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so we had a great chat about which song best opened an album.
here's the other bookend to that discussion - which album just had a perfect track that closed it and wrapped it all up?
I think one of the most impressive and thoughtful ones would have to be All The Befores from Surrender
I have two, Thank Him For Today from New Ways and You're What's Missing from High Energy
I definitely agree with All The Befores!!
And forgot what may be my all time fav lp closer, Brown Baby/Save The Children
My favorite is Its So Hard For Me to Say Goodbye
Another great thread, sup_fan!
All The Befores is definitely my favorite Diana Ross closer.
Other favorites are Brown Baby/Save The Children, Come In From The Rain, I'm In The World and Smile
My favorite Supremes closer is a tie between:
I'm In Love Again
Ain't That Good News
Other favorites: Loving Country, You're What's Missing In My Life
Ask Any Girl
Good News
He's All I Got
The Impossible Dream
Can't Shake It Loose
The Beginning of the End
The Loving Country
It's So Hard for Me to Say Goodbye
All The Befores
Closing Theme [[Lady Sings the Blues)
Brown Baby / Save the Children
Include Me in Your Life
Come in from the Rain
I'm in the World
Give Up
Absolute favorite album closer: I'm In The World.
The whole The Boss album is an exclamation of independence, full of excitement and dancing, and then that final winding down, self-reflection, yet with the same message. A perfect ending to a perfect album.
Most underwhelming album closer: Girls
I love the 1983 Ross album; it has some great songs on it and a wonderful opening track "That's How You Start Over," with also a beginning of the song with the piano -- perfect opening for the album. But the album feels unfinished and out of balance, which is emphasized by the last song, which is really out of place and rather dull [[and the lyrics sheet lists an extra verse that Ross doesn't sing).
I totally agree with "I'm in the World", Jaap. Just yesterday, during my morning walk, I was thinking about that song and it pretty much lifted my spirits. With all that's happening right now in our country, I often have this urge to totally disengage from participating in any aspect, good or bad.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jaap
"I'm in the world
I must be part of it
At last convinced
To the right of it
I'm in the world
For some reason or another
Sometimes I get up
And sometimes I don't bother
But I'm here
I'm here for, oh Lord, who knows?
My light gets dim
Then it glows, ooh yeah
I'm in the world
I'm in the world
I'm in the world
And being what it is
I've learnt to look
To look beyond the tears..." Ashford/Simpson
Long Gone Lover and Ask Any Girl [[this album is almost perfect, except for one song on side two, but it's not the last one)
Bits And Pieces
I'm In Love Again
My Funny Valentine and Blue Moon [[each side ends very well)
All The Befores
Come In From The Rain
Home
Forever Young [[even though I still cringe each time I hear the flubbed lyric; after you build a ladder to the sky, you climb every rung, you don't "climb every road." Why this mistake was not corrected is beyond me; was no one paying attention? I think Diana also flubbed this line when she performed the song in concert. She also consistently flubbed one word in live performances of Reflections; she got it right only once, on the Hollywood Palace performance and for years I wanted to go up on stage, shake her shoulders and say, "this is the greatest single you did with the group; get it right; what's wrong with you?" But I never did.)
There have been some great ones. I have to list a few:
1. Dark Side Of The World
2. All The Befores
3. I Will Survive
4. I´m In The World
5. Forever Young