Top 10 Greatest Final Albums
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- These curtain calls are legendary. For this list, we’ll be looking at the best last studio albums from bands and solo artists. Our countdown includes David Bowie, Nirvana, The Beatles, and more! What are your favorite goodbyes from famous musical acts? Let us know in the comments!
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Van Halen’s A Different Kind Of Truth is a masterpiece! It’s a shame that it doesn’t get enough attention, I think it’s their best album.
Here’s a challenge: the ten greatest eleventh albums.
Seriously, the list includes Pet Sounds, Sticky Fingers, Abbey Road, Rumours, and The Wall.
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Blackstar and You Want it Darker
Here a few more honorable mentions:
Buffalo Springfield, 'Last Time Around' (1968)
Cream, 'Goodbye' (1969)
The Doors , 'L.A. Woman' (1971)
John Lennon, 'Double Fantasy' (1980)
Thin Lizzy, 'Thunder and Lighting' (1983)
George Harrison, 'Cloud Nine' (1987)
Van Halen, 'A Different Kind of Truth' (2012)
George’s last album is actually “Brainwashed” which is a great final album.
Here’s one you forgot,
Long Road Out of Eden - The Eagles
This album ended up being their last. Especially with founding member Glenn Frey.
Songs like How Long and Busy Being Fabulous take us back to their country rock roots.
No More Cloudy Days showcases how well they can still harmonize together and if you look at the lyrics to It’s Your World Now, you’ll think of it as a goodbye message from Glenn.
In January 2016, Glenn Frey passed away unexpectedly at the age of 67.
Since then, the band has never put out anymore studio albums but the remaining members have continued working on their solo material and the remaining members covered Part of the Plan for a Dan Fogelberg tribute album.
Though they’ve reformed with Deacon Frey and Vince Gill becoming members, they’ve mostly been touring and one performance was released for a new live album and DVD.
Sure they may continue releasing compilation albums, there haven’t been any talks of a new studio album with Deacon Frey and Vince Gill.
@@ryandyer3466'They brainwashed my great uncle/they got my cousin Bob/they even got my grandma when she was working for the mob' is the funniest line George ever wrote! I love that entire album!
@@tedkaczynski5933 I definitely agree.
Cloud Nine wasn’t George’s last album
I'm happy Amy Winehouse made the list. Her voice was there in my childhood and has followed me into my adult life. May she rest in peace. 🖤
AMY JADE WINEHOUSE 1983-2011
The Beatles are a legend
Absolutely
So are the Stones… Zeppelin… Pink Floyd … The Who
the sky is blue
Daft Punk’s “Random Access Memories” should have been at least an honorable mention
In case no one’s mentioned this, another honorable mention is Rush’s 2012 album “Clockwork Angels.” This was their last album before their disbandment in 2018 and drummer Neil Peart’s death in 2020.
I commented on this, and I agree with your statement totally!
Absolutely!
Yes!
How is the Doors "L.A. Woman" not on the list?!? Not only is it their final album, it is considered a major return to form, critical and commercial success.
Hendrix is a tough one to choose. "Electric Ladyland" is one of the greatest albums of all-time. And yes, if we are saying it is the final release of "The Jimi Hendrix Experience", it fits. But the gist of the narrator is it is Hendrix's last album. That's up for debate. While the "Band of Gypsies" was a live album, it is still new material for the most part and considered more than just a live album by the fans. And sadly, Jimi was still working on "New Rays Of The Rising Sun" when he died...most of which was released as the "Cry of Love" shortly after his death. Excellent album too.
A couple of these choices are sentimental ones for big time artists that died...but not sure I'd call their last album so great.
Totally!
Well, L.A Woman was the last album by The Doors with Jim Morrison, but not their last album in general. That's An American Prayer (which still could have made the list, though).
