Twenty-Five Favorite Closing Album Tracks
(arranged chronologically, with no more than one track per artist)
A Day in the Life by The Beatles (Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, 1967)
Rehearsals for Retirement by Phil Ochs (Rehearsals for Retirement, 1969)
I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever) by Stevie Wonder (Talking Book, 1972)
These Foolish Things by Bryan Ferry (These Foolish Things, 1973)
The Chauffeur by Duran Duran (Rio, 1982)
Come On Eileen by Dexys Midnight Runners (Too-Rye-Ay, 1982)
If It Be Your Will by Leonard Cohen (Various Positions, 1984)
Anywhere I Lay My Head by Tom Waits (Rain Dogs, 1985)
This Is the Sea by The Waterboys (This Is the Sea, 1985)
Sometimes It Snows in April by Prince and the Revolution (Parade, 1986)
Saturday Night by The Blue Nile (Hats, 1989)
Find Me by Alison Moyet (Hoodoo, 1991)
The Not Knowing by Tindersticks (Tindersticks (I), 1993)
My Life by Iris DeMent (My Life, 1994)
Tonight We Fly by The Divine Comedy (Promenade, 1994)
All Is Full of Love by Björk (Homogenic, 1997)
Imaginary Love by Rufus Wainwright (Rufus Wainwright, 1998)
Spectacular Views by Rilo Kiley (The Execution of All Things, 2002)
A Fire in the Forest by David Sylvian (Blemish, 2003)
Going Up by Coil (The Ape of Naples, 2005)
The Sun’s Gone Dim and the Sky’s Turned Black by Jóhann Jóhannsson (IBM 1401, A User’s Manual, 2006)
My Heart by Wildbirds & Peacedrums (The Snake, 2008)
Bending Albert’s Law by Karin Park (Highwire Poetry, 2012)
Hurricane of You by The RAah Project (Take Me Elsewhere, 2015)
I Can’t Give Everything Away by David Bowie (Blackstar, 2016)
— September 3, 2024