I have noticed that whenever I use Spotify to check a new band out (to see if I want to buy their stuff) I invariably go to the last track of an album. Usually the last track is the longest on the album and often it is untypical of what came before. Often it is the best track. Which is odd, because it used to be the perceived wisdom that the last track was just a throwaway filler. But I have just gone through some Harvey Mandel albums from the late 1960s to the mid-1970s and almost invariably the last tracks are the standouts. There are loads of other examples. Starless on Red, or When the Levee Breaks on Led Zeppelin IV etc. And (please excuse me here) the cheesy but excellent Equator on Spark’s Kimono My House. Has anyone else noticed this?
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