Albums that end the way they begin

[Digital_Man]

I can think of a few albums that come full circle and pretty much end more or less the way they start. I won't be too nitpicky about this as long as their is reprise somewhere towards the end(ie Sgt. Peppers)but ideally the last song(or section)should be very similar or identical(more or less)to the first song.


Pink Floyd- The Wall

" " -Animals

Genesis- Selling England by the Pound

Moody Blues- Days of Future Passed (starts with a gong and ends with a gong)

Caravan- Cunning Stunts (ok not quite but I'll add it to the list anyway since the
theme that starts the album does come in at the end of Dabsong Conshirtoe even though there is a bit after that).

The Flower Kings - Space Revolver

Stanley Clarke- Modern Man

[GuitarGeek]

Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd: Dark Side Of The Moon
Iron Maiden: Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

[arabicadabra]

Genesis - Duke
Electric Light Orchestra - Eldorado

[Burley Wright]

Moody Blues - On the Threshold of a Dream

[walt]

Hatfield and The North-s/t

[interbellum]

Supertramp: Crime Of The Century
Alice: Cosa Resta... Un Fiore (I only have the Japanese CD-version, which begins with Intro and ends with Reprise Intro; I can't find these tracks on LP's on discogs)

[Dave (in MA)]

Rust Never Sleeps
Freedom

[rcarlberg]

Thick as a Brick (song)
Tubular Bells (song)
Close To The Edge (song)

[Socrates]

Tubular Bells

??? The Sailors' Hornpipe doesn't sound anything like the beginning. Actually, I think this would be a good answer to the question of which album finished completely different to how it started.

[Mister Triscuits]

King Crimson - In the Wake of Poseidon

[JKL2000]

They all begin and end the same - with silence!

[jake]

I like the way Spirit added the 'You have the world at your fingertips' to the tail-end of Dr Sardonicus.

[Progbear]

Carmen: Fandangos in Space
Libra: Winter Days Nightmare

[grego]

Gentle Giant In A Glass House

[grego]

Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick
Jethro Tull A Passion Play

[grego]

Gentle Giant The Power & the Glory

[The Dark Elf]

Gentle Giant In A Glass House
Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick
Jethro Tull A Passion Play

Hey, I was going to say those!

How about Neil Young's Rust Never Sleeps.

[grego]

Hm...I'm not too keen on Neil Young....I have a better idea..T.Rex - T.Rex ( their 5th album)

[Digital_Man]

Roine Stolt- The Flower King ("scanning the greenhouse" reprises "the flower king").

Camel- snowgoose (surprised this hasn't been mentioned yet).

Banco- Di Terra (to some degree-the beginning part does come back towards the end)

[Dave (in MA)]

How about Neil Young's Rust Never Sleeps.

http://www.progressiveears.org/forum...l=1#post576668

[viukkis]

National Health - s/t (Tenemos Roads vocal melody reprised towards the end of Elephants)
The Who - Quadrophenia (in addition to Love Reign O'er Me melody being introduced during I Am the Sea, the synth melody and piano glissandos from the very beginning also reappear at the very end)

[Galactic Bulldozer]

Entropy... Entropy

[Galactic Bulldozer]

Entropy... Entropy

Unlike the above this one below has the same tune.. to my ears anyway.

Gypsy... Romanoff.

[Zeuhlmate]

Klaus Schulze - Bayreuth Return (song with no singing)

[tonewalk]

Peter Hammill - Fool's mate