20 great closing lines from classic albums

24 March 2024, 10:00

By Radio X

@RadioX

Do you remember the couplets that brought down the curtain on these famous long players?

1. “All in all is all we are”

   All Apologies from In Utero by Nirvana

   

   Nirvana - All Apologies (MTV Unplugged)

2. "I couldn't ever bring myself to hate you as I'd like."

   I Am The Resurrection from The Stone Roses

   

   The Stone Roses - I Am the Resurrection (Audio)

3. "The blackout harks with flowered muse, with skull designs upon my shoes... I can't give everything... I can't give everything away."

   I Can't Give Everything Away from Blackstar by David Bowie

   

   David Bowie - I Can't Give Everything Away

4. “Immerse your soul in love / Immerse your soul in love”

   Street Spirit (Fade Out) from The Bends by Radiohead

   

   Radiohead - Street Spirit (Fade Out)

5. "This is a low, but it won't hurt you / When you're alone it will be there with you / Finding ways to stay solo"

   This Is A Low from Parklife by Blur

   

   Blur - This is a Low (Official Audio)

6. "Don't send me no more letters no, Not unless you mail them from Desolation Row."

   Desolation Row from Highway 61 Revisited by Bob Dylan

   

   Bob Dylan - Desolation Row (Official Audio)

7. "Goodnight, always, to all that's pure that's in your heart"

   Farewell And Goodnight from Mellon Collie & The Infinite Sadness by Smashing Pumpkins

   

   Farewell And Goodnight (Remastered 2012)

8. "I'll tell my mother / I'll tell my father / I'll tell my loved ones / I'll tell my brothers / How much I love them"

   The Morning Fog from Hounds Of Love by Kate Bush

   

   The Morning Fog

9. "Send me the pillow, the one that you dream on... And I'll send you mine"

   Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others from The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths

   

   Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others (2011 Remaster)

10. “I don't care no more so don't you worry / Goodbye I'm going home”

    Married With Children from Definitely Maybe by Oasis

    

    Oasis - Married With Children (Official Lyric Video)

11. "Dream asleep in the sand with the ocean washing over"

    Dream Brother from Grace by Jeff Buckley

    

    Jeff Buckley - Dream Brother (from Live in Chicago)

12. "And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make."

    The End from Abbey Road by The Beatles*

    *if you ignore the "hidden track" Her Majesty

    

    The End (2019 Mix)

13. "In my imagination, you're waiting lying on your side / With your hands between your thighs and a smile”

    505 from Favourite Worst Nightmare by Arctic Monkeys

    

    505

14. "It was no surface but all feeling, Maybe at the time it felt like dreaming"

    No Surface All Feeling from Everything Must Go by Manic Street Preachers

    

    Manic Street Preachers - No Surface All Feeling (Live from Cardiff Millennium Stadium '99)

15. "But something that was not meant to be is done / and this is the start of what was."

    Empty Cans from A Grand Don't Come For Free by The Streets

    

    The Streets - Empty Cans

16. "Pick up here and chase the ride / the river empties to the tide / All of this is coming your way."

    Find The River from Automatic For The People by R.E.M.

    

    R.E.M. - Find The River (Official Music Video) [Parallel Video Version]

17. "And now it's morning, there's only one place we can go... It's around the corner in Soho where other broken people go - let's go"

    Bar Italia from Different Class by Pulp

    

    Bar Italia

18. "Well I just made up this story / To get your attention makes me smile / I never looked up or looked / In the mirror behind me"

    I Stopped To Fill My Car Up from Performance & Cocktails by Stereophonics

    

    Stereophonics - I stopped to fill my car up (Live At Morfa Stadium)

19. "I'll never lose this pain / Never dream of you again."

    Untitled from Disintegration by The Cure

    

    Untitled (Remastered)

20. "How long to sing this song?"

    40 from War by U2

    

    U2 - "40" (Live From Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Colorado, USA / 1983 / Remastered 2021)