If you put "Cry of Love" and the original soundtrack album of "Rainbow Bridge" together, (both released posthumously in 1971) you get one of Jimi's actual track listings for the "First Rays of the New Rising Sun" double-set as he intended it to be released. "Electric Ladyland" was not his last album. "Band of Gypsys" was live but new material, and "Cry of Love"/"Rainbow Bridge" was almost all recorded in summer 1970. The last full album with the Experience is actually "Axis: Bold as Love", Most of Ladyland was recorded with guests and Hendrix himself played most of the bass tracks. Noel only appears on "Crosstown Traffic", "Come On", "Burning of the Midnight Lamp" and "Voodoo Chile(slight return)". the Experience only existed as a live act by '68.
Actually The Doors released two post Morrison album Full Circle and Other Voices but they were terrible especially the last one 🤨
@@nicktaylor2657 Yeah...both the albums leave a lot to be desired. And while they are advertised as "The Doors", even Ray Manzarek referred to the project as "Other Voices". Sometimes hearing the singing on those songs sounds like a record playing at too slow of a speed. 🙂
It honestly doesn’t matter if you consider Let It Be or Abbey Road to be their final album. The Beatles would top this list either way.
Yep, you can easily switch the two albums, but in this list the last one wins
No. Huuuuuge Beatles Fan here. But no way that Let it Be is a better Album than Pearl by Janis Joplin or Blackstar by Bowie.
Abbey Road would have earned it. But let it be kinda robbed the number one spot
Another honorable mention: Closer by Joy Division. One of the most powerful post-punk/gothic rock records of all time made even more poignant by the suicide of frontman Ian Curtis. It's basically his suicide note in musical form.
Yes. I concur on Closer. Stunning album.
Do they ever talk about Joy Division?
Yeah second album . Unknown pleasures is an masterpiece. Ridiculous
@ryplay08 Yeah, they had Joy Division on #2 for Top 10 Short Lived Band and #1 for Top 10 Posthumous Albums
Had it on double gatefold vinyl.
I'm happy they included In Utero, definitely one of Nirvana's best works, and personally, I think it's better than Nevermind. But the fact they have no bad albums whatsoever, and the fact that they reached massive success in their short lifespan shows how legendary Nirvana was. Innuendo by Queen should've been on the list though, it deserves more than an honorable mention IMO.
Facts. I love in Utero.
Honorable Mentions
1. Mystery Girl by Roy Orbison
2. The Wind by Warren Zevon
3. Brainwashed by George Harrison
4. Chuck by Chuck Berry
Let it Be wasn’t technically the Beatles last album, it was Abbey Road. Let it Be wasn’t even supposed to be released except the band was contractually obligated to release it because of their United Artist movie deal.
Not technically the bands last album but the last album with the original lineup and lead singer
But Elegantly Wasted (released in 1997) by INXS was a great album with great tracks like:
- We are Thrown Together
- Searching
- Everything
- I’m Just a Man
- Don’t Lose Your Head
- Elegantly Wasted
- Girl on Fire
And the rest of the tracks are good as well
A Tribe Called Quest "We got it from here thank you 4 your service" is one of the greatest rap albums ever. Phife passed away during production it was their last and, in my opinion, their best.
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Buddy Holly- That'll Be the Day
Marvin Gaye - Midnight Love
Roy Orbison - Mystery Girl
John Lennon - Double Fantasy
Tommy Bolin - Private Eyes
The Doors- LA Woman
Otis Redding- Otis Blue
The Zombies- Odyssey and Oracle
Lynyrd Skynrd- Street Survivors
Simon and Garfunkel- Bridge Over Troubled Water.
Honorable mention:
2 groups who's debut was also their final release not counting reissues, live, or compilation albums.
Blind Faith
Derek and the Dominoes
Led Zeppelin's All Of My Love was a great final song by the group.
Innuendo is always at my top 10 Queen albums, after A Night at the Opera and A Day at the Races.
These 3 are my favorite!!!
Plus the last track of Innuendo is sooooo good!! Freddie recorded one of his hardest and highest lines there.
Invincible is one my favorite albums. Glad that they put it as an honorable mention considering they put it on the “top 10 bad albums by great artists” countdown
Great list! 🙌
This could be a Top 20. You know that.
