soldier Side- Mezmerize/Hypnotize (2005)

28) Arctic Monkeys- A Certain Romance- Whatever People Say That I Am, That’s What I Am Not (2006)

29) Head Automatica- I Shot William H. Macy- Decadence (2004)

30) Slayer- Raining Blood- Reign In Blood (1986)

Chris