Quote Originally Posted by Don Arnold View Post
Perhaps this is a been there done that thread (I suppose most are )....I grabbed my Echolyn self-titled disc to listen on the way to work today. The first song on this Echolyn release, "Island", clocking in at 16:38, is to my ears an epic that stands with the best. It has plenty of the changes we like in our prog diet, soft parts, more intense parts, and....an ending that fades. Normally, I don't like fade-outs for song endings. They generally leave me feeling unfulfilled with respect to the listening experience.

However, with Island, I found myself feeling quite satisfied with the fading recurring melody (a lovely one at that) and vocals that bring the piece to a close. To my ears it was analogous to drifting away from an island you just spent some time on and thoroughly enjoyed.

So, this particular fading end works for me. What about you....what are those fades that leave you satisfied, and what are those that leave you unfulfilled - even a bit frustrated. As usual I suspect there will be plenty of agreements, as well as some IMH opinions that differ.
I love the fade out as well, but I feel like the ending is so powerful, and just beginning to build another head of steam as it fades out, I can see it going on another minute or two. I would have loved Island to be 18:00 or so....... ha