I'd add The Jam's Gift as an honorable mention it includes some of their best songs
The best bands / singers come out with the best albums. When bands break up / singers die, its sad but sometimes they come up with some crazy good and (sad) songs.
Another Honerable Mention at the very least is Clockwork Angels by Rush. Simply amazing and it ends with The Garden too, what a way to wrap up your musical journey!
Jeff Buckley - Grace
Otis Redding - Dock of the Bay
Silverchair - Young Modern
Honorable mentions: George Harrison's "Brainwashed" released in 2002 after his death on November 29th, 2001, that was his final album. "Double Fantasy", released by John Lennon's final album alive, released in November of 1980, three weeks before his death on December 8th. "Back to the Egg", the Wings final album as a band, released in 1979.
I would add the Dloors, LA Woman. You are right about Let It Be. The Beatles continued working on it long after Abbey Woad came out, with I Me Mine being their last recording followed by additional work on Let It Be. It was Ringo who put out the lights in April 1970 with the Beatles’ last recording session, that only he attended.
Good job
Glad you mentioned that Technically abbey road is the final album by way of recording.
Invincible is so underrated! It's so good michael man the TALENT
Electric Ladyland was the Experience's last album. Hendrix released at least one album in his remaining life.
I don't know why Invincible is Michael Jackson's underrated album. "You Rock My World", "Break of Dawn" and "Privacy" are one of his best songs he's ever written. It's criminal that he didn't win a Grammy for the album and got an honorable mention.
I can tell you something else about Michael Jackson that's criminal.
WatchMojo should make a top 10 list of times WatchMojo placed The Beatles at number one
Excellent list. Synchronicity should definitely be in the Top 10, since it’s the best Police album, as should Pearl. I’d drop Cohen as You Want It Darker really isn’t up to the rest of the best of Cohen. Can’t think of anything else to kick out, however.
An overlooked album by an overlooked artist: Pink Moon by Nick Drake
Let it be might have been released after Abbey Road, but their last studio album was Abbey Road.
Abbey Road is the final album.
Yes
Some other albums I would include on here
- Van Halen - Another Kind of Truth (2012) (I saw them in Toronto on this tour back when I was 13 and it was my first concert in general, I was absolutely blown away and Eddie’s playing made me take my guitar playing more seriously)
- Pink Floyd - The Division Bell (1994) (I know they had The Endless River in 2014 as their last record but DB will always be their definitive last album imo)
- System of a Down - Hypnotize (2005)
- Joy Division - Closer (1980)
- Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Hypnotic Eye (2014)
- Pantera - Reinventing the Steel (2000)
- Rush - Clockwork Angels (2012) (RIP one of the greatest drummers of all time, still miss you Neil)
Simon & Garfunkel?
@@villainousappetite8841 I just forgot about them, but them as well
ADKOT is actually my favorite VH album. They went out on a real high note.
Yeah, Hypnotize/Mesmerize were giant.
Van Halen sucks
Thank you for putting Jimi Hendrix so high on this list! Nobody can beat The Beatles, but Jimi comes closer than anyone and Electric Ladyland is a masterpiece!
However, Let It Be was released after The Beatles had called it quits but Abbey Road is their TRUE final alum, recorded after what became Let It Be. It’s like calling Coda Led Zeppelin’s last album.
I'm a huge Hendrix fan, but he has so many fantastic posthumous releases that I'm not sure if Electric Ladyland can count.
@@RockinRobin411 that’s true but it’s the last studio album he released. He also released Band Of Gypsies after Electric Ladyland and even though it was live, it was his last release of original songs. I think they are counting The Jimi Hendrix Experience as a band and not Jimi as a solo artist though.
I was a teenager in high school when Electric Ladyland came out on vinyl in 1968. I played the hell out of that album -- over and over and over.
The Beatles are overrated. Abbey Road only has three good songs on it.
If you are a Beatle fan, Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sargent Pepper, The White Album, Let It Be or Abby Road would make the list if any of them were the final album.
Or Magical mystery tour Help hard days night Beatles for sale with the Beatles and Please Please me. Only Yellow Submarine wouldn't make it.
Jimi Hendrix released Band of G****s afterwards in his life, and he has several fantastic posthumous releases. Electric Ladyland is a fantastic album, and possibly the Jimi Hendrix Experience's best, but Hendrix has so many fantastic posthumous releases. Blues is a fantastic compilation of Hendrix playing blues, Live at Woodstock really showcases his improv skills as a guitarist and includes one of his most iconic moments, Blue Wild Angel has a lot of fantastic moments, and the list goes on.
Moon turn the tides
A merman i should be
Angel
Little Wing
Double Fantasy - John Lennon. Thought for sure this one would make the list, or at least honorable mention.
Im surprised that Joy Division’s album Closer was not on your list…a more obscure entry for me would be the final album by the Walker Brothers Nite Flights. Their record company had gone broke and so they were free to record whatever they wanted. Scott walker provided 4 stunning entries to the album: Shut Out, Fat Mamma Kick, Nite Flights, The Electrician….these four tracks would set the template for Scott Walkers avant Garde releases……but this final album is such a departure and a fitting farewell…..
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Abbey Road is the Beatles last album, I get the release date point in saying Let It Be was after but so was Coda by Led Zeppelin after In Through the Out Door, so if you’re gonna say Let It Be was the final Beatles album cause it was the final release then why would you consider In Through the Out Door the last Led Zeppelin album and not Coda?
Coda was the last Led Zep album.
Made in Heaven was the last Queen record with Freddy Mhercury.
Loaded was the best Velvet Underground record.
"Coda" was a compellation of studio tracks that had been rejected throughout their 12 year run. So, yes it was released after "In through the out door" but it is not technically the last album released by the group.
@@desertrose58 If you are going by release date, then "Coda" should have been considered the last album. That was the logic that they used for having "Let It Be" as the Beatles last album even though the tracks were recorded before "Abbey Road." They should use the same logic throughout the list.
@@kithutchinson2461 “Past Masters” was similarly released later - toss the Beatles? Bowie’s “Toy” - toss Blackstar? Etc. I think it’s clear they were consistent in excluding mishmashes of previous recordings vs. albums worked on as a specific project. Let It Be is clearly different than those compilations.
@@kithutchinson2461 Let It Be is still an album though. Coda is a compilation, was never intended as anything more.
Here a few more honorable mentions:
Rush, 'Clockwork Angels' (2012)
Death, 'The Sound of Perseverance' (1998)
Bolt Thrower, 'Those Once Loyal' (2005)
Lazarus A.D., 'Black Rivers Flow' (2011)
Necrophagist, 'Epitaph' (2004)
Slayer, 'Repentless' (2015)
The Agonist, 'Orphans' (2019) / 'Days Before the World Wept - EP' (2021)
Type O Negative, 'Dead Again' (2007)
Pantera, 'Reinventing the Steel' (2000)
The Foals Holy Fire
Swedish House Mafias last work
Crystal Castles
Fast Cars and Telephone Wires
The Junket
And many more.
Closer - Joy Division ,how on earth was this left out of the top 10, video needs to be redone !!!!!!
In terms of albums where the band actually announced it would be their last, I thought Collapse Into Now by R.E.M. was a solid last album. "Oh My Heart" and "Uberlin" were two songs I thought would have been much bigger if on one of their early to mid 90s albums.
The Beatles last album that was released was let it be, but the last one recorded was abbey road
Black Sabbath - 13
too bad Bill Ward wasn't on the album but it brought the band "back to #1" on the charts.
Clockwork Angels by Rush was one of their best ever and thier last at studio album.
How about Hittin' The Note by the Allman Brothers Band.
Bit shocked not to see Bridge over troubled water by Simon and Garfunkel
No mention of Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories?!?!?!
i want all of those music legends in My Funeral Home Book series
Adding it because no one else will: "Dissociation" by The Dillinger Escape Plan. The band went out on a high with that one. Greg Puciato's performance on Limerent Death is the stuff of legends.
Johnny Cash’s version Hurt is astoundingly sad yo!
Personally, though not Ozzy's last album, I think diary of a madman should be up there, as it was Randy Rhoads last album, and he has one of the biggest influences on the 80's,90's and even now, I think it deserves a mention
The Beatles Will be always no.1 in music no matter what
Bridge Over Troubled Water is the real #1.
Sure
@@Theprophet3928 Hello Jesse! Long time no see.
Innuendo was such an underrated album by Queen. The same with Made in Heaven which was released in 1995
Division bell would've been if they didn't release endless river as their last division bell was the perfect send off
Daft Punk - Random Access Memories SHOULD be in this top 10
The Beatles didn't make a subpar album. Every single Beatles studio L.P. ranged from VERY GOOD to MIND-BLOWING MASTERPIECE!
I consider 'Abbey Road' their FINAL ALBUM. Even the last track on the record is titled 'The End'*. But because you got the BAND RIGHT I still LUV YA!
*Aside from the HIDDEN TRACK ✌️
I'm sorry, where is the Doors' L.A. Woman (1971)?
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2Pac’s Makaveli The Don Killuminati the 7 Day Theory is an honorable mention
The Beatles and George’s last album are both very good
I'm surprised no one thought of putting Selena's Amor Prohibido on the list. The album showcases everything she was capable of doing and more.
Synchronicity should have been in the top 5.
“The Wind” by Warren Zevon at the very least deserved an honorable mention. It even won two Grammy awards.
It’s tough mixing “final album at the end of a long career” with “album at a creative peak right before tragedy struck”.
Blackstar is timeless
Aaliyah’s 2001 self-titled album & Selena’s Dreaming of You should’ve made the list
THAT WAS A GREAT FINAL ALBUM!
The fact that We Got It From Here by A Tribe Called Quest wasn’t on here is a crime
That's because almost nobody has heard of them.
@@kuhnhaneveryone has.
Cash had American V and VI released posthumously.
No way La woman isn’t on here one of my favourite albums
An honorable mention I would say should have been scatman John's last CD
I'd have included Collapse Into Now by R.E.M. It was such a fitting final album for such an endearing band.
I'd argue that a few songs off of Collapse Into Now would have been hit singles on AFTP or Monster. R.E.M. just faded off the radar within a subgenre they basically created.
Wow!
no Random Access Memories??
Double Fantasy and Brainwashed by John Lennon and George Harrison respectively I believe both are honorable mentions.
Correction: Based on the same logic you used for The Beatles’ Let It Be, Queen’s last album would be Made In Heaven, NOT Innuendo.
Other kickass swansongs:
JOY DIVISION- Closer (1980)
BARNABAS- Little Foxes (86)
MC5- High Time (71)
DISSECTION- Reinkaos (06)
GG ALLIN- Bloodshed & Brutality For All (93)
BLACK SABBATH -13 (13!)
TYPE O NEGATIVE- Dead Again (07)
First video where WatchMojo uses Led Zeppelin studio music instead of Black Dog from MSG 1973? 😅
The doors, La Woman
Led Zep should have been no 1, hands down.
If "In Through The Out Door" had been a debut album by a new band it would have been universally hailed as a classic. As it was, it was Led Zeppelin's eighth album and it didn't conform to critics' and fans' expectations, built up over a decade, of what a Led Zeppelin album should sound like. I think this accounts for the mixed reception it received when it was released.
Perhaps “Bad Magic,” by Motörhead.
Isn't Presence the last Zeppelin album?
The Wind by Warren Zevon.
¡Adios Amigos! by The Ramones (1995.)
Aaliyah 💔
So young. 😟
Wait What!? Not even a mention to Closer from Joy Division????
My number one favorite would have to be the Beatles let it be what a great album despite all of the attention that was going on in the recording sessions that will never be another band like the Beatles they’re the greatest rock band ever. If not one of the greatest ever.
King Crimson- The Power to Believe.
Reinventing The Steel by Pantera👍😈💀
0:14 that's not Rehab.